BAFO Annual Conference Nov 14th & 15th 2025 Coventry (SOLD OUT)
Please note that this Conference is now FULL and the closing date has passed. No further applications will be processed as maximum capacity has also been reached.
Following on from the success of last year’s Conference, please find details for the 2025 BAFO Autumn Conference which will take place from Friday the 14th to Saturday the 15th of November.
The superb venue is Coombe Abbey Hotel, Brinklow Road, Binley, Warwickshire, CV3 2AB (https://www.coombeabbey.com/) – definitely worth a look.
Friday 14th November 2025 Lecture Programme & AGM
📍 Cloisters Room, Coombe Abbey Coventry
🕚 Doors open from 11:00 AM for informal tea, coffee, and chat with colleagues
| Time | Session | Presenter(s) | Notes |
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11:00 – 12:00 |
Tea, Coffee & Registration (Informal meet and greet) | Networking in Stuart Room | |
| 12:00 – 12:05 | Opening of Conference | President of BAFO
Dr Maxi Malekniazi |
Housekeeping
Confidentiality & Privilege |
| 12:05 – 12:45 | Seeing is Believing Or is it? | Dr Roger Summers | The bite mark that made American history |
| 12:45 – 13:45 | Lunch and registration for later arrivals | ||
| 13:45 – 14:15 | Seeing is Believing Or is it? part 2 Interactive session |
Nick MARSH MBE | Interactive discussion |
| 14:15 – 15:15 | Forensic Uncertainty
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Dr Simon Crewe | How to deal with client expectations when the evidence is unhelpful, with reference to Age Estimations and other aspects of Forensic Odontology |
| 15:15 – 15:30 |
Tea & Coffee Break
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| 15:35 – 16:35 | Student Presentations | Various student speakers | |
| 16:40 – 17:40 | AGM (Annual General Meeting) | BAFO Members Only | Members only |
Saturday 15th November 2025 Lecture Programme
📍 Cloisters Room, Coombe Abbey Coventry
| Time | Session | Presenter(s) | Notes |
| 08:30 – 09:15 | Registration &Tea and coffee | ||
| 09:20 – 09:30 | Opening of Conference | Dr Maxi Malekniazi
BAFO President |
Housekeeping & Confidentiality |
| 09:30 – 10:10
(40 minutes) |
Dental Histology and Forensic Odontology | Dr Roland Kouble | A presentation of two cases involving dental histology for determining undiagnosed illness and age at death. Presenting an argument for the continued teaching and use of ground section histology. |
| 10:10 – 10:55
(40 minutes) |
Bite Mark Evidence-the Picture, or a thousand words? | Dr Leigh Evans | Are photographs of the injury enough to draw a reasonable conclusion, or is the documentary evidence also beneficial to the Odontologist’s analysis? Case examples will be used to demonstrate both aspects. |
| 10:55 – 11:10 | Tea Break | ||
| 11:10 – 11:50
(40 minutes) |
Virtual and Interactive Teaching in Forensic Odontology… Innovation or Necessity? | Dr Hemlata Pandey | Exploring the evolving role of digital and interactive tools in forensic odontology education drawing on research and recent teaching innovations, it examines how visual media and virtual platforms can enhance learning and support training across both well resourced and low resource settings |
| Time | Session | Presenter(s) | Notes |
| 11:50 – 12:50
(60 mins) |
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Crime Scene Investigation | Penelope Standing (Arden University) | Overview of other forensic disciplines, collaborations & limitations. ISO regulations and anti-contamination practices |
| 12:45 – 13:40 | Lunch | ||
| 13:40 – 14:40
(60 mins) |
Post-mortem Alterations of Human Skeletal Remains | Dr Nicholas Marquez-Grant | Factors altering bone colour, including fire, water, burial, and other factors |
| 14:40 – 15:20
(40. mins) |
Role of the DCP in the
Defence Dental Identification Team (DDIT) |
Warrant Officer Grade 2 Janice Hearne &
Flight Sergeant Joules Berry |
Role of DCPs in Forensic Odontology
engagement overview, and TRiM elements |
| 15:20 – 15:35 | Tea Break | ||
| 15:40 – 16:20
(40 mins) |
Smile for the Camera | Dr Paul Frank | Charity work and small island dentistry |
| 16:20 – 16:50
(30 mins) |
Should I Have Asked the GDC? | Dr Jim Hardy | What would you have done? |
| 16:50 – 17:00 | Close of Lectures | Dr Maxi Malekniazi
President |
Hand in feedback forms |
| 17:05 – 17:15 |
Optional Group Photo
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All BAFO members were previously sent details of the package deal including hotel accommodation.
The deadline for this deal has now passed and thus the available booking form is for the conference only.
This allows accommodation to be arranged on an individual basis if required.
| Location: | Coombe Abbey Hotel, Coventry CV3 2AB |
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| Type: | Conference (face to face) |
| Organiser: | |
| Website: | click here |
| Dates: | 14-11-202515-11-2025 |
| Duration: | 1.5 days |