BAFO Annual Conference OCTOBER 2018
Please note that the 2018 BAFO conference will take place in Cardiff and will be held on Fri 26th and Sat 27th of OCTOBER 2018.
It is slightly earlier this year so as not to clash with a Rugby International being held in Cardiff at our usual time of year.
This also means that the AGM of the Association will be held on Friday 26th October 2018 at 17.15H.
BAFO CONFERENCE 2018
1. The 2018 BAFO Conference will take part on Friday 26 October-Saturday 27 October 2018. Both training days will be held at The Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel and Spa, 24-26 Newport Road, CF24 0DD, CARDIFF and will comprise of a series of presentations by various speakers, ending with a Black-Tie dinner on Saturday evening. A programme of events can be found below. The hotel website can be found at: –
https://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-6622-mercure-cardiff-holland-house-hotel-spa/index.shtml Mercure Holland House Hotel and Spa
2. All attendees are requested to report to Reception on Friday where they will be directed to the 3rd Floor for registration by a member of the BAFO Committee. Both on Friday and Saturday the Conference will be held on the 3rd floor.
3. The Conference will open with a buffet lunch from 12:00 hrs. Tea, coffee and refreshments will be provided throughout the duration of the Conference in the breakout area outside the conference rooms. Lunch on Saturday will be taken in the Urban Restaurant on the 1st floor. Accommodation has been booked as per the BAFO booking forms.
4. Dress for the conference will be smart casual for both days and Black Tie for the formal annual dinner on Saturday evening. The dinner will be held in the Caernarfon Suite on the 1st floor, with pre-dinner drinks beforehand from 19:00.
PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE FOR BAFO CONFERENCE FRIDAY 26th SATURDAY 27th OCTOBER 2018
FRIDAY’S PROGRAMME – GDC Learning Outcome “C”
| Time Slot | Speaker | Subject |
| 13:45-14:00 | Dr Douglas Sheasby
BDS DDS President of BAFO Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in Forensic Odontology University of Glasgow |
Opening of Conference and Chatham House Rule |
| 14:00-14:45 | Dr Judy Hinchliffe
BDS DipFOd Hon FFFLM FFOMP (RCPA) Forensic Odontologist |
The Crocodile Files |
| 14:45-15:15 | Dr Vijay Reesu
BDS MSc Forensic Odontologist PhD researcher
|
Comparison of 2D digital photographs with 3D dental models: A Pilot Study
Introduction of Posters (MSc Students Dundee) |
| 15:15-15:45 | Tea/Coffee Break | |
| 15:45-16:15 | Dr Sally Andrews
BDS LDSRCSEng DPDS MSc DipFHID Forensic Odontologist PhD researcher |
Tales of the Unexpected |
| 16:15-16:45 | Dr Freddie Martin
BDS Dip FOd Forensic Odontologist |
Bite Mark Analysis: Junk Science or Useful Evidence? |
| 16:45-17:15
|
Dr Jayanie B Weetrana
BDS MSc DFMS Attorney-at-Law Forensic Odontologist Institute of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Colombo Sri Lanka |
Forensic Odontology Road Map of Sri Lanka |
| 17:15-18:15 | AGM |
SATURDAY’S PROGRAMME – GDC Learning Outcome “C”
| Time Slot | Speaker | Subject |
| 09:00-09:15 | Chair | Opening of Conference Day Two and Chatham House Rule |
| 09:15-10:15 | Dr Phil Lumb
BMedSci MB ChB DMJ (Path) DipRCPath FRCPath Home Office Forensic Pathologist |
One Punch Manslaughter |
| 10:15-10:45 | Dr Phil Marsden
BDS LDSRCSEng DipFOd MSc (Hons) Dip FMS DipFHID FICPEM Forensic Odontologist |
DVI and Beyond! |
| 10:45-11:15 | Tea Break | |
| 11:15-12:15 | Dr Tom Booth
Wellcome Post-Doctoral Research Associate Department of Earth Sciences Natural History Museum London |
Patterns of bioerosion in ancient mineralised tissues: a window into the early post mortem period? |
| 12:15-13:15 | Dr Douglas Sheasby
BDS DDS President of BAFO Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in Forensic Odontology University of Glasgow |
The Future Admissibility of Bite Mark Evidence |
| 13:15-14:15 | Lunch | |
| 14:15-15:15 | Mr Rob Gray
BA (Hons) LLM (Exon) DipCArb Barrister Director of Training and Delivery Bond Solon |
The Forensic Odontologist on Trial |
| 15:15-15:45 | Tea Break | |
| 15:45-16:30 | Dr Charlene Greenwood
BSc MSc PhD Lecturer in Analytical Sciences Cranfield Forensic Institute Cranfield University |
Biomineral Research: The Capabilities of X-ray Diffraction |
| 16:30-17:00 | Prof Geoff Craig
BDS (Hons) PhD FDSRCS (Eng&Ed) FRCPath Emeritus Professor of Oral Pathology & Forensic Odontology University of Sheffield |
What’s in a love bite? |
| 17:00-17:15 | Chair | Dinner Brief and Closure of Conference 2018 |
| Location: | Cardiff, Wales |
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| Type: | Conference |
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| Website: | click here |
| Dates: | 26-10-201827-10-2018 |
| Duration: | 2 days |