BAHID Nov 2014

2014 BAHID conference ‘The Emergency Mortuary in DVI’

Chancellors Hotel and Conference Centre

Chancellors Way
Off Moseley Road
Fallowfield
Manchester
M14 6ZT

We are pleased to announce that the next BAHID conference will take place on Saturday 22 November & Sunday 23 November 2014  at Chancellors Hotel and Conference Centre in Manchester (UK). The usual ‘welcome reception’ will take place on Friday evening 21 November. The theme of the conference will be centred around the ‘Emergency Mortuary in DVI’ with invited talks from forensic experts and disaster planners. The British Association for Human Identification (BAFA) will hold a meeting on Sunday 23 November.

Friday 21 November

19:00 – late      Evening drop-in the main lounge in Chancellors.  All delegates welcome – BAHID is providing a casual finger buffet for arriving delegates.

Saturday 22 November

08:30 – 09:00 Registration and coffee

Morning Session (Chair – Leigh Evans)

09:00 – 09:05 Introduction by the President of BAHID

09.05 – 09.50 Reza Gerretsen – Forensic Anthropology and Disaster Management

09.50 – 10.30 Gaille MacKinnon – The Forensic Anthropologist in the DVI mortuary

10.30 – 10.45 Coffee

10.45 – 11.15 Dave Ridgewell & Jim Green – Victim Recovery and Identification

11.15 – 12.15 Mortuary exercise – part 1

12.15 – 13.15 Lunch

Afternoon Session

13.15 – 14.45 Mortuary exercise – part 2

14.45 – 15.00 Tea

15.00 – 16.30 Reconciliation exercise

16.30 – 16.40 Poster prizes

16.40 – 17.00 Session close: Final thoughts, feedback and discussion

17:00 – BAHID AGM – N.B. would all those present who are not BAHID members please excuse themselves from the auditorium at this stage during Association business.

19:00 – 20:00  Wine and drinks reception in the main lounge

20:00 – late     Buffet dinner in Chancellors main restaurant, followed by drinks in the lounge

Sunday 23 November

BAFA meeting – Sunday 23 November 2014

9.30-10.30  BAFA meeting

10.30-10.45  Coffee

10.45-12.15  Dr. Leigh Evans – Forensic Odontology Workshop

12.15  Finish