The meeting will be held October 12-16, 2015 in Atlanta, GA
at the gorgeous Georgian Terrace Hotel. This historic property is across the
street from the Fox Theater, where we will be holding our banquet on Thursday
evening. Please use the reservation link on our website to make your
reservations. The banquet at the Fox Theater will include rotating tours of the
theater.
Our general schedule of events for the meeting is as follows:
Monday - Workshops
Tuesday - Workshops
Wednesday - Workshops, ABC Exam, Atlanta Movie Tours
Thursday - Plenary Session AM, Business Meeting PM, Banquet at the Fox Theater
Friday (AM only) - Section Breakout Sessions (Drug Chemistry, Trace Evidence, DNA)
Highlights of our workshop schedule include a dynamic ethics
presentation by Dr. Paul Voss from
Georgia State University. This workshop is not your usual, dry ethics
presentation. You don't want to miss it.
We have multiple off-site tours to various manufacturing
plants in the area that will be of interest to trace evidence examiners. These
tours are limited to 15 participants each, so you will want to register early
to reserve your spot!
The plenary session and business meeting on Thursday
includes a presentation on the Meredith Emerson case. Meredith Emerson was a 24-year old woman who was last seen alive
hiking on Blood Mountain in north Georgia with her dog on New Year's Day 2008.
Between January 1 and January 4, 2008, Emerson was abducted and murdered
by Gary Hilton. Join us as investigators and scientists discuss the case
and how the forensic evidence led to the confession and conviction for not only
the murder of Meredith Emerson, but also Cheryl Dunlap in Florida and John and
Irene Bryant in North Carolina. Also during plenary we will have a presentation on battlefield forensics by Christine Swanson and Matthew Saluto of the Defense Forensic Science Center:
Disclaimer: The
opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the author and
are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the
Department of the Army or the Department of Defense. Names of commercial
manufacturers or products included are incidental only and inclusion does not
imply endorsement by the authors, DFSC, OPMG, DA or DoD.
What is Battlefield Forensics?
It involves taking the forensic science used in crime laboratories across the
United States and applying those same fundamentals to military operations
worldwide. The need for real time forensic exploitation has drastically
increased over the last decade because of the critical information it provides
to intelligence gathering and incident awareness. The Defense Forensic Science
Center (DFSC) has deployed mobile forensic laboratories to numerous countries,
while having to overcome unique challenges faced when trying to apply forensic
science in austere conditions. While
always working to preserve the science, the challenges faced include deployment
locations, external environments, amenities and facilities. Please join us for a look at those challenges
in a unique presentation on the DFSC Battlefield Forensics!
Friday morning will be section meetings for Trace Evidence,
Drug Chemistry, and DNA. If you have topics you would like discussed or would
like to do a presentation, please contact the corresponding section moderator.
Trace Evidence: Barb Fallon ([email protected])
Drug Chemistry: April Brown ([email protected])
DNA: Donna Ioannidis ([email protected])
We will be hosting an ABC exam on Wednesday afternoon. If
you are interested in sitting for the exam, please contact ABC directly.
Did you know Georgia has become Hollywood East? Many movies,
such as Anchorman 2, Mockingjay (part of the Hunger Games Trilogy), Antman, and
Captain America: Civil War, and TV shows, such as The Walking Dead and The
Vampire Diaries, have been filmed in the Atlanta area? If you are interested in
taking a tour of many of these sites on Wednesday afternoon, please contact
Diana Williams ([email protected])
to indicate your interest. The tour, by Atlanta Movie Tours, will be $70, which
represents a 25% discount. The tour buses are limited to 30 people. If there is
enough interest, we can book another tour session.
We hope you will be able to join us for a fantastic meeting.
If you have any questions, want to volunteer to help out at the meeting, or
have anything else you want to contact us about, please let us know.
We're getting social! Connect with us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/groups/safsastee2015)
and Twitter (@SAFSASTEE2015)
Diana Williams, Social Chair, [email protected]
Nicole Astor, Program Chair, [email protected]
Larry Peterson, Workshop Chair, [email protected]
