Conference Programme October 2011

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Invited speakers for the morning session :

• Keynote Address: Professor Niels Lynnerup (Dept. of Forensic Medicine, Copenhagen)
• Mr Joe Apps (Missing Persons Bureau, NPIA )
• Dr Clifford Perera (Forensic pathologist, University of Dundee)  – Identification of Missing in Sri Lanka - Post Conflict and Post Tsunami Perspectives
• Professor Sue Black(Center for Anatomy & Human Identification, University of Dundee) - Incriminating Hands

Speakers for the general session in the afternoon include:

• Predicting Weight at Death in Decomposed Remains – Dr Tal Simmons and Colin Moffatt
• Post-Mortem Computed Tomography and 3D Imaging: Anthropological Applications for Juvenile Remains- A Review.  Brough, Morgan and Black (student presentation)
• Infrared photography of tattoos as an aid to identification - David Bryson, Kim Barker and Adam Condon.
• The Utility of the Proximal Epiphysis of the Fifth Metatarsal in Age Estimation – Catriona Davies (student presentation).
• Dr Ron Foden - Forensic Odontology Case presentation
• Marina Elliott and Mark Collard (Simon Fraser University, Canada) - Fordisc and ID of the dead. (student presentation)

The conference will be concluded with an open forum, followed by a drink reception at 7pm and a buffet starting at 8pm.

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