Meeting Information

2008 Meeting

	November 3-7
	Boise, ID
	Owyhee Plaza Hotel

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2007 Fall Meeting

	November 5-9
	Salt Lake City, UT
	Joint meeting with the Tri-State Division of IAI (UT, NV, AZ)

Some Workshops were:

Tour Barnes Bullets (American Fork, UT)/ North American Firearms (Provo, UT)	Tour Browning Research/Development Lab (Morgan, UT) / Browning Firearms Museum (Ogden, UT)
Advanced Fire Debris	Advanced DNA Technologies
Basic Microscopy	Armorer’s Workshop (tentative)
2-day Forensic Photography course	Firearms Trajectory documentation
Injury Pattern Recognition	General Image Processing
Bloodstain Pattern Recognition and Documentation	Introduction to Questioned Documents
Introduction to DNA and Toxicology for the Patrol Officer	Injury Pattern Workshop/ Domestic Violence Photography
SIDS Death Investigation	Application of ACE-V to Simultaneous Impressions
Documentation and Recovery of Footwear Impression Evidence	Identification and Collection of Human Remains
Courtroom Testimony	Video Analysis
Expert Testimony	UV/IR Photography
Cold Case Workshop	Computer forensics/ CART examiner training

Speakers and presentations will be presenting on the following:

BTK Case == Virginia Tech Massacre == Trolley Square Tragedy == Destiny Norton Homicide == The National Forensic Academy (Body Farm) == Computer Forensics == Video Analysis == Question Documents

The Fall '06 meeting was a joint meeting with the SWAFS in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Here are the abstracts from the meeting

Here are the workshops we put on

Determination of Contact with Deployed Automotive Airbags By: Glenn Schubert Illinois State Police, So. Illinois Forensic Science Centre	Streamlining Analysis: Overview of Drug Analysis By: Tamara Dallabetta-Keller DEA
FLUORESCEIN: Technique For Developing Latent Bloodstains By: Pamela J. McInnis, Pasadena Police Dept. and David V. Rossi, Harris County Sheriff’s Dept.	Advanced UV-visible-NIR Microspectroscopy Techniques By: Dr. Paul Martin, CRAIC Technologies
Gidgets and Gadgets Polarized Light Microscopy By: Tom Hopen	Shooting Reconstruction By: Ed Hueske
Microanalysis By: Smiths Detection	Computer Forensics By: Chuck Davis- NCFS
Courtroom Testimony By: Keith Pridgen	IR Interpretation and Forensic Applications by: Edward Suzuki, Wa. State Patrol and Dr. Dianne Williams, FBI
The Body as Evidence in Fatal Forensic Fires: By: Elayne Pope, MA University of Arkansas	Life of the Body after Death: By: Elayne Pope, MA University of Arkansas
Eagle EDXRF School By: EDAX	DNA Statistics By: Director Greg LaBerge, Denver Police Department
Liaisons with Federal Agencies: Specialized Units within the FBI By: S.A. James Woodie, FBI	Weapons of Mass Destruction as Crime Scene: By: James Crippin, WFLETC
Paint Analysis By: Leica Microsystems and Skip Palenik

Mini Workshops Provided by vendors:

Microanalysis by Smiths Detection

The Uses of Laser Microdissection Technologies in Forensic Science by Leica Microsystems, Inc.

Lab-proven methods of forensic drug screening and explosive residue analysis, The use of Q TRAP® System Technology for your laboratory by Applied Biosystems

THE ABC EXAM
Exams offered:

1. General Knowledge Exam for Diplomate Status

2. If the person is already a Diplomate, we can offer the following Fellow Exams:
Drug Analysis, Fire Debris, Molecular Biology, Hair and Fibers, Paint and Polymers

3. If a person wants to go for Technical Specialists they have 2 choices
Drug Analysis and Molecular Biology

Please contact ABC Registrar for additional information.

Join us in Colorado Springs for the 2006 SWAFS / NWAFS Combined Training Conference.

Thanks to all the hard work the Fall '05 meeting was a great success. To view the abstract click here.

Some Sponsors from the Fall Meeting were:

The spring 2005 Meeting was a joint meeting with the PNW/IAI in Spokane, WA May 17-20
The following workshops were offered:

Basics in Forensic Anthropology: Dr. Sarah Keller	`Digital Imaging: Jon Dyer, OSP`
`Crime Scene Response to WMD - Tracie Thompson`	`Using Light Microscopy w/ IR for Forensic Sample analysis: Scott Sension`
`What Law Enforcement and Death Investigators Need to Know about DNA: Bill Watson`	Special Topics for Crime Scene Examination: Matt Noedel

Abstracts for this meeting are not available yet.

	Microanalysis by Smiths Detection
	The Uses of Laser Microdissection Technologies in Forensic Science by Leica Microsystems, Inc.
	Lab-proven methods of forensic drug screening and explosive residue analysis, The use of Q TRAP® System Technology for your laboratory by Applied Biosystems