Call for Abstracts
Thank you
The Scientific Symposium Committee would like to thank everyone for the overwhelming response to the call for abstracts. We are absolutely delighted by the quality and number of submissions received. We received almost 1600 abstracts from 67 different countries.
The Scientific Committee will now be reviewing all the abstracts to craft an innovative and thought provoking program.
All Authors should have received notification of their place within the program. If you did not receive your notification, please check your junk mail and then email iafs2020@arinex.com.au
Key Dates
Abstract Submission Close | Now closed |
Authors Notified of Acceptance | Friday 10 April 2020 |
Author Registration & Early Bird Deadline | Monday 17 February 2021 |
IAFS 2020 Meeting Dates | 17 – 21 May 2021 |
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Program At A Glance
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Scientific Program Disciplines
Expand the box below to see a detailed description of each Discipline.
Disciplines
Anthropology & Archaeology |
Issues relevant to the recovery and examination of human remains (e.g., from clandestine burials), physical anthropology (including human osteology), and the application of archaeological methods to the collection and interpretation of traces. |
Biological Criminalistics |
All aspects of forensic biology, including the collection and analysis of biological materials (from presumptive tests through to DNA profiling), and the interpretation of associated results. |
Chemical Criminalistics |
Physical and chemical analysis of materials, including glass, paint, textile fibres, and miscellaneous substances not covered elsewhere, and the interpretation of the associated results. |
Clinical Forensic Medicine & Forensic Nursing |
All aspects of clinical forensic medicine (clinical practices to support potential legal proceedings) and forensic nursing (nursing processes associated with the treatment of patients in cases of abuse, violence, criminal activity, liability, and accidents). |
Crime Scene Investigation |
Issues related to crime scene examinations and the disciplines generally covered by field-based practitioners (e.g., scene of crime detection, scene recording, footwear impressions, bloodstain pattern analysis, etc.) |
Digital Forensic Science & Electronic Evidence |
Forensic exploitation of the various forms of digital/electronic information that may form part of an investigation (e.g., data from mobile phones, laptops, PCs, PDAs, GPS systems, etc.), including its collection, analysis and interpretation. |
Document Examination |
The examination of questioned documents, including the physical and chemical analysis of paper, inks, toners, etc., and the interpretation of associated results. |
Education & Training |
Issues related to education and training across the various fields of forensic science, including tertiary education, online programs, short courses and continuing professional education. |
Fingerprint Evidence & Biometrics |
Physical and chemical techniques used for fingermark detection and enhancement, together with issues related to fingerprint identification, including the interpretation of fingerprint evidence. Also includes biometric technologies for authentication and identification purposes (e.g., access control) that measure and analyse human body characteristics, such as fingerprints, eye retinas and irises, voice patterns, facial configurations and hand measurements. |
Firearms & Toolmarks |
Issues related to scene examination, and specimen collection, analysis and interpretation for incidents involving firearms and toolmarks. This includes the chemical analysis of firearm discharge residues. |
Fires & Explosions |
Issues related to scene examination, specimen collection, analysis and interpretation for incidents involving fire or explosion. This includes the chemical analysis of fire debris and explosive residues. |
Forensic Pathology |
Pathology that focuses on medicolegal investigations of sudden or unexpected death with a view to determining cause, manner and mode of death. |
Forensic Taphonomy & Entomology |
The interrelated studies of the post-mortem changes of human remains – focusing largely on environmental effects – and the identification and biological attributes of insects with application to forensic investigations (e.g., through estimation of the post-mortem interval). |
Humanitarian Forensic Science |
The application of the knowledge and skills of forensic medicine and science to humanitarian action, especially following conflicts or disasters. This includes the forensic response to mass graves and mass-casualty incidents where Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) protocols are required, and complex investigations and prosecutions of international crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. |
Illicit Drugs & Clandestine Laboratories |
Issues related to scene examination, specimen collection and analysis for incidents involving illicit drugs, including clandestine laboratories involved in the manufacture of illicit materials. Specimen analysis includes the application of chemical profiling techniques, related databases, and data interpretation issues. |
Management & Quality Assurance |
Aspects related to the management of forensic services, including quality assurance requirements (e.g., ISO 17025 accreditation). |
Military Forensic Science & Counterterrorism |
The military application of forensic techniques (including battlefield forensics) and issues specifically related to counterterrorism. This includes specimen collection and analysis where CBRN agents may be involved. |
Odontology |
Application of dental science to legal investigations, primarily involving the identification of human remains based on dental records, or the identification of an offender by comparing dental records to a bite mark left on a victim or at the scene. |
Psychiatry & Behavioural Sciences |
Psychiatric consultation and the assessment of mental health applied to legal matters, including clinical work with both offenders and victims. Behavioural science covers the various disciplines that deal with human actions, with such fields including sociology, social and cultural anthropology, and psychology. |
Science, Justice & Legal Issues |
Issues related to the interface between the various forensic science disciplines, the forensic science system and the justice system in its broadest definition, including how forensic evidence is perceived and interpreted by the legal community, how forensic evidence is presented in court, and how we can make forensic science more effective and reliable. This includes cases of alleged or actual wrongful conviction. |
Toxicology & Pharmacology |
Aspects related to the use of toxicology and other disciplines – such as analytical chemistry, pharmacology and clinical chemistry – as part of the medicolegal investigation into incidents of death, poisoning, and drug use. This includes the topic of anti-doping in sports. |
Wildlife Forensics & Environmental Crime |
Issues related to the physical and biochemical analysis of animal- and plant-based material that may be encountered in wildlife crime investigations (e.g., illegal trafficking of native animals and plants), as well as specimen collection and analysis for broader environmental crime investigations, such as pollution incidents. |