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NACDL’s 18th Annual Forensics Seminar, “Making Sense of Science: Forensic Science, Technology & the Law” will be held at the Sahara Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, April 24-26, 2025.
BIG NAMES. BIG SCIENCE. NEW TECHNOLOGY. A BIG-TIME CLE EXPERIENCE!
Don’t miss this great opportunity for a no-nonsense, national networking CLE featuring the leading faculty in their respective fields.
Agenda
The program agenda and faculty are subject to change.
| Thursday, April 24, 2025 | |
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| 3:30 pm | Early Registration & Exhibit Hall Open |
| Friday, April 25, 2025 | ||
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| 7:00 am | Registration, Exhibits & Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:00 am | Welcoming Remarks and Morning Announcements – NACDL President Christopher Wellborn (Rock Hill, SC) & Program Co-Chairs Angelica Cogliano (Austin, TX), Jacqueline Goodman (Fullerton, CA), and Tamar Lerer (Newark, NJ) | |
| FORENSIC SCIENCE TRACK | AI & TECHNOLOGY TRACK | |
| 8:15 am | How to Best Utilize (and Treat) Your Experts – Laura Schile (Sun City, AZ) | Emerging Technologies – Clare Garvie, NACDL’s 4th Amendment Center (Washington, DC) |
| 9:15 am | How to Impeach Deviations from the Standards of Evidence – Dr. Jennifer L. Johnson (Mission, KS) | AI: Artificial Intelligence Roadmap for Practicing Attorneys – Elizabeth Daniel Vasquez (New York, NY) |
| 10:15 am | Exhibits, Networking & Refreshment Break | |
| 10:30 am | Arson Evidence and Analysis as Junk Science – Doug Carpenter (Columbia, MD) | Biometrics and Facial Recognition – Clare Garvie, NACDL’s 4th Amendment Center (Washington, DC) |
| 11:30 am | Fingerprint Evaluations and Discovery – Heidi Eldridge (Durham, NC) | Cellular Location Data: How Did the Great Lie Get Accepted by the Courts? – Andrew Garrett (Orlando, FL) |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch break on your own | |
| 2:00 pm | STRmix – Elizabeth Daniel Vasquez (New York, NY) | E-Discovery – Addy Schmitt (Washington, DC) |
| 3:00 pm | DNA Transfer: Serology, Blood, Semen, Saliva Testing, etc. – Lisa Desire (New York, NY) | Beating a Stacked Deck: Attacking Electronic Evidence in Digital Searches – Tim Zerillo (Portland, ME) |
| 4:00 pm | Exhibits, Networking & Refreshment Break | |
| 4:15 pm | The Science of THC – Daniel Mehler (San Antonio, TX) | Topic TBA – Speaker TBA (Location, US) |
| 5:15 pm | Blood Pattern Analysis (What to Look for) – Amy Santoro (Kansas City, MO) | Topic TBA – Speaker TBA (Location, US) |
| 6:15 pm | Adjourn for the Day | |
| 7:00 pm | Welcoming Reception | |
| Saturday, April 26, 2025 | |
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| 7:15 am | Registration, Exhibits & Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 am | Morning Announcements – Program Co-Chairs |
| 8:10 am | AHT / Shaken Baby Syndrome – Aaron Nelson (Hudson, WI) |
| 9:10 am | Decoding Complex Digital Evidence: Authenticating Video Evidence – Brian Cummings (Fairport, NY) |
| 10:10 am | Exhibits, Networking & Refreshment Break |
| 10:25 am | Forensic Software Engineering Standards – Marc Canellas (Washington, DC) |
| 11:25 am | Cognitive Bias – Adele Quigley-McBride (Burnaby, BC, Canada) |
| 12:25 pm | Lunch break on your own |
| 1:55 pm | Let’s Go to the Tape: Science-Based Standards for Non-Eyewitness Identification in a Surveillance World – Kathy Pezdek (Claremont, CA) and Tamar Lerer (Newark, NJ) |
| 2:55 pm | Topic TBA – Speaker TBA (Location, US) |
| 3:55 pm | Exhibitor, Networking & Refreshment Break |
| 4:10 pm | Topic TBA – Speaker TBA (Location, US) |
| 5:10 pm | Topic TBA – Speaker TBA (Location, US) |
| 6:10 pm | Seminar Adjourns until 2026! |
Faculty
- Marc Canellas (Washington, DC)
- Douglas J. Carpenter, MScFPE, CFEI, P.E., FSFPE (Columbia, MD)
- Brian Cummings (Fairport, NY)
- Lisa Desire, MFS (New York, NY)
- Dr. Heidi Eldridge, Ph.D. (Durham, NC)
- Andrew Garrett (Orlando, FL) *NACDL MEMBER
- Clare Garvie, NACDL 4th Amendment Center (Washington, DC)
- Dr. Jennifer Johnson, DNP, MSN, APRN, WHNP-BC, AFN-BC, SANE-A, SANE-P, DF-AFN (Mission, KS)
- Tamar Lerer (Newark, NJ) *NACDL MEMBER
- Daniel Mehler (San Antonio, TX)
- Aaron A. Nelson (Hudson, WI) *NACDL MEMBER
- Kathy Pezdek (Claremont, CA)
- Adele Quigley-McBride (Burnaby, BC, Canada)
- Amy Santoro, MFS, CBPA, CSCSA, CFPh, ABC-FKE (Kansas City, MO)
- Laura Schile (Sun City, AZ)
- Addy Schmitt (Washington, DC)
- Elizabeth Daniel Vasquez (Brooklyn, NY) *NACDL MEMBER
- Tim Zerillo (Portland, ME) *NACDL MEMBER
Hotel
Sahara Las Vegas Hotel & Casino
2535 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Sponsorship and Exhibits
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