TIFS 2018

Welcome and Opening Ceremony

 

 

8:30 - 9:30	Arrival period Conference sign-in and Registration Networking opportunity provided	Ambassador Auditorium, CAW Commons
9:30 -10-00	Welcome and Opening Ceremony	Ambassador Auditorium
10:00 - 10:30	Keynote Address	Ambassador Auditorium
10:30 - 10:50	Health Break WITH RAFFLE PRIZES	Ambassador Auditorium
10.50 - 11.20	Forensic Sciences Guest Speakers Emerson Camisso Brooke Fox Philip Beckman	Ambassador Auditorium
11.30 - 12. 30	CSI-Windsor (Forensics Hands -On Workshops Session -A)	Essex Hall : Room  219 and USCI Lab (335)
12:30 – 1.00	Outdoor Mock Crime Scene Investigation	Outside CAW Commons
	Forensic Sciences Research Showcase and Careers Information in CAW Commons ALL DAY! TRIVIA GAME STATION IN THE CAW COMMONS FARO-REALITY STATION OUTSIDE Ambassador Auditorium
1.00-1.30 p.m.	LUNCH	Ambassador Auditorium
1.30- 2.30 p.m.	Forensic Sciences Guest Speakers Andrea Djolovic Jaclyn Slaney Emilee Mancini Lyara Kielt & Margue McGregor Olivia Wuerch Meagan Beaton Munira Jamali Jessie Boycott	Ambassador Auditorium
2.30-3.15 p.m.	CSI-Windsor: (Forensic Hands-On Workshops Session -B)	CAW Commons and outside AA
3.15-3.30 p.m.	Health Break WITH RAFFLE PRIZES	Ambassador Auditorium
3.30- 4:30	Awards, Raffle Prizes, and Closing Ceremony	Ambassador Auditorium

 

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Dr. Gary Berman

Forensic Odontologist

Michigan, USA

                   

TOPIC: Forensic Odontology in the Medical Examiner's office and in Mass Disaster Victim Identification

Dr. Gary Berman is a Board Certified Forensic Dentist on staff at the Wayne County Michigan Medical Examiner’s office, and a Forensic Dental consultant to, Washtenaw County Medical Examiner, Genesee County Medical Examiner and the Oakland County Medical Examiner’s office, Sparrow Forensic Pathology Services (Lansing).

Dr. Berman is a member of the U.S. Federal Disaster Team DMORT (Disaster Mortuary Operations Response Team) and was deployed to both the World Trade Center Disaster and the Katrina Disaster. Dr. Berman serves as the Morgue Operations leader for the MiMORT (Michigan Mortuary Operations Response Team) and is on its advisory committee.  He is the assistant team leader of the Michigan Dental Association’s Forensic Dental Identification Team and a member of its “Go Team”. He is also a past president of the American Board of Forensic Odontology and the American Society of Forensic Odontology.

Gary M. Berman, D.D.S., D.A.B.F.O.

            

GUEST PRESENTERS

• Brooke Fox

TOPIC : The Recovery of Latent Friction Ridge Detail off Produce Surfaces

Brooke Fox holds a Bachelor of Arts in Forensics and Psychology as well as a Masters of Arts in Legal Studies, and is an Information Management (IM) Officer for the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC). During Brooke’s academic career at the University of Windsor, Brooke published two articles in Identification Canada pertaining to the development of latent friction ridge detail on spent cartridge casings and produce surfaces.

 

• Emerson Camisso

TOPIC: Kinship Analysis using Autosomal DNA.

Emerson Camisso graduated from the University of Windsor in 2015 with an Honours Bachelor of Forensic Science with specialization in Molecular Biology/Biochemistry. He continued his studies at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK, where he had the opportunity to undertake his dissertation research at the Institut für Rechtsmedizin, University of Münster, Germany. He subsequently graduated in 2016 with a Master of Science in Forensic Science. Emerson currently works at a private relationship testing company, where he specializes in human DNA analysis.

 

• Philip Beckman

TOPIC: How 3D laser scanning is bring the “CSI” effect to a laboratory or courtroom        

Philip Beckman is the Canadian Account Manager, Public Safety Forensics Division, for FARO Technologies Inc.  He has a Bachelors in Business Administration from York University, Toronto.  Philip has over 20 years of experience with advanced, emerging and disruptive 3D technologies and professional services. These include GPS / GNSS for GIS and Land Survey, 3D laser scanning, Mobile LiDAR, and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).   Philip has marketed and sold these solutions to clients from many markets across North America, including all levels of government, law enforcement, engineering, utilities, transportation, environmental, and mining & exploration.

 

•   Andrea Djolovic                    

TOPIC: Investigative Work in Medical Genetics

Andrea Djolovic graduated from the University of Windsor in 2013 with an Honours Bachelor of Forensic Science degree with a Specialization in Biochemistry. She went on to complete a Masters in Genetic Counseling overseas and has been working as a General Genetic Counsellor since 2016. Andrea’s main interests are in general, pediatric, and prenatal genetics.  

 

•   Jaclyn Slaney

TOPIC: Send it to the Lab for Fingerprints

Jaclyn Slaney has a Bachelor of Biological Sciences as well as a Bachelor of Forensic Science with a Chemistry Specialization from the University of Windsor.
Jaclyn is currently working as a Laboratory Specialist for a  Forensic Identification Unit of a large police service as of October 2015. The main focus of her work is the development and comparison of fingerprints but her duties also include the collection of DNA and other trace evidence from items that are submitted from crime scenes for processing through the Lab.  Jaclyn also attends court regularly as required for her involvement in  processing evidence as well as fingerprint identifications.

 

STUDENT SPEAKERS :

•  Emmilee Mancini 

Topic:The Forensic Biometric Analysis of Changes in Heart Rate and Skin Conductance Provoked by Emotional Arousal during Initial Exposure and Subsequent Recollection of Stimuli

 

•  Lyara Kielt and Margue McGregor

​Topic:  The Forensic Biometric Analysis of Changes in Facial Response Provoked by Emotional Arousal during Initial and Subsequesnt Exposure to Stimuli  

 

•  Olivia Wuerce

Topic: Creation and verification of bacterial clones through the use of digestion enzymes

 

•  Meagan Beaton

Topic: Determination of the Brand of Cigarettes based on Metal  Contents Estimated by ICP-OES.

 

•  Munira Jamali

Topic: Non-invasive Early Detection of Cerebral Aneurysms using volume rendering in Invivo 5

 

•  Jessie Boycott

Topic: Differentiation Between Real and Imitation Voices Using Speech Pro SIS II Software for Voice Biometrics Analysis.