Plenary Sessions and Workshops

(subject to changes)

Plenary topics and speakers


Human Identification & DNA Technologies
Charla Marshall

DNA Phenotyping
Manel Esteller

Population Genetics
Maria Martinon

PMS DNA Transfer Panel Discussion
Peter Gill, Bas Kokshoorn, Mariya Goray

DNA Interpretation & Statistics
Duncan Taylor

Genetic Genealogy & Ethics
Andreas Tillmar

Workshops and presenters


Monday, 9th september

Room Morning Afternoon
1 Half day Body Fluid Identification
Titia Sijen, Cordula Haas
Half day Disaster Victim Identification
Carlos Vullo, Lourdes Prieto
2 Half day mtDNA
Walther Parson, Charla Marshall
Half day Forensic Database Advisory Board and
Ethical Considerations for Forensic Genetic
Frequency Databases
Martin Zieger
3 Full day Forensic Genetics Genealogy (basic & advanced session)
Daniel Kling, Andreas Tillmar
4 Full day Mixture Interpretation (basic & advanced session)
Peter Gill, Øyvind Bleka, Corina Benschop

Tuesday 10th

Room Morning Afternoon
1 Half day Ancestry/ Appearance & Phenotyping
Antonia Heidegger, Catarina Xavier
Half day Bayesian Networks & Activity Level Reporting
Bas Kokshoorn
2 Half day Y-Chromosome Analysis and Statistics (first session)
Lutz Roewer, Sascha Willuweit
Half day Y-Chromosome Analysis and Statistics (second session)
Arwin Ralf, Sofie Claerhout
3 Full day Bioinformatics MPS (basic & advanced session)
Jerry Hoogenboom, Jonathan King
4 Full day Kinship Statistics and Pedigree Analysis (basic & advanced session)
Thore Egeland, Magnus Vigeland

Body Fluid Identification
Titia Sijen, Cordula Haas

Disaster Victim Identification
Carlos Vullo, Lourdes Prieto

mtDNA
Walther Parson, Charla Marshall

Reporting & Communicating Science
John Butler

Forensic Genetics Genealogy (basic & advanced session)
Daniel Kling, Andreas Tillmar

Mixture Interpretation (basic & advanced session)
Peter Gill, Øyvind Bleka, Corina Benschop

Ancestry/ Appearance & Phenotyping
Antonia Heidegger, Catarina Xavier

Bayesian Networks & Activity Level Reporting
Bas Kokshoorn

Y-Chromosome Analysis and Statistics (first session)
Lutz Roewer, Sascha Willuweit

Y-Chromosome Analysis and Statistics (second session)
Arwin Ralf, Sofie Claerhout

Bioinformatics MPS (basic & advanced session)
Jerry Hoogenboom, Jonathan King

Kinship Statistics and Pedigree Analysis (basic & advanced session)
Thore Egeland, Magnus Vigeland