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Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward Appendix B Committee Meeting Agendas MEETING 1 WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 25, 2007 8:30 Welcome and Introductions   Committee Co-chairs Harry T. Edwards, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Constantine Gatsonis, Director, Center for Statistical Studies, Brown University 8:45 Charge to Committee   David W. Hagy, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Policy Coordination, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice and Principal Deputy Director, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice 9:10 Discussion 9:30 Importance of Study to the Forensics Community   Joe Polski, Chair, Consortium of Forensic Science Organizations 9:45 Discussion 10:15 Current State of Forensics: Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Labs Joseph L. Peterson, Director and Professor, School of Criminal Justice and Criminalistics, California State University, Los Angeles

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Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward   Matthew J. Hickman, U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics 10:45 Discussion 11:15 Overview of Forensics Training and Education   Max M. Houck, Director, Forensic Science Initiative and Director, Forensic Business Development, College of Business and Economics, West Virginia University   Larry Quarino, Assistant Professor, Cedar Crest College 12:00 Discussion 12:15 Lunch 1:00 Daily Operations of Forensic Labs   Joseph A. DiZinno, Assistant Director, Laboratory Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation   Jan L. Johnson, Laboratory Director, Forensic Science Center at Chicago, Illinois State Police   Irma Rios, Assistant Director, City of Houston Crime Lab 2:15 Discussion 3:00 National Institute of Justice Research Program and Budget— Future Needs and Priorities   John Morgan, Deputy Director for Science and Technology, National Institute of Justice, DOJ 3:20 Discussion 3:45 Views from the Major Forensic Science Organizations: Issues and Challenges   Bruce A. Goldberger, President-Elect, American Academy of Forensic Sciences

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Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward   Bill Marbaker, President, American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors   Robert Stacey, President, American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors, Laboratory Accreditation Board   Arthur Eisenberg, Board Member, Forensic Quality Services   Joe Polski, Chief Operations Officer, International Association for Identification   James Downs, Board Member and Chair, Government Affairs Committee, National Association of Medical Examiners 5:00 Discussion 5:30 Adjourn JANUARY 26, 2007 8:30 Opportunities for Improvement: Critical Areas   Michael Risinger, Professor of Law, Seton Hall Law School   Peter Neufeld, Co-founder and Co-director, The Innocence Project   David Stoney, Chief Scientist, Stoney Forensic, Inc. 9:30 Discussion 10:00 Adjourn MEETING 2 WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 23, 2007 8:00 Welcome and Introductions   Harry T. Edwards and Constantine Gatsonis Committee Co-chairs

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Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward 8:10 Essential Elements of Science: Hypotheses, Falsifiability, Replication, Peer Review   Alan I. Leshner, Chief Executive Officer, American Association for the Advancement of Science   The Science of Statistics: Error Testing, Probabilities, Observer Bias   Jay Kadane, Senior Statistician, Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University 9:00 Discussion 9:20 Forensic DNA   Science   Robin Cotton, Director, Biomedical Forensic Sciences Program, Boston University School of Medicine   Policy and Politics   Chris Asplen, Vice President, Gordon Thomas Honeywell Government Affairs and former Executive Director, U.S. Attorney General’s National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence 10:10 Discussion 10:45 The Science of Forensic Disciplines   What is the state of the art? Where is research conducted? Where is it published? What is the scientific basis that informs the interpretation of the evidence? Where are new developments coming from? What are the major problems in the scientific foundation or methods and in the practice? What research questions would you like to have answered?   Moderator: Constantine Gatsonis, Committee Co-Chair

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Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward 10:50 Drug Identification   Joseph P. Bono, Laboratory Director, Forensic Services Division, U.S. Secret Service 11:15 Discussion 11:45 Lunch 12:30 Pattern Evidence with Fingerprints and Toolmarks as Illustrations   Fingerprints   Ed German, Latent Print Examiner, U.S. Army, Retired   Toolmarks   Peter Striupaitis, Chair, International Association for Identification, Firearm/Toolmark Committee and Member, Scientific Working Group for Firearms and Toolmarks (SWGGUN) 1:30 Discussion 2:00 Trace Evidence with Arson and Hair as Illustrations   Arson   John Lentini, Scientific Fire Analysis, LLC   Hair   Max M. Houck, Director, Forensic Science Initiative and Director, Forensic Business Development, College of Business and Economics, West Virginia University 3:00 Discussion 3:45 Forensic Odontology: Bite Marks David R. Senn, Director, Center for Education and Research in Forensics and Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Dental Diagnostic Science, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward 4:10 Discussion 4:30 Commentators   Robert E. Gaensslen, Head of Program in Forensic Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago   Jennifer Mnookin, Professor of Law, University of California, Los Angeles Law School   David Kaye, Regents’ Professor of Law and Professor of Life Sciences, Arizona State University 5:15 Comments from the Floor 5:45 Adjourn APRIL 24, 2007 8:00 Welcome and Introductions   Harry T. Edwards and Constantine Gatsonis Committee Co-chairs 8:10 From Crime Scene to Courtroom: The Collection and Flow of Evidence   Barry A. J. Fisher, Director, Scientific Services Bureau, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and former President, American Academy of Forensic Sciences 8:45 Discussion 9:15 Practice and Standards: Scientific Working Groups   What is the process for establishing the guidelines and standards? What are the guidelines/standards for each of these disciplines? How is quality control/quality assurance monitored and enforced? What recommendations have these organizations made and have they been implemented? What is needed?   Moderator: Harry T. Edwards, Committee Co-chair

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Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward 9:20 Drug Identification   Nelson A. Santos, Drug Enforcement Administration and Chair, Scientific Working Group for the Analysis of Seized Drugs (SWGDRUG) 9:40 Discussion 10:00 Pattern Evidence: Latent Prints   Stephen B. Meagher, Fingerprint Specialist, Federal Bureau of Investigation and Vice-Chair, Scientific Working Group on Friction Ridge Analysis, Study and Technology (SWGFAST) 10:30 Discussion 11:00 Trace Evidence: Hair Analysis   Richard E. Bisbing, Executive Vice President, McCrone Associates, Inc. and member, Scientific Working Group on Materials Analysis (SWGMAT) 11:20 Discussion 11:45 Commentators   Paul C. Giannelli, Weatherhead Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Law   Carol Henderson, Director, National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and the Law and Professor of Law, Stetson University   Michael J. Saks, Professor of Law & Psychology and Faculty Fellow, Center for the Study of Law, Science, & Technology, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University 12:30 Comments from the Floor 1:00 Adjourn

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Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward MEETING 3 WASHINGTON, D.C. JUNE 5, 2007 8:15 Welcome and Introductions   Harry T. Edwards and Constantine Gatsonis Committee Co-chairs 8:30 Forensic Sciences: Issues and Direction   Bruce Budowle, Senior Scientist, Laboratory Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation 9:30 Challenges for Crime Laboratories: City, County, and Private   Peter Pizzola, Director, New York Police Department Crime Laboratory   John Collins, Director, DuPage County Sheriff’s Office Crime Laboratory   John E. Moalli, Group Vice President and Principal Engineer, Exponent 11:00 Emerging Issues: Cybercrime, fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) and Lie Detection, and Photographic Comparison Analysis   Eric Friedberg, Co-president, Stroz Friedberg, LLC   Hank Greely, Deane F. and Kate Edelman Johnson Professor of Law, Stanford University   Richard W. Vorder Bruegge, Supervisory Photographic Technologist-Examiner of Questioned Photographic Evidence, Federal Bureau of Investigation 12:30 Working Lunch: Continuation of Morning Session

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Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward 1:15 Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS) Interoperability   John Onstwedder III, Statewide AFIS Coordinator for the Forensic Sciences Command, Forensic Science Center at Chicago, Illinois State Police   Peter T. Higgins, Principal Consultant, The Higgins-Hermansen Group Peter D. Komarinski, Komarinski & Associates, LLC 2:15 Medical Examiner System   Randy Hanzlick, Chief Medical Examiner, Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Center, Fulton County, Georgia and Professor of Forensic Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine   James Downs, Board Member and Chair, Governmental Affairs Committee, National Association of Medical Examiners; Vice Chair, Consortium of Forensic Science Organizations; Coastal Regional Medical Examiner, Georgia Bureau of Investigation   Garry F. Peterson, Chief Medical Examiner Emeritus, Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office, Minnesota; Chair, Standards, Inspection and Accreditation Committee and Standards Subcommittee and Past President, National Association of Medical Examiners   Victor W. Weedn, Medical Examiner 4:15 Comments from the Floor 5:00 Adjourn MEETING 4 WOODS HOLE, MASSACHUSETTS SEPTEMBER 20, 2007 1:30 Welcome   Harry T. Edwards and Constantine Gatsonis Committee Co-chairs

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Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward 1:35 Lessons Learned From the Houston Police Department Investigation   Michael R. Bromwich, Independent Investigator, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP 2:45 200 Exonerations: A Look at the Cases Involving Faulty Forensic Evidence   Brandon L. Garrett, Associate Professor of Law, University of Virginia   Peter Neufeld, Co-Founder and Co-Director, The Innocence Project 4:15 Ethics in Forensic Science   Peter D. Barnett, Partner, Forensic Science Associates 5:00 Reducing Error Rates: A New Institutional Arrangement for Forensic Science   Roger G. Koppl, Director, Institute for Forensic Science Administration, Fairleigh Dickinson University 6:00 Adjourn SEPTEMBER 21, 2007 8:15 Welcome   Harry T. Edwards and Constantine Gatsonis Committee Co-chairs 8:20 The U.K. Forensics System   Carole McCartney, Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, School of Law, University of Leeds

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Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward 9:20 The Role of Forensics in Homeland Security   Charles Cooke, Bio-Specialist, Office of the Deputy Director for Strategy and Evaluation, National Counterproliferation Center, Office of the Director of National Intelligence   James Burans, Bioforensics Program Manager, National Bioforensics Analysis Center, U.S. Department of Homeland Security   Larry Chelko, Director, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory   Rick Tontarski, Chief, Forensic Analysis Division, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory 11:00 Forensics at the National Institute of Standards and Technology   Michael D. Garris, Image Group Manager, National Institute of Standards and Technology   Barbara Guttman, Line Manager, National Software Reference Library, National Institute of Standards and Technology   William MacCrehan, Research Chemist, Analytical Chemistry Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology 12:20 Adjourn MEETING 5 WASHINGTON, D.C. DECEMBER 6, 2007 8:15 Welcome and Introductions   Harry T. Edwards and Constantine Gatsonis Committee Co-chairs 8:30 Scientific Working Group on Friction Ridge Analysis, Study and Technology (SWGFAST)   Glenn Langenburg, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

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Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward 9:15 Fingerprint Source Book   John Morgan, Deputy Director for Science and Technology, National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice 9:45 International Association of Identification: Key Issues   Kenneth F. Martin, Crime Scene Services, Massachusetts State Police 10:30 Forensic Science Issues at the U.S. Secret Service   Vici Inlow, Forensic Services Division, U.S. Secret Service   Deborah Leben, Forensic Services Division, U.S. Secret Service 11:10 Contextual Bias   Itiel Dror, School of Psychology, University of Southampton 12:00 Lunch 1:00 The Coroner System   Michael Murphy, Las Vegas Office of the Coroner 1:50 Survey of Non-Traditional Forensic Service Providers   Tom Witt, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, College of Business and Economics, West Virginia University 2:30 Department of Defense Latent Print Analysis   Thomas Cantwell, Senior Forensic Analyst, Biometric Task Force and Leader, Forensic Integrated Product Team, U.S. Department of Defense 3:15 Comments from the Floor 3:45 Adjourn