Below is general information for the meeting including:

• Maps of the hotel, meeting location, directions from the hotel to the meeting location,
• Registration times and locations,
• Reception information,
• Live and silent auction times,
• Executive committee meeting time,
• Business meeting information, and
• Networking opportunities.

NAFEA Meeting Information

UD River Campus at 1700 S Patterson Blvd – Event Space Map

We have had generous support from numerous sponsors by providing materials that we will be raffling throughout the meeting. New this year, we will have a live auction during the mixer on Tuesday (16 July) and a silent auction to be concluded on the last day of the meeting!

Below is a list of items received thus far that will be included in these activities:

The Annual Meeting Committee for 2013 in Dayton would like to clarify the process of abstract evaluation for the 2013 meeting.

1) In order to keep the meeting to less than three days there are a limited number of spots (about 30) for oral presentations.  To accommodate the most number of oral presentations while also facilitating poster presentations we will be reviewing abstracts this year to rank them for oral or poster. The review process is also intended to provide feedback to students on their abstract writing in a way to increase academic and professional development.

2) The review process is being developed but will primarily be focused on data quality and presentation to rank oral presentations. The review process will be done by a review committee of professors and other forensic professionals.  This will only happen for oral presentations for this year.

3) Thus, all abstracts will be accepted, but we will be ranking about 30 for oral presentations.  Any remaining will be invited to give a poster presentation at the meeting.

Please contact me with any questions (eric.benbow@gmail.com).

Best,
Eric

M. Eric Benbow, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
University of Dayton
300 College Park
Dayton, OH 45469-2320
Phone: 937-229-2504
Fax: 937-229-2021

Highlights:

• Day of Networking: 14 July 2013

Attendees are welcome to Dayton on the Sunday prior to the meeting for networking opportunities with current (and potential future) collaborators! We will arrange group related activities that allow for attendees to explore Dayton.

• ABFE Exam: 15 July 2013

  The board certification examination for ABFE will be offered to members on the Sunday before the meeting.

• Workshop: 15 July 2013

  An introductory, daylong, two-part workshop will cover the basic tools required for forensic entomologists. We will cover methods, techniques and provide a hands-on experience for participants in how to collect, process, preserve and analyze entomological evidence associated with crime scenes.

  Session I: Collecting, processing and analyzing insect evidence from a crime scene
  Session II: Insect macrophotography

• Scientific Sessions – 16-17 July 2013

  The oral and poster sessions will be on the last two days of the conference with the student competition to be held on the first day. Please note that abstract submission is competitive this year with space for 35 oral presentations lasting approximately 15 minutes. Abstracts for oral presentations will be peer reviewed and selected for oral presentation.  Those not selected for oral presentation will be invited to be presented as a poster. Details of the review process are forthcoming. We invite attendees to bring scientific posters for display.

• Keynote Speaker

  Our keynote speaker is Dr. Sue Stejskal with the St. Joseph Co. (MI) Sheriff’s Department. She is the author of “Death, Decomposition, and Detector Dogs: From Science to Scene”

This panel discussion will involve NAFEA student members asking questions to forensic expert witnesses involved with entomological evidence from the Casey Anthony case that took place in Florida, USA, during 2011.

Caylee Marie Anthony (August 9, 2005 – ca. June 2008) was an American two-year-old girl who was reported missing in Orlando, Florida, in July 2008, and whose remains were found in a wooded area near her home in December 2008. Entomological evidence was extensively involved in the case.

Her then 22-year-old mother, Casey Marie Anthony, was tried for the first-degree murder of Caylee, but was acquitted. She was, however, in 2011 convicted of misdemeanor counts of providing false information to police officers.

This question and answer discussion will be based on manuscript depositions from the prosecution and defense that will be provided electronically to NAFEA members ahead of time so they can formulate their own questions. Dr. Neal Haskell was the expert forensic entomology witness for the prosecution in this case and will be representing this side and the defense expert witness will be determined

He began his education at Spring Harbor College where he obtained his Bachelors degree in biology and chemistry in 1979 and entered graduate school at Eastern Michigan University to obtain his Masters degree in biology/physiology in 1989.  Medical School at Michigan State University was completed in 1992, followed by internship, two years of pathology residency at Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, two years of pathology residency at Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, Ohio and one year of Forensic Pathology fellowship at Montgomery County Crime Lab, Dayton, Ohio.

Currently, he is in his tenth year as Medical Examiner for Clark County, a position in which he conducts approximately 700 autopsies, with approximately 35 homicides, a year.  His presence is often required in court with regard to his findings and determination of cause and manner of death.

Dr. Telgenhoff is also a forensic consultant for the television show “CSI: Crime Scene Investigaton” and “Bones” as well as for numerous authors.  Dr. Telgenhoff speaks nationally to colleges and other venues regarding his experiences as a forensic pathologist; using science, experience and his own macabre sense of humor to bring audiences the tales of reality versus the TV show.

The title of his talk is “The Real Vegas CSI“