GRUPPO ITALIANO DI PATOLOGIA FORENSE GENETISTI FORENSI ITALIANI SIMLA ISFG
Under the auspices of
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FRIDAY, 27 APRIL 2012
8.30-10.00 Registration
10.00-10.30 Opening addresses
V.L. Pascali (Rome - I), M. Prinz (New York - USA),
R. Bellantone, Faculty Dean UCSC (Rome - I)
10.30-12.30 SESSION
LOW-QUALITY RESULTS, LOW-AMOUNT TEMPLATES
Chairman: M. Prinz (New York - USA)
10.30-11.00 Low-quality DNA profiles, and the issue of overstatements in Court
A. Carracedo (Santiago de Compostela - E)
11.00-11.30 Interpretation of complex DNA profiles and relevance of evidence
P. Gill (Oslo - N)
11.30-12.00 A probability model for profile evaluation in complex mixtures with dropout
D. Balding (London - UK)
12.00-12.30 General discussion 12.30-14.00 Lunch C M Y CM MY CY CMY K programma dna.pdf 1 18/04/12 10:12
FRIDAY, 27 APRIL 2012
14.00-16.00 PANEL DISCUSSION 1
THREE KEY-QUESTIONS POSED TO INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS
Chairman: N. Morling (Copenhagen - DK)
Is there a specific laboratory protocol to deal with low template DNA?
C. Doutremepuich (Bordeaux - F), P. Gill (Oslo - N),
N. Morling (Copenhagen - DK), M. Prinz (New York - USA),
P.M. Schneider (Köln - D), A. Tagliabracci (Ancona - I) Is there a DNA template threshold beneath which PCR amplification misleads?
B. Budowle (Fort Worth - USA),
A. Carracedo (Santiago de Compostela - E),
F. De Stefano (Genoa - I), P.M. Schneider (Köln - D) Is the absence of a peak evidence of [peak] absence? What mathematics for low-template DNA profiling?
D. Balding (London - UK), A.P. Dawid (Cambridge - UK),
R. Domenici (Pisa - I), J. Mortera (Rome - I) 16.00-16.30 Coffee break
16.30-18.30 PANEL DISCUSSION 2
TOP HEADLINE TRIALS IN ITALY. DOES OUR DOMESTIC DNA EVIDENCE BETRAY INCOMPLIANCE TO
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OF GOOD PRACTICE?
Chairmen: J. Mortera (Rome - I), G. Neri (SIGU President, Rome - I)
G. Bongiorno (Lawyer, Rome - I),
A. Carracedo (Editor, FSI, Santiago de Compostela - E),
E. Cataldi (Chief Commander, RIS Carabinieri, Rome - I),
A. Gentiloni Silveri (Lawyer, Rome - I),
G. Gualtieri (Director of the SPS Polizia di Stato, Rome - I),
M. Monteleone (Office of The Public Prosecutor, Rome - I),
G. Novelli (Scientist, Rome - I),
M. Prinz (ISFG President, New York - USA),
G. Santacroce (President, Court to Appeal, Rome - I),
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SATURDAY, 28 APRIL 2012
9.00-10.30 SESSION
MIXTURES, AND THEIR TREATMENT
Chairman: P. Gill (Oslo - N)
9.00-9.30 Mixtures: extracting evidentiary value from their constituents
P.M. Schneider (Köln - D)
9.30-10.00 Addressing DNA mixtures: the probabilistic approach
A.P. Dawid (Cambridge - UK) 10.00-10.30 General discussion
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-13.00 SESSION
ERRORS, FABRICATION
Chairman: P.M. Schneider (Köln - D)
11.00-11.30 Is DNA forensic analysis an error-prone process?
B. Budowle (Fort Worth - USA)
11.30-12.00 Weight of DNA evidence - risk considerations
N. Morling (Copenhagen - DK)
12.00-12.30 Current progress on the issue of uncertain DNA evidence
M. Prinz (ISFG President, New York - USA) 12.30-13.00 General discussion
13.00-13.30 LECTURE
Development of forensic DNA technologies to minimize risk of contamination and maximize results from compromised samples L. Calandro - Life Technologies
13.30 Closing address V.L. Pascali (Rome - I) C M Y CM MY CY CMY K 4dna.pdf 3 18/04/12 11:45
David Balding
Professor of Statistical Genetics University College Genetics Institute
London - United Kingdom
Bruce Budowle
Professor of Forensic and Investigative Genetics, University of North Texas
Fort Worth - USA
Angel Carracedo
Professor of Forensic Science University of Santiago de Compostela Executive Director, Fundacion Pública Galega
de Medicina Xenómica (FPGMX) Health Council of Galicia - Spain
A. Philip Dawid
Professor of Statistics
University of Cambridge - United Kingdom
Francesco De Stefano
Professor of Forensic Medicine University of Genoa - Italy
Ranieri Domenici
Professor of Forensic Medicine University of Pisa - Italy
Christian Doutremepuich
Professor at the Laboratoire d'Hématologie Université Victor Segalen, Bordeaux 2 - France
Peter Gill
Professor of Forensic Genetics Oslo University - Norway
Niels Morling
Professor of Forensic Genetics Director and Chairman of the Department of Forensic Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Copenhagen - Denmark
Julia Mortera
Professor of Statistics School of Economy University of Rome 3, Rome - Italy
Vincenzo L. Pascali
Professor of Forensic Medicine
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome - Italy
Mechthild Prinz
President of the International Society of Forensic Genetics Department of Forensic Biology Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME)
New York - USA
Peter M. Schneider
Professor of Forensic Genetics University of Köln - Germany Chairman of the German Forensic
Stain Commission
Adriano Tagliabracci
Professor of Forensic Medicine
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona - Italy
FACULTY
SCIENTIFIC SECRETARIAT and ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Antonio Oliva Ilaria Boschi Laura Baldassarri Fabio De Giorgio Sara Merigioli Riccardo Rossi Francesca Scarnicci Department of Forensic Medicine Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
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SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
SLIDE CENTRE
The Slide Centre is located near the Auditorium and the Secretariat Desk. The Auditorium is equipped with a computer slide projector. It will be not possible to use personal laptops in the meeting room.
The use of CD-Rom, pens or memory stick is advisable to easily download the presentations, by handing them to the technicians in charge at the Slide Centre. Please remember to collect your CD or memory pen at the Slide Centre at the end of the session.
Speakers with Powerpoint presentation on CD Rom or memory pen: please report to the Slide Centre at least 1 hour before your presentation or the day before if you are scheduled in the morning.
The Slide Centre is available for speakers to deliver their presentation with the following time schedule:
Friday, 27 April 2012 8.00-18.30 Saturday, 28 April 2012 8.30-13.30
SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION
Simultaneous translation from English to Italian will be provided.
ACCREDITAMENTO AVVOCATI (only for Italian lawyers)
Il Consiglio dell’Ordine degli Avvocati di Roma ha deliberato l’accreditamento della Conferenza concedendo 14 crediti formativi.
CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE
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GENERAL INFORMATION
CONFERENCE VENUE
Auditorium
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Largo Francesco Vito, 1
00168 Rome - Italy ORGANISING SECRETARIAT OIC srl Viale G. Matteotti, 7 50121 Florence - Italy Phone +39 055 50351 Fax +39 055 5001912 [email protected]
The Secretariat Desk will be open with the following time schedule: Friday, 27 April 2012 8.00-18.30
Saturday, 28 April 2012 8.30-13.30
Please collect the conference kit at the Secretariat Desk and wear your personal name badge during the Scientific Session and social activities.
TRANSPORTATION TO THE CONFERENCE VENUE
From Termini Station: take underground Line A (direction Battistini): get off at the Valle Aurelia Station then you can:
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take the train line FM3 Roma-Viterbo and get off at the Gemelli Station•
go to the bus stop and take one of the following buses:- n. 994 (direction Valle Aurelia–Pineta Sacchetti, Ospedale San Filippo Neri)
- n. 446 (direction Circonvallazione Cornelia–Pineta Sacchetti–Cortina D’Ampezzo- Ponte Milvio-Piazza Mancini)
- nr. 146 (direction Battisitini–Pineta Sacchetti–Policlinico Gemelli)-get off at “Pineta Sacchetti/Acqua Paola” stop near to the Conference Centre
TAXIS
Taxis are white or yellow, with an identification name and number on the front door and a taximeter inside.
You find them in taxi parkings or calling a radiotaxi (we list here some taxi companies +39 06 3570; +39 06 6645; +39 06 822; +39 06 157; +39 06 4994; +39 06 5551). C M Y CM MY CY CMY K programma dna.pdf 5 18/04/12 10:12
There is a free shuttle service from each car park to Policlinico Gemelli and the Conference Centre, Friday 27 April from 7.30 to 14.30.
The shuttle will pick up passengers every about 15 minutes.
GENERAL INFORMATION
PARKING
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEES (VAT 21% included)
Participants € 250,00
Residents in training
copy of course certificate or chief letter is necessary € 180,00
Conference Dinner, 27 April € 110,00
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEE INCLUDES
Attendance to all Scientific Sessions Access to the Technical Exhibition Conference kit and name badge Certificate of Attendance Lunch on 27 April
Coffee breaks on 27 and 28 April
CATERING FACILITIES
Coffee breaks and the lunch of 27 April are included in the registration fee.
On 27 April a bar serving coffees and snacks at individual payment is available in the Conference area and also a self-service restaurant will be operating at the Conference Centre during lunch time.
CONFERENCE DINNER – 27 April 2012
The Conference Dinner will be held in Palazzo Ferrajoli (Piazza Colonna, 355 - Rome). A private transfer will be organized from Hotel Marriott Courtyard (Via G. Moscati, 7) to Palazzo Ferrajoli. More details will be available at the Secretariat Desk in the Conference Venue. As seats are limited, on site requests will be accepted only upon availability. Dress code: business informal. Fee is € 110 per person.
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