Programme of Events

 

Friday 20th October 2023

19:30 - late Informal drinks and cold buffet in the London Bar (Cash bar)

Saturday 21st October 2023

07:00 - 08:30 Breakfast in Connexions Restaurant
09:00 - 09:30 Registration and coffee - Edinburgh Lounge
09:30 – 09:40 Welcome - Esther Poulus, BAHID Membership Secretary
09:40 - 09:45 Introduction - Dr Megan Bassendale, BAHID President
09:45 - 10:15 Dr Megan Bassendale - From Archaeology to Humanitarian Forensic Identification: A Journey of Empathy, Innovation, and Mentorship
10:15 - 10:45 Luke Gent* - Beyond the Double Helix: Exploring Bioinformatics and DNA Methylation in Estimating Age-at-Death
10:45 - 11:05 Nengi Ogbanga* - Application of the human oral microbiome in characterising migration
11:05 - 11:30 Tea/coffee/biscuits and Posters - Edinburgh Lounge
11:30 - 12:00 Ryan Austin - From England to Guatemala and back again: research findings and reflections on my journey so far, what I have done and what I would do differently
12:00 – 12:30 Dr Charlie Primeau - Post-mortem micro-CT imaging and its use from a single centre in the UK 
12:30 - 13:00 Esther Poulus - Mistakes I've made so you don't have to: Lessons learned during my first year in forensics
13:00 - 14:00 Buffet lunch in Connexions Restaurant
14:00 - 14:30 Dr Noemi Procopio - My journey into forensics: among education, collaborations and opportunities
14:30 - 15:00 Dr Isabel Burton* - Post-mortem and ante-mortem 2D and 3D facial comparison for forensic identification 
15:00 - 15:30 Tea/coffee/biscuits and Posters - Edinburgh Lounge
15:30 - 16:00 Dr Abdelhadi Abdellatif Salih - Teeth mutilation as a dental print in Sudan: case reports (pre-recorded) 
16:00 - 16:30 Doris Eerhart - 25 years of pathways into identification, a DNA overvie
16:30 - 16:40 Close of day - Esther Poulus, BAHID Membership Secretary
16:40 - 17:30 BAHID AGM Meeting - BAHID members only
17:30 onwards BAHID Council Meeting
19.00 – 20:00 Wine reception in the Edinburgh Lounge
20.00 – late Annual Dinner in the Edinburgh Lounge

Sunday 22nd October 2023

07:00 - 08:30 Breakfast in Connexions Restaurant
09:30 - 09:45 Tea/Coffee and Biscuits - Edinburgh Lounge
09:45 - 10:45 Dr Steve Walden – Bone Pathology, Trauma, and Identification 
10:00 - 10:45 Tea/Coffee - Edinburgh Lounge
10:45 - 12:15 Workshop - Dr Steve Walden - Bone pathology, Trauma and Identification
12:15 - 12:45 Tabletop exercise - Esther Poulus - Burned bone or not burned bone?
12:45 - 13:00 Closing remarks and presentation of the student prizes - Dr Megan Bassendale, BAHID President 
13:00 onwards Lunch in Connexions Restaurant

*Student Competition Entry

It should be noted that this programme is a draft and therefore is subject to change.