DISASTER VICTIM IDENTIFCATION

Scene, Postmortem, Antemortem, Reconcilliation

Saturday 26th October 2024 

 

Disaster Victim Identification is the method used to identify victims of mass casualty incidents, whether the cause be man-made or natural, or through displacement, both from economic and conflict related migration. This conference aims to explore the methodologies used in recent events, along with the ongoing research into best practise and improving current procedures. From the scene, to the collection of postmortem and antemortem data, from both the remains and personal belongings recovered from the scene, through to the reconcilliation phase, we want to invite you all to share your experiences and research for dissemination to the BAHID community. 

Practitioners, academics, researchers and current students are invited to submit their oral (20 minute) and poster presentations (A0 size, portrait) on the broad theme of Disaster Victim Identification. 

As with our previous conferences, there are prizes to be won for student presentations with the top prize in each category including up to £500 cash, along with goodie bags from BAHID. 

 

The call for papers will be open until FRIDAY 27th SEPTEMBER 2024.

If you would like to submit an abstract for consideration, please submit the following information by the date above to conference@bahid.org :

• Name of Presenting Author

• Is this a student presentation?

• Oral or Poster

• Title of presentation

• Abstract

• Key words (up to five)

If you would like to be a sponsor for the 2024 conference, please contact info@bahid.org to discuss the ways in which you can get involved. 

All volunteer places for the conference have now been filled. 

Registration is now open here. 

 

Feedback from the previous events:

 

'Thank you for organising such a fantastic conference. It had a really good range of speakers and there was a really friendly feel to it.'

 

'Just to say how much I enjoyed the weekend in Manchester and to congratulate you on putting on such a good meeting, both scientific and socially. I was really impressed by the genuine research going on and the obvious enthusiasm behind it.'

 

'Thank you so much for a great weekend. The talks were great and it was a lot of fun catching up with some old and new faces!'