8th EU IAI Educational Conference
5-7th November 2025
University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, Netherlands
We are delighted to announce that the 2025 EU IAI annual educational conference will be co-hosted by the University of Applied Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Early bird discounted registration fees will be available until August 15th 2025.
CONFERENCE DETAILS
November 5th: Workshop 1 - Applying ACE-V in Forensic Examinations
Workshop 2 - Seeing is believing - Dutch National Police
Workshop 3 - Gait analysis - Prof. Ivan Birch and Nadia Asgeirsdottir
November 6th: Conference Day 1 including EU IAI AGM. 0900 - 1700
Conference dinner - 1900
November 7th: Conference Day 2 0830 - 1630
Our keynote speaker is Andrew Langley, Senior lecturer at the University of Kent and former Crime Scene Manager with the Metropolitan Police Service in London. His keynote will cover the Grenfell Tower fire and the forensic aspects in relation to identification of victims and the impact on investigators. He will reflect upon more than 30 years in policing and some of the high-profile incident s he investigated.
Workshop 1
Applying ACE-V in Forensic Examinations
Trine Edvardsen, Danish National ID Centre
The workshop aims to provide participants with an understanding of the ACE-V methodology and its relevance to the forensic disciplines. The session will start with an overview of the ACE-V process, emphasizing the importance of objectivity. Following this will be an introduction to various tools, such as observation checklists and a discussion on the importance of separating observations from interpretations. The session will then introduce a decision model for the use of conclusion / opinion scales, developed by the Danish National ID Centre, with the aim of ensuring transparency and uniformity in casework. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in case studies to analyze provided images of faces or fingerprints and document their observations based on the methodology and framework presented.
(maximum of 25 attendees – first come, first served.)
Workshop 2
Seeing is believing
Dutch National Police
An interactive workshop to get insights in forensic visualization and the work processes involved, from recording on the CS to presentation in court.
Part I : Presentation on Forensic Visualization (plenary)
Part II: Work process recording I - on the CS with different techniques and equipment (break up in groups)
Part III: Work process recording II - on the CS with different techniques and equipment (break up in groups)
Part IV: Work process processing the data and presenting (break up in groups)
Part V: Q&A and closure
(maximum of 15 attendees – first come, first served.)
Workshop 3
Workshop Title: Forensic Gait Analysis: Stage One Training
Presenters: Professor Ivan Birch and Nadia Asgeirsdottir
Abstract: Gait analysis is now a well established and widely used contributor to identification. Fundamental to its appropriate use as evidence is a thorough understanding of the human locomotor process and gait, the established processes, complexities and pitfalls of observational gait analysis, and the specific requirements of the criminal justice system when gait analysis is used as evidence. The workshop will provide participants with an understanding of how and why the gait cycle is divided by events into a series of phases, which provide the basic spatial and temporal landmarks for gait analysis, together with a detailed understanding of observational gait analysis and the process of identifying and describing features of gait from CCTV footage. Consideration will also be given to forensic gait analysis report writing, and the formulation of conclusions and confidence indicators. Attendees should have professional experience of gait analysis and/or comparative forensic work.
Professor Ivan Birch and Dr. Nadia Asgeirsdottir
(maximum of 25 attendees – first come, first served.)
To register use the following link
https://tedotiafi.wildapricot.org/event-6077049
