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The Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science

NIST & OSAC at IAI 2024

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The 108th International Association of Identification (IAI) Educational Conference will be held August 12 - 17, 2024 in Reno, NV. Visit us at booth #322 to learn more about NIST's forensic science research and standards efforts. Also mark your calendar for these NIST, OSAC, and other standards-related presentations.

Monday, August 12:

  • 12:30 - 4:00 p.m. | Overview of Facial Examination | WORKSHOP
  • 1:00 - 1:55 p.m. | From Publication to Practice: Not Just Your Standard Standards Update in CSI and Reconstruction
  • 1:00 - 1:30 p.m. | Standards/Best Practice Recommendations for Friction Ridge Evidence: Update from OSAC FRS and ASB FRCB 
  • 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. | Inconclusive Decisions and Error Rates in Forensic Science

Tuesday, August 13:

  • 9:00 - 9:20 a.m. | OSAC VITAL Update 2024
  • 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Extensive Documentation of Facial Comparisons | WORKSHOP
  • 3:30 – 3:50 p.m. | To Declare or Not to Declare, There’s Lots of Questions? 

Wednesday, August 14:

  • 10:00 – 10:40 a.m. | OSAC Update (from FSSB perspective)
  • 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Articulating Opinions in Footwear and Tire Comparisons – Moving Beyond the Identification Paradigm
  • 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. | For Examiners, When are Two Heads Better Than One?
  • 4:00 – 4:40 p.m. | Digging into the Source Opinion Standard

Thursday, August 15:

  • 8:00 – 8:20 a.m. | Going for the Olympic/OSAC Gold in Paris/Reno
  • 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. | One Lab’s Perspective on OSAC Standards Implementation
  • 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Results of an Interagency Study of Scene Investigation Using Virtual Reality
  • 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. | NIST Evaluation of Latent Friction Ridge Technology
  • 1:45 – 2:30 p.m. | Grand Challenges and Strategic Priorities for Forensic Science Research and Standards Programs in the U.S.
  • 2:00 – 2:20 p.m. | Objective Fingerprint Quality Standardization
  • 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. | Great Minds Do Not Think Alike

Friday, August 16:

  • 11:00 – 11:25 a.m. | Update on the OSAC Facial & Iris Identification Subcommittee 
  • 1:00 – 1:55 p.m. | Determining Emerging Research Needs for Facial Identification 
Created July 23, 2024, Updated August 5, 2024