Soil Forensics International
SFI 2010
3rd International Workshop on Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics
The dirty evidence: soil and geoforensic contributions to intelligence gathering and environmental and public safety
The next international meeting on soil forensic analysis and investigation will be held in Long Beach, California, USA, from 31st October 2010 to 4th November 2010.
Sponsored by: California Association of Criminalistics, California Department of Justice, and Soil Forensics International
Further information is available at:
Topics include:
1. The use of forensic geoscience in the intelligence community
2. Legal issues facing forensic geoscience practitioners
3. Novel methods for the analysis and characterization of forensic geoscience material
4. Case studies involving forensic geoscience evidence
5. Environmental forensics - case studies and methods
6. Forensic geoscience methods for locating burial sites
Submit an abstract (deadline for submission - 11 May 2010)
Registration will open on July 1st, 2010. Information on registration fees and deadline dates will be available in May, 2010.
May 2010 Announcement (100 KB pdf)
February 2010 Announcement (100 KB pdf)
SFI 2010 Organising Committee
- Dr Marianne Stam, California State Department of Justice, USA
- Prof Rob Fitzpatrick, CSIRO, Australia
- Dr Lorna Dawson, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Scotland
- Prof David Miller, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Scotland
- Prof Karl Ritz, Cranfield University, England
For further information contact
Dr Marianne Stam,
California State Department of Justice.
Marianne.Stam@doj.ca.gov