Innovations in crime scene management, environmental intelligence and evidential integrity.
- Advanced methods for documenting, preserving and presenting crime scenes, including the use of forensic digital twins to reduce subjectivity and improve evidential clarity.
- Application of forensic botany and environmental science to support cost-efficient and intelligence-led crime scene investigation.
- Use of biological, ecological and landscape data as forensic big data, with implications for serious crime, national security and global investigations.
- Managing complex and large-scale scenes, including Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) and mass fatality incidents.
- Emerging SOCO tools and workflows that improve evidence recovery, testing and continuity from scene to laboratory.
Featured sessions include:
Forensic Digital Twin
Harvesting, Preserving & Presenting the Scene
• Speaker:
Marcus Rowe, Business Director, Public Safety & Forensics, Leica Geosystems
Transforming crime scene investigation.
Discover how 3D capture reduces bias and preserves truth from scene to courtroom.
Forensic Botany
Silent Witnesses: The Power of Plants in Investigation
• Speaker:
Mark Spencer, Forensic Botanist
Plants tell stories people cannot.
Learn how botanical evidence reveals movement, concealment, and timelines.
The Art & Science of Victim Identification
• Chair:
Jon Marsden, United Kingdom Disaster Victim Identification National Coordinator, NPCC
• Speakers:
Caroline Wilkinson, Associate Professor of Craniofacial Identification, Liverpool John Moores University
Melanie Clarkson, PDO East, DPHC Dental Centre, RAF College Cranwell
Julie Roberts, Associate Professor in Forensic Anthropology at Liverpool John Moores University
Dignity, science, and coordination under pressure.
Best practice in Disaster Victim Identification from mass-casualty to recovery.
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