DRAFT PROGRAMME


Thursday 11 November

Arrival and Get-together Party (Hotel Presidentti)


Friday 12 November

Opening Ceremony

Scientific Session I: Forensic pathology

  • Prof. Marika Väli (Tartu, Estonia): Legal regulation of autopsy and an overview of causes of death in Estonia

  • Prof. Marja-Leena Kortelainen (Oulu, Finland):Forensic diagnosis of hypothermia fatalities

Lunch

Scientific Session II: Forensic odontology

  • Dr. Helen Liversidge (London, UK):Age assessment: Population differences in tooth formation

  • Prof. Helena Ranta (Helsinki, Finland):Legal aspects of forensic age assessment

        Helsinki City Reception


Saturday 13 November

Scientific Session III: Forensic toxicology

  •   Prof. Robert J. Flanagan (London, UK):Was it poisoning?

  • Prof. A. Wayne Jones (Linköping, Sweden):Interpretation  of post mortem toxicology results 

  • Dr. Ilkka Ojanperä (Helsinki, Finland):Current trends in forensic toxicology

Lunch

Scientific Session IV: Forensic biology

  • Prof. Manfred Kayser (Rotterdam, The Netherlands): Forensic Molecular Phenotyping: from sample to appearance
  • Prof. Antti Sajantila (Helsinki, Finland): Molecular autopsies -
    Integrating forensic pathology, toxicology and genetics


Congress Dinner (at Restaurant Loiste)



For further information about the programme and for programme proposals please contact Dr Helena Ranta by e-mail at: bmla2010-ranta(at)helsinki.fi