DATE	EVENT	INFORMATION
22-24  August 2012	9th International Congress on Dental Law and Ethics    Leuven/Belguim	The main theme of the congress is “INSURANCE”    The main topics of the congress will be : Health care insurance, Liability insurance, Patient rights, the legal aspects of dental expert investigation (civil and criminal law), ethics.    Healthcare Insurance : Right to Health care - affordable dental care ? Dental tourism and legal consequences.   Related topics are : malpractice, evaluation of dental damage, Quality control, standard of care, the role of the expert-witness and the dental advisor of insurance companies.  Liability insurance.   Legal aspects of Forensic odontology : Collecting information and confidentiality , liability of the forensic odontologist, Legal problems related to Disaster Victim identification   Patient rights :  quality of  services, free choice of practitioner, informed consent, well kept dental dossier, privacy, right to complain,.    Ethics : Professionalism in dentistry, Right to health care, Patient rights, Duties of the practitioner.   Download the Call for Papers and Request Further Information
25-30  June 2012	9th International Course in Forensic Odontology / Personal Identification by Dental Methods   Oslo, Norway	The International Organisation for Forensic Odonto-Stomatology (IOFOS) and the Nordic Organization for Forensic Odonto-Stomatology (NOFOS) in cooperation with the Institute of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo, Norway, invite you to a course in personal identification, with special emphasis on dental methods.   Aim of the course: • to enable the dentist to perform post mortem dental examination and comparison between  ante-mortem and post mortem information in single cases as well as in mass disasters • to enable the dentist to participate in the reconstruction of the identity of a person when comparative identification is not possible • to enable the dentist to participate in a DVI team after a mass disaster • to introduce computerized identification programmes   Place: Institute of Oral Biology, Domus Odontologica, Rikshospitalet, Gaustad, Oslo   Download the program of the course with all information
21st February 2012	42th Annual Meeting  American Society of Forensic Odontology   Atlanta, GA	The American Society of Forensic Odontology invite you to attend its 42nd Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA held in association with the  American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) Meeting. The program will be entitled: “Bitemark Case Management: an Introspective Review”.  Additional meeting and registration information can be found on the ASFO website: www.asfo.org   Download the program of the Meeting
12-17 September 2011   NOW PAST EVENT!	19th IAFS MEETING Funchal, Madeira	Within this conference there is a dedicated Forensic Odontology section. The AGM and election of the new President of  IOFOS will take place; there will be a workshop on Bite Marks in Inanimate Objects; there will be a morning session on Quality Control.   Deadline for the submission of abstracts is May31, 2011.  Website: http://www.iafs2011.mj.pt/   Extracts of the programme Monday 12th Sep, full day   Workshop B : FORENSIC INVESTIGATION OF A BITE MARK IN AN INANIMATE OBJECT : CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION & ANALYSIS (International Organisation for Forensic Odonto-Stomatology) Chair: Herman Bernitz, Tore Solheim. No of participants: limited to 30 . Program description:   This participation workshop is aimed at empowering forensic scientists to cope with crime scene cases involving tooth marks. It will be restricted to bite marks in inanimate objects, and the workshop will use bite marks in cheese. At the conclusion of this hands-on course the participants will have a working knowledge of protocols to be followed when confronted with a bite mark. They will also have a good understanding of the principles involved in analyzing the material for court presentation. They will understand the difficulties induced by warping shrinkage and distortion, and understand the limitations of the entire process. Skin bite marks will be discussed, but only to highlight the pitfalls and degree of expertise required when these are analyzed, and to illustrate the differences between bite marks in skin and inanimate objects. The workshop will include       - Introduction to tooth marks and bite marks       - Protocol to be followed when confronted with a cheese bite mark (applies to a range of inanimate objects). Hands-on       - Basic principles of concordance       - Hands-on matching of bite marks with models of possible suspects       - Basic principles of warping, shrinkage and distortion.       - Resumé of current analysis techniques       - Court reports. Note: Each participant is required to bring his own study models, ABFO#2 ruler, a camera and the legal requirements regarding crime scene investigation/taking impressions of suspects in his or her own country: they will then share this information with the other members Friday 16th Sep 08.30 – 12.30: SPECIAL SESSION X: QUALITY ASSURANCE IN FORENSIC ODONTOLOGY: DEVELOPMENTS AND CHALLENGES IN THE 21ST CENTURY (IOFOS SCIENTIFIC SESSION) Chairman: To be designated - What is quality assurance. (Tore Solheim) - Quality assurance in tooth mark examination and reporting. (Herman Bernitz) - Quality assurance in age estimation.( Patrick Thevissen) -The IOFOS recommendation for quality assurance and Interpol recommendations for DVI. (Tore Solheim) - Specific problems (group work and discussion)

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