AFDAA 2015 Summer Meeting Agenda
Sheraton Suites Market Center
Wednesday - July 29, 2015
1:00 – 2:30 PM
Technical Leader Round Table discussion – Executive Board Room
2:30- 2:45 PM
Break
2:45 – 4:00 PM
Technical Leader Round Table discussion, con’t
4:00 - 6:00 PM
AFDAA Meeting Early Registration
6:00 PM
AFDAA Welcome Reception sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific –
Rodeo Goat Ice House, 1926 Market Center Blvd Dallas TX 75207 (walking
distance).
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AFDAA 2015 Summer Meeting Agenda
Sheraton Suites Market Center – Oaks Ballroom
Thursday - July 30, 2015
7:45
Registration, breakfast in Exhibitor Hall (Magnolia Room)
8:30
Welcome
Dennis Loockerman, AFDAA Chair
8:40
Workflow Efficiencies for Sexual Assault Casework Evidence: Courtney Head, Houston
Forensic Science Center
9:00
Erase Sperm Isolation Update: Casework Successes and Use with Prep Filer Chemistry on
the Tecan Evo 150 Robot: Vanessa Nelson Ph.D, TXDPS Weslaco Laboratory
9:20
Promega Update – Kim Houston
9:40
Casework experience with the Globalfiler® Casework and Express Kits: Kyra
Groblinghoff, St. Louis County PD
10:00 Break (Refreshments in Exhibitor Hall)
10:30 Life Technologies update - TBD
10:50 Marijuana STR typing for Intelligence Purposes: David Gangitano Ph.D., Sam Houston
State University, Dept. of Forensic Science
11:20 The Potential for Digital Droplet PCR in Forensic DNA Analysis: Jenny King, William Kolar,
UNTHSC
12:00 Lunch (on your own)
1:30
Foster and Freeman update - Larry Dow
1:50
Forensics on the Wild Side – Update on Wildlife forensics from the Society for Wildlife
Forensic Science annual conference: Brandt Cassidy Ph.D., DNA Solutions
2:15
Qiagen Update – Meredith Turnbough Ph.D.
2:35
Implementation/validation of Probablistic Genotyping software (Lab Retriever): Angela
Tanzillo-Swarts, Cayman Islands Forensic Science Laboratory
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3:15
Break (Refreshments in Exhibitor Hall)
3:45
AFDAA Business Meeting
New business includes: new members, Chair and Secretary Elections.
5:00
Adjourn
7:00-9:00 pm Welcome reception sponsored by Qiagen.
Join us for the QIAGEN sponsored AFDAA Welcome Reception in the Magnolia Room of The Sheraton
Suites Market Center from 7-9 pm on Thursday, July 30th. This will be an opportunity for all attendees,
speakers, and exhibitors to gather together to network, relax and celebrate the commencement of
the 2015 AFDAA Summer Event. Also, take a moment to meet the newest members of the North
American QIAGEN HID team. Heavy hors d’oeuvres and cocktails will be served.
AFDAA 2015 Summer Meeting Agenda
Sheraton Suites Market Center – Oaks Ballroom
Friday - July 31, 2015
7:30
Breakfast in Exhibitor Hall
8:00
Welcome/Housekeeping
Dennis Loockerman, AFDAA Chair
8:05
Discovering the Optimal Hair Sections for Mitochondrial DNA Quantification via a
Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay: Meriam Nakhla, Joseph Warren Ph.D.
8:30
Utility of a Novel and Sensitive DNA Multiplex for Highly Degraded Missing Persons
Samples: Dixie Peters, UNTHSC
8:50
Update on the Texas Forensic Science Commission: Lynn Robitaille Garcia, General
Counsel TFSC
9:20
CODIS Update – Stats, Hits, and more: Dusti Bennett, TXDPS CODIS Laboratory
9:40
InnoGenomics Technology update – Jonathan Tabak
10:00 Break (Refreshments in Exhibitor Hall)
10:20 The Benefits and Risks of Moving to Probabilistic Genotyping for DNA Mixture Analysis:
Jeff Sailus, Austin PD
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10:45 Adjourn
Note: all times are subject to change
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