Monday, April 29, 2019
3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Registration (Laurel Foyer)
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. SAFS Board Meeting (Magnolia Room)
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. “Meet and Greet” at Barley’s Taproom and Pizzeria
9:30 p.m.-11:00 p.m. Hospitality Suite (Thomas Wolfe Parlor-Room 220)
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Registration (Laurel Foyer)
7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. Breakfast (Biltmore Foyer)
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Workshops
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. GCMS Fundamentals of Troubleshooting and Maintenance (Foxfire Room)
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Fentanyl and Other Synthetics: Synthesis, Prevalence, and Unique Trends (Pisgah Room)
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Forensic Wood Examination (Magnolia Room)
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. The Forensic Analyzing of Knots and Ligatures (Pilot Room)
8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Not Just Surviving the Trial: How to Prepare for and Provide Effective Courtroom Testimony (Blue Ridge Room)
10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Break (Biltmore Foyer)
12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.mm Lunch (Biltmore Foyer)
1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Workshops
1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Why Manage Employees When You Can Lead a Team (Blue Ridge Room)
3:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Break (Biltmore Foyer)
8:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. Hospitality Suite (Thomas Wolfe Parlor-Room 220)
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Registration (Laurel Foyer)
7:00a.m.-8:00 a.m. Breakfast (Biltmore Foyer)
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Workshops
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Forensic Wood Examination (Magnolia Room)
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. The Forensic Analyzing of Knots and Ligatures (Pilot Room)
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Emerging Cell Separation Techniques for Sexual Assaults (Blue Ridge Room)
8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Working with Millennials in the #MeToo Age (Foxfire I)
8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Combining a Theoretical and Practical Approach to Method Development and Validation in a Forensic Drug Chemistry Laboratory (Pisgah Room)
8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. LC-TOF/QTOF for Drug Screening Applications in the Toxicology Lab: Theory, Development, and Application (Foxfire II)
1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Forensic Lamp Analysis
1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Comparison of Vapor Phase Infrared and Mass Spectral Methods for the Identification of Isometric Synthetic Drugs (Foxfire Room)
10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Break (Biltmore Foyer)
12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Lunch (Biltmore Foyer)
2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. ABC Exam (Dogwood Room)
3:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Break (Biltmore Foyer)
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Vendor Reception (Mitchell/Roan Room)
8:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. Hospitality Suite (Thomas Wolfe Parlor-Room 220)
Thursday, May 2, 2019
7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. Breakfast (Expo Center)
8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Plenary Session (Expo Center)
12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Lunch (SAFS and ASTEE Meetings) (Expo Center)
7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Banquet (Expo Center)
10:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. Hospitality Suite (Thomas Wolfe Parlor-Room 220)
Friday, May 3, 2019
7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. Breakfast (Pisgah Room)
8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Discipline Specific Breakout Sessions (Foxfire Room)
- Evaluation of the M-Vac as a DNA Collection Method-Jessica M. McLamb and Mark F. Kavlick-Counterterrorism and Forensic Science Research Unit,Laboratory Division, Federal Bureau of Investigations
- Enforcement of HAZMAT Transportation Regulations: Can Trace Evidence Examiners Play a Role? – Vincent Desiderio-United States Postal Inspection Service
- Polymeric Evidence-Clear Reporting When Asked “What is This Stuff?” -Andria Mehltretter – Federal Bureau of Investigations
- Knot the Brady Bunch – Christina Atrouni-Monroe County Crime Laboratory
- You Gotten Be Kitten Me! – Barbara L. Fallon – Federal Bureau of Investigations
- Nanoparticles as Trace Evidence – Kelly Brinsko Beckert, Skip Palenik, and Christopher Palenik – Microtrace, LLC.