Founded in 1848, the American Association for the Advancement of Science is the world’s largest multi-disciplinary science society, fulfilling its mission to advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all people through a broad array of initiatives focused on communication, public engagement, education, scientific responsibility, public policy, and science diplomacy. The AAAS Annual Meeting offers a unique, exciting, interdisciplinary blend of more than 120 scientific sessions, plenary and topical lectures, flash talk sessions, e-poster presentations,…

For over seventy years, the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) has served a distinguished and diverse membership.  Over 6,500 members are divided into eleven sections spanning the forensic enterprise. Included among the Academy’s members are physicians, attorneys, dentists, toxicologists, anthropologists, document examiners, digital evidence experts, psychiatrists, physicists, engineers, criminalists, educators, and others. Representing all 50 United States, Canada, and over 60 other countries worldwide, they actively practice forensic science and, in many cases, teach and conduct research in the…

The Innocence Network Annual Conference will be held April 12-13, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. The Innocence Network includes more than 60 organizations in the United States and other countries working to provide legal and investigative services to people who have been wrongfully convicted, and working to redress the causes of wrongful convictions. The Innocence Scholarship Session at the conference is designed to provide a forum for new research related wrongful conviction, encompassing perspectives from many disciplines, including (but not limited…

For crime laboratories, transferring forensic science research into practice is a challenging problem. Thousands of research papers are published in forensic science journals every year, yet many innovations never make it to the crime lab. What can the forensic science community do differently so that new technologies come online faster? How can we reduce the obstacles to successful innovation? On June 19-20, 2019, NIST will convene a symposium aimed at answering these questions. Join the community at RI2I, where forensic…