Plenary Lectures
2008
Sciences Futures in 2020
Dr Annabelle Duncan – Project Director, La Trobe University Biosciences Centre
Dr James Robertson – National Manager Forensic, Australian Federal Police
CCTV Images as Evidence
Glenn Porter – Head of Program (Forensic Science), University of Western Sydney
Commentary by Chester Porter QC
The Shipman Murders: A Triumph for Forensic Pharmacology
Dr Michael Kennedy – Physician in Cardiology & Clinical Pharmacology
Annual General Meeting Guest-of-Honour
Christine Nixon – Chief Commissioner, Victorian Police
2009
Impartiality, Efficiency or Reliability? A Critical Response to Expert Law & Procedure in Australia
Prof Gary Edmond – Director of Expertise, Evidence & Law Program, University of NSW
Commentary by The Hon Chief Justice Peter McClellan QC
How Do Judges Make Decisions? The Neurobiology of Decision-Making and Deliberation & the Role of Emotion
Dr Haley Bennett – Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
The Forensic Response to the Black Saturday Bushfires in Victoria
Prof Stephen Cordner – Director of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine
Annual General Meeting Guest-of-Honour
The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG
2010
A New Era in Crime Scene Investigation
Michael Bell – Operations Manager, NSW Police Force, Forensic Services Group
Commentary by Glenn Porter, Head of Program (Forensic Science), University of Western Sydney
Current Issues in the Assessment and Treatment of Paedophiles: Medical and Legal Responses
Dr Jeremy O’Dea – Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist
Counter Terrorism in NSW from the Sydney Olympics to 2010
Dr Michael Diamond – Consulting Psychiatrist
Inspector Carolyn O’Hare – NSW Police Force, Counter Terrorism & Special Tactics
Annual General Meeting Guest-of-Honour
Major Dr Brett Courtenay – Australian Defence Force
2011
Suspect Identities: US Response to Fingerprint Identification Evidence
A/Prof Simon Cole – Chair, Department of Criminology, University of California
The Witness was a Fly: Insects in the Investigation of and Prosecution of Crime
Dr James Wallman – Deputy Head, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong
The Definition of a ‘Mentally Ill Person’ in the Mental Health Act 2007
Dr Peter Shea – Forensic Psychiatrist
Reflections of a (Re)tired DPP
Nicholas Cowdery QC – Former Director of Public Prosecutions for NSW
2012
Crooks, Cranks & Charlatans: Science in Court?
Prof Brynn Hibbert – University of New South Wales
Child Protection In Court: The NSW Children’s Court Since the Wood Report and the Role of the Children’s Clinic
The Hon Judge Mark Marien SC – Children’s Court of NSW
Mark Allerton – Clinical Psychologist, Director of the Children’s Court Clinic
The Future of Clinical Forensic Medicine: Reflections After a Year ‘Down-Under’
Prof Margaret Stark – Director of the Clinical Forensic Medicine Unit for NSW Police Force
The Hon Justice Marilyn Warren
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria
2013
The Art of Poisoning
Dr Naren Gunja, Medical Director at the NSW Poisons Centre
Waking The Dead: The Search and Recovery of Human Remains
Dr Xanthe Mallett, University of New England and Prof. Shari Forbes, Professor and ARC Future Fellow in the Centre for Forensic Science UTS
Expert Witnesses – The UK Experience: Has familiarity with the Court room finally bred contempt for the criminal justice process? Is it possible to deliver from policy to practice?
Karen Squibb- Williams, Barrister
Counter terrorism
The Hon. Anthony Whealy QC
2014
Searching for clues: Unmasking art fraud and fraudsters
Associate Professor Robyn Sloggett, Director of the Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation
Domestic violence in Western Sydney: Ruin or Redemption
Dr Maria Nittis
On the Road to Damascus
Barbara Etter APM
Ending the Law and Order Auction…..was it worth the effort?
The Hon. Gregg Smith SC MP
2015
Time to acknowledge the elephant in the room? How the illegal wildlife trade contributes to extinction, biosecurity risk and organised crime
Dr Rebecca Johnson, The Australian Museum
Child Abuse: Past Progress and Potential Possibilities
Professor Kim Oates. Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Sydney and Director of Undergraduate Education at the Clinical Excellence Commission
2017
Unlocking the “silent witness” of DNA
Dr Dennis McNevin. Associate Professor (Forensic Genetics) at the University of Canberra
Wrongful conviction and forensic pathology
Michael S. Pollanen MD PhD
Identifying with images: Expertise in facial recognition
Dr David White. Cognitive Psychologist at the University of New South Wales
The Golden Jubilee of the Academy: Memories of Dooley, Oscar, Bill and other supreme Individualists
The Hon. Michael Kirby AC, CMG, FAAFS
2018
Covert recordings as evidence in criminal trials: Problems and solutions from the perspective of forensic phonetics
Dr Helen Fraser.
Personalised Medicine to Personalised Justice: Forensic Pharmacogentics and Law
Dr Yolande Lucire.
Identifying experts: The (cognitive) science of recognising and communicating expertise
Associate Prof. Kristy Martire. University of New South Wales
The child abuse Royal Commission – how was it different?
The Hon. Justice Peter McClellan AM
2019
4096 Shades of Grey: The use of post-mortem imaging to determine cause and manner of death
Dr Chris O’Donnell. Consultant Forensic Radiologist at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine
The Lindt Café siege: A forensic reconstruction
Crime Scene Officer Domenic Raneri and Forensic Ballistician Lucas Van Der Walt. New South Wales Police Force
Prediction of suicide and violence. Beyond a roll of the dice?
Prof. Matthew Large. Clinical Director of Mental Health at the Prince of Wales Hospital and conjoint Professor a the School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales
Rethinking the NSW coronial system: Why we need to and what it should look like
Hugh Dillon BA, LL.B, LL.M (Syd)
2020
Beyond validity: The quest for justice in violence risk assessment
Prof. Stephen Hart. Professor of Psychology and Director of the Terrorism, Risk and Security Studies Program at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada
The future of forensics in a post-COVID era
Dr Linzi Wilson-Wilde OAM. Director of the National Institute of Forensic Science
2021
Can we identify everyone? DNA case studies and the policy implications of forensic genomics
Dr Nathan Scudder. Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Technology Sydney
Dark to clear web and illicit drugs to pharmaceuticals – How are we ensuring the safety of the public, the patients?
Dr Adrian De Grazia.
Strengthening forensic science by understanding its fundamental principles
Dr Claude Roux. Director, Centre for Forensic Science, University of Technology Sydney
The vexed issue of consent in sexual assault matters
Daniel Brezniak.
2022
Domestic and Family Violence- Understanding the dynamic nature of abuse and separation.
Professor Heather Douglas. Melbourne Law School
Forensic Pharmacology
A/Prof Michael Kennedy MB BS (Syd) MD (UNSW) FRACP. School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health UNSW Sydney and Clinical Pharmacology St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney
The Rise of Fragility and Poor Mental Health in our Youth: Where are we going wrong?
Clare Rowe
2024
Reliability and the admission of expert evidence
Eric Balodis, Deputy Senior Crown Prosecutor, NSW DPP