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2011 MN IAI Annual Educational Conference Agenda

Note: This Schedule is subject to change due to availability of instructors.

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*ALL CLASSES HELD BOTH DAYS AT THE ST. CLOUD POLICE DEPARTMENT*

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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

1800 Registration at Le St. Germain Suite Hotel/Minnesota Radisson - Jen Jaspersen, MN IAI Secretary/Treasurer
1800 President’s Reception – Le St. Germain Hotel/Minnesota Radisson

Thursday, September 22, 2011

0700-0800 Registration at St. Cloud PD - Jen Jaspersen, MN IAI Secretary/Treasurer
0830-0900 Welcome/Opening remarks – Kelly Hervin, MN IAI 2011 President
0900-1000 Forensic Link – Officer Dan Anselment, Burnsville PD
1000-1015 Morning Break
1015-1130 Hair as Forensic Evidence: Because Humans Shed Too – FS II Katherine Igowsky, MN BCA
1130-1230 Lunch (On your own)
1230-1400 Outdoor Crime Scene Processing – Deputy Diane Nelson, Hennepin County SO
1400-1415 Afternoon Break
1415-1630 Lights, Camera, Action! Videotaping the Crime Scene – SA Janet Nelson, MN BCA
1630-1700 MN IAI Business Meeting/Constitution and By Laws changes/Election of Officers – MN IAI Board of Directors
1800-2000 MN IAI 2011 Conference Banquet at Le St. Germain Hotel– Guest Speaker: Susan Myster, PhD, Forensic Science Director at Hamline University - Written in Bone: Human Remains and the Stories They Tell

Friday, September 23, 2011

0800-0900 Questioned Documents – FS II Shawn Gallagher, MN BCA
0900-0915 Morning Break
0915-1030 A Harley, A Bobcat and A Shovel: Case Study of Lewis Wilczek – FS III Lindsey Garfield, MN BCA
1030-1130 Forensic Botany: Weeds, Leaves and Seeds; Their Role in Crime Solving – Anita Cholewa, PhD, U of M Bell Museum
1130-1230 Lunch (On your own)
1230-1400 Forensic Entomology and the Lost Art of Insect Collecting – Forensic Entomologist Valerie Cervenka, DNR Division of Forestry
1400-1415 Afternoon Break
1415-1500 St. Cloud PD tour
1500 Closing remarks / submit conference evaluations / end of conference

Note: This Schedule is subject to change due to availability of instructors.

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