Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Impacts of Forensic Research We Can and Cannot See
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:55 pm - 8:20 pm
"Courtrooms, Conferences, and Cases: How Science Communication Research Can Improve Forensic Findings"
8:20 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:05 pm
"Thinking Wholistically About the Impact of Forensic Science Data, Outcomes, and Applications: Lessons Learned from Casework and Research"
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Techniques for Challenging Samples
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:35 am
"Advancing into the Age of Third-Generation Sequencing in Forensic Genetics: Towards a Universal Assay Platform"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:05 am
"Pragmatic Bioinformatic Solutions for Challenging DNA Profiles"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
"Rootless Hair as a Reliable Source of Forensic DNA"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:35 am
"Validation of a 95,000 SNP Panel and Extended Kinship for Identification of U.S. Service Members"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:05 pm
General Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Characterization by Omics Approaches
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:05 pm
"Forens-OMICS Updates: Post-Mortem Interval and Age-at-Death Estimations via Multi-Omics Analyses"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm
"Towards Uncovering Unique Repetitive (epi)Genomic Patterns Using Long-Read Sequencing"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:05 pm
"Shotgun Sequencing of RNA and DNA for Forensic Purposes"
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Diverging from DNA by Using RNA, Peptides and Microbes
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:45 am
"Microbes and Other Markers: A New Alliance for Body Fluid Identification?"
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:25 am
"Assessing Geolocation Using Human DNA Viruses"
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:35 am
"Can Metagenomic Analysis Provide Useful Intelligence Leads in Cases where Traditional Methods Have Been Exhausted?"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:05 pm
General Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Activity-Level Analysis and Reporting
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
"Reporting Given Activities: Should We be Switzerland?"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm
"Increasing DNA Recovery and Its Impact on Activity-Level Assessments"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Making the Most of Lineage Analysis
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:45 am
"From Origins to Innovation: The Current Practice of Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy (FIGG) in the US."
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:25 am
"Optimizing SNP Genotyping Approaches for Challenging Forensic Samples in Human Identifications"
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Group Photo / Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:35 am
"Using the X-FORCE: Solving an Old Identification Case with the FORCE Panel"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:05 pm
General Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Inferring the Age of Stains, Donors or Post-Mortem Interval
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
"Epigenetic Profiling of Sample Donor Age, Face Age, and Behavior"
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm
"TrACES of Time: Transcriptomic Analyses for the Contextualization of Evidential Stains"
8:35 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:10 pm
"Microbiome Tools for Predicting the Postmortem Interval of Human Cadavers"
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Progress in Forensics Through Machine Learning and AI
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:20 am - 9:45 am
"Driving Forensic Biology Forward With the Use of Artificial Intelligence"
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:20 am
"Machine Learning to Improve STR Profile Quality"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:25 am
"Assessment of 3D Facial Phenotyping Strategies in Genetic Mapping Efforts"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:00 pm
"Probability Elicitation for Rigorous Forensic Expert Testimony"
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Single Cell Analysis and Microfluidics
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:05 pm
"Microfluidics Tools in Forensics: from Sample Processing to Single Cell Analysis"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm
"Salience, Legitimacy and Credibility of two Single-Cell Probabilistic Systems"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:05 pm
"Micromanipulated Single Cell Subsampling, Genetic Analysis, Clustering, and Probabilistic Genotyping for Complex Mixture Deconvolution"
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure