The American Society of
Crime Laboratory Directors
COMPLETE AGENDA
Agenda subject to change
Saturday, May 16
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Pre-conference excursion: Amway Grand Wine Tasting
Pre-conference excursion: Downtown Ghost Walking Tour
Sunday, May 17
7:00 AM - 9:00 PM
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
5:15 PM - 6:45 PM
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Pre-conference excursion: Leelanau Wine and Shopping Day Trip
Registration open
Pre-conference excursion: Greenfield Village & Henry Ford Museum Day Trip
Pre-conference workshop: Technical Leader Development Academy
Pre-conference workshop: Leading Beyond the Science: Shaping the Next Forensic Laboratory
Pre-conference workshop: Strengthening Forensic Science Through Mental Health and Wellness Programs
Pre-conference workshop: Turning Organizational Support into a Daily Practice: Practical Ways to Engage and Retain Forensic Professionals
Coffee break
Lunch for Leadership Academy, full day workshop, and consecutive half day workshop attendees
Pre-conference workshop: Breaking Through Accreditation Challenges: Turning Unexpected Monitoring Results and Nonconformities into Meaningful Change
Pre-conference workshop: Cultivating Resilient Cultures - Overcoming Crisis and Uncertainty Today
Pre-conference workshop: Increasing efficacy, quality, and throughput of a forensic laboratory training program
Pre-conference workshop: Quality Assurance: Leading Beyond Conformance
Coffee break
Pre-conference excursion: Downtown Ghost Walking Tour
Monday, May 18
6:15 AM
6:30 AM - 7:00 AM
6:45 AM - 2:45 PM
7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
7:15 AM - 1:40 PM
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
12:15 PM - 4:00 PM
12:30 PM - 4:30 PM
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
4:45 PM - 5:30 PM
5:15 PM - 6:45 PM
5K
Pre-conference excursion: Lake Michigan Adventures
Registration open
Pre-conference excursion: Grand Haven Golf
Pre-conference workshop: Technical Leader Development Academy
Pre-conference workshop: Strength-Based Leadership and Teamwork
Pre-conference workshop: Understanding and Meeting the Motivational Needs of Your Team
Pre-conference workshop: The Nose Knows: A Roadmap for Building a Laboratory Capability to Advance Canine Drug Detection
ASCIA FSC State Laboratory Director Meeting
Coffee break
Exhibitor move in
Lunch for Leadership Academy, full day workshop, and consecutive half day workshop attendees
Pre-conference excursion: Grand Lady Riverboat
Pre-conference excursion: Brewery Tour
Pre-conference workshop: Transitioning to the Next Evolution in STR Analysis: What Lab Directors Need to Know
Pre-conference workshop: The Power of Precision: Mass Spectrometry Fundamentals and Innovations for Forensic Applications
Coffee break
Friends of Bill
Opening reception in the exhibit hall // exhibit hall open
Tuesday, May 19
6:15 AM
6:30 AM - 7:00 AM
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
7:45 AM - 8:30 AM
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8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
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​10:45 AM - 12:45 PM​
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11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
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12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
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12:45 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM
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2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
2:35 PM - 2:55 PM
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3:10 PM - 3:30 PM
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3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Do Good Feel Good 5K Fun Run Walk
Registration open
Breakfast // exhibit hall open
New member and first time attendee orientation
Welcome remarks and Symposium kick off
Coffee break // exhibit hall open
Breakout session: New-Hire Training Challenges: Bringing Together Crime Lab Directors and Academics to Find a Solution
Breakout session: THC Conversion Matters: Ensuring Accurate Cannabinoid Testing and Reporting Under the 2018 Farm Bill
Breakout session: The Conundrum of Inconclusiveness
Breakout session: Leading Through Uncertainty: A Deep Dive into Advanced Leadership Strategies for Forensic Laboratory Leaders
Breakout session: Retired but Not Expired (...and a few things we couldn't put in an email)
Breakout session: Sampling SWGDRUG Meets ENFSI Meets CSAFE - Getting the Horse Before the Cart​
Breakout session: Scanning Deceased Fingerprints: New Technology, Use Cases and Limitations
Breakout session: Automated Raman Microscopy for Seized Drug Analysis: A Hands-On Laboratory Session
Breakout session: Rapid DNA Response to Mass Disaster - Tennessee Explosion
Breakout session: The Decline of Professional Decorum: Causes and Comebacks
Lunch // exhibit hall open
Breakout session: A Strategic Approach to Optimizing Laboratory Efficiency and Minimizing Cognitive Bias
Breakout session: Canine Training Aids for Drug Detection: Information Sharing and Best Practices
Breakout session: NTVIC: Building a National Framework for Rapid DNA Implementation through Collaborative Guidance and Leadership
​Breakout session: From Match to Meaning: Expert Testimony on DNA Evidence at the Activity Level
Breakout session: Order Matters! Restoring Video Using Math to Catch a Criminal
Breakout session: Our Way of Doing Things: Optimizing Operations for Better Efficiency
Breakout session: Update on the National Technology Validation and Implementation Collaborative (NTVIC)
Breakout session: Forensic Video Analysis in an Accredited Environment
Breakout session: Is Your Culture Keeping Up With Your People?
Breakout session: NTVIC FIGG Technical Validation Working Group Update
Coffee break // exhibit hall open
Harnessing Advanced Software and AI to Improve Forensic Laboratory Efficiency and Reliability
Wednesday, May 20
6:15 AM
6:30 AM - 7:00 AM
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
7:45 AM - 8:30 AM
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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
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8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
9:10 AM - 9:30 AM
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9:40 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
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10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
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12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
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12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
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5K
Registration open
Breakfast // exhibit hall open
Past Presidents breakfast
Breakout session: Future of the National Forensic Laboratory Information System (NFLIS): Creating a Modern Early Warning System
Breakout session: Patterns in Self-disclosure and Complaints: A Texas Case Study on the Power of Forensic Transparency
Breakout session: Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy - Learning from FIGG Failures
Breakout session: Operational Resilience in Forensic Facilities: Practical Strategies for Continuity
Breakout session: Resource Management and Logistics: Forecasting Growth from Small to Medium Laboratory Operations
Breakout session: Tips to simultaneously analyze THC, its metabolites, and other drugs of abuse using LC-MS
Breakout session: Legal Admissibility Perspectives of 3D Virtual Comparison Microscopy
Coffee break // exhibit hall open
Breakout session: Breaking through Database Barriers and Backlogs
Breakout session: Turning Physical Files into Searchable Intelligence
Breakout session: From Misconduct to Merit: CBI's Path to Scientific Integrity
Breakout session: Thinking Outside the Box in Crime Lab Management
Breakout session: Versaterm Forensics: Software That Powers Quality Lab Investigations & Tracking
​Breakout session: From Data to Decisions: Building an Integrated Forensic Intelligence Ecosystem
Breakout session: Enhancing Forensic Excellence: Introducing the Certified Forensic Quality Professional Program
Breakout session: From Tragedy to Identification: The DVI Response to the January 2025 Philadelphia Plane Crash
Breakout session: Leading Through Collaboration and Innovation: Establishing the WV FIGG Commission
Lunch // exhibit hall open
Collaboration during Crisis: A Multi-laboratory Response to a Vendor Quality Issue
A New Way to Work: Building a Collaborative Forensic Community
ASCLD business meeting
Awards ceremony
President's and Awards Closing Reception // exhibit hall open
VIP exhibitor reception
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Thursday, May 21
6:30 AM - 7:00 AM
7:00 AM - 1:00 PM
7:30 AM - 12:00 PM
7:45 AM - 8:30 AM
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
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8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
9:10 AM - 9:30 AM
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM
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10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM
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Registration open
Exhibitor move out
Breakfast
Breakout session: CFSO Update
Breakout session: Enhancing Practitioner Wellbeing in Forensic Science Through Automated Exposure Monitoring and Response
Breakout session: Legislatively Mandated Rape Kit Tracking - InVita Track-Kit in Florida
Breakout session: Questioned Documents: Does that still exist?
Breakout session: AFTE's newly formed Procedural Support Committee
Breakout session: LabHero - Administrative Review Digital Assistant
Breakout session: Project FORESIGHT 2025-2026 Update
Coffee break
Turning Uncertainty into Readiness: Leading a Mass Disaster Response Team
Meeting Minutes: How to Spend Quality Time with Your Team
Inspiring Innovation: Leading with IMPACT to Engage, Empower, and Elevate Teams
Closing remarks
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