Spring 2014 CACLD Conference Agenda

Wednesday, April 02, 2014

2:00 pm to 4:00 pm / Uncertainty of Measurement Discussion (optional)
Laurel Farrell, ASCLD/LAB
1:30 pm to 6:00 pm / Registration

Thursday, April 03, 2014

7:30 am to 8:30 am / Buffet Breakfast and Registration
8:30 am to 8:45 am / Opening Address
8:45 am to 9:15 am / Vendor Introductions
9:15 am to 10:15 am / Cliques, Groups, Group Think and the Organizations that Enable Them Dr. David Fish, Maritz Research
10:15 am to 10:45 am / Break
10:45 am to 12:15 pm / Panel Discussion: Crime Lab Administration Models: Who Do You Report To?
Dan Anderson, Los Angeles County Coroner
Renee Artman, Ventura County Sheriff
Bruce Houlihan, Orange County Sheriff/CEO/DA
Jennifer Shen, San Diego PD
Jill Spriggs, Sacramento County District Attorney
Tracey Stangarone, Bio-Tox Laboratories
John Yoshida, California DOJ
12:15 pm to 1:30 pm / Lunch
1:30 pm to 2:15 pm / Roadside Saliva: Research, DRE, Prosecution
Christine Moore, Immunalysis Corporation (Alere)
Janette Flintoft, LA City Attorney
Sgt. Tim Petropulos, Fullerton PD
2:15 pm to 3:15 pm / Media Relations & Crisis Communications
Jonathan Bernstein, Bernstein Crisis Management
3:15 pm to 3:30 pm / Break
3:30 pm to 5:00 pm / Foresight and Ethics
Dr. Mark Maier & Lori Zucchino, Leadership Development Associates
6:00 pm to 7:00 pm / Hors d’ Oeuvres
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm / Dinner

Friday, April 04, 2014

8:00 am to 9:00 am / Buffet Breakfast and Business Meeting
9:00 am to 9:45 am / Panel Discussion: DNA Mixture Re-Interpretation: Re-interpret everything or only as needed?
Tammy Spurgeon, Orange County DA
Elizabeth Thompson, Orange County Crime Laboratory
(Other Panel Members Pending)
10:15 am to 10:30 am / Break
10:30 am to 10:45 am / National Forensic Science Commission - What’s happening to the SWG’s?
Dean Gialamas, Los Angeles County Sheriff
11:00 am to 11:45 pm / How Jurors Understand (and Sometimes Misunderstand) Forensic Science Testimony
Dr. William Thompson, UCI
11:45 am to 12:15 pm / Blood Alcohol Stability Study
Raegan Carter, San Diego County Sheriff
Chelsea Carter, San Diego County Sheriff
12:15 pm to 12:30 pm / Closing Comments