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2026 Spring Educational Conference
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If interested, please check out the IAI Conference: IAI Conference 2026 - St. Louis, Missouri 2027 - Dallas, Texas 2028 - Orlando, Florida Past Educational Conferences2025 The 49th Annual Educational Conference was held on April 28th-30th at the Bluemont Hotel, in Manhattan, Kansas. 2024 The 48th Annual Educational Conference was held on April 8th-10th at the SpringHill Suites, in Lawrence, Kansas. We had 119 in attendance and ten vendors present and an additional three vendor sponsors. We hosted seven different workshops and several more lectures throughout the 2 1/2 days! On Day 1, there was a cold case presentation by the Johnson County Crime Lab. Day 2 saw presentations on NIBIN by the KBI, IAI Photography Certification, Leadership and Goal Setting for LEO and Forensics, a Pathology Q&A, and the Public Safety Credit Union. Breakouts and Workshop for Day 2 included Injury Detection with ALS by Spex Forensics, Entomology Evidence by Brian McCornic from KState, and Presumptive Field Testing by DetectaChem. Day 2 also included Poster Presentations and Photo Submissions. We had several wonderful research/poster presentations from university students throughout Kansas. Day 3 started with a presentation on Fire Investigations, then moved to a Drug Overdose Scene Processing presentation. After lunch, presentations included Fentanyl Identification and CSI for Illicit Hazardous Environments: A State and Local Perspective. Workshops/Breakouts for the day included Evidence Detection with UV by Spex Forensics, CSEye Spy by Foster + Freeman, Fire Debris Evidence Collection by Tim Linot with Olathe Fire Department, and Footwear Collection and Documentation by Kim Gerhardt-Whiddon with Washburn University. Thank you to all of the presenters/instructors, vendors/sponsors, and the 2023 KDIAI Board for making the 2024 Conference a huge success. Thank you to all of the attendees in make it a great KDIAI Conference - we hope to see you in 2025! |