[DFSci] Conference Announcement - Evidence in the Information Age

[Baker, Dave]

Some information was passed to me from the Cyril Wecht Institute
regarding their annual conference, which (this year) will focus 
on issues relating to digital evidence.  Details are not yet
fully available, but the dates and location are set.
http://www.forensics.duq.edu/conference/conferencefront.html

The information sent to me is below my signature block.

Sincerely,
Dave B.
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Evidence in the Information Age
A National Symposium on the Collection, Analysis
And Legal Application of Digital Evidence
The 9th Annual Conference - October 23-24, 2009

ABOUT THIS YEAR'S CONFERENCE

In a recent speech announcing the creation of a White House 
cyber-security office, President Obama spoke of "the great irony 
of our Information Age" - the fact that "the very technologies 
that empower us to create and to build also empower those who 
would disrupt and destroy."  But while the Obama Administration's 
new initiative will employ all the tools at the federal government's 
disposal to fend off the sorts of large-scale attacks that can 
cripple economies and compromise national security, law enforcement 
officers and attorneys nationwide - along with the public they serve 
- must daily grapple with those who would use personal computers, 
cell phones and other digital devices to do everything from 
perpetrate Ponzi schemes to lure children into harm's way.

Evidence in the Information Age will explore:
*	Hands on training in the recognition, collection, analysis and
      preservation of electronic data
*	Electronic data's utilization and limitations in court
*	How the proliferation of modern digital technology affects:
   o	Investigative officers
   o	Forensic Scientists
   o	The legal community
   o	The general public

This conference will be of significance to:
*	First responding officers
*	Digital forensic examiners
*	Other criminalists
*	Prosecutors, defense attorneys and trial judges
*	Parents, teachers, and users of the Internet and digital 
      devices

This timely conference will impart a more current and 
comprehensive knowledge of both the crime-fighting challenges 
and the investigative and legal opportunities presented by the 
proliferation of digital technology in the 21st century.

For more information please visit either the Institute website at 
www.forensics.duq.edu  or the conference website (coming in early 
July) www.duq.edu/digitalevidence.
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