Theme 2: Innovation of Processes in Forensic Investigations

Chair: Jan de Kinder

Co chair: Ralph Kleuskens

New techniques are made available to the forensic community, providing it with fantastic new opportunities, but at the same time a high quality standard should be achieved and results of investigations should become available at shorter notice. Innovation of Processes addresses the topics like:

Quality
Quality assurance, effectiveness of QMS, ISO 17025 and 17020, accreditation, quality of interpretations, better blind cases and proficiency tests, validation of new methods, ensuring chain-of-custody and audit trail, reducing bias
 

Process
The balance between efficiency and effectiveness of forensic processes, optimising workload and throughput time, integrating new technologies for process innovation, automation
 

Business
Customer-provider interaction, service level agreements, new business models for forensic providers, liaison officers, standard vs. tailor-made, risk management