Congress Program

76 results

Monday August 17^th

Morning

08:30

DVI

Disaster Victim Identification: DNA matching and statistical analysis by using Familias software

Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy (All day long)

Mixture interpretation

DNA mixture interpretation: Practical use of EuroForMix and DNAStatistX (All day long)

Afternoon

Mixture interpretation

DNA mixture interpretation: Practical use of EuroForMix and DNAStatistX (All day long)

Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy (All day long)

Non-Human DNA in Forensic Investigations

Progress accomplished and emerging ethical challenges in Forensic Genetics

Martin Zieger

Maria Eugenia D'Amato

Coffee Break

Tuesday August 18^th

Morning

08:30

Ancestry BGA

Ancestry and biogeographic analyses in population and forensic genetics

Pedigree analysis and relatedness inference (All day long)

Bioinformatics MPS: Basic and Advanced (All day long)

Y-chromosome: Analysis and interpretation

Coffee Break

12:30 to 14:00

Lunch Break

Montréal Ballroom

Afternoon

14:00

Bioinformatics

Bioinformatics MPS: Basic and Advanced (All day long)

Pedigree analysis and relatedness inference (All day long)

Appearance prediction for forensic DNA phenotyping

Forensic Age Estimation

Forensic age estimation using DNA methylation

Coffee Break

Evening

19:00

Special Event

Opening Remarks and Opening Ceremony

ISFG 2026

Montréal Ballroom

19:45

Activity Level Evaluation & Special Cases

DNA TPPR Dynamics and Impacts: the Continuing Story of a Touchy Subject

Roland van Oorschot

Montréal Ballroom

20:30

Welcome Cocktail

Montréal Ballroom

Wednesday August 19^th

Morning

Chairpersons

Dr. John Butler and Diane Séguin

08:30

Activity Level Evaluation & Special Cases

O-01 – A Hierarchical BaYESian Framework for Activity‑Level DNA Interpretation Across Laboratories, Multiple Stains, and Contributors

Activity Level Evaluation & Special Cases

O-02 – Reproducibility of Activity Level Reporting in Forensic DNA Analysis: A Multi‑Laboratory Validation Study

Todd Bille

Montréal Ballroom

09:00

Activity Level Evaluation & Special Cases

O-03 – DNA Deposition Patterns on Handguns Following Different Scenarios

Sofie Bergstrand

Montréal Ballroom

09:15

Activity Level Evaluation & Special Cases

O-04 – Beyond Source Attribution: Evaluating Activity‑Level DNA Interpretation in Firearm‑Related Cases

Élénore Gagnon

Montréal Ballroom

09:30

Activity Level Evaluation & Special Cases

O-05 – Methods Matter: On the Impact of Non‑transferential Variables on Reported Data of Studies on Nucleic Acid Transfer, Prevalence, Persistence and Recovery (TPPR)

Kathrin Broderius

Montréal Ballroom

09:45

Activity Level Evaluation & Special Cases

O-06 – Assessing the Data Available for Activity‑Level Evaluations

Janet Stacey

Montréal Ballroom

10:00

Activity Level Evaluation & Special Cases

Discussion

ISFG 2026

Montréal Ballroom

10:15 to 11:30

Coffee Break, Poster Session & Exhibitors

11:30

Activity Level Evaluation & Special Cases

O-07 – Multisite Comparison of DNA Recovery from Clothing Using Swab or Tape in a Mock Assault Study

Séverine Nozownik

Montréal Ballroom

11:45

Activity Level Evaluation & Special Cases

O-08 – Assessment of DNA Transfer on Stretch Film Used as Packaging Material in Illicit Drug Trafficking Cases: A Simulation Study

Xiaoyang Li

Montréal Ballroom

12:00

Activity Level Evaluation & Special Cases

O-09 – Small Bones, Big Questions - Using Shotgun Sequencing to Solve a Historical Puzzle

Marta Diepenbroek

Montréal Ballroom

12:15

Activity Level Evaluation & Special Cases

O-10 – A Multi‑disciplinary Approach to Investigate Individuals on the Warship Vasa

ISFG education and training initiatives for the FG community

Dr. Corina Benschop

Montréal Ballroom

12:45 to 14:15

Lunch Break

Montréal Ballroom

Afternoon

13:00 to 14:00

Lunch Symposium

The event is full

Salon Ville-Marie

Chairpersons

Prof. Dr. Walther Parson and Valérie Clermont-Beaudoin

14:15

Phenotyping

K-1 – Advances in DNA Phenotyping and Epigenetic Profiling for Forensic Human Identification

O-11 – EpiDirect®‑Clock: a Rapid, Cost‑Efficient, Bisulfite‑free, Real‑time PCR Based Age Prediction Tool for Forensic Casework

O-12 – Discovery of Novel Age Correlated CpG Sites in Bone Using Twist Human Methylome Panel (Twist Bioscience)

O-13 – DNA Methylation Analysis in Aged Bloodstains: Age of Donor and Time since Deposition Estimation

Noemi Argirò

Montréal Ballroom

15:45 to 16:45

Coffee Break, Poster Session & Exhibitors

16:45

Phenotyping

O-14 – COSA: a Consolidated Methylation‑Based Prediction Panel for Tissue of Origin, Smoking Status, and Chronological Age Using Amplicon‑based Massively Parallel Sequencing

O-15 – Nostrildamus: Predicting Nose Shape from DNA

O-16 – Validation of Candidate SNPs for Facial Morphology Using MeshMonk and two Phenotyping Strategies

CANCELED - O-17 – Item Response Theory (IRT) as an Alternative to Multinomial Logistic Regression in phenotypical traits prediction

Eduardo Avila

Montréal Ballroom

Evening

18:15 to 20:15

Working Groups Meetings

Thursday August 20^th

Morning

Chairpersons

Prof. Dr. Marielle Vennemann and Nicolas Tremblay

08:30

Human ID & FIGG

K-2 – A Historical Perspective on Forensic DNA Typing Analysis in Canada

O-18 – A Fast Fourier Transform‑Based Dynamic Likelihood Ratio Framework for Controlling False Positives in DNA Database Matching

François-Xavier Laurent

Montréal Ballroom

09:30

Human ID & FIGG

O-19 – Handling Asymmetric and Unknown Genotyping Error Probabilities in Shotgun Sequencing Evidence Evaluation

Mikkel Meyer Andersen

Montréal Ballroom

09:45

Human ID & FIGG

O-20 – A Novel Conditional Simulation Framework to Evaluate Low‑quality Sequencing Data in the Context of Inference of Relationships

O-21 – Long‑read Sequencing and Repeatome Profiling of Monozygotic Twins

Athina Vidaki

Montréal Ballroom

10:15 to 11:30

Coffee Break, Poster Session & Exhibitors

11:30

Human ID & FIGG

O-22 – Droplet Microfluidics Applied to Sexual Assault Casework: Integrated Encapsulation, Detection and Dorting of Sperm Cells from Mixtures

O-23 – A Comparative Study of Computational Tools for SNP‑based Human Identification in Low‑coverage Whole Genome Sequencing Data: A Study from the SNP‑Based Forensic Identification Tools (SNP‑FIT) Consortium

Jeppe Dyrberg Andersen

Montréal Ballroom

12:00

Human ID & FIGG

O-24 – Ethical and Effective FIGG Strategies for Highly Degraded DNA and Small or Isolated Populations

Highlights from the language speaking working groups

Dr. Hwan Young Lee

Montréal Ballroom

12:30 to 14:00

Lunch Break

Bonaventure

12:45 to 13:45

Lunch Symposium

The event is full

Salon Ville-Marie

Afternoon

Chairpersons

Dr. Lourdes Prieto and Tommy Harding

14:00

Human ID & FIGG

K-3 – Investigating IGG: Ethics, Public Trust, and the Governance Frontier

O-25 – From Recreational Genomics to Forensic Intelligence: AI, Genetic Genealogy and the Future of Human Identification

O-26 – Applying Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy to Historical Military Unknowns: Successes and Challenges

Kimberly Sturk-Andreaggi

Montréal Ballroom

15:15

Human ID & FIGG

O-27 – Detailed Relationship Predictions for FIGG with Ibdrel

Henrik Nordtorp

Montréal Ballroom

15:30 to 16:15

Coffee Break & Exhibitors

16:15

Human ID & FIGG

O-28 – Using Autofluorescence Properties of Biological Samples to Determine Time Since Deposition

O-29 – Estimating Human Geolocation Using Persistent Human DNA Virus Sequences

O-30 – Hunting Phantoms: an Existing but Less Known Tool for Detecting Contamination

O-31 – De‑codeX: A GHEP‑ISFG Effort for Unravelling X‑chromosome Recombination Models

Evening

ISFG General Assembly

ISFG 2026

Montréal Ballroom

Friday August 21^st

Morning

Chairpersons

Dr. Corina Benschop and Diana Polley

08:30

Statistics & Interpretation

K4 – Evolution in Resolution: the Birth of Modern Single Cell Forensics

Michael Marciano

Montréal Ballroom

09:15

Statistics & Interpretation

O-32 – Resolving Cellular Complexity in Forensic Samples through Single‑Cell Transcriptomics with BD Rhapsodyᵀᴹ

Vanessa van Ackeren

Montréal Ballroom

09:30

Statistics & Interpretation

O-33 – Scalable Deconvolution and Relatedness Inference in Whole‑genome SNP Mixtures

Øyvind Bleka

Montréal Ballroom

09:45

Statistics & Interpretation

O-34 – Probabilistic Interpretation of DADA2‑denoised MH‑MPS Data from Complex DNA Mixtures Using EuroForMix

Su Min Joo

Montréal Ballroom

10:00

Statistics & Interpretation

O-35 – An AI‑Driven Genome‑Wide Microhaplotype Framework for Biogeographical Ancestry Inference in Highly Degraded Forensic DNA

Ranran Zhang

Montréal Ballroom

10:15 to 11:15

Coffee Break, Poster Session & Exhibitors

11:15

Statistics & Interpretation

O-36 – Towards a Smart PCR Process: Using Machine Learning and qPCR to Produce Reliable Profiles from Challenging Samples

Caitlin McDonald

Montréal Ballroom

11:30

Statistics & Interpretation

O-37 – DNANet: Deep‑learning‑based Automated Allele Peak Detection in Forensic STR Electropherograms Using Routine Casework Data

Abel de Wit

Montréal Ballroom

11:45

Statistics & Interpretation

O-38 – Unsupervised Machine Learning for STR Reference Sample Selection in STR Allele Frequency Estimation

Daniel Myers

Montréal Ballroom

12:00

Statistics & Interpretation

O-39 – Investigating YSTR Clade Formation Age Arising from Genetic Drift when Using Discrete Laplace Based Clustering

Duncan Taylor

Montréal Ballroom

12:15

Statistics & Interpretation

O-40 – Likelihood Ratio Behaviour for Mixed and Low Template Y‑STR Samples in the Haplotype‑Centred Method

Hannah Kelly

Montréal Ballroom

12:30

Statistics & Interpretation

O-41 – A Novel Pedigree‑based Approach to Calculating Y‑STR Match Probabilities

Amke Caliebe

Montréal Ballroom

12:45 to 14:15

Lunch Break

Montréal Ballroom

Afternoon

13:00 to 14:00

YIA Winner’s Presentation

The event is full

Salon Ville-Marie

Chairpersons

Dr. Hwan Young Lee and Nancy Laurin

14:15

Population Genetics & Ethics

K-5 – The Role of Population Genetics in the Forensic Field: Advances and Current Challenges

Leonor Gusmão

Montréal Ballroom

15:00

Population Genetics & Ethics

O-42 – Y to the Max: Expanding Y‑STR and Y‑SNP Resolution with CSYseq v2 for Forensic Applications

Sofie Claerhout

Montréal Ballroom

15:15

Population Genetics & Ethics

O-43 – Surname Search with Y‑STRs: Building the Database and Solving Cases

Valérie Clermont-Beaudoin

Montréal Ballroom

15:30

Population Genetics & Ethics

O-44 – Y‑STR Profiles and mtDNA Sequences: Can They Ever Be Considered Anonymous?

Martin Zieger

Montréal Ballroom

15:45 to 16:00

Coffee Break & Exhibitors

16:00

Body Fluid Identification

O-45 – Probabilistic Modelling of RT‑qPCR Data for Body Fluid Mixture Identification

James Curran

Montréal Ballroom

16:15

Body Fluid Identification

O-46 – Low DNA Quantities in Intimate Forensic Swabs: Prevalence, Causes, and Measures for Quality Improvement

Lydie Samie

Montréal Ballroom

16:30

Body Fluid Identification

O-47 – Semen‑centric Paradigm and Beyond: Practitioner Perspectives on Sexual Assault DNA Workflows

Malika Dosmagambetova

Montréal Ballroom

16:45

Body Fluid Identification

O-48 – Quantitative Trait Loci as Indicators of Potential Susceptibility to Allele‑specific Dropout for Forensic RNA Markers

Margreet van den Berge

Montréal Ballroom

17:00

Special Event

Closing remarks

ISFG 2026

Montréal Ballroom

Evening

20:00

Gala Dinner

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Program

Monday August 17th

Disaster Victim Identification: DNA matching and statistical analysis by using Familias software

Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy (All day long)

DNA mixture interpretation: Practical use of EuroForMix and DNAStatistX (All day long)

Forensic Mitochondrial DNA Analysis in the MPS Era

Coffee Break

Lunch Break

DNA mixture interpretation: Practical use of EuroForMix and DNAStatistX (All day long)

Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy (All day long)

Non-Human DNA in Forensic Investigations

Progress accomplished and emerging ethical challenges in Forensic Genetics

Coffee Break

Tuesday August 18th

Ancestry and biogeographic analyses in population and forensic genetics

Pedigree analysis and relatedness inference (All day long)

Bioinformatics MPS: Basic and Advanced (All day long)

Y-chromosome: Analysis and interpretation

Coffee Break

Lunch Break

Bioinformatics MPS: Basic and Advanced (All day long)

Pedigree analysis and relatedness inference (All day long)

Appearance prediction for forensic DNA phenotyping

Forensic age estimation using DNA methylation

Coffee Break

Opening Remarks and Opening Ceremony

DNA TPPR Dynamics and Impacts: the Continuing Story of a Touchy Subject

Welcome Cocktail

Wednesday August 19th

O-01 – A Hierarchical BaYESian Framework for Activity‑Level DNA Interpretation Across Laboratories, Multiple Stains, and Contributors

O-02 – Reproducibility of Activity Level Reporting in Forensic DNA Analysis: A Multi‑Laboratory Validation Study

O-03 – DNA Deposition Patterns on Handguns Following Different Scenarios

O-04 – Beyond Source Attribution: Evaluating Activity‑Level DNA Interpretation in Firearm‑Related Cases

O-05 – Methods Matter: On the Impact of Non‑transferential Variables on Reported Data of Studies on Nucleic Acid Transfer, Prevalence, Persistence and Recovery (TPPR)

O-06 – Assessing the Data Available for Activity‑Level Evaluations

Discussion

Coffee Break, Poster Session & Exhibitors

O-07 – Multisite Comparison of DNA Recovery from Clothing Using Swab or Tape in a Mock Assault Study

O-08 – Assessment of DNA Transfer on Stretch Film Used as Packaging Material in Illicit Drug Trafficking Cases: A Simulation Study

O-09 – Small Bones, Big Questions - Using Shotgun Sequencing to Solve a Historical Puzzle

O-10 – A Multi‑disciplinary Approach to Investigate Individuals on the Warship Vasa

ISFG education and training initiatives for the FG community

Lunch Break

Lunch Symposium

K-1 – Advances in DNA Phenotyping and Epigenetic Profiling for Forensic Human Identification

O-11 – EpiDirect®‑Clock: a Rapid, Cost‑Efficient, Bisulfite‑free, Real‑time PCR Based Age Prediction Tool for Forensic Casework

O-12 – Discovery of Novel Age Correlated CpG Sites in Bone Using Twist Human Methylome Panel (Twist Bioscience)

O-13 – DNA Methylation Analysis in Aged Bloodstains: Age of Donor and Time since Deposition Estimation

Coffee Break, Poster Session & Exhibitors

O-14 – COSA: a Consolidated Methylation‑Based Prediction Panel for Tissue of Origin, Smoking Status, and Chronological Age Using Amplicon‑based Massively Parallel Sequencing

O-15 – Nostrildamus: Predicting Nose Shape from DNA

O-16 – Validation of Candidate SNPs for Facial Morphology Using MeshMonk and two Phenotyping Strategies

CANCELED - O-17 – Item Response Theory (IRT) as an Alternative to Multinomial Logistic Regression in phenotypical traits prediction

Working Groups Meetings

Thursday August 20th

K-2 – A Historical Perspective on Forensic DNA Typing Analysis in Canada

O-18 – A Fast Fourier Transform‑Based Dynamic Likelihood Ratio Framework for Controlling False Positives in DNA Database Matching

O-19 – Handling Asymmetric and Unknown Genotyping Error Probabilities in Shotgun Sequencing Evidence Evaluation

O-20 – A Novel Conditional Simulation Framework to Evaluate Low‑quality Sequencing Data in the Context of Inference of Relationships

O-21 – Long‑read Sequencing and Repeatome Profiling of Monozygotic Twins

Coffee Break, Poster Session & Exhibitors

O-22 – Droplet Microfluidics Applied to Sexual Assault Casework: Integrated Encapsulation, Detection and Dorting of Sperm Cells from Mixtures

O-23 – A Comparative Study of Computational Tools for SNP‑based Human Identification in Low‑coverage Whole Genome Sequencing Data: A Study from the SNP‑Based Forensic Identification Tools (SNP‑FIT) Consortium

O-24 – Ethical and Effective FIGG Strategies for Highly Degraded DNA and Small or Isolated Populations

Highlights from the language speaking working groups

Lunch Break

Lunch Symposium

K-3 – Investigating IGG: Ethics, Public Trust, and the Governance Frontier

O-25 – From Recreational Genomics to Forensic Intelligence: AI, Genetic Genealogy and the Future of Human Identification

O-26 – Applying Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy to Historical Military Unknowns: Successes and Challenges

O-27 – Detailed Relationship Predictions for FIGG with Ibdrel

Coffee Break & Exhibitors

O-28 – Using Autofluorescence Properties of Biological Samples to Determine Time Since Deposition

O-29 – Estimating Human Geolocation Using Persistent Human DNA Virus Sequences

O-30 – Hunting Phantoms: an Existing but Less Known Tool for Detecting Contamination

O-31 – De‑codeX: A GHEP‑ISFG Effort for Unravelling X‑chromosome Recombination Models

ISFG General Assembly

Friday August 21st

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