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In association with the UBC Law Innocence Project

Co Chairs:
Richard S. Fowler & Tamara M. Levy

With Planning Committee
Bruce A. MacFarlane QC, Bernard Grenier, Alan N. Young ,  Alain Hepner QC, Richard Peck QC,  Peter J Wilson QC, Joanne C. McLean, Marilyn E. Sandford & The Hon. Madam Justice Kathleen M. Ker

Program: Friday May 10

8:30 – 8:40 Opening Comments                               

8:40 – 9:20 The Goudge Inquiry: What Trial Lawyers Can Take From The Goudge Inquiry and Utilizing the Lessons Learned
The Hon. Mr. Justice Stephen Goudge, Ontario Court of Appeal, Toronto ON

9:20 –10:00 Miscarriages of Justice and Forensic  Pathology
Dr. Michael Pollanen MD PhD FRCPath DMJ (Path) FRCPC, Chief Forensic Pathologist, Ontario Forensic Pathology Service Director, Forensic  Pathology Residency Program and Centre  for Forensic Science and Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto ON

10:00 – 10:40 Understanding the Expert & Science
Kent Roach, Professor, University of  Toronto Law, Toronto ON

10:40 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:40 Independence, Reliability and Expert Testimony in Criminal Trials
Emma Cunliffe, UBC Faculty of Law, Vancouver BC

11:40 – 12:20 The NAS Report and Cross-Examination of  Experts
Marilyn E. Sandford, Ritchie Sandford, Vancouver BC

12:20 – 1:30 Lunch (included in registration fee)

1:30 – 2:30 Keynote Presentation
Parallel Universes: Wrongful Convictions and the Optics of Innocence
Peter Neufeld, Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Innocence Project, New York NY

2:30 – 3:10 Understanding DNA Testing and the  Interpretation of Results
Dr. Amarjit Chahal, Orchid ProDNA, Thunder Bay ON

3:10 – 3:30 Coffee Break

3:30 – 4:10 Holmes Was Wrong - The Life of the Law IS Logic: Avoiding Fallacious Reasoning In Expert Evidence
Alan D. Gold, Alan D. Gold Professional Corporation, Toronto ON

4:10 – 4:50 Developments in the Consideration of Eyewitness Evidence
Peter J. Wilson QC, Wilson Butcher, Vancouver BC                               

4:50 – 5:00 First Day Closing Remarks     

5:00 – 6:00 President’s Reception

Program: Saturday May 11

9:00 am Opening Statements    

9:05 – 9:35 Preparing For and Cross Examining the  Expert
The Hon. Mr. Justice Nathan H. Smith, Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver BC

9:35 – 10:20 Fingerprint Evidence in Transition
Simon A. Cole, Associate Professor of Criminology, Law & Society, University of  California, Irvine CA

10:20 – 10:40      Coffee  Break

10:40 – 11:40      Bias in 'Scientific' Evidence: The Perspective of a Blood Stain Pattern Analyst
Joe Slemko, J. Slemko Forensic Consulting, Edmonton AB

11:40 – 12:25 How To Remedy a Wrongful Conviction in Canadian Law 
M. Bernard Grenier, Ad. E., Retired Judge of the Court of Québec and Special Advisor  to the Minister of Justice on Wrongful Convictions, Montreal QC

12:25 – 12:30 Closing Remarks