NSW Previous Plenary Lectures (from 2008)
2008
Sciences Futures in 2020
Dr Annabelle Duncan – Project Director, La Trobe University Biosciences Centre
Dr James Robertson – National Manager Forensic, Australian Federal Police
CCTV Images as Evidence
Glenn Porter – Head of Program (Forensic Science), University of Western Sydney
Commentary by Chester Porter QC
The Shipman Murders: A Triumph for Forensic Pharmacology
Dr Michael Kennedy – Physician in Cardiology & Clinical Pharmacology
Annual General Meeting Guest-of-Honour
Christine Nixon – Chief Commissioner, Victorian Police
2009
Impartiality, Efficiency or Reliability? A Critical Response to Expert Law & Procedure in Australia
Prof Gary Edmond – Director of Expertise, Evidence & Law Program, University of NSW
Commentary by The Hon Chief Justice Peter McClellan QC
How Do Judges Make Decisions? The Neurobiology of Decision-Making and Deliberation & the Role of Emotion
Dr Haley Bennett – Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
The Forensic Response to the Black Saturday Bushfires in Victoria
Prof Stephen Cordner – Director of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine
Annual General Meeting Guest-of-Honour
The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG
2010
A New Era in Crime Scene Investigation
Michael Bell – Operations Manager, NSW Police Force, Forensic Services Group
Commentary by Glenn Porter, Head of Program (Forensic Science), University of Western Sydney
Current Issues in the Assessment and Treatment of Paedophiles: Medical and Legal Responses
Dr Jeremy O’Dea – Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist
Counter Terrorism in NSW from the Sydney Olympics to 2010
Dr Michael Diamond – Consulting Psychiatrist
Inspector Carolyn O’Hare – NSW Police Force, Counter Terrorism & Special Tactics
Annual General Meeting Guest-of-Honour
Major Dr Brett Courtenay – Australian Defence Force
2011
Suspect Identities: US Response to Fingerprint Identification Evidence
A/Prof Simon Cole – Chair, Department of Criminology, University of California
The Witness was a Fly: Insects in the Investigation of and Prosecution of Crime
Dr James Wallman – Deputy Head, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong
The Definition of a ‘Mentally Ill Person’ in the Mental Health Act 2007
Dr Peter Shea – Forensic Psychiatrist
Reflections of a (Re)tired DPP
Nicholas Cowdery QC – Former Director of Public Prosecutions for NSW
2012
Crooks, Cranks & Charlatans: Science in Court?
Prof Brynn Hibbert – University of New South Wales
Child Protection In Court: The NSW Children’s Court Since the Wood Report and the Role of the Children’s Clinic
The Hon Judge Mark Marien SC – Children’s Court of NSW
Mark Allerton – Clinical Psychologist, Director of the Children’s Court Clinic
The Future of Clinical Forensic Medicine: Reflections After a Year ‘Down-Under’
Prof Margaret Stark – Director of the Clinical Forensic Medicine Unit for NSW Police Force
The Hon Justice Marilyn Warren
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria
Victorian Previous Plenary Lectures
2012
Challenges of Forensic Evidence: Observations from a New DPP
John Champion SC – Director of Public Prosecutions
Commentary by Karl Kent OAM – Director Forensic Services, Victorian Police