ANNOUNCEMENT
The Cuban Criminalistics Technology Symposium is held every three years; we are announcing this tenth edition in the context of completing the process of updating and validating the methodological apparatus of Cuban criminalistics. To this end and with a view to raising the professional level of our forces and disseminating our modest results, TECNICRIM 2018 will take place on 18 - 20 September 2018.
The nine previous editions made a valuable contribution to the development of our criminalistics; the most recent was attended by 64 delegates from 18 countries, creating an exceptional opportunity for exchange and for forging cooperative links between figures and systems of international criminalistics, while contributing to exchange among professionals in the field of expert testimony and providers of specialized technology, from various countries.
As is by now the norm and reflecting our people's traditions and hospitality, Cuba's criminalists invite specialists the world over to unveil the results of their empirical and academic researches, and dialogue with the participants during working sessions held in an eminently scientific atmosphere; apart from their academic impact, the TECNICRIM sessions are thus an appropriate setting for professional exchange, which will facilitate getting up to date on the state of the art in the various disciplines which contribute to forensic practice, and will provide opportunities for learning about: availability of technologies, what applications are usable and how they are handled at international level, what are the preferred uses of biometric technologies and what is their forensic-technical support. It will also be a suitable platform for ventilating, with strategic intention, the main questions arising on our research projects, with a view to considering the direction of further work.
The event will enable us to take on new ideas and knowledge in the field of scientific forensic research and enhance our strategy for knowledge management, scientific development and transfer of technology and methodology, which will clearly have a favorable effect on the management of expert investigation during the combating of crime and to the milestones in its prevention.
The Cuban criminalists invite you to the fine, historic city of Havana, whose limits encompass colonial Havana Vieja, a World Heritage Site, to demonstrate the warmth of our people, who with their hospitality, solidarity and culture will make for a most agreeable stay for all the participants.
We are confident of a successful event, which will be attended by a large number of Cuban and foreign personalities, criminalist and forensic experts and researchers of high international prestige, plus developers of technology and software. We are sure that the interchange among us will enable a renewed and updated flow of information and experiences favoring expansion of our knowledge, in a world in which we men of science will have an assured place in mankind's promising future.
Yours truly,
Antonio Mesa Santana, Specialist
Head of the Criminalistics Authority,
Ministry of Home Affairs,
Republic of Cuba
Chairman of the TECNICRIM 2018 organizing committee
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