BEST PRACTICES IN EXPERT WITNESSING WORKSHOP

INVITATION

Dear Colleagues,

Expert witness activity for crime combating, supports the legal system significantly as well as it is capable of running research in national and international level and dedicating time and resources.

This workshop has been planned in order to share experiences in expert witnessing to establish an inter-Balkan academic cooperation in forensic sciences for scientific techniques in crime combating and to discuss the adaptation of the best practices in the discipline.

Within that scope, scientists from different expertise areas of forensic sciences will be invited to Istanbul and a two-day-workshop will be held under the title “Best Practices in Expert Witnessing: Balkan Countries Experience”. The participants will consist of academics and students from the Institutes and Departments of Forensic Medicine.

It is a great pleasure for us to have you participating to our workshop which will be held in Istanbul between 19-20 April 2019 in Alev Ofluoğlu Conference Hall, Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University.

Best regards

Prof. Ersi Abacı Kalfoglou

Faculty of Medicine

Department of Legal Medicine

Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Ersi Kalfoğlu, Professor, Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul

Mete Korkut Gülmen, Professor, Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana

M. Akif İnanıcı, Professor, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul

Oğuz Polat, Professor, Acıbadem University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul

E. Hülya Yükseloğlu, Associated Professor, Istanbul University -Cerrahpaşa Institute of Forensic Sciences, Istanbul

Sinem Yıldız İnanıcı, Assistant Professor, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

DURSUN KIRBAŞ, PROFESSOR, ISTANBUL YENI YUZYIL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE, ISTANBUL

GÖKHAN ERSOY, PROFESSOR, ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY-CERRAHPAŞA INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCES, ISTANBUL

GÖKHAN ORAL, PROFESSOR, ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY-CERRAHPAŞA FACULTY OF MEDICINE, ISTANBUL

HALIS DOKGÖZ, PROFESSOR, MERSIN UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE, MERSIN

M. FATIH YAVUZ, PROFESSOR, ISTANBUL YENI YUZYIL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE, ISTANBUL

ŞEVKI SÖZEN, PROFESSOR, ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE, ISTANBUL

MERIC KARACAN, ASSOCIATED PROFESSOR, ISTANBUL YENI YUZYIL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE, ISTANBUL

NEYLAN ZIYALAR, ASSOCIATED PROFESSOR, ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY-CERRAHPAŞA INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCES, ISTANBUL

TUNÇ DEMIRCAN, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY-CERRAHPAŞA INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCES, ISTANBUL

LOCAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE

Ş. Şebnem Özkal Associated Professor,Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University Faculty of Medicine

A. Taner Güven Assistant Professor, Istanbul Bilim University Faculty of Medicine

Gavril Petridis Assistant Professor, Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University Faculty of Medicine

Nurcan Hamzaoğlu Assistant Professor, Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University Faculty of Medicine

Sotiri Kalfoğlu Lecturer, Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University Faculty of Medicine

WORKSHOP PROGRAMME

19/4/2019, Friday
Time	Event
09.30-10.00	Registration and Welcome
CHAIR: Prof. Dr. Demir Budak, Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University Faculty of Medicine CHAIR: Prof. Dr. Oğuz Polat, Acıbadem University Faculty of Medicine
10.00-10.45	Ethical and Medico-Legal Evaluation of Expertise System in Turkey *Prof. Dr. Mete Korkut Gülmen* Çukurova University, Medical School, Department of Forensic Medicine, Adana, Turkey
10.00-10.45
10.45-11.30	Kosovo's experience in expert witnessing - Lack and advantages of expert witnessing in report with court and presecutor office *Dr. Naim Uka* Institute of Forensic Medicine, Prishtina, Kosovo
11.30-11.45	Coffee Break
CHAIR: Prof. Dr. Dursun Kırbaş, Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University Faculty of Medicine CHAIR: Assoc. Prof. E. Hülya Yükseloğlu, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Institute of Forensic Sciences
11.45-12.30	Forensic issues in Serbia *Prof. Dr. Djordje Alempijevic* University of Belgrade, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia
12.30-13.15	The problems of forensic medical malpractice *Dr. Maria Grozeva* National University Hospital, Forensic Medicine Department, Sofia, Bulgaria
13.15-14.15	Lunch
CHAIR: Prof. Dr. Fatih Yavuz, Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University Faculty of Medicine CHAIR: Assoc. Prof. Ş. Şebnem Özcan, Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University Faculty of Medicine
14.15-15.00	Expert witness from a Bosnian perspective *Prof. Dr. Nermin Sarajlic* University of Sarajevo, Medical School, Department of Forensic Medicine, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
15.00- 15.45	Forensic Pathology in Romania *Dr. Calin Scripcaru* Institutul de Medicina Legala, Iasi, Romania
15.45-16.00	Coffee Break
CHAIR: Asst. Prof. Gavril Petridis, Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University Faculty of Medicine
16.00-16.45	Experience as a media forensic expert witness in Turkey *Asst. Prof. Taner Güven* Istanbul Bilim University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Forensic Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

20/4/2019, Saturday
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Ersi Kalfoğlu, Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University Faculty of Medicine
Time	Event
09.30-12.30	PANEL: Current Trends in Responding to Crime Prof. Dr. M. Akif İnanıcı, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey Prof. Dr. Mete Korkut Gülmen, Çukurova University, Medical School, Department of Forensic Medicine, Adana, Turkey Prof. Dr. Djordje Alempijevic, University of Belgrade, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia Prof. Dr. Nermin Sarajlic, University of Sarajevo, Medical School, Department of Forensic Medicine, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Dr. Gregory Leon, Hellenic Society of Forensic Medicine, Greece Dr. Naim Uka, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Prishtina, Kosovo Dr. Maria Grozeva, National University Hospital, Forensic Medicine Department, Sofia, Bulgaria Dr. Calin Scripcaru, Institutul de Medicina Legala, Iasi, Romania
12.30-13.30	Lunch
13.30-15.00	ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION

REGISTRATION

Registration fee: 200 TL (For students: 100 TL)

REGISTRATION