- Law enforcement officers, crime scene investigators and forensic specialists will be apprised of the latest tools and techniques including laser scanning, reverse engineering, electronic theodolites, videogrammetry and others to aid in investigations and increase the accuracy and speed of gathering dimensional data from incidents and crime scenes. More
- Legal professionals will be introduced to the latest tools used in reverse-engineering 2D and 3D crime scenes, and learn how to support their case with, or cross-examine against, these tools and technologies. More
- Medical examiners can learn how sub-millimeter scanning of injuries to gather dimensional data prior to an autopsy can significantly aid in mapping wounds. More
- Specialized investigators – anthropology, fire, blood spatter, ballistics, acoustics and others – will learn about the latest tools, techniques and software, and when to employ them in their investigations in order to develop the highest-quality data input on which to base advanced analysis and conclusions. More
- Security specialists tasked with gathering spatial data for pre-event planning will learn how new technologies can provide better and faster end results in order to facilitate the overall process. More
- Laboratory technicians and examiners will learn first-hand the latest technologies that can aid experts in measuring tool marks, skeletal remains, bomb fragments and the like in 3D for further analyses. More
- Anthropologists, forensic artists and sculptors will witness the newest technologies available to aid in measuring and developing faces and otherwise performing identification based on skeletal remains. More
- College professors and students will learn first-hand what is required of graduating students looking to enter these professions. More
- Service providers will be exposed to the discipline of forensics thus allowing law enforcement personnel to select qualified service providers trained in how to be part of a team and not disturb, destroy or create evidence. Service providers will learn their liabilities as well as how to testify in court. More
- Technical Advisors, both hardware and software providers, will have direct interaction with end-users to further develop their technologies to address the needs of first responders. More
New standards and techniques will be developed by bringing together knowledge from a variety of experts who use and or develop GPS, GIS, surveying, photogrammetry, long-, mid- and short-range laser scanners, sub-millimeter scanners, white light scanners, 3D printers and supporting software. Through conferences, a quarterly e-newsletter, training sessions and working groups, the IAFSM will facilitate communication and collaboration among law enforcement, government agencies, and providers of hardware, software and services.