English Speaking Working Group

Topics: Board | Meetings | Relationship Testing Workshop | Publications

Membership of the English Speaking Working Group (ESWG) is open to all English speaking members of the ISFG and may be obtained by application to the secretary of the group. There will be no membership fee in addition to that payable to the ISFG.

Registration of members at ISFG.ORG

All ISFG members are kindly requested to activate their personal account at the new website. Please read the step-by-step instructions.

Aims of the English Speaking Working Group are

• the exchange of experience, quality control and stimulation of cooperation between the members;
• making available scientific knowledge and findings in the field of interest;
• organisation of scientific meetings ­– but such meetings will be held only after consultation with the ISFG.

Here you find the constitution of the ESWG.

History of the ESWG

The ESWG was founded after the ISFH meeting 23-27 September 1979 in London. Here you find some more details about the history of the ESWG.

Board

A board administers the ESWG that is responsible for organising any meeting of the group. The board consists of the chairman, the secretary and the treasurer who are elected by vote for a period of two years. The board represents the working group.

Chairman

Secretary

Treasurer

Meeting of the English Speaking Working Group 2010

The meeting of the ESWG 2010 will be held 8–11 September 2010 in Stockholm, Sweden. The meeting will be organized by Professor Bertil Lindblom and co-workers. Below, you find pdf-files with:

Programme

Themes

Registration form

Abstract form

Relationship Testing Workshop

Every year, the ESWG arranges a Relationship (previously 'Paternity') Testing Workshop. The Relationship Testing Workshop 2010 is organised by Typically, samples from a paternity testing trio are sent to the participating laboratories, and the laboratories are asked to treat the samples as a 'usual' paternity case. The laboratories submit their results to the organising laboratory. The results are collated, presented and discussed at the following meeting of the English Speaking Working Group. The laboratories respond to a questionnaire concerning techniques and strategies employed. A paper challenge is distributed in order to compare statistical calculations. Certificates for successful participation are issued. The results of the relationship testing workshops are published. The fee for participation in the 2010 RTW is 295 Euros. All members of the working group are welcome to participate. Members who want to participate should contact the organiser by e-mail - rtw2010@forensic.ku.dk.

Publications of the Group

1. Syndercombe Court D, Lincoln P. A review of the 1991: 1994 Paternity Testing Workshops of the English-Speaking Working Group. In: Carracedo A, Brinkmann, Bär W (eds) Advances in Forensic Haemogenetics 6. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg New York, pp. 683-5.
2. Bjerre A, Syndercombe Court D, Lincoln P, Morling N. A report of the 1995 and 1996 Paternity Testing Workshops of the English Speaking Working Group of the International Society for Forensic Haemogenetics. Forensic Sci Int 1997; 90: 41-55.
3. Hallenberg C, Morling N. A report of the 1997, 1998 and 1999 Paternity Testing Workshops of the English Speaking Working Group of the International Society for Forensic Genetics. Forensic Sci Int 2001; 116: 23-33
4. Hallenberg C, Morling N. A report of the 2000 and 2001 Paternity Testing Workshops of the English Speaking Working Group of the International Society for Forensic Genetics. Forensic Sci Int 2002; 129: 43-50
5. Thomsen AR, Hallenberg C, Simonsen BT, Langkjær RB, Morling N. A report of the 2002-2008 Paternity Testing Workshops of the English Speaking Working Group of the International Society for Forensic Genetics. FSI: Genetics 2009, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2009.01.016