L’avv. Michele Vaira è membro dell’American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
Nel 2017 ha ricevuto la qualifica di Fellow Member.
Dal 2011, ha partecipato ai seguenti Meeting annuali, approfondendo nelle sessioni di studio (workshop e seminari) tutti gli aspetti relativi alle scienze forensi; ha tenuto diversi speech; ha moderato alcune sessioni (unico professionista italiano a svolgere questo ruolo).
Prima di tutte, una foto all’interno della exhibit hall
Exhibit Hall
Poi, un’immagine insieme al Presidente dell’Accademia Italiana di Scienze Forensi, gen. Luciano Garofano
Mr. Michele Vaira with Gen. Luciano Garofano
Molto degna di nota, una foto di gruppo dell’Accademia di Scenze Forensi e di una rappresentanza della Giunta AIGA del 2017
New Orleans 2017
Speech American Academy Forensic Sciences
2013 – Washington
Scientific investigation and criminal trial in Italy – The Amanda Knox case
Luciano Garofano, PhD, Michele Vaira, JD
2014 – Seattle
A new scenario after Supreme Court verdict – The Amanda Knox case
Luciano Garofano, PhD, Michele Vaira, JD
2015 – Orlando
The technical investigations not repeatable in the Italian Code of Criminal Procedure – the anticipated contradictory guarantees the defense
Michele Vaira, JD
2017 – New Orleans
Maxi Trial “Iscaro-Saburo”: The Judicial Birth Of The Fifth Italian Mafia
Michele Vaira, JD, Cristoforo Pomara, MD, PhD, Anna Cornacchio, EP, Fortarezza, MTL, Bertozzi, MD, Salerno, MD, PhD
Re-socialization Of The Prisoner Between Psychological Support And Work: The Italian Experience
Michele Vaira, JD, Tania Rizzo, JD, Laura Muscatello, MD, PhD
The Yara Gambirasio case
Luciano Garofano, PhD, Michele Vaira, JD
AcISF Gruop
2020 – Anaheim, California
72nd Annual Scientific Meeting American Academy Forensic Sciences
2018 – Seattle, Washington
70th Annual Scientific Meeting American Academy Forensic Sciences
Sessione moderata dall’Avv. Vaira (Thu 10:30 am)
Review of Science
Mad (Forensic) Scientist and Murder: A Case of Suspected Innocence After 22 Years
Scott Bresler, PhD*; Donald R. Caster, JD*
An Interpretation of the 2016 President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) Document in Terms of Forensic Metrology
Veronica Scotti, LLM*; Alessandro M. Ferrero, MSc
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Plans and Approaches to Conducting Scientific Foundation Reviews of Forensic Science Disciplines
John M. Butler, PhD*
The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) Report on Forensic Science: Why It Fails Foundational Validity
Kenneth E. Melson, JD*
Sessioni di formazione
- Alternate Light Source (ALS) Photography: Ultraviolet (UV), Infrared Radiation (IR), Lights, and Filters
- Applications of Raman Spectroscopy for Trace Evidence Examinations
- Data Standards, Archiving, and Analytics in Forensic Anthropology
- Putting the Expert on Trial
- Some Like It Hot: A Forensic Analysis of Burnt Remains
- Moving From the Combined Probability of Inclusion (CPI) to Probabilistic Genotyping for DNA Mixture Interpretation
- Postmortem Monocular Indirect Ophthalmoscopy (PMIO)
- Forensic Image Processing
- Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Deaths
- Science Matters to Everyone: Victims, Offenders, and the Public
2017 – New Orleans, Louisiana
69th Annual Scientific Meeting American Academy Forensic Sciences
Sessione moderata dall’Avv. Vaira (Thu 11:30 am)
Identification, Driving Under the Influence (DUI), and Digital
Assessing the Strength of Fingerprint Conclusions
Michele Triplett, BS*
Fingerprint Science
Joseph B. Kadane, PhD*
Lay Understanding of “Identification”: How Jurors Interpret Forensic Identification Testimony
Henry J. Swofford, MSFS*; Jessica Gabel Cino, JD
Roadside Saliva: Are Oral Fluid Collection (OFC) Devices the Proper Tool to Help a Non-Physician Make a Diagnosis at a Roadside Traffic Stop (RTS)?
Michael J. Nichols, JD*; Jeremy C. Brehmer, JD*
Retrograde Extrapolation as a Part of Accident Reconstruction: A Case Study
Jeremy C. Brehmer, JD*; Ronald L. Moore, Esq., JD*
The Use of Standardized Field Sobriety Tests for Drug Impairment: An Evaluation of the Research, Ethical Implications, and Legal Issues
Harry L. Miles, JD*; Sabra R. Botch-Jones, MS, MA*
Social Media and the Justice System
Donald E. Shelton, JD, PhD*
Analyses of Multiple Mobile Devices and Services in Distracted Driving Cases: Data Synchronization and Defeating Unscientific Applications of Those Data
Bruce N. Ringstrom, Jr., JD*; John J. Carney, JD*; Joseph M. Parise, JD
When DNA Alone Is Not Enough: Exoneration by Computer Interpretation
Mark W. Perlin, PhD, MD*; Frances L. Watson, JD*; Greg Hampikian, PhD
Sessioni di formazione
- Behind the Curtain: Understanding the Basic Science and Testimony of Latent Prints
- Shooting Reconstruction
- Sex-Related Homicide and Death Investigations: Practical and Clinical Perspectives — The Significance of Pornography, Sexual Deviance, Autoerotic Fatalities, Signature and Modus Operandi (M.O.) in Serial Murder Investigation and Criminal Investigative Analysis
- Applications of Hair Testing in Toxicology: Legal, Technical, and Medical Challenges
- Child Abuse: A Multidisciplinary Approach
- Extreme Violence in the Military
- Retinal Hemorrhages (RHs) Associated With Pediatric Abusive and Non-Abusive Head Injury
- Considerations for Crime Scene Analysis When Utilizing Forensic Science Experts for Post-Scene Analysis
- Instrumental Chromatographic Separation Techniques for Forensic Analyses: Application to the Analysis of Emerging Drugs
2016 – Las Vegas, Nevada
68th Annual Scientific Meeting American Academy Forensic Sciences
Sessioni di formazione
- Advanced Mass Spectrometry (MS) Techniques for Forensic Analysis: What Does the Future Hold?
- The Impact of Cloud Computing on Evidence in the Courtroom
- Frequency Occurrence in Handwriting and Hand Printing Characteristics
- Strategies for Scientific Problem-Solving With Physical Evidence
- Practical Homicide Investigation®: An Evaluation of Homicides Involving Child Victims, Child Offenders, and Equivocal Death Investigations
- Addressing Damaged Mobile Devices for Data Acquisition
- Crime Assessment: Solving Crime Beyond Profiling
- Application of a Linear-Targeted Approach in Multiplex Amplification of the Mitochondrial Genome
- The Identification and Analysis of Burnt Bloodstains
2015 – Orlando, Florida
67th Annual Scientific Meeting American Academy Forensic Sciences
Sessioni di formazione
- Mass Fatality Incidents: An Integrated Approach Workshop
- The Electrophysiology of Impulsive Aggression and Criminal Responsibility
- Classification of Typewritten Documents
- Obtaining Successful DNA Profiles From Challenging Samples
- Practical Homicide Investigation: Offender-Manipulated Homicide Scenes Relating to Equivocal Death and Staged Crime Scenes
- Forensic Anthropology and Cold Case Investigations: Breaking the Ice
- Implementing and Evaluating 3D Technology in a 2D World
- The Examination of Skillfully Simulated Signatures
- Clinical Toxicology of the Poisoned Patient
- Sadism: Distinguishing Between Criminal Behavior and Offender Analysis
2014 – Seattle, Washington
66th Annual Scientific Meeting American Academy Forensic Sciences
Sessioni di formazione
- Development of Emerging DNA Technologies for Identification: Expanding the Capabilities of a Missing Persons Laboratory
- Virtual Evidence of Human Behavior: Technology as Co-Conspirator
- Age Estimation of Living Children Via Skeletal and Dental Indicators
- Multimedia Authentication: Searching for Truth in the Digital World
- Utilizing Bloodstain Pattern Analysis and Forensic Pathology to Reconstruct Bloodshedding Events
- Applications of Raman Spectroscopy for Trace Evidence Examinations
- Postmortem Monocular Indirect Ophthalmoscopy
- Forensic Radiology: Current and Future Use in Medicolegal Death Investigation
2013 – Washington, DC
65th Annual Scientific Meeting American Academy Forensic Sciences
Sessioni di formazione
- The Ballistic Evidence in the Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
- Electrocution, Electrical Injury, and Lightning Death Investigations
- Analysis and Interpretation of Chemical Unknowns
- Science in the Courtroom: A Matter of Perspective?
- Beyond the Numbers: An Objective Approach to Forensic Toxicological Interpretation
- The Predator Next Door: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex Offenders and Had No One to Ask!
- Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS) for the Forensic Toxicologist
- Image Analysis — 3D Imaging and Virtopsies: Developments, Methods, and Reasoning About Images
2012 – Atlanta, Georgia
64th Annual Scientific Meeting American Academy Forensic Sciences
Sessioni di formazione
- The Casey Anthony Trial — From the Defense, Medical, and Scientific Viewpoint
- Forensic Science and Cultural Heritage – Examination of the Gettysburg Address
- Advanced DNA Mixture Interpretation and Statistical Approaches
- Paper Fundamentals for Forensic Document Examiners
- Examination and Analysis of Explosives and Device Construction/Components
- Digital Photography for Forensic Document Examiners
- Advances in Asphyxia by Strangulation for Pathologists and Anthropologists
2011 – Chicago, Illinois
63rd Annual Scientific Meeting American Academy Forensic Sciences
Sessioni di formazione
- Staged Crime Scenes: Crime Scene Clues to Suspect Misdirection of the Investigation
- Sex Related Homicide and Death Investigation
- Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Evidence
- Method Validation and Estimating the Uncertainty of Measurements in the Modern Forensic Laboratory
- Family Murders: An Explorative Analysis of Psychological Risks Factors
- Analytical Methods Development for Identifying and Quantifying Synthetic Cannabinoid Substances
- Misleading Expert Testimony: Examples, Causes, and Reforms
- Examining the Sources of Expert Opinions
