9th International Seminar on Detection Dogs Organised by UK LEADS TSG
UK Leads is pleased to announce its 9th International Seminar, “Where is the canine limit?” to be held at the Fire Service College, Moreton-in-Marsh, 28 February-2 March 2011. This aims to build on the success of the 2009 Seminar, “Canine Detection – 2012 and Beyond” by seeking to highlight and discuss a number of challenges associated with canine detection.
This international event seeks to bring together practitioners, scientists, managers and policy makers to discuss all aspects of the use of canine detection and its contribution to wider detection capability. Whilst there have been specific themes for the seminars in recent years, we propose to keep the theme of this seminar general to encourage attendance and participation from attendees from a wide range of disciplines. We hope that the confirmed speakers listed will offer something for everyone with an interest in canine detection capabilities at the 9th ISDD.
Confirmed speakers include*:
- ACC Ingram (Dyfed Powys Police, ACPO Police Dog Working Group Chair) – Opening Address
- Dorothy McKeegan (Glasgow University) – Ethics of deliberately putting dogs into harm’s way
- Mona Brantlind (FOI Sweden) – New Approach in the training of mine detection dogs
- Dave Hudson (USAR Kent) – Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Dogs
- Capt Tom Roffe-Sylvester (Royal Army Veterinary Corps) – Is breeding the way forward? An overview of the work done establishing a MOD breeding programme
- Jim Colley (Head of National Dog Inspectorate, HM Prison Service) – Mobile Phone Detection Dogs
- David Loney (Top Dog Security) – Challenges of delivering canine capability in the commercial world
- Alun Williams (Dyfed Powys Police Dog Section ) – Scent Article Method
- Dave Neale (HM Prison Service) – High reward systems in search dog training
*Please note that speakers and presentation topics are subject to change.
Registrations are invited from Government, academia and the commercial sector and will open on 22nd November 2010. Those wishing to submit a registration form should e-mail: cgardner@cpcu.gsi.gov.uk or smurray@cpcu.gsi.gov.uk or fill in the registration here.
Those with an interest in presenting a short lecture or poster are encouraged to submit an abstract (single side A4) by 31 December 2010 to leads.tsg@virgin.net. Abstract submissions are particularly encouraged from those with fewer than 5 years experience in a relevant field. A number of free or subsidised registrations will be awarded to those who are invited to present and meet this criterion. (Note that the Organising Committee’s decision regarding such awards will be final).
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