The 7th Leads International Seminar on Detection Dogs
8 - 10 June 2007

Scottish Police College, Tulliallan Castle, Kincardine, Fife, Scotland, FK10 4BE

"Dog versus machine
Harmony or Discord"

Partner Programme

Delegates' partners will be enjoying their tour of Loch Lomond and a visit to Inveraray Castle today.

Morning Session – Part 1

DCC Peter Vaughan – Keynote Speech
Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO)

Prof. Kenneth Furton – “Latest capabilities of canines and instruments from A to F”
Florida International University

Dr Matthew Brookes Dstl (Defence Science & Technology Laboratory)

Morning Session – Part 2

Claire Guest – “Canine Olfactory Detection of Human Bladder Cancer: Focus on the Training Programme”
Hearing Dogs for the Deaf

Adee Schoon – “Ageing of Human Scent” Scientific Advisor
Dutch Police

Demos

“Search Technique” – British Transport Police

“Tracking Demonstration”

Afternoon Session – Part 1

Martin Grimes – “Enhanced Victim Recovery Dog' and 'Human Blood Detector Dog” N.C.P.E.
National Homicide Search Advisor

Allison Curran, PhD – “Human Scent Identification from Post-Blast Debris Analysis”
Florida International University

Afternoon Session – Part 2

Howard Chandler – “The Combination of Drugs Dogs and Trace Detection”
Kent Police Drug Liaison

Ross Harper, PhD – “Lessons Learnt by Working Together”
Nomadics Inc

Evening

Drinks Reception in the castle

Seminar Dinner – sponsored by Royal Canin

Morning Session – Part 1

Dr Karen Overall – Opening Address “Are we using dogs' brains?”
Behaviour Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania

Prof. John Findlay – “Can the Olfactory System be Mimicked?
University of Leeds

Morning Session – Part 2

Rob Chandler – “For your nose only”
Scensive Technologies Ltd

Darren Saunders – “RASCO”
Dstl (Defence Science & Technology Laboratory)

Afternoon Session – Part 1

Dr Kirk Yeager
FBI Evidence Response Unit

Rex Stockham – "IEDs and Human Scent Evidence - Finding the Bomb Builder"
FBI Evidence Response Unit

Afternoon Session – Part 2

Early Close

A small exhibition and poster sessions will be available adjacent to the lecture theatre on the Saturday programme, these exhibitors will include:

Ketech Defence
Rapiscan Systems
K9 Kit
Industrial Television
Royal Canin
CPNI
HOSDB
Dstl

An expanding poster session including:

Non –explosive Training Aids
Welfare, Housing and Husbandry
Technology and Canines
National Urban Search and Rescue Dog Group