Registration for The 58th International Association of Forensic Toxicologists Annual Meeting is now open. Please read the registration information carefully before beginning the online registration.
How to Register
Registration can be submitted by completing the online form above. Registration and full payment must be completed by Monday 25 November 2021 to take advantage of the cost savings applicable to the Early Bird Rate.
| Registration Type Fees are inclusive of Australian Goods and Service Tax (GST) |
AUD $ | Euro € | USD $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Member Early Bird | 205 | 130 | 150 |
| Member Standard | 340 | 220 | 250 |
| Non-Member Early Bird | 275 | 175 | 200 |
| Non-Member Standard | 410 | 260 | 300 |
| DCF Member | 70 | 45 | 50 |
| Student | 70 | 45 | 50 |
Please note we only accept payment in Australian Dollars (AUD). International rates are provided only as an indication. A currency converter is available on the website to assist.
Registration Entitlements
- Access to the online Meeting Platform
- Admission to all Meeting Sessions 1 – 3 February 2022
- Networking opportunity through the online Meeting Platform
- Access to the Virtual Exhibition
- Access to all posters through the online gallery
- Access to on-demand content post event for 3 months
Payment Deadline
Registrations must be completed and be paid in full by Monday 25 November 2021 in order to receive the early bird registration rate. If payment is not received by this date it will be moved to the Standard Rate.
All fees must be paid prior to the start of the Meeting.
Member Registration
To be eligible for the Member Registration rates, registrants must be a valid TIAFT Member. You will be directed to log into your TIAFT account in order to proceed with your Member Registration.
DCF Member Registration
DCF Member Registration rate is available to TIAFT Members who work in countries with a GDP per capita of less than $20,000 (see list of countries) and who are registered as TIAFT DCF Members. You will be directed to log into your TIAFT account in order to proceed with DCF Member Registration.
Student Registration
To be eligible for the Student Registration rate, registrants must be enrolled students undertaking full-time study, undergraduate or graduate. You will be required to submit proof of student status in the registration form.
Registration Enquiries
E: registration@tiaftvirtual.org
P: +61 2 9254 5000
A member of TIAFT since 1990, Dr. Heesun Chung is a dean and professor of the Graduate School of Analytical Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, Korea since 2013. She obtained her PhD in Pharmacy from Sookmyung Women’s University, Korea in 1987, and subsequently was awarded a Foreign Commonwealth Office Scholarship from the UK government to do further postdoctoral studies in King’s College, London. She was the Director General of the National Forensic Service (formally National Institute of Scientific Investigation), Korea from 2008 to 2012, where she had worked since 1978. She had also held many top forensic-related posts in Korea, such as Head of Department of Forensic Science, Director of Narcotics Analysis Division, Director of Drug and Toxicology at the National Institute of Scientific Investigation and many more.
Dr. LeBeau is a Senior Scientist at the FBI Laboratory outside of Washington, DC. He has worked as a Forensic Chemist and Toxicologist for the FBI since 1994. He was employed in the St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s Office in Missouri, before beginning his career with the FBI. He has a doctorate in toxicology from the University of Maryland – Baltimore, a master’s degree in forensic science from the University of New Haven (Connecticut), and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and criminal justice from Central Missouri State University.
Dr. Gerostamoulos is the Head of Forensic Sciences and Chief Toxicologist at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine in Melbourne, Australia. He is a Toxicologist and Pharmacologist, and holds a Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine) in the field of Forensic Toxicology and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) Degree, both from Monash University. He was also recently appointed as an Associate Professor in the Department of Forensic Medicine at Monash University.
A TIAFT member since 1998 and former member of the Young Scientists Committee, Prof Simon Elliott has over 20 years’ experience in forensic toxicology and is a Consultant Forensic Toxicologist and Director of Elliott Forensic Consulting as well as a Visiting Professor in Forensic Toxicology at King’s College London. He was previously Director of Global Forensics at Alere (now part of Abbott) (2017-2018) having been the founder and Managing Director of Forensics Ltd (Alere Forensics, formerly ROAR Forensics) in Malvern, Worcestershire, UK (2008-2017). Prof Elliott previously worked as a Clinical Scientist in the NHS at Birmingham City Hospital for over 10 years specifically involved in clinical and forensic toxicology as Section Head of Forensic Toxicology. He holds a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Bath and a PhD in Biochemical Toxicology (studying GHB) from the University of Birmingham. He is a Chartered Scientist and European Registered Toxicologist as well as being a member of a number of professional organisations additional to TIAFT, including the LTG, Chartered Society for Forensic Science, Association of Clinical Biochemistry and Royal Society of Chemistry in addition to being a founder and current Chair of the UK & Ireland Association of Forensic Toxicologists (UKIAFT). As well as being an Associate Editor of the Journal of Analytical Toxicology and Drug Testing & Analysis and an Editor of Wiley’s WIREs Forensic Science (Toxicology) and Clarke’s Analysis of Drugs and Poisons, he is the author of over 70 scientific publications, articles and book chapters. Prof Elliott has presented at many national and international meetings (including invited speaker) as well as presenting expert evidence for many years in Coronial, Civil and Criminal Court. A member of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Expert Committee on Drug Dependence, he also advises the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), especially regarding new psychoactive substances. Lastly, Prof Elliott is the organizer of the 2019 TIAFT Meeting in Birmingham in the UK.
Christophe Stove is Professor of Toxicology at the Department of Bioanalysis in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Ghent University, Belgium. After he obtained a degree as a pharmacist in 1999, he has his PhD at the Faculty of Medicine, followed by a first postdoctoral position at the Faculty of Sciences, all at Ghent University. His research at that time was situated in the field of fundamental cancer research, studying regulatory molecules implied in signaling and adhesion of cancer cells, utilizing cell biological and molecular biological techniques. In 2007, he returned to the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, joining the Laboratory of Toxicology, headed by Willy Lambert, whom he succeeded in 2014. He is responsible for teaching several courses, amongst which toxicology, drug toxicity and bioanalysis. He directs the service activities of the Laboratory, which include forensic toxicology (primarily for the Department of Justice) and reference lab activities (Ref4U). The research activities of his Laboratory cover both cell biology (focusing on G-protein coupled receptors) and bioanalysis. During the last few years, special emphasis has been put on the development and deployment of “alternative” strategies, covering alternative drug screening strategies (bio-assay-based), as well as alternative sampling strategies, with microsampling having become one of the prime research interests of the Laboratory. Christophe Stove has (co-)authored over 85 peer-reviewed articles, edited or contributed to 7 books and is an active (board) member of several national and international scientific organizations. He has received several scientific distinctions and work of his group has been awarded with several prizes at international conferences. He is a TIAFT member since 2008 and is co-organizer of the TIAFT2018 annual meeting in Ghent.
Carmen Jurado has been a TIAFT member since 1982. She is currently the Head of the Chemistry and Drugs Department at the National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences in Sevilla, which belongs to the Spanish Ministry of Justice. She has been working in this Institution since 1984. She studied Pharmacy at Sevilla University, Spain, where she also obtained a specialization for the analysis of drugs of abuse and medical drugs. In May 1999 she obtained a PhD degree with a thesis focused on hair as a matrix for toxicological diagnosis. Her main research interests are hair analysis for drugs of abuse and alcohol markers, forensic toxicology and postmortem toxicology.
Robert Kronstrand is currently working as research strategist at the National Board of Forensic Medicine in Sweden.
Donata Favretto is Professor of Forensic Toxicology at the University of Padova (Italy), Responsible of the Laboratory of Legal Medicine and Toxicology and Responsible of the Regional Antidoping Center at the University Hospital of Padova.