1. Role of the Polish Association of Forensic Science in the development of forensic science in Poland Mieczysław Goc Eugeniusz Grzechnik Waldemar Krawczyk 7 th International Symposium on Forensic Science Sept 29 th – Oct 1 st, 2005 Casta – Slovak Republik

2. Polish Association of Forensic Science (PAFS) Since 1973

3. Main tasks of PAFS to popularise the most recent achievements of forensic science to promote advancements of forensic and related disciplines to determine and monitor norms and standards of performing forensic examination to perform specialist examination, forensic casework, to issue statements to supervise and grant forensic expert or specialist licences to undertake other activities directly related to crime prevention and fight against criminal phenomena

4. Forensic meetings First Forensic Symposium of PAFS - 1978 Forensic Science at the turn of centuries – 1999 Bystra Śląska Forensic Science of the 21 st century – 2002 Rynia Forensic Science – still new challlenges – 2005 Łączna Crown witness; Controlled delivery – Polish – American conferences The state-of-the-art in procedural and forensic crime scene examination – co-organised with the High Police Academy in Szczytno

5. Other activities Active participation in works: – on codification of penal law – On the expert witness act Preparation of analysis on the state of forensic science in Poland Organisation of nationwide competitions on thesis of the year in area of forensic science

6. Bureau of Expertise (since 1997) Document examinations Computer examinations Voiceprint analysis Fingerprint and shoeprint examinations Examinations of hallmarks Toolmark examinations Biological examinations Physical and chemical examinations Examination in the area of electrotechnology

7. Bureau of Expertise (since 1997) Fire investigation Examination of firearms and balistics Investigation in the area of road collisions Audiovisual and photograph examination Anthropological examination Polygraph examination

8. Popularisation of forensic science Trainings Publication Integration of forensic circles

9. Future of PAFS A CENTER OF SCIENTIFIC EXCHANGE IN THE AREA OF WIDELY COMPREHENDED FORENSIC SCIENCE