Question and Answer with the Keynote Panel

Question and Answer with the Keynote Panel

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Worldwide Association of Women Forensic Experts

Joy Baker

Author | Investigative Blogger

Joy Baker is the author of the joy.the.curious blog and co-author of Dear Jacob: A Mother's Journey of Hope, which details the 27-year search for Jacob Wetterling, who was abducted at gunpoint as a child. Joy began researching the case, and it was her investigative blog that helped to break the case open in 2016.

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Anna Barbaro

President, Worldwide Association of Women Forensic Experts

Anna Barbaro as President of the Worldwide Association of Women Forensic Experts, an honor member of various scientific associations, reviewer for several international scientific journals and is a  Member of the Editorial Committee of international scientific journals. Anna has been an invited speaker at various national and international conferences, is an organizer of courses and conferences about Forensic Sciences, and a member of the Scientific Committee of several courses and conferences. She is the Director of the Studio Indagini Mediche E Forensi (SIMEF) laboratory (Italy), a researcher at the University of Alcalà (Spain), and professor in several degree and post-degree courses about Forensic science.

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Ashley Flowers

Founder of AudioChuck | Podcaster | Best-Selling Author | Advocate

Ashley Flowers is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of audiochuck, an Indiana-based, award-winning, independent media company with 10+ chart-topping podcasts and over 2 billion listener downloads. Driven by her passion for advocacy and justice, Flowers founded the nonprofit Season of Justice, which has granted over $1 million to support investigative agencies and families in solving cold cases. Her advocacy-driven content not only raises awareness for underreported cases but also drives positive change within the justice system.

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Turi King

Scientist | Presenter | Speaker | Author

Professor Turi King is a Canadian/British geneticist. She started her career as an archaeologist in Canada before reading for a degree in Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge before moving into genetics, Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, the inventor of DNA fingerprinting being on her PhD panel. She combined these two areas of expertise leading on how to excavate under clean conditions and then leading the genetic identification of the remains of King Richard III. She now co-presents BBC DNA Family Secrets where she uses DNA to help people find missing family and learn more about their ancestry.

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Dan Vergano

Senior Opinion Editor, Scientific American

Dan Vergano is a senior opinion editor at Scientific American. He is the chair of the New Horizons committee of the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW) and serves on both National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) and American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) writing award panels.

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Patty Wetterling

Speaker | Educator | Author

Patty Wetterling is a nationally recognized speaker and educator on the issues of child abduction and sexual exploitation. In 1990, she co-founded the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center with her husband, Jerry, three months after their 11-year-old son, Jacob, was abducted by a masked gunman near their home in St. Joseph, Minnesota. In the decades since, Patty’s relentless search for her son has led her to become a visionary of hope, a catalyst for change, and an inspiration to parents everywhere.

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