Problems of Forensic Sciences 2001 Vol. 45 (XLV) 7-15
HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF FORENSIC SCIENCE (EAFS)
Pierre MARGOT
Institute of Forensic Science, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Streszczenie
This work describes how the European Academy of Forensic Science came into being. Preliminary attempts at setting up such an institution date back to before the Second World War, but it was not until November 1994, when Pierre Margot put forward a proposition at the ENFSI Conference in Rome, that serious steps were taken. A special committee was convoked, known initially as the EAFS –Working Group: this name was later changed to the EAFS Committee. In 1996 in Lille the plan for establishing the institution was formally accepted. The first European Conference of Forensic Science took place in Lausanne on 17–19 September 1997, and 461 scientists from 39 countries from around the world participated. During the Lisbon conference, Alexander G?azek and Józef Wójcikiewicz were asked to join the EAFS Committee, and Cracow was chosen as the site for the Second European Conference of Forensic Science in the year 2000. 622 participants from 40 countries (35 European) took part in the Second EAFS Conference. 169 papers and 48 posterswere presented during a plenary session and thematic and poster sessions.
Słowa kluczowe
EAFS; ENFSI; Forensic sciences.