OSAC Events

Upcoming Events

• OSAC at IAI 2024, August 11 - 17, 2024, Reno, NV.
• September 4, OSAC Leadership Strategy Session.

Past Events

• OSAC Meeting: Biology, Chemistry: Trace Evidence, Medicine, and Physics/Pattern Interpretation SACs and Subcommittees, May 14 -16, 2024, Jacksonville, FL. 
• OSAC Meeting: Chemistry: Seized Drugs &Toxicology, Digital/Multimedia, and Scene Examination SACs and Subcommittees, Forensic Odontology Subcommittee, and FSSB Task Groups, April 2 - 4, 2024, Indianapolis, IN. 
• OSAC at AAFS 2024, February 19 - 23, 2024, Denver, CO.  
• Webinar: We Did It! You Can Too! An Inside Perspective to Implementing Standards on the OSAC Registry. On January 30, 2024, OSAC, the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD), and the Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCoE) hosted a webinar where presenters and panelists shared their perspectives on standards implementation, focusing on topics such as planning, staff education, how to conduct a gap analysis, and more.
• OSAC Meeting: Physics/Pattern Interpretation, Scene Examination, and Chemistry: Trace Evidence SACs and Subcommittees, April 17-21, 2023, Houston, TX.
• OSAC Meeting: Digital/Multimedia, Medicine, Biology, and Chemistry: Drugs/Toxicology SACs and Subcommittees, May 15-19, 2023, Indianapolis, IN. 
• OSAC Public Update Meeting, September 13, 2022 (virtual).
• OSAC Stakeholder Outreach Meeting with Forensic Science Professional Organizations, January 20, 2022 (virtual).
  • meeting presentation
• OSAC Public Update Meeting, September 29, 2021 (virtual). 
• OSAC Stakeholder Outreach Meeting with Forensic Laboratory Leaders, May 27, 2021 (virtual).
  • meeting presentation | summary report 
• OSAC Stakeholder Outreach Meeting with SDOs, Proficiency Testing Providers, Accrediting Bodies, and Certification Bodies, January 27, 2021 (virtual).
• OSAC Public Update Meeting, September 30, 2020 (virtual).
• OSAC Public Update & Open Discussions Meeting, June 5, 2019, Gaithersburg, MD.
• What is OSAC Up to? A Behind the Scenes Look, February 20, 2018 at AAFS, Seattle, WA.
• OSAC Public Status Reports & Open Discussions, February 13 - 14, 2017, New Orleans, LA.
• OSAC Public Status Reports & Open Discussions, February 22 - 23, 2016, Las Vegas, NV.
• NIST OSAC Scientific Area Committee Meetings, February 16 - 17, 2015, Orlando, FL.

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