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4th Internacional Conference in Funerary Archaeoentomology (ICFAE)
18th Meeting of the European Association for Forensic Entomology (EAFE)
Scientific Programme
| Wednesday, 15th June 2022 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN FUNERARY ARCHAEOENTOMOLOGY (ICFAE) | |
| 08:30 – 12:30 | Registration | 
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Welcome speech • Stefano Vanin (EAFE President) • Daniel Martín-Vega (President of the Conference Organising Committe) | 
| 10:00 – 10:50 | Keynote speaker: Prof. Ms. Mercedes Conde-Valverde Atapuerca, a million and a half years of human history | 
| ICFAE Oral Communications – Section I Chairman: Jean-Bernard Huchet | |
| 10:50 – 11:10 | The minimum number of individuals (MNI) in funerary archaeoentomology: a problem of sampling or a bigger issue? | 
| 11:10 – 11:40 | Te and coffee break | 
| 11:40 – 12:00 | The representation and symbolism of arthropods in the conceptions of death and burial practices across time and space | 
| 12:00 – 12:20 | 2500 years ago, necrophagous insects in the Mongolian steppes | 
| 12:20 – 12:40 | Swaddled in textile burials? 3D tomography reveals ancient insects trapped in pre-Columbian funerary bundles | 
| 12:40 – 14:15 | Lunch | 
| 14:15 – 15:00 | Poster Session | 
| ICFAE Oral Communications – Section II Chairman: Stefano Vanin | |
| 15:00 – 15:20 | Mortuary practices of the pre-Hispanic population of the Canary Islands via the funerary archaeoentomology evidence: The case of Cruz de la Esquina burial cave (Gran Canaria, c. 8 - 9th centuries AD) | 
| 15:20 – 15:40 | St. Paulinus of Trier, the blow fly Chrysomya albiceps and their 3000 km long joint post-mortem journey - an entomological trace analysis | 
| 15:40 – 16:00 | The lead sarcophagus of the French philosopher Michel de Montaigne (1533 ?1592), Archaeoentomological study: first Essays | 
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Te and coffee break | 
| 16:30 – 16:50 | State of the art of the funerary archaeoentomological investigations in Italy | 
| 18:00 | EAFE Welcome Reception & ICFAE Closure Cocktail | 
| Thursday, 16th June 2022 18th MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR FORENSIC ENTOMOLOGY (EAFE) Day 1 | |
| 8:30 – 12:30 | Registration | 
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Welcome speech • Stefano Vanin (EAFE President) • Esperanza Gutiérrez Redomero (Head of the IUICP–University Institute for Research in Police Sciences) • Daniel Martín-Vega (President of the Conference Organising Committe) | 
| 10:00 – 10:50 | Keynote speaker Prof. Mr. Marcos Moleón Carrion Ecology: a story of interactions | 
| EAFE Oral Communications – Section I Chairman: Damien Charabidze | |
| 10:50 – 11:10 | Advances and current concepts in systematics of blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) | 
| 11:10 – 11:40 | Te and Coffee break | 
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Molecular variability analysis of Ophyra aenescens (Wiedemann, 1830) and Ophyra chalcogaster (Wiedemann, 1824) (Diptera: Muscidae) in the neotropics: an exploratory analysis to infer post-mortem relocation | 
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Confocal microscopy for the morphological identification of small-sized entomological material for medico-legal purposes | 
| 12:20 – 12:40 | Identification of forensically important flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) using wing measurements | 
| 12:40 – 14:15 | Lunch | 
| 14:15 – 15:00 | Poster Session | 
| EAFE Oral Communications – Section II Chairman: Amoret Whitaker | |
| 15:00 – 15:20 | Sink or Swim? Exploring Aquatic Taphonomy in Southern England | 
| 15:20 – 15:40 | The biodiversity of forensically important Diptera in Taman Negara National Park, Malaysia | 
| 15:40 – 16:00 | Diversity, abundance, and successional pattern of insects on neonate pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus L.) in the Western Cape Province of South Africa? a summer study | 
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Te and Coffee break | 
| EAFE Oral Communications – Section III Chairman: Lavinia Iancu | |
| 16:30 – 16:50 | Spatial and temporal distribution of Calliphorinae (Diptera, Calliphoridae) in Britain | 
| 16:50 – 17:10 | Fall decay slowdown in northern latitudes: merely a matter of cold? | 
| 17:10 – 17:30 | Conclusions of the first day of the Meeting | 
| 18:00 | Guided tour Alcalá de Henares | 
| Friday, 17th June 2022 18th MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR FORENSIC ENTOMOLOGY (EAFE) Day 2 | |
| 08:30 – 12:30 | Registration | 
| EAFE Oral Communications – Section III Chairman: Luc Bourguignon | |
| 09:30 – 09:50 | A comparison of the life cycle of two subspecies of Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae), and its application in forensic entomology | 
| 09:50 – 10:10 | Blowflies reared in laboratory conditions from maggots collected on Rat (Rattus norvegicus Berkenhout, 1769, var Wistar) carrions in Yaoundé (Cameroon, Central Africa) | 
| 10:10 – 10:30 | Developmental time and growth rate of an Iberian population of Calliphora vicina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) over a range of temperatures | 
| 10:30 – 10:50 | The Effect of Burning and the Use of Ignitable Liquids on Insect Colonisation and Body Decomposition | 
| 10:50 – 11:20 | Te and Coffee break | 
| EAFE Oral Communications – Section IV Chairman: Kat Brown | |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | Juvenile Hormone in Maggots: Could it be the New mPMI Indicator? | 
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Larvae of Lucilia sericata (Meigen 1826) metabolise the benzodiazepine diazepam (Valium®) in a similar fashion as humans: Preliminary results of pharmacokinetic and developmental studies | 
| 12:20 – 12:40 | Thermogenesis in Necrodes littoralis L. (Coleoptera: Silphidae) | 
| 12:40 – 14:15 | Lunch | 
| 14:15 – 14:50 | Poster Session | 
| EAFE Oral Communications – Section V Chairman: Jens Amendt | |
| 14:50 – 15:10 | Quantitative insights into Salmonella enterica dynamics throughout Lucilia sericata (Meigen) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) life stages | 
| 15:10 – 15:30 | Investigating changes in eye pigmentation as a means of determining the age of Chrysomya chloropyga (Wiedemann, 1818) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) pupae | 
| 15:30 – 15:50 | Liguria between France, Italy and China: Description of the entomofauna associated with bodies in a land betwixt the mountains and the sea | 
| 15:50 – 16:20 | Te and Coffee break | 
| EAFE Oral Communications – Section VI Chairman: Stefano Vanin | |
| 16:20 – 16:40 | An experimental study on buried pig carcasses in Hungary | 
| 16:40 – 17:00 | The more, the better? an analysis of daily routine work highlights the importance of case studies in forensic entomology | 
| 17:00 – 17:15 | Final discussion and closure of the meeting | 
| 17:15 – 18:15 | 18ª EAFE Annual General Meeting | 
| 18:30 | Guided tour University of Alcalá | 
| 21:00 | Gala Dinner (Registration required) | 


 
					   


