| Thursday,
Nov. 20 |
| Registration |
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Welcome |
John
T. Rago, J.D.
Associate Dean and Professor of Law, Duquesne
University School of Law; Director, The
Cyril H. Wecht Institute of Forensic Science
and Law |
Opening
Address |
Cyril
H. Wecht, M.D., J.D. |
Panel
Discussion:
JFK Assassination 101 |
Moderator:
Michael
L. Kurtz, Ph.D.
Panelists:
Walt Brown, Ph.D.,
Jerry
Policoff,
Zachary Sklar,
Anthony
Summers,
David
R. Wrone, Ph.D. |
Fact
and Fiction in the JFK Assassination |
Zachary
Sklar |
Film Screening:
JFK
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| Friday,
Nov. 21 Forensic Science |
Registration
and Breakfast |
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Welcome |
Nicholas
P. Cafardi, J.D., J.C.L.
Dean and Professor of Law,
Duquesne University School of Law |
The
Zapruder Film: Its Evidentiary Value and
Controversies |
David
R. Wrone, Ph.D. |
The
Troubled Provenance of CE 399 |
Josiah
Thompson, Ph.D. |
Break |
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Acoustical
Evidence for the Number and Sequence of
Gunshots in the Assassination of President
Kennedy |
Donald
B. Thomas, Ph.D. |
Panel
Discussion: Criminalistic Issues in the
Assassination of John F. Kennedy |
Moderator:
Linda
B. Kenney, Esq.
Panelists:
Robert J. Groden,
Henry C. Lee, Ph.D.,
Morning Presenters
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Lunch
Poster Presentations, Duquesne Room |
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President
Kennedy in Trauma Room One: Personal Observations
by a Neurosurgeon |
Robert
G.Grossman, M.D. |
A Pathologist's
Critique of the presidents's Autopsy |
Michael
M. Baden, M.D. |
How
Prior Investigations into JFK's Autopsy
Got it Wrong |
Gary
L. Aguilar, M.D. |
Break |
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The
JFK Autopsy Materials: 20 Conclusions After
Nine Visits |
David
W. Mantik, M.D., Ph.D. |
Panel
Discussion: Forensic Medical Evidence
in the Assassination of John F. Kennedy |
Moderator:
Cyril H. Wecht, M.D.,
J.D.
Panelists:
Randolph
H. Robertson, M.D., Thomas
T. Noguchi, M.D.
Afternoon Presenters |
| Adjournment
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Sneak
Preview: "November 22, 1963: Image, Memory,
Myth,"
The Andy Warhol Museum (in collaboration
with The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza)
(Buses will be departing from the Locust
Street entrance between 6:15 and 7:15 p.m.)
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| Saturday,
Nov. 22 The Law |
Registration
and Breakfast |
|
Welcome |
John T.
Rago J.D. |
A Troubling
Legacy: The Report of the President's Commission
on the Assassination of President Kennedy |
Mark
Lane, Esq. |
A Few
Words on the Warren Commission |
The Honorable
Gerald R. Ford
(by video, courtesy of the Fox News Channel) |
Revisiting
the Warren Commision |
The
Honorable Arlen Specter |
Break |
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Panel
Discussion: Legal and Investigative Issues
in the Assassination of John F. Kennedy |
Moderator:
James H. Lesar, Esq.
Panelists:
All Saturday Presenters |
Lunch
Poster Presentations, Duquesne Room |
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Jim
Garrison Vindicated: The Post-Investigation
Evidence |
Joan
Mellen, Ph.D. |
The
Limitations of the House Select Committee
on Assassinations:
Reflections of a Former Counsel |
Robert
K. Tanenbaum, Esq. |
The
Warren Report 15 Years On:
Reflections of a Congressional Counsel |
Gary
T. Cornwell, Esq. |
Break |
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Justice
at Five Points: How the Federal Courts Assassinated
the Truth |
Roger
Bruce Feinman, J.D. |
The
achievements and Limitations of the Assassination
Records Review Board |
The
Honorable John R. Tunheim |
Panel
Discussion:
Where Do We Go From Here? |
Moderator:
Daniel S. Alcorn, Esq.
Panelists:
Henry C. Lee, Ph.D.,
Jack W. Snyder, M.D.,
J.D., Ph.D.,
James
E. Starrs, LL.M.,
The
Honorable John R. Tunheim,
Cyril
H. Wecht, M.D., J.D.
Michael Welner, M.D. |
Adjournment |
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Film Screening:
Executive Action |
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| Sunday,
Nov. 23 Presentations Public Research |
Oral Presentations |
To be
Announced |
Break |
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Oral Presentations |
To be Announced |
Lunch
Poster Presentations, Duquesne Room |
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Oral Presentations |
To be Announced |
Break |
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Oral Presentations |
To be Announced |
Concluding
Remarks
Adjournment |
Cyril
H. Wecht, M.D., J.D. |
