The event, organized by International Society for Applied Biological Sciences (Zagreb, Croatia) with participation of Mayo Clinic, Penn State University, University of New Haven, Institute for Medical BioMathematics, The Henry C Lee Institute of Forensic Sciences, University of Split, University of Osijek, University of Rijeka, European Science Foundation, Genos–the Forensic DNA Laboratory, Croatian Society of Human Genetics, St. Catherine’s Hospital and Eye Clinic Svjetlost gathered more than 600 participants from 45 countries.

Topics

• Genome-based applications in forensic science
• Forensic DNA phenotyping
• Forensic DNA databases
• Genetic analysis of forensic non-human material
• Forensic and comparative genetics
• Molecular anthropology
• Analysis of ancient DNA
• DNA analysis in victims of mass disasters
• Genetic basis of disease
• Personalized genomics
• Molecular diagnostics: current technology and applications
• Molecular therapy
• Best practices in translational & personalized medicine

Workshop

• Prenatal diagnostics
• ESF Workshop on Protein glycosylation in diagnostics and therapy
• Biomathematical Modeling in Clinical Development of Dendritic Cell Cancer Immunotherapy
• Legislation pertinent to DNA databases

List of invited speakers

• Christopher Asplen (Gordon Thomas Honeywell Governmental Affairs, Washington, DC and DNA 4 Africa, Chalfont, PA, USA)
• Dušica Babović-Vuksanović (College of Medicine, Mayo, Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA)
• Zwi Berneman (University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium)
• Frederick Bieber (Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA)
• Nicolai Bovin (Shemyakin & Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russian Federation)
• Malcolm Brenner (Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA)
• Zoran Budimlija (Office of Chief Medical Examiner, New York, NY, USA)
• Theresa Caragine (Office of Chief Medical Examiner, New York, NY, USA)
• Filippo Castiglione (NRC Institute for Computing Applications, Rome, Italy)
• Katja Drobnič (Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, UM and National forensic laboratory, MNZ Slovenia)
• Moran Elishmereni (Institute for Medical BioMathematics, Bene Ataroth, Israel)
• Henry Erlich (Roche Molecular Systems, Pleasanton, CA, USA)
• Christopher Evans (Center for Advanced Orthopaedic Studies, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA)
• Matthew Ferber (College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA)
• Dennis Gastineau (College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA)
• Arezou Ghazani (Harvard Medical School and Massachussetts General  Hospital, Boston, MA, USA)
• Esther Guetta (Danek Gertner Institute of Human Genetics, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel)
• Karin HaLevi (Institute for Medical BioMathematics, Bene Ataroth, Israel)
• Carol Henderson (Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, FL, USA)
• Thierry Hennet (Institute of Physiology, University of Zürich,  Zürich, Switzerland)
• Mitchell Holland (Eberly College of Science, Penn State University, PA, USA)
• Edwin Huffine (Bode Technology Group, Springfield, VA, USA)
• Stipan Jonjic (Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia)
• Sree Kanthaswamy (California National Primate Research Center, University of California, Davis, CA, USA)
• David Kaye (Eberly College of Science, Penn State University, PA, USA)
• Manfred Kayser (Erasmus MC - University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands)
• Ofer Klein (Rebecca Sieff Medical Center and BioCep, Ltd., Safed, Israel)
• Jean-Pierre Kocher (College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA)
• Yuri Kogan (Institute for Medical BioMathematics, Bene Ataroth, Israel)
• Gunnar Kvalheim (Norwegian Radium Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway)
• Doron Lancet (The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel)
• Gordan Lauc (Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Croatia)
• Henry Lee (The Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT, USA)
• Hakon Leffler (Lund University Hopsital Sölvegatan, Lund, Sweden)
• Henning Madry (Saarland University Hospital and Saarland University Faculty of Medicine, Homburg, Germany)
• Damir Marjanović (Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Genos, Zagreb, Croatia)
• Boris Martinac (Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia)
• Marilyn Menotti-Raymond (National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USA)
• Timothy Palmbach (University of New Haven, West Haven, CT, USA)
• Giorgio Palù (University of  Padova, Padova, Italy)
• Jef Pinxteren (ReGenesys, Heverlee, Belgium)
• Giulio Pompilio (University of Milan, Milan, Italy)
• Dragan Primorac (University of Split, University of Osijek, Croatia, The Pennsylvania State University, USA)
• Erdmann Rapp (Max Planck Institute for Dynamic of Complex Technical Systems in Magdeburg, Germany)
• Pauline Rudd (The National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training, Dublin, Ireland)
• Antti Sajantila (University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland)
• Moses Schanfield (George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA)
• Eliezer Shalev (Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel)
• Stavit A. Shalev (Human Genetic Center, Ha’emek Medical Center, Afula and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel)
• Artemis Simopoulos (The Center for Genetics, Nutrition and Health, Washington, DC, USA)
• David I. Smith (College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA)
• Daniela Steinberger (Institute of human genetics, Justus Liebig University, Giessen and biologis, Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
• Mark Stoneking (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany)
• Ron Tepper (Sapir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel)
• Andre Terzic (College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA)
• Carmen Terzic (College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA)
• Peter Underhill (Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA)
• Daniel Vanek (Forensic DNA Service, Prague, Czech Republic)
• George Vasmatzis (College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA)
• Richard Villems (University of Tartu and Estonian Biocentre, Tartu, Estonia)
• Samuel Volchenboum (University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA)
• Stanimir Vuk-Pavlović (College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA)
• Eske Willerslev (University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark)
• George Wu (University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA)
• Manfred Wuhrer (Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands)
• Simcha Yagel (Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel)
• Kristin Young (University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA)

Technical workshops

• Daniel Hellwig (Sorenson Forensics, Salt Lake City, UT, USA)
• Stephen Lupton (Promega Corporation, Madison, Wisconsin, USA)

Selected speakers

• Šimun Anđelinović (Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, University Hospital Split, Split, Croatia)
• Keating Brendan (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
• Pavel Čapek (Department of Anthropology and Human Genetics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)
• Vedrana Škaro (Genos Ltd, Forensic DNA laboratory, Zagreb, Croatia)

YIA

• Mark Barash (Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia)
• Rebecca S Just (Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Rockville, MD, USA; University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA)
• Renato Polimanti (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy)
• Martina Smolic (University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA; Faculty of Medicine Osijek, Osijek, Croatia)