APPENDIX I: Meeting Agenda
Meeting Agenda: New Directions in Eyewitness Evidence Research and Practice
Thursday, November 12, 2020, 12:00 – 3:00
Welcome and Introductions. 12:00 – 12:15
Keynote Introduction by Judge Jed Rakoff. 12:15 – 12:45
First Session: New Developments in Police Procedures. 12:45 – 1:45
- Interactive lineups – Heather Flowe
- Lineup fairness – Melissa Colloff
- Video recording – Amy Douglass
- Commentary: Emily Coward, Darrel Stephens, William Brooks, III
Break. 1:45 – 2:00
Second Session: New Developments in Measuring Eyewitness Performance 2:00 – 3:00
- Face recognition ability and decision time – Chad Dodson
- Confidence statements – Laura Smalarz
- Commentary: William Brooks, III, Carrie Wood, Karen Newirth, A.J. Kramer
Friday, November 13, 2020, 10:30 – 1:30
Third session. 10:30 – 11:30: New Directions in Research Methods
- Partial ROCs – Andrew Smith
- Statistical approaches – Karen Kafadar
- Systematic reviews & research syntheses – Joanne Yaffe
- Commentary: David Wilson, Brian Bornstein
Fourth Session. 11:30 – 12:30: New Legal Interventions
- Threshold standard for conducting lineup and in-court IDs – Gary Wells
- Jury instructions – Judge Theodore McKee
- How jurors perceive video recorded evidence – Laura Mickes
- Commentary: Joe Cecil, Keith Findley, Judge Alyson Grine, Carrie Wood, Karen Newirth
Break. 12:30-12:45
Keynote by Tom Albright. 12:45 – 1:15.
Concluding remarks. 1:15 – 1:30