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