International Society for Forensic Genetics
International Society for Forensic Genetics
The ESWG was founded after the ISFH meeting 23-27 September 1979 in London
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Membership of the English Speaking Working Group (ESWG) is open to all English speaking members of the ISFG and may be obtained by application to the secretary of the group. There will be no membership fee in addition to that payable to the ISFG.
Please go to your personal profile and tick membership of the ESWG.
For many years, the ESWG has organized an annual proficiency testing programme with a special focus on relationship testing, including both wet testing and paper challenges. The programme is held once a year; in the most recent round, around 60 laboratories participated. It currently consists of three parts:
The registration deadline is normally in April. For further information or to sign up, please contact the head organizer Daniel Kling (daniel.kling@rmv.se).
The meeting will be our ESWG member meeting in connection with the 31st ISFG Congress that will be held in Montreal, Canada, August, 2026
19th - 20th May
The 2025 scientific meeting of the English Speaking Working Group, organized by the Department of Forensic Sciences, Norway, took place in Oslo, Norway, from May 19 to 20. It was an engaging meeting with around 70 participants and 25 scientific presentations covering topics such as forensic investigative genetic genealogy (FIGG), kinship analysis using SNP panels, epigenetic age prediction models, ancient DNA studies, and ethical considerations in donor conception. Adam Staadig from Sweden received the award for best presentation, which focused on experiences from the implementation of a SNP panel in casework. We thank Marguerethe Stenersen and colleagues for organizing this successful meeting!
15th - 16th May
The meeting was hosted by Denise Syndercombe-Court and colleagues at King’s Forensics at King's College of London. There were around 70 participants and 18 presentations covering various topics related to DNA analysis, genetics and kinship (such as biostatistics, SNP marker panels for kinship testing, investigative genetic genealogy, case reports, etc).
Syndercombe Court D, Lincoln P
pp. 683-5
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-80029-0_212Bjerre A, Syndercombe Court D, Lincoln P, Morling N
Volume 90
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(97)00143-6Hallenberg C, Morling N
Volume 116
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(00)00351-0Hallenberg C, Morling N
Volume 129
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(02)00208-6Thomsen AR, Hallenberg C, Simonsen BT, Langkjær RB, Morling N
Volume 3
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2009.01.016Poulsen L, Friis SL, Hallenberg C, Simonsen BT, Morling N
Volume 9
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2013.06.004
A board administers the ESWG that is responsible for organising any meeting of the group. The board consists of the chairman, the secretary and the treasurer who are elected by vote for a period of two years. The board represents the working group.
Andreas Tillmar
National Board of Forensic Medicine Dept.of Forensic Genetics
Artilleriegatan 12 58758 Linköping Sweden
Dr. Denise Syndercombe Court
Department of Forensic and Analytical Science King's College London
Franklin-Wilkins Building 150 Stamford Street Waterloo SE1 9NH London United Kingdom
Dr. Bo Thisted Simonsen
Section of Forensic Genetics
Frederik V's Vej 11 2100 Copenhagen Denmark