Thursday, Nov. 20 |
4:00 p.m. |
Registration |
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6:15 p.m. |
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 |
6:30 p.m. |
Opening Address |
Cyril H. Wecht, M.D., J.D. |
7:20 p.m. |
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. |
8:40 p.m. |
Fact and Fiction in the JFK Assassination |
Zachary Sklar |
9:00 p.m.
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Film Screening: JFK
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Friday, Nov. 21 |
Forensic Science |
7:30 a.m. |
Registration and Breakfast |
|
8:15 a.m. |
Welcome |
Nicholas P. Cafardi, J.D., J.C.L.
Dean and Professor of Law,
Duquesne University School of Law |
8:30 a.m. |
The Zapruder Film: Its Evidentiary Value and Controversies |
David R. Wrone, Ph.D. |
9:15 a.m. |
The Troubled Provenance of CE 399 |
Josiah Thompson, Ph.D. |
9:55 a.m. |
Break |
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10:10 a.m. |
Acoustical Evidence for the Number and Sequence of Gunshots in the Assassination of President Kennedy |
Donald B. Thomas, Ph.D. |
10:55 p.m. |
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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12:15 p.m. |
Lunch
Poster Presentations, Duquesne Room |
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1:45 p.m. |
President Kennedy in Trauma Room One: Personal Observations by a Neurosurgeon |
Robert G.Grossman, M.D. |
2:30 p.m. |
A Pathologist's Critique of the presidents's Autopsy |
Michael M. Baden, M.D. |
3:15 p.m. |
How Prior Investigations into JFK's Autopsy Got it Wrong |
Gary L. Aguilar, M.D. |
3:55 p.m. |
Break |
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4:10 p.m. |
The JFK Autopsy Materials: 20 Conclusions After Nine Visits |
David W. Mantik, M.D., Ph.D. |
4:55 p.m. |
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 |
6:15 p.m.
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Adjournment
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7:30 p.m.
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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 |
8:00 a.m. |
Registration and Breakfast |
|
8:30 a.m. |
Welcome |
John T. Rago J.D. |
8:45 a.m. |
A Troubling Legacy: The Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy |
Mark Lane, Esq. |
9:30 a.m. |
A Few Words on the Warren Commission |
The Honorable Gerald R. Ford
(by video, courtesy of the Fox News Channel) |
9:40a.m. |
Revisiting the Warren Commision |
The Honorable Arlen Specter |
10:20 a.m. |
Break |
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10:35 a.m. |
Panel Discussion: Legal and Investigative Issues in the Assassination of John F. Kennedy |
Moderator:
James H. Lesar, Esq.
Panelists:
All Saturday Presenters |
12:00 p.m. |
Lunch
Poster Presentations, Duquesne Room |
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1:30 p.m. |
Jim Garrison Vindicated: The Post-Investigation Evidence |
Joan Mellen, Ph.D.
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2:15 p.m. |
The Limitations of the House Select Committee on Assassinations:
Reflections of a Former Counsel |
Robert K. Tanenbaum, Esq. |
3:00 p.m. |
The Warren Report 15 Years On:
Reflections of a Congressional Counsel |
Gary T. Cornwell, Esq. |
3:40 p.m. |
Break |
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3:55 p.m. |
Justice at Five Points: How the Federal Courts Assassinated the Truth |
Roger Bruce Feinman, J.D. |
4:40 p.m. |
The achievements and Limitations of the Assassination Records Review Board |
The Honorable John R. Tunheim
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5:20 p.m. |
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. |
6:35 p.m.
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Adjournment |
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8:00 p.m.
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Film Screening: Executive Action |
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Sunday, Nov. 23
Presentations |
Public Research |
9:00 a.m. |
Oral Presentations |
To be Announced |
10:40 a.m. |
Break |
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10:55 a.m. |
Oral Presentations |
To be Announced |
12:35 p.m. |
Lunch
Poster Presentations, Duquesne Room |
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1:30 p.m. |
Oral Presentations |
To be Announced |
3:10 p.m. |
Break |
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3:25 p.m. |
Oral Presentations |
To be Announced |
5:05 p.m.
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Concluding Remarks
Adjournment
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Cyril H. Wecht, M.D., J.D.
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