The National Scientific Center “Bokarius Institute of Forensic Expertise” of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine held an international scientific and practical conference “Topical Issues of Forensic Expertise and Criminalistics” dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding criminalist, Doctor of Science, Professor Rudolf Archibald Reiss.

The conference participants were greeted by Andrii Haichenko, Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine, and Nataliia Tkachenko, Director of the Department of Expert Support of Justice of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.

Maksym Kyseliov, Director of Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise, delivered a welcoming speech at the conference, noting the significant influence of R.A. Reiss in laying the foundations and development of modern criminalistics and forensic science and expressed hope for the outstanding contribution of modern Ukrainian specialists to the creation of new areas and methods in the field of expert support of justice.

In addition, at the conference, KFI presented a report by Anton Polianskyi, Head of the Laboratory of Organization of Scientific, Methodological Activities, Regulatory Support, International Cooperation and Training of Experts and Yurii Maznychenko, Leading Researcher of this laboratory “Knowledge Base of a Forensic Expert (Information Component)”.