Thursday

19:00 – informal pre-symposium meeting at the Athletic Arms.

Drinks and food will be available to purchase from the bar.

Friday

Daytime programme: Ghillie Dhu

08:45 – 09:30 – Registration + welcome tea & coffee

09:30 – 09:45 – Official welcome

09:45 – 10:15 – Prof. Jeppe Dyrberg Andersen: FIGG in Denmark: From genome to genealogy

10:15 – 10:45 – Prof. Meradeth Snow: When DNA is limited and communities matter: Ethical FIGG approaches in real‑world casework

10:45 – 11:15 – Teresa Vreeland: Evaluating SNP testing options in FIGG: Strategic selection, documentation, and privacy considerations

11:15 – 11:45 – Taner Kuru: Beyond access: Rethinking the privacy implications of investigative genetic genealogy

11:45 – 12:15 – Lauren Robilliard: Beyond borders: Applying investigative genetic genealogy in a global city

12:15 – 13:15 – Lunch break

13:15 – 13:45 – SoFIGG trustees: Updates on SoFIGG activities

13:45 – 14:15 – Dr Laurence Devesse: GEDmatch and GEDmatch PRO: What’s new and what’s coming

14:15 – 14:45 – Devon Griffin & Beverly Stevenson: The alias problem: Using IGG to unravel a 20th century serial offender

14:45 – 15:45 – The future of FIGG in Europe – panel discussion with Dr Siri Aili Fagerholm, Dr Evert-Jan Blom, Dr Marie-Louise Kampmann and Dr Craig Paterson

15:45 – 16:00 – Closing remarks

Evening programme: YOTEL

19:00 – 19:10 – Arrival and welcome tea & coffee

19:10 – 19:15 – Welcome message from The Right Honourable Lord Provost and Lord Lieutenant of Edinburgh

19:15 – 20:45 – Scottish cultural activity (cèilidh) – attendees are kindly asked not to wear high heels

20:45 – 22:30 – Buffet supper and networking

Saturday

North Merchiston Cemetery
10:50 – 11:00 – Attendees arrive at the East gate of the North Merchiston Cemetery
11:00 – 11:30 – Tree planting ceremony in the memory of all the John and Jane Does identified through FIGG