Inspire Your Forensic Imagination. AFSN&APMLA 2025. The 17th AFSN Annual Meeting and the 13th APMLA Conference. September 15 (Mon)-19 (Fri), 2025, INSPIRE Entertainment Resort

AFSN WG & APMLA

Date Day 1
Sep 15 (Mon)
Day 2
Sep 16 (Tue)
Day 3
Sep 17 (Wed)
Day 4
Sep 18 (Thu)
08:30 - 09:00 TXWG Breakout
Current Analytical Methodologies – Overview and Advances

Prof. Dimitri Gerostamoulos
The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists
Australia
IDWG-TXWG Joint Workshop
Preparing the Prosecutor for Trial & How To Testify Well

Mr. Yang Ziliang
Health Sciences Authority
Singapore
09:00 - 09:20 TXWG Pre-Conference Workshop:
“Clinical and Postmortem Toxicology”
Challenges in the Investigation of Emerging Nitrogen-Based Poisons

Dr. Simon Elliott
Forensic Toxicology, The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists
United Kingdom
Opening Ceremony
Keynote #1~#3
TXWG Breakout
Fatal GHB Intoxication After Voluntary GBL Intake

Prof. Thomas Keller
Institute of Forensic Medicine at the Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg
Austria
09:20 - 09:40 Break
09:40 - 10:00 TXWG Pre-Conference Workshop:
“Clinical and Postmortem Toxicology”
Polydrug Use in Driving Cases (Drug-Drug Interactions)

Dr. Sarah Wille
National Institute of Criminalistics and Criminology
Belgium
IDWG & TXWG Joint Session
From Fentanyls to Nitazenes:
The Evolution of Designer Opioids

Dr. Simon Elliott
Forensic Toxicology, The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists
United Kingdom
10:00 - 10:10 Coffee Break
10:10 - 10:20 IDWG & TXWG Joint Session
Emerging Synthetic Drug Challenges in East and Southeast Asia

Mr. Inshik Sim
UNODC
Regional Office for Southeast Asia and the Pacific
Thailand
10:20 - 10:30 TXWG Pre-Conference Workshop:
“Clinical and Postmortem Toxicology”
Workplace Drug Testing Applications

Dr. Serap Annette Akgur
Institute on Drug Abuse, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science
Türkiye
10:30 - 10:40 IDWG & TXWG Joint Session
UNODC International Collaborative Exercises (ICE) on Seized Drug Materials and Biological Specimens

Ms. Yen Ling Wong
UNODC
Laboratory and Scientific Services
Austria
TXWG Breakout
Metabolite Profiling of 2-Fluoro-2-oxo-PCPr: A Novel Ketamine Analogue Identified in Korea

Mr. Seonghoon Yeon
National Forensic Service
Toxicology division
Republic of Korea
10:40 - 10:50
10:50 - 11:00 IDWG + TXWG Joint Session
Sponsor Presentations

SCIEX
TXWG Breakout
Portable Microfluidic Immunoassay Device for Detection of Free and Glucuronidated THC-COOH in Urine

Ms. Yeji Jung
Department of Forensic Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University
Republic of Korea
11:00 - 11:10 TXWG Pre-Conference Workshop:
“Clinical and Postmortem Toxicology”
Drug Classes and Interactions for Forensic Cases

Prof. Dimitri Gerostamoulos
11:10 - 11:20 TXWG Breakout
Fully Automated Sample Preparation System for New Psychoactive Substances and Multi-Drugs Analysis in Urine by LC-Orbitrap MS

Mr. Han Hui Jordan Ong
Health Sciences Authority
Analytical Toxicology Laboratory - Drug Abuse Testing
Singapore
11:20 - 11:30 IDWG + TXWG Joint Session
Sponsor Presentations

Waters
11:30 - 11:40 TXWG Breakout
Recent Trends of Drugs and Toxicants Detected in South Korea

Dr. Ilchung Shin
National Forensic Service
Forensic Toxicology and Narcotics Division, Seoul Institute
Republic of Korea
11:40 - 11:50 IDWG + TXWG Joint Session
Sponsor Presentations

Agilent
11:50 - 12:00
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Lunch Lunch
13:00 - 13:20 TXWG Pre-Conference Workshop:
“Clinical and Postmortem Toxicology”
Application of Alcohol-Biomarkers in Drivers' Licence Regranting and Other Forensic Cases

Dr. Sarah Wille
National Institute of Criminalistics and Criminology
Belgium
Special Session (ODA) TXWG Breakout
Application of Hair Analysis in Forensic Case Work: Limitations and Opportunities

Dr. Sarah Wille
National Institute of Criminalistics and Criminology
Belgium
13:20 - 13:40 Expert Panel Discussion: Members' Case Presentations
*4-5 cases, each 15 to 20 min
13:40 - 14:00
14:00 - 14:20 TXWG Pre-Conference Workshop:
“Clinical and Postmortem Toxicology”
Case Examples and Interpretations

Prof. Dimitri Gerostamoulos
The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists
Australia
14:20 - 14:40
14:40 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:20 IDWG Workshop
Science Meets Law: Enhancing Your Forensic Work Through Legal Collaboration Ver 2.0

Mr. Yang Ziliang
Health Sciences Authority
Singapore
Coffe Break Coffee Break
15:20 - 15:30 AFSN AGM & Closing Ceremony
15:30 - 15:40 TXWG Breakout
15:40 - 16:00 TXWG Breakout
Pregabalin Use and Opioid Epidemic

Dr. Serap Annette Akgur
Institute on Drug Abuse, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science
Türkiye
16:00 - 16:20 TXWG Breakout
Developing Wastewater Analysis using Online-SPE LC-MS/MS for Drug Abuse Surveillance in Thailand: Expectations and Feasibility

Dr. Tanasiri Yokchue
Central Institute of Forensic Science
Forensic Chemistry Section
Thailand
16:20 - 16:30 TXWG Breakout
From Disappearance to Discovery: Optimizing 7-Hydroxymitragynine Analysis in Urine using Supported Liquid Extraction and Liquid Chromatography Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry

Ms. Xue Qin Ng
Health Sciences Authority
Analytical Toxicology Laboratory, Applied Sciences Group
Singapore
16:30 - 16:40 TXWG Breakout
16:40 - 17:00 TXWG Breakout
The Gases Speak: Analytical Innovation and Structural Hazard Interpretation in Forensic Chemistry

Dr. Songhie An
National Forensic Service
Department of Forensic Chemistry
Republic of Korea
TXWG Breakout
From Codeine to Cocktails: Changing Trends in Cough Syrup Misuse in Singapore

Ms. Nadia Norashikin Binti Abdul Salam Wong
Health Sciences Authority
Clinical & Forensic Toxicology unit, Analytical Toxicology Laboratory
Singapore
17:00-17:20 TXWG breakout
Silent Deaths in a Hotel Room: A Case of Mass Fatalities

Dr. Parath Thirati
Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
Thailand
17:20-17:40 TXWG Breakout
Detection of 102 Biotoxins in Blood and Urine by LC-MS/MS

Dr. Bo Zou
Institute of Forensic Science, Ministry of Public Security
China
17:40-18:00 TXWG Breakout
Toxicological Investigations in Fatal and Non-Fatal Cases of Hydrogen Sulfide (H₂S) Exposure

Dr. Jun Jie Koh
Health Sciences Authority
Clinical & Forensic Toxicology unit, Analytical Toxicology Laboratory
Singapore
18:00-19:00 TXWG Business Meeting
19:00-20:00 Gala Dinner
20:00-21:00

* Program is subject to change.