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Confirmed Presentors
National
- Attorney Matt Aslsdorf, Director of Criminal Justice, Laura and John Arnold Foundation
- Senator Charles Bethel, Georgia General Assembly
- Chief William Brooks, Executive Board Member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP); Member of National Academy of Sciences Eyewitness Identification Panel; Chief of Police, Norwood Police Department, Massachusetts
- Rebecca Brown, Director of Policy, The Innocence Project
- Dr. Jennifer Dysart, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- Attorney Michael N. Herring, Commonwealth’s Attorney, Richmond, Virginia
- Chief Justice Ralph Gants, Supreme Judicial Court, Massachusetts
- Captain Francis Healy, Advisor to the Police Commissioner, Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania
- Police Chief Michael Gauldin (retired), Burlington, North Carolina
- Attorney Karen Newirth, Senior Staff Attorney, Strategic Litigation Department, The Innocence Project
- Chief Justice Stuart J. Rabner, Supreme Court, New Jersey
- Attorney Barry Scheck, Co-Director, The Innocence Project
- Chief Richard Smith, Vice President at Large, International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), Chief of Police, Wakefield Police Department, Massachusetts
- Jennifer Thompson, Founder and President of Healing Justice, Inc. and co-author of “Pickking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption”
- Justice Martha Walters, Supreme Court, Oregon
- Gary Wells, Distinguished Professor and the Stavish Chair in the Social Sciences, Iowa State University
State
- Justice David Borden, Chair, Connecticut Eyewitness Identification Task Force,
- Attorney Richard Colangelo, States Attorney, Stamford, Connecticut
- Senior Eric Coleman, Deputy President Pro Tempore, State Senate, Connecticut
- Attorney Kevin Kane, Chief State’s Attorney, Connecticut
- Senator Martin Looney, President Pro Tempore, State Senate, Connecticut
- Chief Duane Lovello, Darien Police Department, Connecticut
- Major Patrick J. O’Hara, Commanding Officer, Eastern District Headquarters, Connecticut State Police, Former Commandant, Connecticut State Police Training Academy
- Justice Richard Palmer, Supreme Court, Connecticut
- Dr. Ron Schack, Pd.D., Director, The Charter Oak Group, LLC
- Attorney Susan Storey, Chief Public Defender, Connecticut
- Senator Gary Winfield, Assistant Majority Leader, State Senate, Connecticut
