8th National Analyst’s Conference

Headline sponsor

29-30 November 2023

Join us for our eighth national event that brings together operational analysts and other experts to showcase best practice, research and advice that is aimed at supporting the role of the analyst.

Our conference is the latest in our popular series of events that promotes the status and professionalism of analysts working in forces, wider law enforcement as well as government and other public and private sector roles.

It will provide a valuable online forum for analysts to network, share their views and experiences and to acknowledge the vital role they now play in public and private sector organisations in both reactive and proactive roles.

Certificates of CPD available for this event

AGENDA - GMT

Day One

9am-9.10am: Welcome and introduction, Carol Jenkins, The Investigator

9.10am-9.50am: Key findings of a survey conducted among UK law enforcement analysts by the Community and Engagement Sub-Group of the National Police Chief’s Council National Analyst’s Working Group, Gillian Atherton, Chair of the group and Senior Intelligence Analyst, Intelligence and Specialist Crime Department, Cambridgeshire Constabulary

9.50am-10.50am: Analysts from Thames Valley Police have devised an innovative App that directs officers to geographical locations with high concentrations of serious violence, Katherine James and Nick Portnell, Analysts, Thames Valley Police

10.50am-11.10am: Break

11.10am-Noon: Intelligence and evidence for analysts: a consideration of how the two complement each other despite being separate phases of an investigation, Geoff Begg, Senior Analyst and Ross White, Intelligence Analyst, National Cross-Cutting and Emerging Threats, National Crime Agency

Noon-12.50pm: Headline sponsor presentation: Streamlining complex analysis with GeoTime Enterprise (GT-E), an overview of key features, Warren Eggleton, Analyst, JTOL

12.50pm-1.20pm: Break

1.20pm-2.10pm: To Excel or not to Excel - and when to i2: i2 software and Excel are key components of most analyst’s work. So what sort of tasks can i2 do that Excel can’t, or can’t do as efficiently? This session explores those situations where i2 really is the better tool for the job, and helps work out why, Mark Fleet, Director and Software Trainer

2.10pm-2.30pm: Break

2.30pm-3.20pm: Internet Protocol (IP) Sharing – the investigative challenges, Sam Mullahy and Tom Farrell, National Multi-agency IP Sharing Taskforce

3.20pm-3.50pm: How the Traffic Jam Platform can be used to harness and make use of the online data landscape in investigations of organised sexual exploitation, Dr Ian Kearns, UK and Europe Director, Marinus Analytics

3.50pm-4.20pm: An overview of the newly published book ‘Elements of Crime Patterns,’ a field guide for analysts to help identify crime patterns, author Deborah Osborne, a retired US Secret Service Investigative Analyst and a former Crime Analyst with the Buffalo Police Dept. Ms. Osborne was also co-chair of the International Association of Crime Analysts certification committee and helped develop certification standards for the profession.

4.20pm: Final remarks.

4.20pm: Day One finishes

Day Two

9am-9.10am: Welcome and introduction, Carol Jenkins, The Investigator

9.10am-10.10am: Capability Development to Understand the Information Environment, highlighting the challenges that Government and Law Enforcement face when monitoring social media in a GDPR compliant way and how they can be addressed, Laura Whitehead and Mary Cown, Department for Science Innovation and Technology

10.10am-10.30am: Break

10.30am-11.20am: New report into drug spiking: prevalence and motivation, a joint report by the University of Birmingham and National Crime Agency, Dr Amy Burrell, Research Fellow, University of Birmingham

11.20am-Noon: Advanced analysis and visual reporting with GeoTime Desktop (GT-D) Demonstration of how complex data sets can be easily imported, attributed and combined for complex analysis and production of court reports with 3D visuals and animations, assisting in the explanation of complex crimes, Warren Eggleton, Analyst, JTOL

Noon-12.20pm: Break

12.20pm-1.10pm: Ten things that analysts need to know about human and investigative decision-making, Professor Jason Roach, Professor of Criminology and Policing, University of Huddersfield and author of the book ‘Practical Psychology for Policing’

1.10pm-1.50pm: Demystifying Artificial Intelligence in the World of Intelligence Analysis, Steve Adams, Skopenow

1.50pm-2.30pm: Use of analysis techniques in the case of Kolar and Riley, an investigation into match fixing, Joe Rowlands, Analyst Manager and Steve Downes, Intelligence Analyst, International Tennis Integrity Agency

2.30pm: Conference closes

HOW TO BOOK

Cost: £299.99 + VAT (GBP) per delegate (LEA and Government Agency rate). £389.99 + VAT (Industry rate).

If you wish to arrange a group booking please email us for a quote.

Booking: Please send the delegates name(s), email address(es) and purchase order (made out to The Investigator) to booking@the-investigator.co.uk or telephone +44(0)844 660 8707 for further information.

Under no circumstances will a delegate be able to register using a free webmail address (ie: gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, Hotmail, AOL etc) but you can use one to login into Teams once your work email has been verified.

Payment can be made by PayPal/debit/credit card (corporate card fees apply + 3%). The meeting link will be sent out 7 days before the event.