Sherlock Holmes, forensic medicine and fictional crime fighters - a commemoration of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 150th anniversary
Thursday 29 October 2009
Venue: The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE
A meeting for the public, linked into the exhibition in the library running from 1 September 2009 to 31 January 2010.
This meeting is very popular. To accommodate everyone we are putting in a video-link. The seats in the Main Lecture Theatre where the meeting will take place will be allocated on a first come first served basis. All other delegates who pre-registered for this meeting will be accommodated in the Max Rayne Auditorium which will be video linked to the Main Lecture Theatre.
This event is now fully booked. If you want to be added to the waiting list please contact Louisa Mason on 0207 290 2965
Registration Details:
Fellow: Free of charge
Non-Fellow: Free of charge
2.00 pm |
Registration and interactive quiz |
| Chair: Ms Emilia Fox, Award winning actress and Dr David Misselbrook, Dean, Royal Society of Medicine | |
2.30 pm |
Introduction |
| Professor Robin Williamson, President, Royal Society of Medicine | |
2.35 pm |
Conan Doyle |
| Mr Andrew Lycett, Author of 'Conan Doyle: The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes' | |
2.50 pm |
Crime in film and fiction |
| Dr Peter Dean, HM Coroner, Suffolk and South East Essex, Forensic Medical Examiner, Metropolitan Police, London, Medical Advisor to 'Silent Witness' and 'Waking the Dead' | |
3.15 pm |
Forensic pathology |
| Professor Derrick Pounder, Professor of Forensic Medicine, Centre for Forensic and Legal Medicine, University of Dundee | |
3.40 pm |
Tea break |
4.00 pm |
Development of modern forensic sciences |
|
Professor Ian F Wall, President, Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine Visiting Professor of Forensic Medicine, Teesside University |
|
4.25 pm |
How to write crime fiction |
|
Mr Anthony Horowitz, Author and screenwriter |
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4.50 pm |
Questions and answers |
5.20 pm |
Results of the quiz |
5.30 pm |
Close of meeting |
