Introduction.

In 1978 Professor Chao (the first president of INPALMS), acted on a suggestion that a forensic medicine and science organisation be established to cater to the needs of the Indo-Pacific region of the globe. The Indo-Pacific Association of Law, Medicine and Science was initially known as the Asian Pacific Association of Law, Medicine and Sciences and was established in 1983 at a congress held in Singapore. INPALMS was formally inaugurated in 1986 in Colombo, Sri Lanka at the 2nd Indo-Pacific Congress on Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences organised by Professor Salgado of Sri Lanka. The change in name from Asian-Pacific to Indo-Pacific came about to include Africa.

INPALMS 2001 or more correctly the 7^th Indo Pacific Congress on Legal Medicine and Forensic Science is a multi-disciplinary conference which aims to bring together practitioners from police, medicine, science and the law. It was organised by the National Institute of Forensic Science and the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine and held at the Hilton on the Park, Melbourne from 16 - 21 September 2001.

As part of INPALMS 2001 the National Institute of Forensic Science has organised this student day. "A Day with the Forensic Sciences" is aimed at secondary school students who have an interest in policing, science, medicine or the law generally, and forensic science in particular. During the course of the day experts in their fields provided information on the investigation of the crime scene, the examination of items from the scene and finally give evidence in a court of law.

To support the student day NIFS is developing a series of resources. The resources currently being developed are:

• This website with information about what happened on the day.
• A series of information sheets each covering specific forensic disciplines.
• Increased information on forensic science on the NIFS website including careers information, information pages on aspects of forensic science and links to other sources.
• A series of on-line information files, activities and works sheets using forensic science. These will include links to CSF outcomes for a number of appropriate KLAs. They are available at www.nifs.com.au/FactFiles/fact_files.html

The student day was supported by a number of sponsors the main ones being Deakin University through its Chemical Detective program and the Department of Education as part of its Science Partnership Program.

For more about the student day read on.

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