The next ISFG Meeting is coming in 2026!

The countdown is on: only one year left before we get together to exchange about our exciting field of forensic genetics!

Did you know that the Laboratoire de sciences judiciaires et de médecine légale (LSJML), founded in 1914 by Dr. Wilfrid Derome, was the first forensic laboratory in North America? The foundation of our Laboratory was followed by the creation of the Chicago Lab in 1929, and we did welcome Edgar J. Hoover twice in the 1930s, in prevision of the set up of the FBI Laboratory.

 Dr. Derome in Québec’s Laboratoire de recherches médicolégales, 1915

Dr. Derome, who studied legal medicine at the “Université de Paris”, was named Director of our provincial Forensic Laboratory from 1914 until his death in 1931 at age 54. Performing autopsies as a forensic pathologist, he was also a specialist in ballistics & firearms and published visionary books in forensics: Précis de médecine légale (1920) and Expertises en armes à feu (1929). He was clearly a pioneer in the field.

We look forward to welcoming you to our beautiful, lively and cosmopolitan city. You will see for yourself: to Europeans, Montréal seems very “american” and to Americans, Montréal seems very “european” …

Montréal, a city of mixtures!

Diane Séguin,
President of the 2026 ISFG Congress

In our DNA:

Montréal, a Gastronomic City

Looking for sponsors and exhibitors

Would you like to be an exhibitor or a sponsor at the ISFG 2026 Congress? Here is our information document. We would be delighted to welcome you among us. Don’t hesitate to contact us at sponsorship@isfg2026.ca.

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