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October 20, 2026
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    Pacific D-E
    Agentic AI: Unlocking a Competitive Edge in Digital Investigations
    Pacific F-G
    Investigators are required to process vast amounts of data including forensic artifacts, logs, open-source intelligence, multimedia content, and other data sources. Agentic AI introduces a new paradig …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Chet Hosmer
    Chet Hosmer, Chief Scientist - Python Forensics
    Speaker image for Julie Lewis
    Julie Lewis, President, CEO and Founder - Digital Mountain
    CASE STUDY: From Cell Phone to Courtroom: The Digital Evidence that Led to a 22 year Federal Conviction
    Pacific C
    The case study follows a child exploitation investigation from a mother's discovery of explicit messages to a 22.5-year federal conviction. Attendees will learn how digital forensics, mobile device ex …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Daniel Ortiz
    Daniel Ortiz, Detective - East Hartford Police Department
    Beyond the Skid Marks: Unlocking and Using Digital Evidence in Vehicle-Related Crimes
    Pacific D
    Vehicles play a role in many investigations, from homicides to narcotics and traffic crimes, yet their digital evidence is often underused. This session will fill that gap shows how data from vehicle …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Chad Gish
    Chad Gish, Principal Digital Forensics Specialist - Magnet Forensics
    GenAI from the Trigger to the Courtroom
    Pacific F-G
    This session explores how Generative AI is transforming legal work from early case assessment and investigations to depositions, hearings, arbitrations, and trial preparation. Discover how AI can acce …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Bree Murphy
    Bree Murphy, Co-Founder and Co-Host - eDiscovery Chicks, LLC
    Speaker image for Angie Nolet
    Angie Nolet, Co-Founder and Co-Host - eDiscovery Chicks, LLC
    Closing the Signal Trust Gap: Physical-Layer Authenticity for AI, Cybersecurity, and Digital Forensics
    Pacific E
    As AI-generated content, synthetic media, and sensor spoofing become increasingly sophisticated, determining whether information is authentic has become a growing challenge. This session explores the …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Herbert Joe
    Herbert Joe, Attorney/Board Certified Forensic Examiner - Law Office of Herbert Joe
    Speaker image for Chris Hymel
    Chris Hymel, CEO - Analog Guard, Inc.
    Fighting Elder Fraud & Transnational Crime
    Pacific C
    This session will share how San Diego’s Elder Justice Task Force (EJTF) is leading the nation in the fight against elder scams by arresting and prosecuting members of money laundering organizations op …
    The Extract Everything Problem: Why Mobile Device Triage Matters More Than Ever
    Pacific D
    Mobile device triage offers a sustainable alternative to full extraction as encrypted devices, rising data volumes, and limited staffing strain investigations. This session shows how targeted assessme …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Peter Phurchpean
    Peter Phurchpean, Technical Sales Engineer - MSAB Inc
    CASE STUDY: Red Room Exchange: A Case Study in Digital Patterns, ICAC, Child Exploitation, Leaked Data, and Cryptocurrency
    Pacific C
    Red Room Exchange examines a case study involving a dark marketplace used as a human exploitation brokerage site. This session shows how digital patterns, usernames, emails, phone numbers, leaked data …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Melissa Maranville
    Melissa Maranville, Founder/CEO - DeVille and Associates LLC
    Ghost Machines
    Pacific E
    What if an attacker could deploy an entire operating environment instead of relying solely on malware or remote access tools? This session explores "Ghost Machines" lightweight, disposable virtual mac …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Jeff Stanton
    Jeff Stanton, Sr. Cyber Threat Researcher / Intel - Adobe
    Trust but Verify: Artificial Intelligence in Forensic Video Redaction and Reliability
    Pacific D
    Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how digital evidence is analyzed but how should it be used responsibly within the forensic video analysis community? This session examines when analysts can …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for John Barahona
    John Barahona, Trainer and Technical Support Specialist - Amped Software USA
    Real Systems Engineering for Agentic AI in eDiscovery and Digital Forensics: Beyond Demos to Production Pipelines
    Pacific F-G
    Digital forensics, incident response, and eDiscovery teams need reliable agentic AI beyond hype and demos. This session covers real systems engineering approaches for production pipelines. During this …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Gerry Wolfe
    Gerry Wolfe, Legal AI Architect & Engineer - Lambda Engine
    Digital Intelligence Team Overview
    Pacific C
    The session focuses on the development of an all-civilian digital evidence team within the police department to support investigations. Attendees will understand how social media platforms, mobile dev …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Colette Bridgewater
    Colette Bridgewater, Forensic Examiner Supervisor - Albuquerque Police Department
    Speaker image for Kate Rosoff
    Kate Rosoff, Forensic Examiner Supervisor - Albuquerque Police Department
    The First 60 Minutes of Digital Evidence: The Investigator Advantage
    Pacific E
    The critical initial hour at a search and seizure scene involving digital devices in ICAC and human trafficking investigations. Focus is on the identification, preservation, and rapid triage of digita …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Richard Frawley
    Richard Frawley, Director of Training - ADF Solutions
    LE ONLY: From Towers to Testimony: Using Cellular Records in Investigations and Court
    Pacific E
    Abstract Proposal: Cellular records are a cornerstone of modern investigations, but their value depends on proper use, analysis, and clear presentation. This session covers how call detail records and …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Nicholas Falcicchio
    Nicholas Falcicchio, President - A.B.M. Intel
    Following DPRK’s Revenue Trail: A DFIR Playbook for Remote-Work Fraud, Crypto Theft, and Laundering
    Pacific D
    North Korea-linked financial cybercrime is now a revenue operation, not a single hack. Drawing on sanitized 2024-2025 cases and Korean-language human intelligence, this session follows the trail from …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Louis Hur
    Louis Hur, Tech Leader & CEO - Stealthmole
  17. Session in Progress
    Pacific F-G
October 21, 2026
    Digital Witness - How the Denver District Attorney's Office uses Digital Evidence to Support Prosecutions
    Pacific F-G
    For over a generation, our lives have become increasingly digitized. While corporations’ information to drive revenue, the same digital trail provides law enforcement and prosecutors with new forms of …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Chris Gray
    Chris Gray, Forensic Examiner - Denver District Attorney's Office
    Where Did That Come From? Verifying AI in Digital Forensics
    Pacific E
    AI can surface a lead in seconds, but a fast answer you can't adequately verify is not a finding. It's a lead at best. This session covers how to verify AI-assisted forensic work responsibly: connecti …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Tyler Gaffney
    Tyler Gaffney, Co-founder - Mobasi
    Speaker image for Josh Singer
    Josh Singer, Co-founder - Mobasi
    Session in Progress ( Case Study)
    Pacific C
    Vehicle System Forensics - When Cars Talk
    Pacific E
    Vehicle data has become valuable evidence in nearly every type of investigation. Vehicle data can provide investigators evidence of where the vehicle has been, how it was driven, how fast it was going …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Wesley Vandiver
    Wesley Vandiver, Director of Training - Berla Corporation
    Can You Trust the Narrative? Using ChatGPT for a Framework of Verification
    Pacific C
    This session demonstrates how investigators can leverage Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) methodologies, combined with generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, to build a structured investigative framewor …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Cynthia Navarro
    Cynthia Navarro, President Emerates - OSMOSIS Association
    CASE STUDY: TD Bank Investigation
    Pacific F-G
    This session takes an in-depth look into the investigation of TD Bank. Agents will discuss where it started, typologies the bank failed to catch, and AML areas that were the bank was criminally non-co …
    Anatomy of a Digital Forensic Investigation -From Authorization and Scoping through Analysis and Testimony
    Pacific C
    This session walks through the lifecycle of a digital forensic investigation from authorization and scoping through analysis, reporting, presentation, and testimony using the Digital Forensics Referen …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Andre Champagne
    Andre Champagne, Forensic Supervisor - State of Minnesota - MNIT Services
    Integrating OSINT, Cyber Evidence, and Legal Process in Modern Criminal Investigations
    Pacific E
    Law enforcement investigations increasingly rely on digital and open-source evidence, yet many cases fail when OSINT, cyber evidence, and legal process remain disconnected. This session provides a pra …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Kevin Metcalf
    Kevin Metcalf, Vice President - Whooster
    Incident Response: Living off the land, investigating attacks that leave no malware behind
    Pacific D
    Modern attackers often hide in plain sight by abusing trusted tools already on compromised systems, including PowerShell, WMI, scheduled tasks, RDP, and other built-in utilities. This session breaks d …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Jeff Rutherford
    Jeff Rutherford, Senior Forensic Consultant - Magnet Forensics
  10. Session in Progress (eDiscovery)
    Pacific F-G
    The First Hour: Digital Forensics in Child Exploitation Investigations
    Pacific D
    Early decisions shape child‑exploitation cases long before devices reach the lab. This session shows how modern forensic tools help identify offenders, locate victims, build probable cause, and guide …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Peter Phurchpean
    Peter Phurchpean, Technical Sales Engineer - MSAB Inc
    Building Practical Cryptocurrency Investigation Capabilities for Under-Resourced Law Enforcement Agencies
    Pacific F-G
    This session directly addresses one of the most critical challenges in the field - the significant disparity between investigative needs and available resources. The session will discuss how research …
  13. Session in Progress
    Pacific C
    Your Compliance Program Is Not Investigation-Ready: The Hidden Gap Between Compliance Investigations, eDiscovery, and Digital Evidence
    Pacific F-G
    Abstract Proposal: Organizations remain investigation-unready because Compliance, Legal, IT, Forensics, and eDiscovery work in fragments, treating chain of custody as a technical task instead of a sha …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Larissa Borriello
    Larissa Borriello, Founder - L Prevention Advisors
    Digital Forensic Artifact Research - Verifying Results for Courtroom Testimony
    Pacific D
    The days of "Trust me, I'm an expert" are long gone and digital forensic artifacts are being challenged in the courtroom. Verifying artifacts are an essential part of the investigative and courtroom p …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Michael Zito
    Michael Zito, Detective - Montgomery County Police Department
    AI Crime - The Future Is Now
    Pacific E
    This session will cover emerging criminal trends effectuated and enabled by artificial intelligence. Attendees will learn about the latest AI crimes; How to protect against these crimes and evidentiar …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Rahul Gupta
    Rahul Gupta, CEO/Founder - Saarang Consulting, AI Ethics
    Traveling Organized Burglary Crews – From TDAS to Arrest
    Pacific C
    This session will through a combination of complex investigations involving organized burglary crews. The session will highlight some of the technological investigative techniques, including Tower Dum …
    Uncovering the Truth: What Really Happens During an Onsite Collection?
    Pacific F-G
    Most people think once a device is collected, the evidence is immediately available. That is not always the case. Collection and processing are two very different phases of forensic investigation and …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Jovianna Gonzalez
    Jovianna Gonzalez, Founder & CEO - Digital Forensics Now
    Electronic Storage Detection (ESD) K9 Demonstration
    Lobby Area
    Join Officer Amber Banning and ESD K9 Phoebe of the San Diego Police Department and ICAC Task Force for a demonstration and Q&A session. Learn how ESD K9s are specially trained to detect electronic st …
October 22, 2026
    macOS Acquisitions with an Open-Source Tool - Fuji.
    Pacific D
    This session will be an overview of acquiring data from macOS devices with Fuji a free, open-source program. Developed by Andrea Lazzarotto, Fuji is a program for performing forensic acquisition of Ma …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Derek Eiri
    Derek Eiri, Analyst - Non-Profit Integrated Healthcare
    AI Can Write the Report. But Can It Validate the Evidence?
    Pacific C
    This session shares observations from an experiment using agentic AI in a mobile forensic case involving a timestamp interpretation issue. It examined whether an AI agent would simply trust parsed for …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Frank Lyu
    Frank Lyu, Sr. Digital Forensic Analyst - DHS OIG
    Beyond the Screenshot: Dark Web Evidence Collection
    Pacific E
    The Dark Web contains a wealth of potential evidence but collecting that evidence in a manner that is reliable, defensible, and admissible presents unique challenges. This session explores the practic …
    Modern eDiscovery: Trends Shaping Civil Litigation
    Pacific F-G
    The landscape of civil litigation eDiscovery is evolving rapidly. This session explores the latest developments shaping modern eDiscovery practice, including emerging data types, modern attachment for …
    Elevating Actionable Intelligence in a Noisy AI World
    Pacific F-G
    When it comes to child safety, accessing pertinent information quickly is of paramount importance. However we are in an era of information overload and thanks to AI, it is only expected to increase he …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Smita Menon
    Smita Menon, VP of Product - Thorn
    Clicks & Consequences: Artifacts with Attitude
    Pacific D
    Jump lists and link files: cool user activity artifacts, but how do we actually incorporate them into our investigations? Let's dive into jump lists & link files—what they are, the latest research, pr …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Kate Davenport
    Kate Davenport, Training Instructor - Exterro
    The Digital Crime Scene: Investigating Child Exploitation Beyond the Phone
    Pacific E
    Child exploitation investigations no longer begin and end with a smartphone. Evidence now exists across cloud accounts, messaging platforms, gaming services, wearables, smart devices, and connected ec …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Brian Lacey
    Brian Lacey, Detective - El Cajon Police Department
    Don't Be That Guy - Best Practices in Collecting and Processing Media and Device Evidence
    Pacific E
    Too often, digital evidence is compromised because of improper collection, preservation, management, or analysis. In many cases, the first personnel to respond to an incident lack the training needed …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Motti Gabler
    Motti Gabler, Forensic Expert - Integrity Digital Forensics
    CASE STUDY: Defensible AI-Assisted DFIR: Evidence Grounding, Triage, and Timeline Reconstruction Without Vendor Lock-In
    Pacific C
    As AI-generated content, synthetic media, and sensor spoofing become increasingly sophisticated, determining whether information is authentic has become a growing challenge. This session explores the …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Adeel Shaikh Muhammad
    Adeel Shaikh Muhammad, Founder - Adeel solutions LLC
    Forensic Best Practices for Radio Frequency Propagation Surveys and Multi-Source Evidence Fusion
    Pacific D
    Phone records and mobile device extractions provide valuable investigative data, but they cannot pinpoint a user's exact location. This session explores how Forensic Radio Frequency Propagation Survey …
    Speakers
    Speaker image for Nicola Chemello
    Nicola Chemello, CEO - SecurCube
  11. Session in Progress
    Pacific F-G