10TH NATIONAL ANALYST’S CONFERENCE

10th National Analyst’s Conference, 27-28 November 2024 - online event

A ‘must attend’ for all analysts working in law enforcement and the wider public and private sector – book your place now.

Conference is the tenth in our highly successful series aimed at supporting and promoting the profession of the crime and intelligence analyst. This is our online version. We run one online and one in-person event each year

Aims to bring together the crime and intelligence analysis community from the UK and across the world to debate current best practice and contemporary challenges

It recognises the pivotal role that analysts now play in data-driven investigations and the contribution they now make in today’s increasingly complex investigations

Features a packed programme of inspirational presentations from practitioners who will showcase their innovative work to their peers and facilitate question and answer sessions at the event of each presentation

Provides a valuable forum for analysts to come together and network with speakers and fellow delegates

Previous events have been attended by analysts from police forces, other government and law enforcement agencies as well as the wider public and private sector. All analysts are welcome to attend.

Event will be held online via Teams

Certificates of CPD available

Topics covered include:

Using analysis in Violence Against Women and Girls investigations

GIS Spatial Analysis Techniques in crime analysis

Using ChatGTP as an analytical tool

How analysts are spearheading a project to use targeted social media/digital marketing tactics to reduce serious crime, build trust and influence behaviours of young people

RF/cell site exclusive! Latest developments around ‘Cell Sleep technology’

Preparing the perfect PowerPoint Presentation

Use of analysis in Devon ‘sleepwalking’ attempted murders

An analyst’s guide to the current cyber and digital threat landscape

Information Threats Assessment: identification and analysis of online information threats

How to navigate vehicle data effectively

GeoTime geospatial analysis software

A comparison of the different approaches to intelligence analysis in the US and UK

AGENDA - GMT

Day One

9.10am-9.20am: Welcome and introduction, Carol Jenkins, The Investigator

9.20am-10.20am: Analyst-led project called VAWG100 that maps and disrupts Violence Against Women and Girls, Darren Barber, Lead Intelligence Analyst, MO2 Met Intelligence, Intelligence Analysis and Research, Met Police

10.20am-10.40am: Break

10.40am-11.30am: Using GIS Spatial Analysis Techniques in crime analysis, Alison McBride, Higher Analyst, National CT support, Police Scotland

11.30am-12.20pm: Project Spotlight: The use of targeted social media/digital marketing tactics to reduce serious crime as well as build trust and influence behaviours of young people aged 16-30 in the nighttime economy, Amber Theobald, Senior Analyst, Operation Jemlock - Violence Reduction Partnership, West Yorkshire Police

12.20pm-12.50pm: Break

12.50pm-1.40pm: Latest developments around ‘Cell Sleep technology’ which can put certain 4G LTE capacity carriers to sleep when the capacity is not needed and its impact on cell site analysis and Call Data Records, Darran Fletcher, RF and Cell Site subject matter expert

1.40pm-2.40pm: Peak PowerPoint Powers for Perfect Presentations: a practical session that provides advice on the process of building a PowerPoint Slide Deck from scratch including: Effectively managing slides and transitions; adding and formatting text and WordArt, dealing with images and graphics; slide animations. It will also dispel a few PowerPoint myths. Helen Taylor, Crime Trainer (Intelligence), Learning and Organisational Development, West Yorkshire Police

2.40pm-3.20pm: Opal: Tackling Serious Organised Acquisitive Crime, Anna Carver-Smith, Analyst, Robbery, NPCC Opal Team,

3.20pm-4pm: ChatGPT: No Code, No Problem: leveraging ChatGPT - a free resource that empowers analysts of all technical levels to enhance their capabilities across any analytical tool, Amanda K Bruner, former North Carolina Police analyst and now Crime Analysis Advisor, CNA’s Center for Justice Research Innovation and Charley Giberti: Solution Engineer working on the implementation of next-generation data analysis systems, US Department of Justice Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section (MLARS)

4pm-4.40pm: A comparison of the different approaches to intelligence analysis in the US and UK, Mark Spiden, analyst, Greeley Police Dept, Colorado and former response officer in Edinburgh for Police Scotland

4.40pm: Day One closes

Day Two

9.20am-9.30am: Welcome and introduction, Carol Jenkins, The Investigator

9.30am-10.20am: The pivotal role analysis played in an attempted murder investigation in which a schoolboy was found guilty of attacking two students and a teacher with hammers which he claimed he carried out while he was sleepwalking, Steve French, Intelligence Analyst, Devon and Cornwall Police

10.20am-10.40am: Break

10.40am-11.30am: Data Driven: Ten Tips to help analysts navigate vehicle data effectively, Noel Lowdon, Leading Vehicle Data expert witness and investigator, Harper Shaw Investigations

11.30am-12.20pm: Information Threats Assessment: identification and analysis of information threats, Laura Whitehead, Lead Analyst, The Security and Online Harms Directorate, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)

12.20pm-12.50pm: Break

12.50pm-1.40pm: InvestigationsCyber and digital threats: a contemporary look at the cyber and digital threat landscape to help inform the work of the analyst, DI Adam Bryant, Investigation support; Cyber and Digital Threats, National Digital Exploitation Service (NDES)

1.40pm-2.30pm: Technology in action: How the GeoTime geospatial analysis software provided pivotal in the conviction of a killer in the Operation Permian investigation, PC Sam Hollings, Digital Media Investigator, West Yorkshire Police.

2.30pm-3.20pm: Introducing the innovative new Data Insights Hub, a first of-its-kind online dashboard making local data on child sexual abuse easier to navigate and discuss, with Kairika Karsna, Principal Research and Evaluation Officer, Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse.

3.20pm: Conference closes

HOW TO BOOK

Cost: £310 + VAT (GBP) per delegate (LEA and Government Agency rate). £360+ VAT (Industry rate).

Group bookings: We offer various discounts for group bookings depending on numbers, please contact us for details.

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 use our booking form HERE

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.

Save the date for next in-person analysis event

Eleventh National Analyst’s Conference, in-person version, 4-5 June 2025.

Booking is now open for our next in-person National Analyst’s Conference that will take place on 4-5 June, 2025 at a brand new venue: Denham Grove Hotel, Denham, Uxbridge UB9 5DG, UK

We are delighted to announce that our headline sponsor for this event is i2 and our silver sponsor is Siren.

We look forward to seeing you there in person. Booking details can be found HERE