MNIAAI Annual Conference

May 1-3, 2024

Holiday Inn St Cloud, MN

Room Block 

$98/night, and the block goes away on 3/31. 

 https://www.holidayinn.com/redirect?path=hd&brandCode=HI&localeCode=en&regionCode=1&hotelCode=STCMN&_PMID=99801505&GPC=IAI&cn=no&viewfullsite=true

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

7:00 am to 8:00 am

• Breakfast

8:00 am to 10:00 am

• Opening Ceremony, Memorial Ceremony, Business Meeting

10:00 am to 12:00 pm

• An Introduction to Wildland Fire Investigation

Instructor: Jon Handrick

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

• Lunch

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

• Marijuana Extraction Fires

Instructor: Jeff Hoyt, IAAI-CFI

3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

• An Examination of Wi-Fi (Smart) Plugs for Their Recognition Potential and Associated Data

Instructor: Dan Giblin, ATF-CFI

 Thursday, May 2, 2024

 7:00 am to 8:00 am

• Breakfast

 8:00 am to 12:00 pm

• Complex Fire Investigations: Analyzing Electrical Systems

Instructors: Mark Svare, P.E., Neal Hanke, P.E., Jeff Washinger, IAAI-CFI

 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

• Lunch

 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm

• Forensic Toxicology and Human Behavior in Carbon Monoxide Poisonings and Fire Death and Injury Investigations

Instructor: Jamie McAllister, Ph.D., IAAI-CFI, P.E.

8:00 am to 5:00 pm

• Prosecutor’s seminar

5:00 pm to 6:30 pm

• Happy Hour

6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

• Awards Ceremony 

Friday, May 3, 2024

8:00 am to 12:00 pm

• Beyond the Fire Scene: Key Strategies for the Testifying Investigator

Instructor: Brian Henry