20 - 21 October 2015
A Status Quo Workshop took place on 20-21 October 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria. During the event, the workshop participants were presented the outcomes of the EVIDENCE project within the fields of electronic evidence regulation, the processes of collection, preservation, analysis and exchange of electronic evidence by law enforcement agencies and its presentation before courts, as well as related standard and data protection issues.
Project partners and experts from EUROJUST, National Criminal Investigation Service of Norway, Netherlands Forensic Institute, University of Burgundy, MITRE Corporation, and Bulgarian law enforcement agencies and courts took part in several panel discussions dedicated to
Within the second day of the workshop a special session was organized on the future EVIDENCE Road Map towards a Common European Framework for the application of new technologies in the collection, use and exchange of evidence framing the focus of the strategic document and the main points to be considered. The participants were divided into restricted groups where each group was composed by people with different competencies. At the end of the session each group rapporteur explained in detail the issues his/her group showing the points of the group, then the first X points to be selected and further introduced in details in the EVIDENCE Road Map.
The workshop concluded with a short presentation on the way forward with the EVIDENCE Road Map summarizing the workshop observations and concluding remarks.
Detailed presentation of the Workshop could be found in our Deliverables Section within WP11 Outcomes.
Photos of the event could be found in ‘The Gallery’ Section of the EVIDENCE website at 'Status Quo Workshop on Results on WP3, WP4, WP6 and WP8' Folder.
Tuesday, 20 October 2015 | |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration and Welcome |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Opening Session Maria Angela Biasiotti, CNR-ITTIG, Italy, Coordinator of the EVIDENCE Project |
| Session I. Legal Issues Chair: Joseph A. Cannataci, University of Groningen, The Netherlands | |
| 09:30 – 10:45 | Regulating Electronic Evidence: Current Frameworks and Primary Challenges Jeanne Mifsud Bonnici/ Melania Tudorica, University of Groningen, The Netherlands |
| 10:45 – 11:15 | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 – 13:00 | Panel Reflections on Regulating Electronic Evidence Leif Gorts, EUROJUST Joseph A. Cannataci, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Eirik Tronnes Hansen, National Criminal Investigation Service, Norway |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
Session II. Standard Issues Chair: Fabrizio Turchi / Mattia Epifani, CNR-ITTIG, Italy | |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Standard for Electronic Evidence Exchange across EU Members States Fabrizio Turchi / Mattia Epifani, CNR-ITTIG, Italy Standard proposal for representing data and metadata in Evidence Exchange |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Standard for Processing High Volumes of Data Erwin J. van Eijk, Netherlands Forensic Institute, The Netherlands HANSKEN: A standard for processing and investigating high volumes of seized digital data |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Standard for representing events in Digital Forensics Environment Aurélie Bertaux, CheckSem Team, Laboratoire Le2i, University of Burgundy, France ORD2I: An ontology to represent any digital events |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00 – 18:00 | Standard and Formalisms to Represent Digital Forensic Information General Discussion on Topics Proposed by EVIDENCE WP4 Leader incl. S. Barnum / E. Casey, MITRE Corporation, USA (in web conference) |
| 20:00 | Social Dinner |
Wednesday, 21 October 2015 | |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration |
Session III. Law Enforcement Issues Chair: Christian Hawellek, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany | |
| 09:00 – 09:45 | Status Quo on the Collection, Preservation, Analysis, Exchange of Electronic Evidence and Its Presentation before Courts: Challenges, Best Practices and Lessons Learnt Sabine Berghs, INTERPOL |
| 09:45 – 10:45 | Challenges, Best Practices and Lessons Learnt from a Prosecutor’s Perspective Eirik Tronnes Hansen, National Criminal Investigation Service, Norway |
| 10:45 – 11:15 | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 – 12:00 | Challenges, Best Practices and Lessons Learnt from a Cybercrime Investigator’s Perspective Yves Vandermeer, Federal Police – Federal Computer Crime Unit, Belgium |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | General Discussion on Law Enforcement Issues |
Session IV. Data Protection Issues Chair: Christian Hawellek, Leibnitz University Hannover, Germany | |
| 12:15 – 13:00 | Data Protection Issues in Gathering, Sharing and Exchanging of Electronic Evidence Friederike Knoke, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany Followed by General Discussion on Data Protection Issues |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
Session V. Group Discussions Chair: Joseph A. Cannataci, University of Groningen, The Netherlands | |
| 14:00 - 14:15 | EVIDENCE Road Map: Framing the Focus Introduction to the EVIDENCE Road Map and afternoon session |
| 14:15 - 15:15 | EVIDENCE Road Map: Main Points to Be Considered Discussion in restricted groups, each group will be composed by people with different competencies |
| 15:15 - 15:45 | Coffee Break |
| 15:45 - 16:15 | EVIDENCE Report on Road Map Main Points Each group rapporteur explains in detail the issues his/her group shows the points of his/her group, then the first X points will be selected |
| 16:15 - 17:00 | EVIDENCE Road Map: Further Action |
| 17:00 - 18:00 | Final Observations and Concluding Remarks |
The Status Quo Workshop is held in the Conference Room of Sense Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Sense Hotel is nestled in the heart of the city and has a matchless location on Sofia's main boulevard Tsar Osvoboditel, a street that is home to some of Bulgaria's most important buildings, including the country's National Assembly.
Address: 16 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd., Sofia 1000, Bulgaria
Website: http://sensehotel.com/
Registration process is now closed.
