Call for Presentations and Posters

We are now seeking submissions for the 2026 Northern Lights Conference.

Undergraduate and graduate students, as well as professionals are asked to submit a paper or poster proposal by October 9th, 2026 for our annual Northern Lights Conference to be held on October 30th, 2026.

Keynote Speaker

We are excited to announce the 2026 Keynote speaker, Dr. Daniel Murrie. Dr. Murrie serves as the Director of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy (ILPPP) and as a Professor in the University of Virginia Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences. He oversees the UVA Forensic Clinic within ILPPP, the UVA postdoctoral fellowship in forensic psychology, and ILPPP's state-university partnership to provide training programs in forensic evaluation. Dr. Murrie's research interests span a range of topics such as understanding and reducing bias and unreliability in forensic mental health evaluations, improving forensic service systems, including competence evaluation, restoration services, and diversion efforts. His Keynote address, entitled "How Reliable and Objective Are Forensic Experts?" will discuss the emerging research on expert differences and expert biases — particularly among forensic psychologists and psychiatrists — in "real world" forensic evaluations.