The second consortium meeting of VISAGE project took place on 10–11 September 2018 in Lyon, France. The host of the meeting was Institut National de Police Scientifique. Central Forensic Laboratory of the Police was represented by Ewa Kartasińska PhD, forensic expert of Biology Department, and Katarzyna Zwierzyk, specialist of Scientific Development Department.

On 27-31 of August 2018 the biggest and most important event in the field of forensic sciences took place in Lyon Convention Center, France. The 8th European Academy of Forensic Science (EAFS) Conference was held under the title „The Forensic Odyssey 2020” and focused on future challenges and opportunities. Central Forensic Laboratory of the Police was represented by CLKP Deputy Director col. Adam Frankowski and the Head of Science Development Department capt. Renata Zbieć – Piekarska.

CEPOL is an European Union agency, established to train and support law enforcement officials. In accordance with exchange program, fingerprints examination experts from Poland visited Forensic Department of the Ministry of Internal Affair of Georgia on 24th – 30th June 2018. Georgian experts, in turn, visited CFLP in Warsaw on 8th – 13th July.

26th meeting of working group Textile and Hair, which covers the fields of fibers and other textile evidence as well as hair examination, took place in Zurich on 13th – 15th June 2018.

Central Forensic Laboratory of the Police in collaboration with Europol and Central Bureau of Investigation organized this year’s training course CEPOL “Illicit Laboratory Dismantling – Advanced”. The course in form of lectures took place on 4th – 15th June 2018 in Jachranka.

On 29th – 31st May 2018 the International Conference on DVI was held in General Secretariat of Interpol in Lyon, France.

On 29th – 31st May 2018 a meeting of electrical engineering, toolmark and metallographic identification experts from Poland, Czech and Slovakia, took place in The Institute of Forensic Science in Bratislava, Slovakia.

On 21st -24th May a meeting of audiovisual forensics experts and document examination experts from Poland, Czech and Slovakia, took place in The Institute of Criminalistics in Bratislava.

The annual meeting of ENFSI representatives, including, in particular, directors of European forensic laboratories, took place on 16th – 18th May 2018 in Budapest, Hungary.

On 18-20 April 2018 the International Children Sexual Abuse Database Training on operation of ICSE database was organised by Interpol in Lyon.