What?
First-ever
Davidhorn Police Interview Summit
For Whom?
Investigators and Police IT professionals
When?
5 – 6 March 2025
Police Interview Summit 2025 is now over
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The first-ever Police Interview Summit is now over
On March 5-6, 2025 the Davidhorn Police Interview Summit took place in Kastrup outside Copenhagen. The event brought together law enforcement professionals, researchers, investigators, and IT specialists from across Europe to explore Innovation in Investigative Interviewing and Police Interview Recording.
Day 1 featured keynote presentations from police leaders and interview experts that will touch on the latest updates on police interviewing trends, challenges and solutions.
Day 2 consistsed of a one-day introductory workshop on the ORBIT methodology. Workshop was run by the researchers behind this scientific and groundbreaking method for building high-quality evidence from interviews.
We are proud to have some of the most prominent names in investigative interviewing on the program, including Therese Maria Rytter on importance of Investigative Interviewing, Emily and Laurence Alison on rapport-building, Dr. Ivar Fahsing on emerging global standards and Xander Radpey on AI implementations to improve productivity in the Norwegian Police. More speakers are to be announced.
We are rounded off day 1 with an engaging live taping of our popular podcast “Beyond a Reasonable Doubt” and networking session.
Due to the success of the event, we will soon be announcing the next Davidhorn Police Interview Summit. Stay tuned for the first updates by subscribing to our newsletter.
Davidhorn Police Interview Summit is your opportunity to:
- Connect with peers from across Europe
- Learn from leading experts in police investigative interviewing
- Gain practical insights into implementation strategies
- Explore the latest technological innovations in the field of police interview recording
Perfect for law enforcement decision-makers, investigators, and IT professionals working in police organisations across Europe.
Program: Wednesday 05 March
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| 08:00 – 09:00 | Registration and coffee | |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Opening keynote. Børge Hansen, CEO, Davidhorn | |
| 09:30 – 10:15 | Investigative interviewing as a means to prevent torture and other inhuman treatment. Therese Maria Rytter, Legal Director of DIGNITY; VP of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture | |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Coffee break | |
| 10:30 – 11:15 | Emerging global standards in investigative interviewing. Dr. Ivar Fahsing, Expert on Human Rights and Criminal Investigation at University of Oslo, Faculty of Law, Centre for Human Rights, International department | |
| 11:15 – 12:00 | Driving innovation in the police with AI: A case from Norway. Xander Radpey, Superintendent, Oslo Police | |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Demo of Davidhorn’s Investigative Interview Solution and a look into the future. Magnus Green, CTO, Davidhorn | |
| 14:00 – 14:15 | Product Q&A | |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | Coffee break | |
| 14:30 – 15:15 | Presentation: Setting up interview suites for evidential recording and what to keep in mind. Jeff Horn, General Manager UK, Davidhorn | |
| 15:15 – 16:30 | Track: Innovation | Track: Investigation |
| Workshop: Shape the Future Product workshop to shape the future of the interview room recorder | Keynote: Building rapport Dr. Laurence Alison, Prof. of Psychology, University of Liverpool | |
| 16:30-17:00 | Break | |
| 17:00 – 18:00 | Podcast « Beyond a Reasonable Doubt« , live at Police Interview Summit: Prof. Laurence Alison and Dr. Ivar Fahsing | |
| 18:00 – 21:00 | Social networking, food and drinks |
Program: Thursday 06 March
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| 08:00 – 08:30 | Coffee |
| 08:30 – 12:00 | ORBIT Workshop pt.1 |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 – 17:00 | ORBIT Workshop pt.2 |
ORBIT Workshop Description
This seminar will discuss the problems associated with using coercive interrogation/ interview methods and the benefits of using Humanistic rapport-based approaches.
It will first outline the historical use of harsh interrogation methods in North America and the UK as well as the shift in the UK from interrogation to investigative interviewing and the adoption of non-coercive approaches.
It will then provide an overview of ORBIT – the first empirically-grounded and comprehensive model of investigative interviewing/ interrogation. ORBIT is derived from Prof. Laurence Alison and Emily Alison’s work in which their team analysed the largest global corpus of real-life interviews (in excess of 2,000 hours) conducted by the UK police and military.
Its primary research base is interviews conducted by the police and military with terrorist suspects. It has also been validated in Child Sex Offence police interviews and with victims of sexual offences. Bringing together over 70 years of combined research on Humanistic therapeutic approaches and interpersonal relating, ORBIT provides a theoretically-rich model of rapport-based communication for investigative/ intelligence interviewing.
As an internationally recognised model, ORBIT has been used in the UK, US and in other overseas environments to secure lifesaving intelligence. It has been trained to a range of organisation’s including UK, US and Dutch law enforcement and Military teams, UK War Crimes unit, UK Border Force Intelligence, Norwegian Counter Terrorism police and international Humanitarian organisation’s.