Society of Independent Professional
Earth Scientists

 Click here for the 2025 S.I.P.E.S. Dues Form - please use this form to update your contact information as well

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Next Event:

April 24, 2025

Our Presenters:

Clark Davenport

"CSI, Careful Science Indeed"

All attendees MUST RSVP!

Please RSVP by 11:30 a.m. on April 21

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When: Thursday, April 24, 2025, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Where: Wynkoop Brewery - 1634 18th Street, Denver, CO 80202

Cost Structure:

• Members $25 (Presentation & Meal)
• Non-members $30 (Presentation & Meal)
• Walk-ins will no longer be allowed due to an issue with the Wynkoop.  Please pre-purchase a lunch to attend.  Sorry for the inconvenience!

Please feel free to share this information with any friends and colleagues who might be interested!

Mask requirements voluntary for vaccinated attendees.

Abstract:

Clark Davenport will present a talk on the important role NecroSearch (NSI) plays using science to investigate Cold Cases for Law Enforcement Agencies.  Since 1987, NSI has assisted on more than 400 cases in 40+ states and 7 foreign countries.  His presentation will include NSI's on-the-ground involvement in the Romanov case in Perm Russia.

Bio:

Clark Davenport's career spans more than 55 years of planning, managing, and performing remote-sensing surveys for criminal, environmental, groundwater, geotechnical, mining, and archaeological investigations on six continents. He is a co-founder of, and remains active in, NecroSearch International, a 501(c)3 volunteer multidisciplinary team of specialists dedicated to assisting law enforcement in locating clandestine graves and evidence.

Since 1987 he has pioneered the use of remote sensing in criminal investigations and has personally assisted on more than 200 criminal investigations in 32 states and 7 countries. He serves as a consultant to municipal, federal, and foreign law-enforcement agencies including the FBI, US Secret Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, and Firearms, Spanish Guardia Civil, Mexican, Belgian and Dutch State Police Bureaus, Guatemalan Forensic Foundation, Federal Court of Colombia, Australian New South Wales Police, and the Russian FSB.

Davenport, a Registered Professional Geophysicist, is a recognized expert in the utilization of remote sensing and geophysical techniques to locate clandestine graves and hidden evidence. He is a past instructor at the Colorado Law Enforcement Training Academy, the Community College of Denver, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Regis University, and for 10 years an invited Special Topics Instructor at the FBI Academy.

Davenport is a decorated Vietnam combat veteran. He has a degree in Geophysical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, an Associate Degree in Criminal Justice from Red Rocks Community College, and a Certificate of Completion of the four-year Episcopal Education for the Ministry Course, Sewanee Seminary, University of the South.

WHAT IS SIPES?

The Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists (SIPES) is the only national organization designed exclusively for the independent or consulting professional earth scientist. Members include geologists, engineers, geophysicists, geochemists, and other earth scientists. 

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Our Mission

To be the pre-eminent organization for furthering the professional business interests of independent practitioners of earth sciences. 

• Professional Competence

• Professional Business Ethics

• Presenting a favorable, credible and effective image of Society



Local Events:

Monthly Meetings

Meetings for 2025 will be held at the

Wynkoop Brewery

1634 18th Street

Denver, CO 80202