60th APA Annual Seminar 2026
Organized by American Polygraph Association (APA)
The 60th APA Annual Seminar will be hosted at the Palmer House in Chicago, offering attendees training and networking opportunities.
- Dates
- Aug 30 - Sep 4, 2026
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Deadline
- Aug 14, 2026
- Attendees
- 500
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About this conference
The 60th APA Annual Seminar will be hosted at the Palmer House in Chicago, offering attendees training and networking opportunities. The tentative schedule includes a Welcome Reception with a Speakeasy/Roaring 20's theme and a Sunset Dinner Boat Cruise. The seminar will cover various polygraph-related topics, including clinical PCSOT testing fundamentals, countermeasures, persuasion techniques, legal aspects of marijuana legalization and pre-employment testing, financial crime examinations, mind mapping and polygraph, ESS (Electronic Scoring System), economic and financial crimes, interview and interrogation, chart scoring, using technology to streamline polygraph examinations, LEPET (Law Enforcement Polygraph Examiner Training), variance, cut scores, and successive hurdles in screening, PCSOT roundtables, neurodivergence in testing, single-issue screening, APA nuts & bolts, AI report writing, case study presentations, and the APA Annual Business Meeting.
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Sponsorship opportunities are available, including specific event sponsorships like the Sunset Dinner Boat Cruise (sponsored by Stoelting and Complete Equity Markets) and coffee breaks. Past sponsors mentioned include Axciton Systems, Capital Center for Credibility Assessment, Lafayette Instrument Company, Limestone Technologies, and Virginia Polygraph Association.
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