RSFP 2005 2nd International Conference on Reconstruction of Soft Facial Parts website: http://www.rheinahrcampus.de/rsfp2005/ e-mail: rsfp@rheinahrcampus.de location: Remagen, Germany date: 17 March 2005 until 18 March 2005 deadline: November 1, 2004 for abstract Scope "Mystery of dead woman in Winkeler Bay solved"- After ten years, a female body found mutilated beyond re-cog-nition has been identified thanks to a technique known as facial reconstruction. Thanks to the information ob-tained as a result of the reconstruction, searches for the potential murderer have now been initiated. – Reports of this type were rare in the past. Today, however, a revolutionary progress in computer-aided methods has also made its way into the reconstruction of the soft tissues of the human face. Aim Based on the findings of traditional facial reconstruction, more and more complex software programs are being designed and applied. In combination with state-of-the-art medical imaging and laser scanning technology, detailed 3D-images can be created with different facial expressions. RSFP 2005 is a scientific conference on new face reconstruction proce-dures in all forensic, anthropologic and medical application areas. The conference will bring together scientific, medical, anthropologic and forensic experts from university and clinical departments as well as criminal divisions and commercial sites. Topics and Application Areas Conference topics and application areas include (but are not limited to): 2D- and 3D-reconstruction procedures, clay techniques, superimposition methods, computer-aided planning, computer-aided facial recon-struc-tion, 3D imaging modalities and automated skull analysis, morphological principles, virtual sculpturing and visualization, texture mapping, facial features and measures, identification principles, haptic feed-back systems, virtual-reality techniques, 3D interaction tools, FEM principles, tissue-depth measure-ment and markers, statistical shape models, cranial reconstructive surgery, surgical prediction systems, forensic identification, evaluation principles and studies, archaeological, forensic and medical case studies as well as technical innovations and implementations.