2013 WCO IT Conference and Exhibition
 
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13 May









17:00 – 19:00 Registration
19.00 - 20.30 Welcome Reception
Sponsored by Bureau Veritas

14 May









9.00 Registration
9.00 – 10.45 Welcome Coffee
Sponsored by Sicpa
10.45 - 11.30 Official Opening Ceremony of the 2013 WCO IT Conference & Exhibition
His Highness Lieutenant General Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, The United Arab Emirates and Minister of Interior
His Excellency Ahmed Butti Ahmed, Executive Chairman of the Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCFC) and Director General Dubai Customs, United Arab Emirates
Abdul Latif Bin Rashid Al Zayani, Secretary General, Gulf Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)
Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, World Customs Organization
11.30 - 12.15 Refreshment & Contact Break
Sponsored by Microsoft
Press Conference VIP Exhibition Tour
12.15 - 12.40 Keynote Speech
Philippe Amon, Chairman and CEO, SICPA
12.40 - 13.00 Keynote Speech
David Ebralidze, Deputy Minister of Finance, Georgia
13.00 - 14.15 Networking Lunch
Sponsored by SICPA
14.15 Conference Chair
Susanne Aigner, Deputy Director, Compliance & Facilitation, World Customs Organization
14.15 - 14.40 Keynote Address from Host Administration
Juma Algaith, Executive Director, Customs Development, Dubai Customs
14.40 - 15.00 Keynote Address
John E. Scanlon, Secretary General, CITES
15.00 – 16.30 Round Table 1: "Integrated, Collaborative or Coordinated Border Management" - What's in a Name?
Facilitator: George Weise, Executive Vice President, Sandler & Travis Trade Advisory Services Inc
Address: Raymond Benjamin, Secretary General, ICAO
Major General Carl Modey, Commissioner, Customs Division of Ghana Revenue Authority
Mohammed Sharaf, CEO, Group Chief Executive Office, DP World
Roger Smith, Deputy Director General, Ministry for Primary Industries, Ministry for Primary Industries, New Zealand
Agnes Katsonga Phiri, Commissioner of Customs and Excise, Malawi

16.30 - 17.00 Refreshment & Contact Break
Sponsored by BULL
17.00 - 17.30 Keynote Speech
Mark Hill, Operations Management , Digital Coding and Tracking Association (DCTA)
17.30 - 18.30 Session 1: E-Government "An added Value to Trade"
Moderator : Mr. David Evans, Head of Tax and Customs Business Unit, Worldwide, BULL Information Systems
Nick Small, Director IT Solutions, Crown Agents. “Smart Government: What does it mean for Trade?”
Tom Butterly, Deputy Director of the Trade and Sustainable Land Management Division, UNECE - "Single Window 10 years on: Where are we now and where are we going"
Elie Sawaya, Deputy Managing Director, Bureau Veritas, Congo DR, "Single window: Benin case"
20.30 - 22.30 Gala Dinner
Sponsored by Dubai Customs                                                                                 

15 May









9.00 Registration Day 2
9.00 - 9.20 Opening Address
Brian Moran, Global Managing Director, Public Service operations & Management, Accenture
9.20 - 9.40 Keynote Speech
Des Vertannes, Global Head of Cargo, International Air Transport Association (IATA)
9.40 - 11.00 Session 2: A National Perspective - Customs administrations and other border agencies will present their view on CBM
Moderator: Johnathan Koh, Director, Trade Facilitation Centre of Excellence, CrimsonLogic
Pablo Castellvi, Deputy Director General of Planning, Federal Administrator of Public Revenues (AFIP), Argentina
Mohammed Ahmad Al Haif, Director of Customs Union Affairs, GCC Secretariat
Freek Van Zoeren, Deputy Inspector General, the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA)
Tim Chapman, First Assistant Secretary, Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)
11.15 - 11.45 Refreshment & Contact Break
Sponsored by Webb Fontaine
11.45 - 13.30 Round Table 2: Facilitation through Business Integration. Can businesses work with Customs the same way as they do with other agencies at the border?
Facilitator: Rodrigo Crespo, Business Development Manager, Webb Fontaine
His Excellency Ghaleb Kassem, Director General, Jordan Customs
John Bescec, Director, Global Trade Policy and Standards, Microsoft Corporation
Willie Shumba, Senior Programme Officer, Customs, Trade, Industry, Finance & Investment (TIFI) - Directorate Southern African Development
Shahab Al Jassmi, Senior Manager - Commercial of Dubai Trade, Dubai Trade
Mouhamadou Makhtar Cisse, Director General, Senegal Customs
13.30 - 15.00 Buffet Lunch
Sponsored by Digital Coding & Tracking Association (DCTA)
13.30 - 15.00 Knowledge Commons (Exhibition area)
During the lunch break there will be 10 minute presentations in the WCO Knowledge Commons; speakers include:
13.45 -14.00
Fabrizio Di Carlo, Specialized Officer, Database Management, Interpol
14.00 - 14.30 Clearance Single Window – Success Story
Dr. Waiel Said, Qatar Customs
14.30 - 14.45 BASCAP
14.45 - 15.00
Frank Callewaert, Global Technology Strategist, International Organizations, World Wide Public Sector Microsoft
15.00 - 18.00 Tech Talk
16h-17h Continuous Refreshments sponsored by Crimson Logic
TechTalk 1
French interpretation
Room A
TechTalk 2
XXX interpretation
 Room B
TechTalk 3
XXX interpretation
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Moderators
15.00 - 15.30
Tom Butterly, Deputy Director of the Trade and Sustainable Land Management Division, UNECE - "Single Window 10 years on: Where are we now and where are we going"
"The Trade Facilitation Implementation Guide, a tool for simplifying crossborder trade"

Seung Hyun Cha, Deputy General Manager in Planning and Coordination, KCingle-CUPIA, UNIPASS
"Reinforcing customs control through cross border data exchange"

Christophe Hypolite, Senior IT advisor, French Customs
Henri Barthel, Vice President, GS1, System Integrity & Global Partnerships
"System Integrity & Global Partnerships"
15.30 - 16.00
Atiq Juma Faraj Nasib, Senior Director of Commercial Services Sector, Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry
"Certificates of Origin and the accreditation process to ease trade facilitation"

Elie Sawaya, Deputy Managing Director, Bureau Veritas, Congo DR, "Single window: Benin case"
"Single Window, a tool for maximizing duty collection"

Jorge Casal, Senior Vice-President Tax Free Shopping, Global Blue
“Electronic Tax Free Shopping & Customs Approval System”
16.00 - 16.30
Dr. Lance Thompson, International Development Manager, CONEX.
"The Private Sector; Source of all Customs Data"

David Avsec, Deputy Director, Postal Technology Center, UPU
"Customs Declaration System"

Johnathan Koh, Director, Trade Facilitation Centre of Excellence, Crimson Logic
"Advanced Business Analytics & Big Data Techniques for Trade & Customs Security"

Nicolay Morozov,
Deputy Managing Director, Prognoz
Moderators

Curtis Clark, Director, Global Government, IBM

16.30 - 17.00
Satya Prasad Sahu, Technical Officer, World Customs Organization
"WCO Data Model Information Packages for Effective Border Management"

Pascal Minvielle, Business Development Director, Webb Fontaine
"Trade portal services & enhanced clearance system for efficient Border Management Control"

Noboru Nakatani, Executive Director, Interpol
"Global Complex for Innovation"
17.00 - 17.30
Sheikh Mohamed Bin Khalifa Al-Khalifa, President, Bahrain Customs
"Trade Facilitation and Role of Customs in a Single Window Environment: A case study for the Kingdom of Bahrain"

Mark Maddox, Vice President, USA, Autotariff Inc.
"Web Based Vehicle Valuation for Customs Duty and Taxes"
17.30 - 18.00
Michael Dill, WCO Data Model conformant customization techniques with GEFEG., GEFEG
"A WCO Data Model Success Story: The Way Forward"

David Haskett, ThruVision Product Evangelist, Digital Barriers
"Termnal Velocity: Efficient people screening for effective enforcement and early ROI"

Rachid Benjelloun, Principal Associate, Nathan Associates Inc.
"Regional Single Window: Some Lessons Learned from ASEAN"
19.30 - 21.30 Dinner
Sponsored by Accenture

16 May









9.00 Registration
9.00 - 9.20 Opening Address
Arlinda Mulgeci, Deputy Director General, Albanian Customs
9.20 - 9.40 Keynote Speech
His Excellency Dr. Anwar Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates
9.40 - 11.30 Session 3: The Human Factor - Can IT assist with the challenges involved in much closer coordination amongst border agencies including Customs?
Moderator: Valentina Mintah, Director, West Blue Consulting
Khushnidjon Rasulov, Team Leader, Tajikistan, Project Support to Regional Economic Cooperation in CA countries, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Godwin Punungwe, Director, Trade Facilitation, USAID Southern Africa Trade Hub
Curtis Clark, Director, Global Government, IBM Public Sector
Ramesh Siva, Lead E-Government Specialist and Customs IT Advisor, World Bank
Dikko Inde Abdullahi, Comptroller-General, Nigerian Customs Service & Vice Chair West and Central African Region WCO
11.30 – 12.00 Refreshment & Contact Break
Sponsored by West Blue Consulting
12.00 – 13.30 Round Table 3 : How can Customs and its colleagues elsewhere in Government and the private sector work together to Integrate & Secure the International Trade Supply Chain?
Facilitator: Roberto Tavano, VP Global Security Sales, Technology, Consulting & Integration Services, UNISYS Corporation
A.A.M. Al-Mohannadi, Director General, Qatar
Sameer Mubarak, Business Development Director, Nafith
Tom Barnes, CEO, Integration Point, Inc.
Ercan Saka, Nuclear Trade Analyst, IAEA
David Avsec, Deputy Director, Postal Technology Center, UPU
13.30 - 13.45 Conclusions
Susanne Aigner, Deputy Director, Compliance & Facilitation, World Customs Organization
 - Conference Chair
Closing Speeches
His Excellency Ahmed Butti Ahmed, Executive Chairman of the Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCFC) and Director General Dubai Customs, United Arab Emirates
Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, World Customs Organization
14.00 - 15.00 Lunch
Sponsored by Nafith
15.30 - 20.30 Excursion - Dubai Tour
Sponsored by Dubai Tourism