2013 WCO TI Forum

AGENDA

Simultaneous interpretation in Spanish will be provided
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11/11/2013
16.00 - 18.00Pre-registration - Intercontiental Hotel, Opera Foyer on -1
18.00 - 19.30Welcome cocktail - Plaza del Virrey
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12/11/2013
8.00 - 9.30Registration
9.30 - 10.00Opening Addresses
Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, World Customs Organization
Ricardo Echegaray, Federal Administrator of Public Revenue, AFIP
10.00 - 11.00Keynote Addresses
Enrique Canon Pedragosa, Director General, Uruguay Customs
Philippe Amon, President and CEO, SICPA
11.00 - 11.30Coffee and networking break in the exhibition area
Sponsored by AS&E
11.30 - 13.00Round-table 1: Future of Borders
Moderator: Allen Bruford, TI Forum Chair, Deputy Director, Enforcement and Compliance SubDirectorate, World Customs Organization
Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, World Customs Organization
Maria Siomara Ayeran, Director General , AFIP
Roberto Negro, CEO, Terminal Exolgan, Port of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Pablo Ciano, Chief Information Officer, DHL Express Americas
Marcos Eduardo Hansen, General Manager, Maersk Line

13.00 - 14.30Buffet lunch and networking break in the exhibition area
Sponsored by SICPA
14.30 - 16.00Round-table 2: Effective Decision Making Empowered by Technologies
Moderator: Dr Gisele Bennett, Regents’ Researcher and Director, Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory, Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Tech Research Institute
Frank Heijmann, Head, Trade Relations, Dutch Tax and Customs Administration
Daniel Hubert, Director, DCTA
Dr. Edward Morton, Technical Director, Rapiscan Systems
Hon-man Lee, Senior Superintendent, Office of Project Planning and Development, Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department
16.00 - 16.30Coffee and networking break in the exhibition area
Sponsored by NUCTECH
16.30 - 18.00Session 1: Increasing Transparency in Cross-Border Transactions
Moderator: Andres Quevedo, Business Development, Nuctech
Dr. Igbal Babayev, Chief, Head Department for Statistics and Information Technologies, State Customs Committee, Republic of Azerbaijan
Alberto Blaye, Chief Information Officer, Lakaut
Diego Daniel Díaz, Commercial Director, RSI Group SA
19.30Dinner
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13/11/2013
8.00 - 9.30Registration
9.30 - 11.00Session 2: Good Practices in the Use of Technologies
Moderator: Santiago Leon Abad, Former Minister of Production, former Director-General of Customs, Ecuador
Eleanor Melamed, Director, Second Line of Defense, National Nuclear Security Agency, Department of Energy, USA
Sergio Rafael Vera Diaz, Central Administrator, Customs Equipment and Infrastructure, Mexico Customs Administration
Dikko Abdullahi Inde CFR, Comptroller-General, Nigerian Customs Service & Vice Chair West and Central African Region WCO
11.00 - 11.30Coffee and networking break in the exhibition area
Sponsored by TELEFONICA   
11.30 - 13.00Session 3: Surveillance & Enforcement Technologies
Moderator: Trey Sieger, Market Leader, Safety and Security, Thermo Fischer Scientific
Heriberto Minaya, Deputy Director, Technology and Communications, Customs Directorate General, Domincan Republic
Thomas Revillard, Vice-President, SGS Société Générale de Surveillance
Mariya Polner, Policy Advisor, Compliance and Facilitation Directorate, World Customs Organization
13.00 - 14.30Buffet lunch and networking break in the exhibition area
Sponsored by DCTA
14.30 - 18.00Break-Out Sessions
Break-Out 1Break-Out 2Break-Out 3
I. SICPA
Luc Piguet, Senior Regional Manager Government Solutions, SICPA
"Secure Tracking & Tracing for Governments Only"
I. Lakaut
Alberto Blaye, Chief Information Officer, Lakaut
"Intelligent Document Management in Custom Clearance"
I. Rapiscan
Ian Williams, Divisional Business Development Director for Europe, Middle East, CIS & Africa, Cargo and Vehicle Inspection Division, Rapiscan Systems
"Screening as a service"
II. CHAMP Cargosystems
Johan Ruthstrom, Head of Business Development - eCargo&GSA solutions, CHAMP Cargosystems
"Technology infrastructure to enable eCustoms and Security enhancements"
II. ERA-Maptec
Dr. Martin Critchley, ERA-Maptec
"Customs in space? Using Earth Observation to counter illegal waste activities"
II. SAVI/SGS
Eric Gill, Managing Director, SAVI/SGS
"Cargo Tracking - standards & interoperability, where next?"
III. DCTA
Daniel Hubert, Director, DCTA
"Ensuring successful implementation of Track and Trace"
III. Ecuadorean Customs
Mario Pinto, Deputy Director General, Ecuadorean Customs
"Implementation of the new Ecuadorean Customs sustem: Ecuapass"
III. AS&E
Joe Reiss, Vice President of Product Management, AS&E, Inc - “Integrated Detection Solutions for Port and Border Cargo Screening”
16.00 - 16.30Coffee and networking break in the exhibition area
Sponsored by Telecom Argentina   
IV. World Customs Organization
Robert White, CTS Project Manager, Enforcement and Compliance Subdirectorate, World Customs Organization
"WCO Cargo Targeting System: a general overview"
IV. Korea Customs Service
Minsik Jun, Director of Information Management Division, Korea Customs Service
"KCS’s Abnormality Surveillance and Detection System"
IV. Thermo Fischer Scientific
Trey Sieger, Market Leader, Safety and Security, Thermo Fischer Scientific
"From drugs to explosives: field-based ID of emerging threats" 
V. West Blue Consulting
Valentina Mintah, Director, West Blue Consulting
"Identity Management and Biometrics-laying the foundation for solution applications"
V. World Customs Organization
Marie Bosquet, IPM Project Manager, World Customs Organization
"Taking Advantage of the best of technology to fight against counterfeiting and illegal  trade"
V.Directorate General for Taxation and Customs Union & Dutch Customs Administration
Micha Slegt, Senior Chemist, Dutch Customs Administration
Wil van Heeswijk, Policy Officer, supply chain security and technology expert, Risk Management and Security Unit, Directorate General for Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission
"EU Customs Detection Technology Expert Group: towards rational use of detection technology"
VI. RSI Group SA
Diego Daniel Díaz, Commercial Director, RSI Group SA
"RSI Group technology without borders"
VI.VI.
18.00 - 19.00Free time
19.00 - 23.30Dinner - Restaurant Mediterráneo
Sponsored by LAKAUT

14/11/2013
8.00 - 9.30Registration
8.30 - 9.30Coffee and networking break in the exhibition area
Sponsored by Sistelcom  
9.30 - 10.00 Keynote address
Andres Peñate, Senior Vice-President of Corporate Affairs, SABMiller LATAM
10.00 - 11.30Session 4: Building Resilience in Global Supply Chains
Moderator: Marlene Daniza Ardaya Vázques, Director General, National Customs Service, Bolivia
Rodolpho Álvarez Rapaport, Director General, National Customs Service, Chile
Dr. Marìa José Sanchez, Director of Health Products Surveillance National Administration on Medication, Food and Medical Technologies (ANMAT), Argentina
Daniel Justribó, Presales Applications Manager and Supply Chain Management Regional Presales Manager, Oracle Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay & Bolivia
11.30 - 11.45Customs Innovation Award Ceremony
11.45 - 12.00Concluding remarks by the Secretary General of the WCO and Official Closing of the Forum
Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, World Customs Organization
Maria Siomara Ayeran, Director General , AFIP
12.00 - 13.30Buffet lunch and networking break in the exhibition area
Sponsored by RAPISCAN
13.45 - 17.00Excursion - Port Visit
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15/11/2013
10.00 - 14.00Sightseeing tour
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