2017 WCO TI Forum
 

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Monday, 30/10/2017
16:00 - 18:00Registration
19:00 - 21:00Welcome reception at Room Orion, Hilton Odaiba

 


Day 1: Tuesday, 31/10/2017
08:30 - 09:30Arrival of the participants and registration
09:30 - 10:20Opening addresses
Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, World Customs Organization
Ministry of Finance, Japan
10:20 - 10:50Keynote address: Corporate Sponsor-Digital Transformation: Smarter Border, Better Outcomes
Mr. Tim Norton, Global Markets Head, Ports and Borders, Smiths Detection
10:50 - 11:30Coffee and networking break (plus press conference)
11:30 - 13:00Round-table 1: Disruptive technologies: a view from the border
Discussion lead: Mr. Tim Norton, Global Markets Head, Ports and Borders, Smiths Detection
Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, World Customs Organization
Mr. Huyk Lee, Coordinator, Integrated Border Management Task Force, INTERPOL
Mr. James Canham, Managing Director, Global Customs Lead, Accenture
Mr. Bernard Lim, Director International Relations and Security , Ministry of Transport, Singapore
13:00 - 14:30Buffet lunch and networking break in the exhibition area
14:30 - 16:00Round-table 2: Machines and trust
Discussion lead: Mr. Christian Leuprecht, Flinders University of South Australia, Royal Military College of Canada, and Borders in Globalization research network
Mr. Dicksons Collins Kateshumbwa, Commissioner of Customs, Uganda Revenue Authority
Mr. Gino Lechasseur, Acting Vice President, Information, Science and Technology, Canada Border Services Agency
Ms. Melissa Odegaard, Global Marketing Director , S2 Global
16:00 - 16:30Coffee and networking break
16:30 - 18:00Session 1: New technologies – new opportunities?
Moderator: Mr. Hal Grodzins, Chairman President and Chief Executive Officer, Heuresis Corporation
Mr. Shigetoshi Aoyama, Deputy Director-General, Central Customs Laboratory, Ministry of Finance, Japan
Mr. Yonggang Wang, Assistant President, Nuctech
Mr. Frank Kalizinje, Business Intelligence Analyst/Researcher, Malawi Revenue Authority
20:00 - 22:00Dinner

Day 2: Wednesday, 01/11/2017
08:00 - 09:00Registration
09:00 - 09:30Keynote address-The Future Oriented Customs Agency
Mr. Paul Simpson, Vice President and General Manager, Port and Border Solutions, L-3 Security and Detection Systems
09:30 - 11:00Session 2: The other side of data analytics
Moderator: Ms Charity L Mosweu, Director,Information Technology, Botswana Unified Revenue Service
Mr. Superintendent Dean Hogarth, Consul (Hong Kong) , Australian Border Force
Mr. Kaz Nishihata, Representative Director and Senior Executive Vice President, NTT Data Corporation
Ms. Liu Qing, Head of Government Solutions, APAC, Bureau van Dijk, a Moody’s Analytics company
11:00 - 11:30Coffee and networking break
11:30 - 13:00Session 3: The future of air and land capabilities
Moderator: Dato Dr Ahmad Jailani, Deputy Director General, Royal Malaysian Customs
Mr. Adel Ben Hassen, Director General , Tunisian Customs
Mr. Philippe Chatelain, CEO, INEXTO
Mr. Joris Groeneveld, Senior Advisor X-ray scanning and Radiation detection, Dutch Customs
13:00 - 14:00Buffet lunch and networking break in the exhibition area
14:00 - 18:00Break-out session 1-Room: PegasusBreak-out session 2-Room: Sirius 1Break-out session 3-Room:Sirius 2
14:00 - 14:301/1-Advancing Outcomes using Machine Learning
Mr. Andrei Avramescu, Big Data Architect , Hitachi Consulting
2/1-Artificial Intelligence and Cloud : Taking Trade and Logistics to a New Stage
Mr. Takayuki Kida, Manager, Sales Group2, Public Division 2, Public Sector1, NTT DATA Corporation

3/1-Perspectives on Blockchain
Mr. Alexander de Voet, Manager, Border Services, Accenture
Ms. Jorien Kerstens, Manager, Accenture
14:30 - 15:001/2-Expanded Contraband and Threat Identification Using 1064nm Handheld Raman
Mr. Bree Allen, President, Rigaku Analytical Devices, Inc.
2/2-Data Analytics at the Border: The Importance of Cross-Border Data to Global Security
Ms. Liu Qing, Head of Government Solutions, APAC, Bureau van Dijk, a Moody’s Analytics company

3/2-Commodity Detection with X-ray Integrated Radiation Portal Monitors
Dr. Geraint Dermody, Business Development Director, Symetrica

15:00 - 15:301/3-CV 2™ and the Technology Driven Customs Organization
Mr. Mathieu Guillebaud, CV 2 Product Line Director, L3 Security & Detection Systems

2/3-Countering the threat: New capability to detect hazardous materials and narcotics (e.g. Fentanyl)
Mr. Stephen Wood, Vice President , Cobalt Light Systems

3/3-Working Hand-in-Hand to Tackle Illicit Trade
Mr. Philippe Chatelain, CEO, INEXTO

15:30-16:00Coffee and networking break
16:00 - 16:301/4-One Small Step for AI
Ms. Weizhen WANG, Engineer of General Design Department, NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED

2/4-Shipping Container Inspection Safety Technology
Mr. Wil Grullemans, General Manager, Nordiko Quarantine Systems

3/4 Smartscan 3D™ for Automated Material Identification in Shipping Containers
Mr. Cody Wilson, Director, Research & Development, Passport Systems Inc.

16:30 - 17:001/5-Solving Customs’ security challenges with the latest advancements in NII detection technology and inspection logistics
Mr. Joe Reiss, Vice President, Product Management & Marketing, Rapiscan Systems | AS&E

2/5- 1. Handheld Backscatter X-Ray Imager
Mr. Hal Grodzins, Chairman President and Chief Executive Officer, Heuresis Corporation
3/5 Geo-Spatial Technologies for Customs: From Information to Informed Actions
Mr. Daan Van Setten, Managing Director, GE-Data

17:00 - 17:301/6 Customs Enforcement
Mr. Takamasa Murayama, Section Chief, Enforcement Division, Customs and Tariff Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan
2/6-The Future Format of NII Images
Mr. Joris Groeneveld, Senior Advisor X-ray scanning and Radiation detection, Dutch Customs
3/6-Borders in Globalization: An Overview
Mr. Christian Leuprecht, Flinders University of South Australia, Royal Military College of Canada, and Borders in Globalization research network
20:00 - 22:00Dinner

Day 3: Thursaday, 02/11/2017
08:00 - 09:00Registrations
09:30 - 10:00 Keynote address-Managing Fragile Borders Through Collaborative Use of Technology: Perspectives from Lake Chad Region
Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali, Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs
10:00 - 11:30Session 4: Borders by numbers and maps: how to go beyond the ‘point of entry’?
Moderator: Mr. Andrew Farrelly, Co-founder, CT Strategies
Mr. Shigeo ‘’George’’ Suzuki, Director, Business Development Group, Esri Japan
Mr. Laurent Layrol, Business Development Manager, GE-Data
Mr Thomas Cantens, Head, Research Unit, WCO
11:30 - 12:00Coffee and networking break
12:00 - 12:30Official Closing of the Forum
Forum Chair Mr. Leigh Winchell, Deputy Director, Compliance and Enforcement, WCO
12:30 - 13:00Take away lunch and networking break in the exhibition area
13:00 - 18:00Specialized visits