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Welcome: Wednesday, 23 November 2011
8:00 to 6:30 pm Registration
6:00 pmWelcome Cocktail
Hosted by: GACC

Day 1: Thursday, 24 November 2011
8:30 am to 12:00 pmRegistration
9:00 amVIP Opening: 2011: The WCO Year of Knowledge
Mr. YU Guangzhou, Director of the Leading Board , Minister of the General Administration of China Customs (GACC)
Ms. ZHAO Yufang, Vice Governor , Guangdong Province
Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, World Customs Organization
Mr. CHEN Hong, Trade Representative, China
Mr. Derek Woodward, Chairman of CAPEC Board and President, UPS Asia Pacific Region , CAPEC UPS
VIP Exhibition Tour
 
Photo Session 
 
10:00 amRefreshment and Networking Break
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10:30 amKeynote: Customs in the 21st Century
Mr. Derek Woodward, Chairman of CAPEC Board and President, UPS Asia Pacific Region , CAPEC UPS
11:00 amRound Table: A Professional Knowledge Based Service Culture
Moderator: Mr. Tom Doyle, Lead Customs and Border Management Specialist , Accenture
Mr. Yong Kian Fong, Director General, Singapore Customs
Mr. Jérôme Fournel, Director General, French Customs
Mr. Mohamed Khalid bin Haji Yusuf, Director General of Customs, Royal Malaysian Customs Department, Ministry of Finance Complex
12:00 pmLunch and Networking Break
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1:30 pmKeynote: Customs in the 21st Century (contd.)
Mr. ZHU Gaozhang, Director Compliance and Facilitation, World Customs Organization
2:00 pmPanel Discussion: Intelligence Driven Risk Management; Crucial to Industry and Customs!
Moderator: Mr. Dietmar Jost, Customs & Security Advisor, Global Express Association
Ms. Bettina Vogl-Lang, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Finance - Austria
Ms. NI Yun, Deputy Director General of Department of Audit-Based Control and Risk Management, GACC
Mr. Mohamed Khalid bin Haji Yusuf, Director General of Customs, Royal Malaysian Customs Department, Ministry of Finance Complex
Mr. Marcos Regis Silva, Team Coordinator, Knowledge Management and Outreach Services, CITES
3:30 pm Refreshment and Networking Break
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4:00 pm Keynote: Operational Knowledge: The Vital Role of Trade
Mr. JIANG Zhaokiang, President, GTC Commerce, Inc./ Managing Director for Asia, Trusted Trade Alliance, LLC
4:30 pmPanel Discussion: End to End Supply Chains: Public-Private Partnership in Operation
Moderator: Mr. Bryce Blegen, Chief Executive Officer, Trusted Trade Alliance
Ms. Maka Khvedlidze, Advisor, Department for International Relations , Georgia Revenue Service (tax and customs administration)
Mr. Omar Rached, Director, CCS Compliance - Customs Services
Mr. Steve Morris, Chair FIATA Customs Affairs institute - Executive Director Customs Brokers and Forwarders Council of Australia Inc., International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations
Mr. QU Denny, Operations Director, TNT International Express, Greater China, TNT International Express, Greater China
6:00 pmEnd of Day 1
6:30 pmGala Dinner
Hosted By: People’s Government of Guangdong Province
8:30 pmCultural Performance
By: China Customs

Day 2: Friday, 25 November 2011
8:30 am to 12:00 pmRegistration
9:00 amKeynote: Knowledge Creation: The Importance of Dialogue and Experience
Mr. James Sabas Kuleiye, Principal Customs Officer (Procedures and Facilitation), East African Community Secretariat
9:30 amPanel Discussion: Does Informal Communication Beat Formality?: Electronic Communication; Removing the Human Interface
Moderator: Mr. CHANG Kian Chuan, CAPEC Customs Facilitation Working Committee Member and Managing Director, Customs Affairs (Asia Pacific) FedEx Express Corporation , CAPEC FedEx
Mr. Reinhard Fischer, Vice President, Deutsche Post DHL
Mr. James Canham, Senior Executive, Accenture
Mr. Hussam Juma, Head of Enterprise Business Architecture, Dubai Customs
10:30 amRefreshment and Networking Break
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11:00 amKeynote: The Role of Information and Data in Knowledge Management
Mr. XU Wenrong, GACC
11:30 amPanel Discussion: Standards: Settling on the Way Forward?
Moderator: Ms. JU Susan, Partner, Price Waterhouse Coopers Worldtrade Management Services
Mr. Mats Wicktor, Vice Chair, UN/ CEFACT
Ms. Donna Dong, Group Manager Trade AsiaPack, Microsoft
Mr. Ilsok Chung, Director General of Information & International Affairs Bureau, Korea Customs Service (KCS)
12:30 pm Lunch and Networking Break
Sponsored By: SAIC Motor Corporation
2:00 pmKeynote: Customs-Trade Partnership: Is Open Debate the Best Means to Foster Knowledge Exchange?
Ms. Patricia Griffiths, Head of International Trade, Victorian Employers’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VECCI), International Chamber of Commerce – Word Chambers Federation (ICC WCF)
2:30 pm Panel Discussion: Technology, a Substitute for Experience?
Moderator: Mr. Gareth Lewis, World Customs Organization
Mr. Alex Goulandris, Chief Executive Officer, Electronic Shipping Solutions
Mr. Slawomir Pichor, Head of Operations, European Union Border Assistance Mission to Moldova and Ukraine (EUBAM)
Mr. Mark Hill, Digital Coding and Tracking Association
Dr. Shinchi Ishii, Normura Research Institute
3:30 pmRefreshment and Networking Break
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4:00 pmKeynote: Knowledge, the Key Investment for all Our Futures
Dr. GU Feng, Chief Financial Officer, SAIC Motor Corporation
4:30 pmWrap-Up and Close of Conference
Ms. Susanne Aigner, Deputy Director, World Customs Organization
Mr. SUN Yibiao, Vice Minister of General Admnistration of China, General Administration China Customs
Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, World Customs Organization
Mr. ZHU Gaozhang, Director Compliance and Facilitation, World Customs Organization

6:00 pmDinner
Sponsored By: World Customs & Trade Forum Sponsors
7:30 pmInternational Circus
Sponsored By: GACC

Day 3: Saturday, 26 November 2011
8 am - 12pm
Social Event: City Tour
Hosted By: GACC