| 11:30-12:00 | Registration |
| 12:00-12:15 | Session 1 - Opening Ceremony |
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| Opening address: - Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, WCO Secretary General - H.E. Ahmad Abdullah Bin Lahej Alfalasi, Director General of Federal Customs Authority, United Arab Emirates (UAE) - Mr. Chris Martin, UK HMRC, Co-chair of the OECD Task Force on Countering Illicit Trade (TF-CIT)
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| 12:15-13:15 | Session 2 – High level Round table: Meeting the SDGs- Ensuring Customs involvement for FZs’ competitiveness, safety and sustainability |
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| Moderator: Mr. Ricardo Treviño Chapa, Deputy Secretary General, WCO Key Presentation: Ms. Rosine Kemi Onabanjo, Associate Partner in McKinsey’s Lagos office, McKinsey & Company See presentation -Customs involvement to ensure competitiveness, safety and sustainability in FZs -Ensuring safe and secure storage of goods, including Dangerous Goods in FZs Panellists (3): Customs administrations, Free zone authority - Ms. Tayra I. BARSALLO, Director General, Panama Customs See presentation - Mr. Richard Kilborn, National Director of Investment, Ministry of Commerce and Industries of Panama See presentation - Mr. James Swanson, Director over Cargo Security and Controls, U.S. Customs and Border Protection See presentation - Mr. Hisham Abou Ibrahim, Senior advisor to the President of Higher Council of Lebanese Customs
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| 13:15-14:10 | Session 3 – Panel Session: Resilience, Recovery and Renewal of FZs - Ensuring safety and security requirements |
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| Moderator: Mr. Pranab Kumar Das, Director, Compliance and Facilitation, WCO Keynote Presentation: Mr. Michael Morantz, Policy Analyst, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) See presentation -Are lighter Customs controls still necessary for FZs? -Money Laundering vulnerabilities of FZs Panellists (3): from International Organization, Private Sector and Customs administration - Mr. Yasuhiro Yoshida, Assistant Manager, Toyota Motor Corporation See presentation - Ms. Sophie Peresson, Director, ICC BASCAP (Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy) See presentation - Mr. Nidal Salameh, Head of Clearance Unit, Al- Zarqa FZ Custom House, Jordan Customs See presentation |
| 14:10-14:55 | Session 4 – Panel Session : Rules of Origin and FZs |
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| Moderator: Mr. Ping Liu, Director, Tariff and Trade Affairs Key Presentation: Mr. Stefano Inama, Chief, Technical Cooperation and Enhanced Integrated Framework Section, UNCTAD See presentation -Free Trade Agreements and Free zones -Origin determination of goods manufactured in FZs Panellists (2): from Private Sector and Customs administration - Mr. Jean-Michel GRAVE, Head of Unit E5 (International Affairs II), DG TAXUD, European Commission See presentation - Mr. Shubhendu Misra, Alliance Global Director, Customs & Trade, Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi |
| 14:55-15:00 | Session 5 - Closing Ceremony |
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| Closing Remarks:
Mr. Ricardo Treviño Chapa, Deputy Secretary General, WCO |
