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14/12/2020
11:30 - 12:00Registration
12:00 - 12:15Session 1 - Opening Ceremony
Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, World Customs Organization (WCO)
H.E. Ahmad Abdullah Bin Lahej Alfalasi, Director General of Federal Customs Authority, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Mr. Chris Martin, Co-chairs of the OECD Task Force on Countering Illicit Trade (TF-CIT), UK HMRC
12:15 - 13:15Session 2 – High level Round table: Meeting the SDGs- Ensuring Customs involvement for FZs’ competitiveness, safety and sustainability
Mr. Ricardo Treviño Chapa, Deputy Secretary General , World Customs Organization (WCO)
Ms. Rosine Kemi Onabanjo, Associate Partner in McKinsey’s Lagos office, McKinsey & Company
Ms. T.I. BARSALLO, Director General, Panama Customs
Mr. Richard Kilborn, National Director of Investment, Ministry of Commerce and Industries of Panama
Mr. James Swanson, Director over Cargo Security and Controls, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
13:15 - 14:10Session 3 – Panel Session: Resilience, Recovery and Renewal of FZs - Ensuring safety and security requirements
Mr. Pranab Kumar Das, Director, Compliance and Facilitation, World Customs Organization (WCO)
Mr. Michael Morantz, Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
Mr. Yasuhiro Yoshida, Assistant Manager, Toyota Motor Corporation
Ms. Sophie Peresson, Director, ICC BASCAP (Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy)
Mr. Nidal Salameh, Head of Clearance Unit, Al- Zarqa FZ Custom House, Jordan Customs
14:10 - 14:55Session 4 – Panel Session : Rules of Origin and FZs
Mr. Ping Liu, Director, Tariff and Trade Affairs, World Customs Organization (WCO)
Mr. Stefano Inama, Chief, Technical Cooperation and Enhanced Integrated Framework Section, UNCTAD
Mr. Jean-Michel GRAVE, Head of Unit E5 (ROO etc.), DG TAXUD, European Commission
Mr. Shubhendu Misra, Alliance Global Director, Customs & Trade, Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi
14:55 - 15:00Session 5 - Closing Ceremony
Mr. Ricardo Treviño Chapa, Deputy Secretary General , World Customs Organization (WCO)