Keynote Address from Host Administration Mr. Charles James Turner, Comptroller, Bahamas Customs Department
11:45 - 12:00
Keynote Speeches Mr. Jhon Fonseca, Vice Minister , Ministry of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica
12:00 - 12:05
Address Mr. Don-Hyun Lee, Vice Commissioner, Korea Customs Service
12:05 - 14:00
Networking lunch
14:00 - 14:20
Address by Conference Chair Mr. Tyrone Sands, Siperintendent, Bahamas Custom and Excise Departement
14:20 - 15:45
Round Table 1: Connecting Stakeholders in Engineering Regional Integration Processes Facilitator: Mr. John Bescec, Director, Global Trade Compliance and Standards , Microsoft Corporation -- WCO PSCG Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, World Customs Organization (WCO) Mr. Luis Cesar Priego Valdez, Central Administrator for Customs Planning and Strategic Coordination, Tax Administration Service, General Administration for Customs, Mexico The Honorable Jay M. Cohen, Chief Operating Officer, Decision Sciences International Corporation (DSIC) Mr. Intikhab Shaik, Group Executive, Business Systems, South African Revenue Service (SARS)
15:45 - 16:15
Refreshment and contact break
16:15 - 16:30
Keynote speech: Mr. Paul A. Hilaire, Permanent Secretary, Caribbean Customs Law Enforcement Council (CCLEC)
16:30 - 17:30
Panel 1: Globally Networked Customs: Progressing Utility Blocks towards cross-border connectivity Moderator: Mr. Pascal Ollivier, Director of Corporate Development, SOGET Mr. Ramesh Siva, Lead E-Government Specialist , World Bank Mr. John Bescec, Director, Global Trade Compliance and Standards , Microsoft Corporation Mr. Pablo Bonavia, Director, IT Department, Federal Administration of Public Revenue (AFIP), Argentina Mr. Pulak Chakrabarti, President & Chief Executive Officer, Chakrabarti Management Consultancy, Inc. (CMCI)
19:30 - 22:30
Conference dinner Venue: Grand Lucayan, Grand Lawn
Keynote speeches Mr. James Canham, Managing Director, Global Customs Industry Lead, Accenture
9:45 - 11:00
Round Table 2: Emerging Issues for Customs and Border Management in handling growth of Inter- and Intra-Regional trade Moderator: Mr. Rachid Benjelloun, Managing Director, Trade Facilitation , Nathan Associates Inc. Mr. Dietmar Möllmann, Head of Unit “International Coordination”, Zollkriminalamt (Central German Customs Investigation Administration) Mr. Ibrahima Diagne, Chair Person, African Alliance for E Commerce Ms. Christine Macqueen, Director Corporate Affairs and Communications, SICPA Management SA Mr. Johnathan Koh, Senior Director, CrimsonLogic Pte Ltd
11:00 - 11:15
Keynote speech - Innovative technologies enabling Innovative Customs and Trade Mr. George Gobin, Regional Manager – Bermuda, Cayman, Bahamas, Belize , Turks & Caicos, Jamaica , Microsoft
11:15 - 11:45
Refreshment and contact break
11:45 - 12:00
Keynote speech: Mr. Dikko Inde Abdullahi, Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service , Vice Chair West and Central African Region of World Customs Organisation (WCO)
12:00 - 13:00
Panel 2: Benefits of Customs Statistics and other trade data exchange; matching import with export data Moderator: Mr. Andreas Maurer, Chief, International Trade Statistics Section, World Trade Organization (WTO) Mr. Chris Thibedeau, Vice President, Customs and Law Enforcement Solutions, A-T Solutions Mr. Ronald Jansen, Chief of Trade Statistics Branch, United Nations Statistics Division Mr. Cheol Kyu Maeng, Research Fellow, Korea Customs & Trade Development Institute Mr. Frank Heijmann, Head of Trade Relations, Customs Administration of the Netherlands
13:00 - 14:30
Buffet lunch
14:30 - 18:00
Tech Talks
2:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Continuous refreshments
TechTalk 1
Room A
(English / Spanish)
Data Model and Single Window
TechTalk 2
Room B
(English)
IT Support for TFA implementation
TechTalk3
Room C
(English / French)
Analytics, Data Mining & Other Tools for Comprehensive Risk Management
2:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Moderator
Data Model and Single Window Satya Prasad Sahu, Commissioner IT, Central Board of Excise & Customs, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, CBEC ~ Mr. Eamonn Sheehy, Senior Advisor on IT, Bahamas Ministry of Finance, Information to Knowledge Inc. ~ Mr. Alexander Goulandris, Chief Executive Officer, essDocs ~ Mr. David Nowell, IPPC ~ Mr. Christian Dellis, Director, Export Services, USDA/APHIS/PPQ ~ Mr. Ian Hogg, Manager, Trade Facilitation Centre of Excellence, Trade Facilitation Center, CrimsonLogic Pte Ltd, Singapore CrimsonLogic ~ Ms. Valentina Mintah, CEO, West Blue Consulting ~ Mr. Randy Rotchin, Founder, President, and CEO, 3CE Mr. Pulak Chakrabarti, President & Chief Executive Officer, Chakrabarti Management Consultancy, Inc. (CMCI) Ms. Sue Probert, Director, SEPIAeb Ltd. Ms. Brenda Smith, Assistant Commissioner, Office of International Trade, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Mr. Markie Muryawan, Chief of International Merchandise Trade Statistics Section, United Nations,Trade SDMX
Risk Management Ms. Subrenna Higgs, Deputy Director IT, Customs and Excise Departement, Bahamas ~ Mr. Duncan Cleary, Technical Assistance Advisor, International Monetary Fund Mr. Steve Schwab, Senior Vice President, A-T Solutions Inc. ~ Mr. Samy Zayani, Project Director, Webb Fontaine Mr. Jaime González, Director of Information Technology (IT), Chile National Customs Service Mr. Ronald Jansen, Chief of Trade Statistics Branch, United Nations Statistics Division Moderator Ms. Louise Wigget, CEO, E-Tradex ~Mr. David Avsec, Deputy Director, Postal Technology Center, Universal Postal Union Mr. Colin Gabay, TRIPS Product Manager, Techno Brain Limited
Keynotes Mr. Dato' Khazali Ahmad, WCO Regional Vice Chair & Director General , Royal Malaysian Customs Department Mr. Umberto de Pretto, Secretary General, International Road Transport Union (IRU)
10:15 - 11:15
Panel 3: Efficient Transit Solutions for Reduced Costs of Trading Moderator: Mr. Alioune Ciss, Sales Director, Webb Fontaine. Mr. Andre van der Post, Senior Director Public Sector Industry Solutions Group, Oracle Mr. Kateshumbwa C. Dicksons, Assistant Commissioner, Customs Audit Division, Uganda Revenue Authority Mr. Xavier Cardenas Moncayo, Director General, Servicio Nacional De Aduana Del Ecuador Mr. Brian Glancy, Director, Trade Facilitation, USAID Southern Africa Trade Hub
11:15 - 11:45
Refreshment and contact break
11:45- 13:15
Round Table 3: Ultimate benefits for trade in cross-border AEO programmes Facilitator: Mr. Daniel Dreyfus, Director,, Accenture Mr. Kester Meijer, Director Operational Integrity and Division Safety & Compliance Monitoring Manager, KLM Mr. Charles Armstrong, Chief Information Officer,, Department Of Homeland Security, Customs And Border Protection Mr. Diego Daniel Diaz, Executive Director, Argentinean Chamber of Customs E-Seals (CaPeMa) Mr. Hideharu Tanaka, Counselor for International Cooperation, Customs and Tariff Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan
13:15 - 14:00
Conclusions and Closing speeches Mr. Tyrone Sands, Siperintendent, Bahamas Custom and Excise Departement Mr. Charles James Turner, Comptroller, Bahamas Customs Department Mr. Ray McDonagh, Head, Administration and Personnel, WCO