Wednesday, 6 May 2015 |
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Official Opening Ceremony of the 2015 WCO IT Conference & Exhibition: |
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The Honorable Dr. Michael Darville, Minister for Grand Bahamas |
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Mr. Charles Turner, Comptroller, Customs and Excise Department, The Bahamas |
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Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, World Customs Organization (WCO) |
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The Right Honourable Perry Gladstone Christie, Prime Minister & Minister of Finance, Commonwealth of The Bahamas |
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Keynote Address from Host Administration: Mr. Charles Turner, Comptroller, Customs and Excise Department, The Bahamas |
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Keynote Speech: Mr. Jhon Fonseca, Vice-Minister of Foreign Trade, Costa Rica |
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Address: Mr. Don-Hyun Lee, Vice Commissioner, Korea Customs Service |
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Address by Conference Chair: Mr. Tyrone Sands, Superintendent, Customs and Excise Department, The Bahamas |
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Round Table 1: Connecting Stakeholders in Engineering Regional Integration Processes |
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Facilitator: Mr. John Bescec, Microsoft – Member of the Private Sector Consultative Group (PSCG) |
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Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, WCO |
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Mr. Luis Cesar Priego Valdez, Central Administrator for Customs Planning and Strategic Coordination, Tax Administration Service / General Administration for Customs, Mexico |
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The Honorable Jay M. Cohen, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret) and Chief Operating Officer, Decision Sciences International Corporation (DSIC) |
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Mr. Intikhab Shaik, Group Executive, Business Systems, South African Revenue Service (SARS) |
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Keynote Speech: Mr. Paul A. Hilaire, Permanent Secretary, Caribbean Customs Law Enforcement Council (CCLEC) |
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Panel 1: Globally Networked Customs: Progressing Utility Blocks towards cross-border connectivity Moderator: Mr. Pascal Ollivier, Director of Corporate Development, SOGET |
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Mr. Ramesh Siva, Lead e-Government Specialist, World Bank |
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Mr. John Bescec, Director, Global Trade Compliance & Standards, Global Trade Organization, Microsoft |
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Mr. Pablo Bonavia, Federal Administration of Public Revenue (AFIP), Argentina |
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Mr. Pulak Chakrabarti, President & Chief Executive Officer, Chakrabarti Management Consultancy, Inc. (CMCI) |
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Thursday, 7 May 2015 |
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Keynote speech: Enabling Collaboration through Technology: The Next Generation Customs Agency Mr. James Canham, Managing Director, Global Customs Industry Lead, Accenture |
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Round Table 2: Emerging Issues for Customs and Border Management in handling growth of Inter- and Intra-Regional trade |
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Moderator: Mr. Rachid Benjelloun, Managing Director for Trade Facilitation, Nathan Associates Inc. |
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Mr. Dietmar Möllmann, Head of International Co-ordination, German Customs (ZKA) & Chair of the EU Working Group Customs Against Internet Crime (C@IC) |
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Mr. Ibrahima Diagne, Chair, African Alliance for E-commerce |
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Ms. Christine Macqueen, Director Corporate Affairs, SICPA |
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Mr. Jonathan Koh, Senior Director, Trade Facilitation Centre of Excellence, CrimsonLogic Pte Ltd, Singapore |
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Keynote speech: Mr. George Gobin, Regional Manager for Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Bahamas, Belize Turks & Caicos and Jamaica (BCBBTJ), Microsoft. |
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Keynote Speech: Mr. Dikko Inde Abdullahi, Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service |
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Panel 2: Benefits of Customs Statistics and Other Trade Data Exchange |
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Moderator: Mr. Andreas Maurer, Chief of International Trade Statistics Section, World Trade Organization (WTO) |
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Mr. Chris Thibedeau, Vice President, Customs and Law Enforcement Solutions, A-T Solutions |
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Mr. Ronald Jansen, Chief Trade Statistics Branch, United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) |
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Mr. Cheol Kyu Maeng, Research Fellow, Korea Customs & Trade Development Institute |
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Mr. Frank Heijmann, Head of Trade Relations, Tax and Customs Administration, The Netherlands
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TechTalk 1 |
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Mr. Satya Prasad Sahu, Commissioner IT, Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), Department of Revenue,India
Mr. Eamonn Sheehy, Senior Advisor on IT, The Bahamas Ministry of Finance, Information to Knowledge Inc.,
Mr. Alexander Goulandris,
Mr. Christian Dellis, Export Services, Plant Health Programs USDA
Ms. Valentina Mintah, CEO, West Blue
Mr. Randy Rotchin, 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 for the Office of International Trade (OT), United States Customs and Border Protection (US CBP)
Mr. Markie Muryawan, Chief of International Merchandise Trade Statistics Section, United Nations |
Ms. Milena Budimirović, Technical Officer, WCO
Chief of International Trade Statistics Section, World Trade Organization (WTO)
Ms. Nor Haziah Abd Wahab, Head of International Affairs Corporate Planning Division, Royal Malaysian Customs Department
Chief Information Officer, International Road Transport Union (IRU)
Mr. Christophe Renard, Marketing Services Director, SICPA
Mr. Nicolas Pulgar, IT Director, Servicio Nacional de Aduana, Ecuador
Mr. Anton Eccles
Senior Director, Public Affairs, GS1 Canada
Mr. Bryce Blegen, CEO, Trusted Trade Alliance
Ms.
Andrea Hampton, Senior Project
Manager, Growth & Trade,
Mr. Toshihiko Miyasaka ,President & Chief Executive Officer, Nippon Automated Cargo & Port Consolidated Systems, Inc., (NACCS), AND Mr. Kenji Nagai, Executive Manager Public Sector, NTT DATA Corporation Mr. Donald Tan, Technical Attaché, WCO |
Ms. Subrenna Higgs, Deputy Director IT, Customs and Excise Department, The Bahamas
Mr. Duncan Cleary, Technical Assistance Advisor, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Mr. Steve Schwab, Senior Vice President, ATSolutions Inc.
Mr.
Samy Zayani, Project Director,
Mr. Jaime González Pradenas, Deputy Director IT, Dirección Nacional de Aduanas, Chile
Mr. Ronald Jansen, Chief Trade Statistics Branch, UNSD
Ms. Louise Wigget, e-Tradex
Mr. David Avsec, Deputy Director, PTC Account Relationships Coordinator, UPU
Mr. Colin
Gabay, TRIPS Product Manager
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Friday, 8 May 2015 |
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Opening Address: The Hon. Michael Halkitis, Minister of State for Finance |
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Keynote Speeches: |
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Dato' Khazali Ahmad, WCO Regional Vice Chair & Director General of Customs, Royal Malaysian Customs Department |
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Mr. Umberto de Pretto, Secretary General, International Road Transport Union (IRU) |
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Panel 3: Efficient Transit Solutions for Reduced Costs of Trading Moderator: Mr. Pascal Minvielle, Business Development Director, Webfontaine |
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Mr. Andre Van der Post, Senior Director, Public Sector Industry Solutions Group, Oracle. |
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Mr. Kateshumbwa C. Dicksons, Assistant Commissioner, Customs Audit Division, Uganda Revenue Authority |
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Mr. Xavier Cardenas Moncayo, Director General, Servicio Nacional de Aduana, Ecuador |
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Mr. Brian Glancy, Director/Team Leader, Trade Facilitation Team, USAID Southern Africa Trade Hub (SATH) |
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Round Table 3: Ultimate benefits for trade in cross-border AEO programmes Facilitator : Mr. James Canham, Managing Director, Global Customs Industry Lead, Accenture |
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Mr. Kester Mejier, Director Operations Integrity, KLM |
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Mr. Charles Armstrong, Assistant Commissioner for the Office of Information and Technology (OIT), US CBP |
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Mr. Diego Daniel Diaz, Executive Director, Argentinean Chamber of Customs E-Seals (CaPeMa) |
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Mr. Hideharu Tanaka, Counselor for International Cooperation, Customs and Tariff Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan |
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Conclusions by Conference Chair: Mr. Tyrone Sands, Superintendent, Custom and Excise Department, The Bahamas |
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Closing Speeches: |
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Mr. Charles Turner, Comptroller, Bahamas Customs Department |
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Mr. Ray McDonagh, Head of Administration and Personnel, WCO |