2017 WCO IT Conference and Exhibition

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06/06/2017
5:00 pm - 7:00 pmRegistration
7:00 pm - 9:00 pmWelcome Reception-Sposored by
 
07/06/2017
9:00 am - 6:00 pmRegistration
10:00 am - 11:00 amOfficial Opening Ceremony
Master of Ceremony – Ms. Maka KHVEDELIDZE, Deputy Head of International Relations Department, , Georgia Revenue Service, Ministry of Finance of Georgia
Mr. Dimitry KUMSISHVILI, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Georgia
Mr. Giorgi Tabuashvili, First Deputy Minister of Finance, Director General, Georgia Revenue Service
Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, World Customs Organization (WCO)
Mr. Jong-Woo LEE, Director General of Information and International Affairs Bureau, Korea Customs Service
11:00 am - 12:00 pmVIP Exhibition Tour and Press Conference
11:00 am - 12:00 pmRefreshment and coffee break
Keynote Speeches
12:00 pm - 12:15 pmSmiths Detection
Mr. Tim S. Norton, Global Market Director,Ports & Borders, Smiths Detection
12:15 pm - 12:30 pmNuctech
Mr. Weidong Wang, Vice President of Global Sales and Business Development, NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED
12:30 pm - 2:00 pmNetworking lunch, Sponsored by Smiths Detection ( Corporate Sponsor)
2:00 pm - 2:15 pmConference Chair
Mr. Samson URIDIA, Head of International Relations Department, Ministry of Finance of Georgia, GRS
2:00 pm - 2:15 pmKeynote Address from Host Administration
Mr. Nika MAMUKELASHVILI, Personal Tax Adviser, GRS
2:15 pm - 3:45 pmSession 1. E-COMMERCE
Mr. Simon Cocking, Senior Editor, Irish Tech News
Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, World Customs Organization (WCO)
Mr. Samuel Laurinkari, Head of EU Affairs, eBay and WCO Private Sector Consultative Group (PSCG) Member
Dr. Eng. Rana Raouf Farag, Chief Executive Officer, Soukcom
Mr. Jhon Fonseca, Vice Minister, Ministry of Foreign Trade, Costa Rica
3:45 pm - 4:15 pmRefreshment and coffee break
4:15 pm - 4:30 pmKeynote Speech
Mr. Umberto de Pretto, Secretary General, IRU
4:30 pm - 6:00 pmSession 2: SINGLE WINDOW
Ms. Moderator:Ms.Sue Probert, CEO, GEFEG SEPIAeb
Mr. Richard Morton, Secretary General, IPCSA
Mr. Shane Sela, ePhyto Project Manager , IPPC
Mr. Chong Kok Keong, CEO, GeTS Global, Assistant CEO,, CrimsonLogic
Mr. Erich Kieck, Senior Trade Facilitation Specialist, World Bank
Mr. Murray Young, Chief Information Officer and Strategic Business Change Manager, New Zealand Customs
8:00 pm - 10:30 pmConference dinner Hosted by: Korea Customs Service
 
08/06/2017
8:30 am - 6:00 pmRegistration
9:30 am - 9:45 amOpening address
Mr. Simon Cocking, Senior Editor, Irish Tech News
9:45 am - 11:15 amSession 3:BIG DATA, DATA MINING AND PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS
Moderator Mr. Abu Alghanam Mazen, Business Development Manager, Webb Fontaine Group, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Yann Alix, Head of Strategy and Marketing, Soget, TRAFIS LAB
Mr. Youyi WU, Chief engineer, China Customs
Mr. Charles Massey, Nuclear Security Officer , Department of Nuclear Safety and Security, IAEA
Mr. Ian Symondson, Solutions Architect , L3 Technologies
Mr. Luis Carillo, Director Tax & Transfer Pricing Solutions, Bureau Van Dijk
11:15 am - 11:45 amRefreshment and coffee break
11:45 am - 12:00 pmKeynote speech
Mr. Binh Cong Nguyen, Deputy Director General, General Department of Vietnam Customs
12:00 pm - 1:15 pmSession 4:DATA GOVERNANCE
Moderator: Ms. Katie Wong, Senior Manager, Accenture
Mr. Satya Sahu (SP), Commissioner (Single Window), Central Board of Excise & Customs, India
Mr. Kester Meijer, Director Operational Integrity, KLM
Mr. Armand ter Schure, Director Information Management KLM Cargo Operations & Martinair, KLM
Mr. Oren Elimelech, Founder & CISO, Cyber Team 360, Israel
Mr. Nick Small, Advisor (SGS), Department of Customs, Nepal
Mr. Shreekrishna, Deputy Director General, Department of Customs, Ministry of Finance, Nepal
1:15 pm - 2:30 pmNetworking lunch
2:30 pm - 6:00 pmTechTalk 1 “Data Model/Single Window” (English/French)
Mr. Satya Sahu (SP), Commissioner (Single Window), Central Board of Excise & Customs, India
Mr. Michael Dill, CEO, GEFEG mbH
Mr. Frederico Fróes Fontes, Single Window Manager, Secretaria da Receita Federal, Brazil
Ms. Elizabeth Titi Opare, Assistant Commissioner, e-Records & Applications Management, Ghana Revenue Authority
Ms. Valentina Mintah, CEO, West Blue Consulting
Ms. Varsha Singh, Senior Manager: Business Relations, South Africa Revenue Service (SARS)
Mr. Shane Sela, ePhyto Project Manager , IPPC
Mr. Ali Baeidi Mofradnia, Deputy of IRICA President in planning and International Affairs, Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA)
Mr. Daniel Kern, Manager,Trade Policy Affairs, IRU
Mr. Raphaël Hirt, Head of eTIR, IRU, Geneva
Mr. André Sceia, Information System Officer, Sustainable, Transport Division UNECE
2:30 pm - 6:00 pmTechTalk 2 “E-Commerce”(English)
Moderator: Ms.Milena BUDIMIROVIC, Senior Technical Officer, World Customs Organization (WCO)
Mr. Harald Weyerich, Director Postal Technology Centre, UPU
Mr. Gerard Rodrigues, Customs Counsellor, Australia
Mr. Robert Lake, Customs Counsellor, New Zealand
Mr. Clay Perry, Senior Vice President, Global Markets, Integration Point, Inc.
Ms. Fabienne Le Tadic, Executve President, SICPA SA
Mr. Michael Ritschewald, Area Sales Manager TRUSTCONCEPT, LEONHARD KURZ Stiftung & Co. KG
Mr. Jerome Pichot, Head of Product Marketing, Authentication & Traceability, De La Rue
Mr. Ben van Rijnsoever, Lead Architect Customs & Borders, IBM Global COC
2:30 pm - 6:00 pmRefreshments
2:30 pm - 6:00 pmTechTalk3 IT solutions - diverse(English)
Ms. Louritha Green, International Trade Liaison, Office of International Affairs,US Customs and Border Protection
Ms. Siranuysh Sargsyan, Project Manager/Business Analyst, Webb Fontaine Group
Dr. Yann Alix, Head of Strategy and Marketing, Soget, TRAFIS LAB
Mr. Oluimo da Silva, Technical Attaché, OMD
Mr. Tim S. Norton, Global Market Director,Ports & Borders, Smiths Detection
Mr. David Ware, Director, Deloitte
Mr. Shinichiro Naruse, General Manager, NACCS Center
Mr. Kenichiro Aoki, Senior Manager, NTT DATA CORRPORATION
Mr. Jianmin Li, General Manager of Production & Chief Information Officer, NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED
Mr. VINEET MALHOTRA, DIRECTOR, KALE LOGISTICS SOLUTIONS
2:30 pm - 6:00 pmTechTalk 4 IT solutions - diverse (English)
Moderator Mr. André Sceia, Information System Officer, Sustainable, Transport Division UNECE
Mr. Geraint Dermody, Business Development Director, Symetrica Security Limited
Mr. Musa Bin Abu Bakar, Senior Manager (Solutions and Consulting)
Ms. Louise Wiggett, Managing Director, eTradex Pty Ltd Etradex
Mr. Steve Hill, Principal Industry Consultant, CHAMP Cargosystems
Mr. Wang Xiang, Deputy CIO, China CusLink Co. Ltd
Mr. Andrew FARRELLY, Co-founder, CT Strategies, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Mr. Stewart Jeacocke, Customs Lead Expert, IBM Global COC
7:30 pm - 10:30 pmGala Dinner, hosted by: Georgia Revenue Service
 
09/06/2017
8:30 am - 9:00 amRegistration
9:00 am - 9:15 amKeynote speech
Mr. Shota Chachkhunashvili, Deputy Chairman of the National Agency of Public Registry (NAPR), Head of IT Department of NAPR,Ministry of Justice of Georgia
9:15 am - 10:45 amSession 5:BLOCKCHAIN
Moderator: Ms.Valentina Mintah, CEO, West Blue Consulting
Ms. Yeo Beng Huay, Chief Information Officer (CIO), Singapore Customs
Mr. Jacco Spek, Researcher Connected Business, Wageningen University of Research (WUR), the Netherlands
Mr. Georges Al Medawar, Chief Visionary Officer, Humaniq
Mr. Norbert Kouwenhoven, Customs, Borders Leader, IBM Global Trade Digitization
10:45 am - 11:15 amRefreshment and coffee break
11:15 am - 11:30 amKeynote Speech
Mr. Vladimir D. Zubkov, Secretary General, The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA)
11:30 am - 1:00 pmSession 6:INTEGRATED SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Moderator Ms. Melissa Odegaard, Director Marketing, S2 Global
Ms. Susanne Aigner, Head of Unit, Customs Legislation, DG TAXUD, European Union
Mr. Frank Heijmann, Head of Trade Relations, Customs Administration of the Netherlands
Mr. Tahir Syed, Manager Cargo Technology, IATA
Prof. Yao-Hua Tan, Professor of Information and Communication Technology , Delft University of Technology
1:00 pm - 1:30 pmConclusions
Mr. Samson URIDIA, Head of International Relations Department, Ministry of Finance of Georgia, GRS
Mr. Giorgi Tabuashvili, First Deputy Minister of Finance, Director General, Georgia Revenue Service
Mr. Ray MC DONAGH, Head of Administration and Personnel , World Customs Organization (WCO)
1:30 pm - 6:00 pmTake away lunch and Excursion