PICARD 2020

Wednesday 25 November

12:00-12:05

Introduction of ‘World Customs Journal Special Edition’

Introduction: David Widdowson (Editor-in-Chief, World Customs Journal) 

12:05-13:05

Evolving roles of Customs and achievements of the WCO (1)

Moderator: Samuel Bautista (Member of Management Committee, International Network of Customs Universities)

Implementing an Innovation Strategy in the WCO: Responding to Disruptive Events (8 mins)
− Ricardo Treviño Chapa (Deputy Secretary General, World Customs Organization) See presentation

The WCO and global trade: Imprints and future paradigms (8 mins)
− M.M. Parthiban and G. Kanaga Subramanian (India Customs) See presentation

The World Customs Organization as a knowledge-based organization (8 mins)
− Jenia Peteva (Policy Officer, European Commission) See presentation

Question & Answer Session (34 mins)

13:05-14:05

Evolving roles of Customs and achievements of the WCO (2)

Moderator: Ricardo Treviño Chapa (Deputy Secretary General, World Customs Organization)

Managing Customs risk and compliance: An integrated approach (8 mins)
− David Widdowson (Professor, Charles Sturt University, Australia) See presentation

The changing role of Customs – Customs aligning with supply chain management (8 mins)
− Frank Heijmann (Customs Administration of the Netherlands), Yao-Hua Tan (Delft University of Technology), Boriana Rukanova (Delft University of Technology) and Albert Veenstra (Erasmus University Rotterdam & DINALOG) See presentation

Future of the Revised Kyoto Convention and an ongoing RKC review process (8 mins)
− Hans-Michael Wolffgang (Professor, University of Münster, Germany), Achim Rogmann (Professor, Brunswick European Law School (BELS), Germany) and Kerstin Harden (Senior Resaercher, University of Münster, Germany) See presentation

Question & Answer Session (34 mins)

14:05-14:50

Lessons learned regarding Customs’ response and role in supply chain continuity during the COVID-19 pandemic (3)

Panel discussion: Private-sector partnership in a pandemic: COVID-19 lessons learned through Customs-Business engagement (32 mins)

Moderator: Lenny Feldman (Co-Chair, Customs Operations Advisory Committee, Customs and Border Protection, US)

Sabine Henzler (Director of International and General Affairs, European Union Taxation and Customs Union)

Marilú Llerena (Deputy National Superintendent of Customs, SUNAT, Peru)

Cynthia Whittenburg (Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Trade, Customs and Border Protection, US)

Question & Answer Session (11 mins)