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)