2018 Global Security Conference


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02/10/2018
08:30 - 09:30Registration
09:30 - 11:00Opening
Chair– Mr. Petri Lounatmaa, National Board of Customs, Finnish Customs
09:30 - 11:00Keynote Speeches
Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, World Customs Organization
Mr. Hiroshi Takami, Deputy Director General Customs and Tariff Bureau, Japan
Mr. Jean-Philippe Morange, United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate
Mr. Pierre St. Hilaire, Former Director Counter-Terrorism, INTERPOL
09:30 - 11:00Introduction and goals of the Conference
Mr. Jim McColm, WCO Secretariat
11:00 - 11:30Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00Session 1-Global Security Threat
Border implications UNSC Monitoring Team - 1267 Committee
Ms. Rita Katz, Director of the Site Intel Group
U.S. DoS EXBS
Ms. Ana Hinojosa, Director Compliance and Facilitation , World Customs Organization
13:00 - 14:30Lunch
14:30 - 16:00Session 2 – The evolving security role of Customs
Mr. Francois Richard, French Customs
Mr. Assad Raza Rizvi, Pakistan Customs
U. S. Customs and Border Protection
Federal Customs Service, Russia
Nigeria Customs Service/SPC++
Mr. Jim McColm, WCO Secretariat
16:00 - 16:30Coffee Break
16:30 - 18:00Session 3 – Passenger Controls : Effective Risk Assessment of Travelers
Ms. Jin Rhandawa, WCO Secretariat
U. S. Customs and Border Protection
Metropolitan Police, London
Mr. Norikazu Kuramoto, Japan Customs
Maldives Customs Service
18:00 - 18:00Close of Day1
18:00 - 19:30Cocktail Reception (Hosted by Director Compliance and Facilitation Directorate)

03/10/2018
09:30 - 09:40Summary of Day 1
09:40 - 11:00Session 4 – The Movement of Small Arms and Light Weapons
Mr. Jim McColm, WCO Secretariat
UNODC
Mr. Denis Jacqmin, Group for Information on Peace and Security
Directorate General of Customs and Excise, Indonesia
Administration General Customs, Haiti/CCLEC
11:00 - 11:30Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00Session 5 – Breaking the Chain: Detecting IED Components and Precursors
Mr. Juan Mancilla
NATO CoE
Mr. Alan Grimmer, INTERPOL CBRN(E)
Australian Border Force
Ms. Abilin Sangma, Bangladesh Customs
13:00 - 14:30Lunch break
13:00 - 14:30Side event TBC
14:30 - 16:00Session 6 – The Customs Paradigm in Combatting Weapons of Mass Destruction
Mr. Jim McColm, WCO Secretariat
Mr. Adam Vaas, WCO Security Programme
U.S. DoS EXBS
Mr. Chris Walker, US Department of Energy
Mr. Samson Uridia, International Relations Department Head at Georgia Customs
Mr. Assad Raza Rizvi, Pakistan Customs
Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs, India
16:00 - 16:30Coffee Break
16:30 - 18:00Session 7 - Financing of terrorism : The Role of Customs
Mr. David Kane
Ms. Rita Katz, Director of the Site Intel Group
Mr. Gordon Kromberg, Assistant U.S. Attorney
Mr. Oleg Bakanov, Federal Customs Service, Russia
18:00 - 18:00Close of Day 2

04/10/2018
09:30 - 09:40Summary of Day 2
09:40 - 11:00Session 8 – Global efforts to strengthen security
Mr. Pashupati Pandey, WCO SAFE Framework of Standards
Mr. Norbert Steilen, WCO Secretariat
Mr. Alan Grimmer, INTERPOL CBRN(E)
Mr. Samson Uridia, International Relations Department Head at Georgia Customs
UNODC
Mr. Jim McColm, WCO Secretariat
11:00 - 11:30Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30Session 9 – Where should we be in three years’ time?
Plenary discussion facilitated by Chair and WCO Director Compliance and Facilitation
12:30 - 12:30End of Conference