Opening remarks

             Thomas Cantens, Chief data officer/Head of research and policy unit, World Customs Organization

Remarks by donor

              Sungsig Kim, technical attaché, Capacity Building, World Customs Organization

Part 1: Hands-on-tutorial with the import declaration data  

• Sharing the motivation for synthesizing the data

• Setup your laptop: Python and Jupyter Notebook

• Data synthesis and Exploratory data analysis

Instructor: Chaeyoon Jeong, Institute for Basic Science, Korea

                         Sundong Kim, Assistant Professor, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

Part 1 (continued): Hands-on-tutorial

• Application: Detecting frauds using AI models including DATE

Instructor: Chaeyoon Jeong, Institute for Basic Science, Korea

                       Sundong Kim, Assistant Professor, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

Part 2: Discussion

• Sharing open data policy at Korea Customs Service

• How to use the data: From the perspective of the technical side and policy side

• Further discussion on research needs

• presentation by Ms. Sofia Douhdouh (Morocco Customs)

Instructor: Sunmin Park, Korean Customs Service

                      Joel Choi, Data Analyst, BACUDA Project, Capacity Building, World Customs Organization

Opening remarks (room KYOTO A, interpretation, online broadcasting)

Keynote Address (room KYOTO A, interpretation, online broadcasting)

Disruptive Technologies and Enforcement 1

Moderator: David Widdowson

The Digital Multilateralism: Cross-Border Data-Exchange System based on Optimal Blockchain Architecture Design

      Yating Chen, China Customs

Exploring New Digital Technologies Impacting Customs and The Use of Data – A Case of SARS Customs

Rachel Sinthumule, South African Revenue Service 

see presentation

Disruptive technologies and the internet of things – obstacles rather than enhancements to effective border management and Customs operations in developing nations.

  Chriseve Bancroft-Smith, Jamaica Customs Agency 

see presentation

Green Customs

Moderator: Adrien Cornelle

Green Customs Single Window

 Jenia Peteva, European Commission

Strengthening Customs’ Role in Implementing Green Trade Policies for Environmental Protection: Case Study of the COMESA Region

Netta Nyakio Gichuki, COMESA Secretariat 

see presentation

Streamlining the Inward clearing process of Sri Lanka Customs to reduce the Carbon footprint

Hansani Karunarathne, Sri Lanka Customs

see presentation

Disruptive Technologies and Enforcement 2

Moderator: Mourad Arfaoui

How customs can fight illicit cigarette trade by controlling key inputs of cigarette production

Toni Männistö, Juha Hintsa, Cross-border Research Association see presentation

Strengthening customs control and trade facilitation: a case study of Sihanoukville International Port, Cambodia 

Angkearsoben Tan, General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia see presentation

Behavioral Economics in Customs Policy: Enhancing Compliance through Nudges

Veasna Yong, General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia 

see presentation

Facilitating Trade

Moderator: Ozlem Soysanli

Importance of Time release study in Revenue Agencies

Paulus Siteketa, Jacobina T. Anghuwo, Namibia Revenue Agency 

see presentation

The impact of Smart Borders and the Digital importation process in the Trade Facilitation on the land border between Peru – Chile

Mary Isabel Delgado Caceres, Peruvian Customs Administration 

see presentation

An assessment of Ethiopian Customs Law Provisions of Trade Facilitation: through the lenses of the WCO Revised Kyoto Conventions (RKCs) and the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA)

Kefelegn Aragie Tesema, Ethiopia Customs Commission 

see presentation

Fragile borders and Security

Moderator: Maurits Beltgens

Combating cross-border smuggling of firearms in Nigeria: latest threats and challenges

Babatunde Olomu, Tasiu Sanusi Saulawa, Sadiq Misbau Murtala, Nigeria Customs Service 

see presentation

How does terrorism affect customs fraud of gold minerals?

Bertrand Laporte, Fawzi BANAO, University of Clermont-Auvergne (UCA) 

see presentation

Change in Attitude: A Lesson for Countering Trafficking in Cultural Objects and Wildlife.

Siv Rebekka Runhovde, Norwegian National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime 

see presentation

Current changes in the role of customs administration in a country without traditional external borders.    

Dana Šramková, Masaryk University see presentation

New Technologies for Enhancing Customs Functionalities

Moderator: Hong Nguyen

Comparison of LDA and Fast ICA methods using fourteen data analysis algorithms to develop a risk management model for export declarations to combat illegal trade

Hassan Ali Khojasteh Aliabadi, Islamic Azad University; Ghorban Karimi, Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) 

see presentation

AEO from a cross border perspective: a proposal for risk management in digital supply chains

Sebastian Galindo Cantor, Gloria Isabel Rodriguez    Universidad Nacional de Colombia 

see presentation

Application of Radiation Detection Technology to Facilitate the Safe and Secure Trade by Detecting R/N and Other Contraband.

Yongming Hou, Chinese Academy of customs Administration 

see presentation

The Implementation of Best Practices of Cross Border E-Commerce in Indonesia: Evaluation of the Impact of Covid-19.

Rita Dwi Lindawati, Achmad Hidayat, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia 

see presentation

Remark by Secretariat (room KYOTO A, interpretation, online broadcasting)

Kang Tae-il, director of Capacity Building, World Customs Organization

Remarks by INCU (room KYOTO A, interpretation, online broadcasting) see presentation

David Widdowson, president of INCU, and professor at Charles Sturt University

Customs and data analytics

Moderator: Christian Leuprecht

Synthetic Customs Import Declarations Datasets

Sundong Kim, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology see presentation

A peek into data published by Customs organization: a first survey & policy implications

Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly, University of Victoria 

see presentation

Customs revenues modelling: a tool for negotiation and performance assessment

Christopher Grigoriou, Associate Professor in Economics and Econometrics

Promoting Gender Equality and Transforming Corporate Culture at Customs

Moderator: Johanna Tornstrom

Advancing Women for Gender Inclusive Customs

Sreya Hong, General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia see presentation

Developing a Gender Lens for the Namibia Revenue Agency under the SACU Customs Modernisation Programme

Naliyapulwe Mouwa Luuli, Namibia Revenue Agency 

see presentation

Changing the culture of Ports of entry to combat fraud and corruption

Enoch Sibusiso Khoza, South African Revenue Service 

see presentation

Fair taxation – the role of customs

Moderator: Thomas Cantens

The role of customs (and taxation) in the social contract in developing countries

Gael Raballand, World Bank see presentation

Who Evades Tariffs? Evidence from Madagascar

Bob Rijkers, World Bank

see presentation

Moving from enforced to voluntary compliance: Illustrations from Somalia

Roel Dom, World Bank

Fair Taxation and Revenue collection at Customs

Moderator: Jamie Ferrill

The efficacy of data modelling as a targeting tool for customs to detect suspected trade-based money laundering activity (TBML)

Danielle Marsh, Australian Border Force see presentation

The use of statistical values to combat undervaluation in the European Union

Martijn Schippers, Walter de Wit, Erasmus School of Law 

see presentation

Organized Crime, Trade-Based Money Laundering, and the Trade Stream

Todd Hataley, Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston