The Power of Data
Advancing Border Management
Explore the ways that modern information and communications technology can lead to exciting possibilities for a whole-of-government approach at the border
Tbilisi, Georgia 7-9 June 2017
A three day conference focusing on exploring the role of information technology at the border
Who will attend:
Customs authorities, representatives from border regulatory agencies, the IT sector, the broader business community, governmental and trade organizations, development partners, academia and others involved in the international trade arena.
For further information about the Conference: Visit the WCO events website: http://www.wcoomd.org/en/events/upcoming-events.aspx
| Tuesday, 6 June 2017 | ||||
| 17.00 – 19.00 | Registration | |||
| 19.00 – 21.00 | Welcome reception
Sponsored by : NUCTECH |
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| Wednesday, 7 June 2017 | ||||
| 09.00 – 18.00 | Registration | |||
| 10.00 – 11.00 | Official Opening Ceremony
Master of Ceremony: Ms. Maka Khvedelidze, Deputy Head, International Relations Department, GRS see presentation |
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| 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 (GRS) | ||||
| 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 – 12.00 | VIP Tour & Press Conference | |||
| 11.00 – 12.00 | Refreshment & Contact Break:
Sponsored by: Bureau Van Dyke |
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| Keynote speeches | ||||
| 12.00 – 12.15 | Mr. Tim S. Norton, Global Market Director, Ports& Borders
, Smiths Detection see presentation |
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| 12.15 – 12.30 | Mr. Weidong Wang, Vice President of Global Sales and Business Development, NUCTECH Co. Ltd. see presentation | |||
| 12.30 – 14.00 | Networking lunch
Sponsored by : Smiths Detection [Corporate Sponsor] |
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| 14.00 | Conference Chair: Mr. Samson Uridia, Head of International Relations Department, Ministry of Finance, GRS | |||
| 14.00 – 14.15 | Keynote address from the host administration | |||
| Mr. Nika MAMUKELASHVILI, Personal Tax Adviser, GRS | ||||
| 14.15 – 15.45 | Session 1: E-COMMERCE | |||
| Moderator:
Mr. Simon Cocking, Senior Editor, Irish Tech News see presentation |
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| Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, 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 (CEO), Soukcom | ||||
| Mr. Jhon Fonseca, Vice Minister, Ministry of Foreign Trade, Costa Rica | ||||
| 15.45 – 16.15 | Refreshment & Contact Break:
Sponsored by: IBM |
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| 16.15 – 16.30 | Keynote speech | |||
| Mr. Umberto de Pretto
, Secretary General, IRU see presentation |
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| 16.30 – 18.00 | Session 2: SINGLE WINDOW | |||
| Moderator: Ms. Sue Probert, CEO, SEPIAeb | ||||
| Mr. Richard Morton, Secretary General,
International Port Community Systems Association ( IPCSA) see presentation |
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| Mr. Shane Sela
, ePhyto Project Manager, International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) see presentation |
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| Mr. Chong Kok Keong,
CEO, GeTS Global, Assistant CEO, CrimsonLogic see presentation |
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| Mr. Erich Kieck, Senior Trade Facilitation Specialist,
World Bank see presentation |
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| Mr. Murray Young
, Chief Information Officer and Strategic Business Change Manager, New Zealand Customs see presentation |
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| 20.00 – 22.30 | SOCIAL EVENT
Dinner Hosted by: Korea Customs Service |
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| Thursday, 8 June 2017 | ||||
| 08.30 – 18.00 | Registration | |||
| 09.30 – 09.45 | Opening Address | |||
| Mr. Simon Cocking, Senior Editor, Irish Tech News | ||||
| 09.45 – 11.15 | Session 3: BIG DATA, DATA MINING AND PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS | |||
| Moderator: Mr. Abu Alghanam Mazen, Business Development Manager, Webb Fontaine | ||||
| Dr. Yann Alix,
Head of Strategy and Marketing, Soget, TRAFIS LAB see presentation |
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| Mr. Youyi Wu
, Chief engineer, China Customs see presentation
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| Mr. Charles Massey, Nuclear Security Officer, Department of Nuclear Safety and Security, IAEA see presentation | ||||
| Mr. Ian Symondson
, Solutions Architect, L3 Technologies see presentation |
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| Mr. Luis Carillo,
Director Tax & Transfer Pricing Solutions, Bureau Van Dyk |
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| 11.15 – 11.45 | Refreshment & Contact Break:
Sponsored by: Webb Fontaine |
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| 11.45 – 12.00 | Keynote speech | |||
| Mr. Binh Cong Nguyen, Deputy Director General, General Department of Vietnam Customs | ||||
| Session 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, Compliance & Safety, KLM Cargo
& Mr. Armand ter Schure, Director Information Management, Cargo Operations & Martinair, KLM |
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| Mr. Oren Elimelech, Founder & CISO, Cyber Team 360, Israel | ||||
| Mr. Nick Small, Advisor (SGS), Department of Customs, Nepal
& Mr. Shreekrishna Nepal, Deputy Director General, Department of Customs, Ministry of Finance, Nepal |
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| 13.15 – 14.30 | Networking lunch:
Sponsored by: CrimsonLogice |
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| 14.30 – 18.00 | TECHTALKS:
Continuous refreshments: IRU |
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| TechTalk 1 | TechTalk 2 | TechTalk 3 | TechTalk 4 | |
| English/French
“Data Model/Single Window” |
English
“E-Commerce” |
English
IT solutions – diverse |
English
IT solutions – diverse
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| Moderator:
Mr. Satya Sahu (SP), Commissioner (Single Window), Central Board of Excise & Customs, India |
Moderator:
Ms. Milena Budimirovic, Senior Technical Officer, WCO |
Moderator:
Ms. Louritha Green International Trade Liaison, Office of International Affairs US Customs and Border Protection |
Moderator:
Mr. André Sceia Information System Officer, Sustainable, Transport Division UNECE |
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| 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 |
Mr. Harald Weyerich,
Director Postal Technology Centre, UPU |
Ms. Siranuysh Sargsyan
, Project Manager/Business Analyst Webb Fontaine |
Mr. Geraint Dermody
, Business Development Director, Symetrica Security Limited |
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| Ms. Valentina Mintah,
CEO, West Blue Consulting. |
Mr. Gerard Rodrigues, Counsellor (Europe and Africa) Australian Border Force, Australian Embassy, Brussels | Dr. Yann Alix
, Head of Strategy and Marketing, Soget, TRAFIS LAB |
Mr. Musa Bin Abu Bakar, Senior Manager (Solutions and Consulting), CrimsonLogic
“Jump-Start Customs Management System Implementation” |
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| Ms. Varsha Singh
, Senior Manager: Business Relations, South Africa Revenue Service (SARS) |
Mr. Robert Lake, Customs Counsellor, New Zealand | Mr. Tim S. Norton, Global Market Director, Ports& Borders, Smiths Detection | Ms. Louise Wiggett, Managing Director, ETradex Pty Ltd | |
| TECHTALKS:
Continuous refreshments: S2 Global |
IT solutions – diverse
Moderator: Mr. Satya Sahu (SP), Commissioner (Single Window), Central Board of Excise & Customs, India |
IT solutions – diverse
Moderator: Mr. Perry Clay, SVP Global Markets, Integration Point |
IT solutions – diverse
Moderator: Mr. Oluimo da Silva, Technical Attaché, OMD |
IT solutions – diverse
Moderator: Ms. Louise Wiggett , Managing Director, ETradex Pty Ltd |
| Mr. Shane Sela,
ePhyto Project Manager (IPPC) |
Ms. Fabienne Le Tadic, Executve President, SICPA SA | Mr. David Ware, Director, Deloitte
Global Trade Radar: Identifying global customs risk and opportunities |
Mr. Steve Hill, Principal Industry Consultant, CHAMP Cargosystems
“Solving the airfreight compliance conundrum – quality-driven digitized communities“ |
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| Mr. Ali Baeidi Mofradnia
, Deputy, President in Planning and International Affairs, Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) |
Mr. Michael Ritschewald, Area Sales Manager, TRUSTCONCEPT, LEONHARD KURZ Stiftung & Co. KG
“The Evolution Never Ends…” |
Mr. Shinichiro Naruse, General Manager, NACCS Center & Mr. Kenichiro Aoki, Senior Manager, NTT DATA CORRPORATION | Mr. Xiang Wang, Deputy CIO, China CusLink Co. Ltd.
“Customs IT service, standard and technology: Innovation-Driven and Win-Win Solutions ” |
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| Mr. Daniel Kern, Senior Manager, Trade Policy
Affairs, IRU |
Mr. Jerome Pichot, Head of Product Marketing, Authentication & Traceability, De La Rue | Mr. Jianmin Li General Manager of Production & Chief Information Officer NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITED | Mr. Andrew Farrelly,
Co-founder, CT Strategies |
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| Mr. Raphaël Hirt
, Head of eTIR, IRU Geneva & Mr. André Sceia Information System Officer, Sustainable, Transport Division UNECE |
Mr. Ben van Rijnsoever, Lead Architect Customs& Borders, IBM Global COC | Mr. Vineet Malhotra,
Director, Kale Logistics Solutions |
Mr. Stewart Jeacocke, Customs Lead Expert, IBM Global COC | |
| 19.30 – 22.30 | GALA DINNER
Hosted by: Georgia Revenue Service |
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| Friday, 9 June 2017 | ||||
| 09.00 – 09.15 | Keynote 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 see presentation | ||||
| 09.15 – 10.45 | Session 5: BLOCKCHAIN | |||
| Moderator: Ms. Valentina Mintah, CEO, West Blue Consulting | ||||
| Ms. Yeo Beng Huay, Chief Information Officer (CIO), Singapore Customs see presentation | ||||
| Mr. Jacco Spek, Researcher Connected Business, Wageningen University of Research (WUR), the Netherlands see presentation | ||||
| Mr. Georges Al Medawar, Chief Visionary Officer, Humaniq see presentation | ||||
| Mr. Norbert Kouwenhoven, Customs, Borders Leader, IBM Global Trade Digitization see presentation | ||||
| 10.45 – 11.15 | Refreshment & Contact Break:
Sponsored by: Accenture |
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| 11.15 – 11.30 | Keynote speech: | |||
| Mr. Vladimir D. Zubkov,
Secretary General, The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) see presentation |
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| 11.30 – 13.00 | Session 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, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands | ||||
| 13.00 – 13.30 | Conclusions : | |||
| · Conference Chair: Mr. Samson Urida, Head of International Relations Department, Georgia Revenue Service, Ministry of Finance of Georgia | ||||
| · Mr. Giorgi Tabuashvili, First Deputy Minister of Finance, Director General, Georgia Revenue Service (GRS) | ||||
| · Mr. Ray McDonagh, Head of Administration, WCO see presentation | ||||
| 13.30 | Take Away Lunch | |||
| Tour: 15.00 – 18.00 | ||||
Tour: 15.00 – 18.00