2010 WCO IT Conference & Exhibition

Burlington Hotel, Dublin, 28 to 30 April 2010  

Fusing Data to Transform Business Processes
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17.00 – 19.00 Registration Desk Open

Sponsored by : Intracom IT Services & IBM
19.00 – 20.30

Welcome cocktail 

Sponsored by : Intracom IT Services & IBM
Day 1: Wednesday 28 April 2010
08.30 – 18.30

Registration Desk Open
Official Opening Opening Ceremony of the 2010 WCO IT Conference & Exhibition
10.00 – 11.00

Welcoming Video Sponsored by Accenture

  • Mr. Conor Lenihan T.D., Minister for Science, Technology & Innovation
  • Ms. Josephine Feehily, Chairman, Office of the Revenue Commissioners
  • Mr. Sergio Mujica, Deputy Secretary-General, WCO
11.00 – 11.45 VIP Exhibition Tour
11.00 –11.30 Refreshment and contact break
11.45 – 13.00

Keynote Speeches

  • Mr. John Herlihy, Vice President Global Ad Operations and head of Google in Ireland

  • Mr. Dave Rich, Managing Director, Accenture Analytics - Global Managing Director, Customer Relationship Management

13.00 -14.30 Buffet lunch
Conference Chair Mr. Allen Bruford, Deputy Director, Compliance & Facilitation, WCO
The World Bank Vision
14.30-15.00

  • Mr. Tom Doyle of the World Bank presents the newly released “Border Management Modernization” practical guide focusing on interoperability, identity management and the virtual border
Panel 1: Business Transformation
15:00-16:30
The cornerstone of this year’s event is an analysis of how core business in customs can be transformed by the use of information from various sources in new and exciting ways
Moderator: Prof. Yaohua Tan, ITAIDE

  • Mr. Liam Ryan, CIO, Office of the Revenue Commissioners

  • Mr. Stephen McGibbon, Regional Technology, Microsoft

  • Mr. Thomas Marten, SITA

16:30-17:00 Refreshment and contact break
Panel 2: Border Surveillance and Data Integration
17:00-18:30
Data Integration from a disparate range of sources is key to many modern approaches to border surveillance
Moderator: Mr. Christophe Renard, COTECNA

  • Mr. Tony Roulston, Australian Maritime Identification System

  • Mr. Douglas Tweddle, Surveillance and Process of Data from a U.K. perspective.

  • Mr. Miroslaw Zielinski, Director TAXUD

20.00-22.30 GALA DINNER

Mansion House – Round Room

Hosted by : Ms Josephine Feehily, Chairman, Office of the Revenue Commissioners Irish Tax & Customs
Day 2: Thursday 29 April 2010
08.30 – 18.00 Registration Desk Open
Panel 3: Fair and Accurate Revenue
09:30-11:30
The economic crisis saw renewed emphasis upon the fundamental and primal role of revenue collection for Customs administrations.  As the world emerges from that crisis, how can IT and improved data management help with this vital task?
Moderator: Mr. Jean-François Betbeder BULL
  • Mr. Norbert Kouwenhaven, IBM
  • Mr. Dietmar Jost, Booz & Co.
  • Mr. Julien Pauwel, Deloitte
  • Mr. Sam Akwasi Yankyera, Ghana Customs
11.30-12.00

Refreshment & Contact Break

Sponsored by: Blue Infinity
National Administrations
12:00-13:30
Four leading Customs administrations will discuss “admissibility and risk assessment
Moderator: Mr. Nick Small, Crown Agents
  • Ms. Stella Jarvis, HM Revenue & Customs , UK
  • Mr. Jian Liu, Mission of China to the EU & Mr. Cao Quan , China Customs
  • Mr. Byungjo Sohn, Korea Customs Service
  • Mr. Charles Armstrong, US Customs Border Protection
13.30-15.00

Buffet Lunch

Sponsored by: ICS- Inspection & Control Services

Company break-outs

15.00-18.00
Companies participating in the 2010 WCO IT Conference & Exhibition will provide detailed insight into their solutions for Customs administrations
Room

Time

Break-out
Possibility of interpretation into English/French
Room A
Moderator: Professor David Widdowson,
Canberra University

Break-out
No interpretation English only
Room B
Moderator: Professor Michael Wolffgang, University of Munster

Break-out
No interpretation English only
Room C
Moderator: Mr. Bryce Blegen, Trusted Trade Alliance
15.00-15.15 Accenture ICS WCO (Data Model V3)
15.15-15.30 Intracom IT Services & IBM
15.30-15.45 Bull
15.45-16.00 Oracle
16.00-16.15 Detica Blue Infinity
16.15-16.30 Hologram Industries
16.30-16.45 Refreshment & contact break
16.45- 17.00 Webb Fontaine Uni-Pass Australian Customs
(AMIS)
17.00-17.15 ERP
17.15-17.30 SITA Accentrue
17.30-17.45

19.30-22.00

Traditional Irish Evening hosted at the Guinness Storehouse sponsored by Accenture

Coaches depart from the Burlington Hotel at 19.30 sharp
Day 3: Friday 30 April 2010
08.30 – 16.00 Registration Desk Open
Panel 4:  Customs and Trade Working in Partnership
09:30-11:30
The WCO theme for 2010 is trade partnership and there has always been a strong relationship between Government and the private sector to manage trade.  This panel appropriately sees a mixture of Customs and private sector speakers address various aspects of this complex partnership
Moderator: Mr. John Bescec, Microsoft
  • Mr. Colm Leonard, IBEC
  • Mr. Roman Bronowski, EurTradeNet & Ms. Maite Miret
  • Mr. Aref A. Fetyani, Jordanian Customs
  • Ms. Alina Halloran, OpSec Security
11.30-12.00 Refreshment & Contact Break
Panel 5: Data Interoperability and Standards
12:00-13:30
A key to the better use of information by all parties involved in international trade is interoperability based upon the wide acceptance and use of international standards
Moderator Mr. Albert Menashe, Intracom IT Services Denmark
  • Mr. Christopher Regenhardt, Schenker Ireland Ltd.
  • Mr. John Borras, OASIS
  • Mr. Jose Rubiato, UNCTAD ASYCUDA
Closing Speeches
13.30-14.00
  • Mr. Sergio Mujica, Deputy Secretary-General, WCO
  • Ms Josephine Feehily, Chairman, Office of the Revenue Commissioners