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Draft programme (15/04/2008)
 
Tuesday 22 April 2008
19:00 - 20:30
Welcome Cocktail - Grand Hyatt, Room Namsan III, 2nd floor
 
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Day 1 : Wednesday 23 April 2008 (Morning)
10:00 - 11:00
 
Official Opening
Opening Ceremony of the 2008 WCO IT Conference & Exhibition
 
  • Mr. Kang Man-Soo, Minister of Strategy and Finance, Korea
  • Mr. Hur Yong-Suk, Commissioner, Korea Customs Service
  • Mr. Tapani Erling, Chairman, WCO Council
  • Mr. Michel Danet, Secretary-General, WCO
  • Mr. Lee Hee-Beom, President and CEO, Korea International Trade Association
  • Mr. Yoo Byung-Chang, Chairman, Korea Software Industry Association
  • Mr. Kim In, CEO, Samsung SDS
  • Dr. Hans van Grieken, CapGemini
11:00 - 11:45
 
VIP Exhibition
Tour
11:45 - 13:00
 
Keynote
Speeches
13:00
 
Press Conference
Main Conference Room
13:00 – 14:30
Buffet lunch sponsored by:
Day 1 : Wednesday 23 April 2008 (Afternoon)
Conference Chair
Mr. Allen Bruford, Deputy Director, Compliance & Facilitation, WCO
National Presentations:

Moderator Mr. Allen Bruford
In 2007 at Veracruz, Mexico, the extensive series of national presentations proved to be a popular and highly relevant part of the event.
Based upon that precedent, it has been decided to replicate the process but with a different group of countries.
14:30 - 15:00 Mr. Li XiaoGang, Chief Information Officer, General Administration of China Customs, IT application of China Customs
15:00 - 15:30
Mr. Juozas Rimkevicius, Deputy Director General, Lithuanian Customs
15:30 - 16:00
Mr. Roberto Acuna Baldizon, Area Director of Information Technology, Costa Rica Customs
16:00 - 16:30
Refreshment and contact break sponsored by
 
 
17:00 - 18:30
 
Interactive Session: Single Window
 
 
 
 
Moderator: Ludo de Bock, Microsoft
Single Window is one of the buzz terms in the world of trade and international transport. In this session 3 experts in the adoption of single window systems will share their particular experiences in this complex technical, legal and policy matter. Then there will be an interactive session where all present can quiz the experts on the role of single window systems in an integrated border management regime.
 
  • Ms. Debbie Whiteside, CusMod Programme Business Manager, New Zealand Customs Service: APEC SW Project
  • Mr. Alexander Arevalo, Chair, ASEAN SW project and Deputy Commissioner, Philippine Bureau of Customs
  • Mr. Yoshikazu Sakai, Director for Information Management Office, Ministry of Finance, Japan: Single Window and its recent development, including cooperation with border agencies and interaction with external single window system
  • Q&A Session (3 previous speakers plus Mr. Gareth Lewis, WCO Secretariat)
 
Q&A Session (2 previous speakers plus Mr. Gareth Lewis, WCO Secretariat)
20:00 - 22:00
GALA DINNER
 
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