Day 1: Wednesday April 22 2009
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07.45 |
Registration and opening of the exhibition
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09.00 – 10.00 |
Opening Ceremony of the 2009 WCO IT Conference & Exhibition
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MC provided by Moroccan Customs
- Mr. Salaheddine Mazouar, Minister for Economy and Finance
- Mr. Karim Ghellab, Minister for Equipment and Transport
- Mr. Ahmed Chami, Minister for Industry, Trade and New Technologies
- Mr. Abdellatif Maazouz, Minister for International Trade
- Mr. Mohamed Abbou, Minister for the Prime Minister in charge of Public Sector Modernisation
- Mr. Abdellatif Zaghnoun, Director General, Moroccan Customs Administration
- Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, WCO Secretary General
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10.00 – 10.30 |
VIP Exhibition Tour
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10.30 – 12.00 |
Keynote Speeches
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- Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, WCO Secretary General
- Mr. Frank McCosker, Managing Director, Multilateral and Bilateral Organisations, Public Sector, Microsoft
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12.00 – 13.30 |
Press Conference (on invitation only)
Room Siroua - International Conference Center
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12.30-14.00 |
Buffet lunch and networking break in the exhibition area
Sponsored by ACCENTURE
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14.00 – 15.30 |
National Presentations
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Moderator: Mr. Roger Kamgaing, Vice President SGS
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Mr. Mohammed Ezzahaoui, Director, Facilitation and Information, Moroccan Customs Administration
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Mr. Gareth Lewis, Technical Officer, WCO
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Mr. Dieter Kaspereit, Head of Sector, EU Commission (DG TAXUD)
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Mr. J. Molchanovski, Deputy Head of ICT, Customs of the Russian Federation |
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15.30-16.00 |
Refreshment and networking break
Sponsored by GS1
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16.30-18.30 |
Panel I: Merging of Technologies
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Moderator: Albert Menashe, CEO Intracom IT Services Denmark
- Mr. Bruno Balaguette, IT product manager, Smiths Detection
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Mr. Scot Thaxton, assistant General Manager - Operations Improvement Branch, U.S Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
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Mr. Timothy M. Persons, Ph.D., Chief Scientist, U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- Mr. Pascal Ollivier, Executive Adviser, SOGET
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19.00 |
Closing of the exhibition
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| 20.30-22.30 |
GALA DINNER
Dinner at the Palmeraie Golf Palace
Sponsored by MICROSOFT
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