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Promoting Mutual Recognition of AEOs
to Strengthen and Secure Global trade
4th WCO GLOBAL AEO CONFERENCE
Kampala, Uganda
March 14th to 16th, 2018
A two and half day conference focusing on how AEO programmes and MRAs can secure global
trade and enhance economic development at the same time provide the platform for
representatives from Customs administrations, international organizations, other government
agencies, researchers, academicians, industry stakeholders, policy makers to connect to each
other.
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March 13th, 2018 (Tuesday)
17:00-19:30 Registration
Registration desks, Serena Hotel, Kampala
19:00-21:00 Welcome Reception
Kampala Serena Hotel
Day 1: March 14th, 2018 (Wednesday)
Venue: Hotel Serena Hotel, Kampala
08.00-17:40 Registration
09.00-10:00
Opening Ceremony
Master of Ceremony Mr. Dickson C. Kateshumbwa, Commissioner of Customs,
Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)
Welcome Address
Ms. Doris Akol, Commissioner General, URA
Speeches
Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, World Customs Organization (WCO)
Mr. Yung-Moon KIM, Commissioner, Korea Customs Service (KCS)
Hon. Matia Kasaija, Minister of Finance, Uganda
Rt. Hon Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda, Prime Minister of Uganda
Opening Address
H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of Uganda
10:00-10:15 Signing of Mutual Recognition Arrangement/Agreement (MRA) Action Plan
- Peru and Uruguay
10:15-10:25 Keynote Address – (tbc)
10:25-11:00 Networking Coffee Break / VIP Tour
11:00-11:20 Keynote Speech – HUAWEI, Corporate Sponsor
Conference Chair : Mr. Luc De Blieck, Deputy Director, Compliance and Facilitation Directorate
Session 1 Panel Discussion: “A Secure business environment for economic development”
- The AEO and MRA contribution
11:20-12:30 Moderator: Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, WCO
African Union (AU) (tbc)
Mr. Philip Kermode , Director, European Commission – Directorate General Taxation
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and Customs Union (DG TAXUD)
Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali, Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs
Mr. Ian Saunders, Acting Assistant Commissioner, Customs & Border Protection
(CBP), United States
Mr. Sumiya Shibazaki , Deputy Director General, Japan Customs
12:30-13:30 Lunch
Session 2
Panel Discussion: Regional collaboration on trade facilitation – AEO and MRA,
East African Community (EAC) Case
13.40-14.40 Moderator: Mr. Kenneth Bagamuhunda, Director General, Customs and Trade,
EAC
Mr. Dickson C. Kateshumbwa, Commissioner of Customs, URA
Mr. Julius N. Musyoki, Commissioner of Customs, Kenya Revenue Authority
Mr. R. Tugirumuremyi, Commissioner of Customs, Rwanda Revenue Authority
Mr. M. A. Niyonzima, Commissioner of Customs, Burundi Revenue Authority (OBR)
Mr. Ben Usaje Asubisye, Acting Commissioner, Customs and Excise, Tanzania
Mr. Hussein Sufiani, Director Corporate Affairs, Said Sslim Bakhresa & Co. Ltd
14.40-15.00 Keynote Speech
Session 3 Panel Discussion: Where is AEO and MRA today since its inception.
- Has anything changed?
15.00-16.10 Moderator : Sponsor
Mrs. Bettina Vogl-lang, Deputy Director General, Austria Customs
Mr. Enrique Canon Pedragosa, Director General, Uruguay Customs
Director General, UAE Customs (tbc)
Mr. Pranab Kumar Das, Special Secretary to the Government of India & Member
(Customs), Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC), Ministry of Finance, India
Mr. Djibril Hanounou, Senior Customs Adviser, Economic Community for West
African States (ECOWAS) Commission
Mr. Alejandro Arola, President, International Federation of Authorized Economic
Operator (IFAEO)
16.10-16.40 Networking break
Session 4 Panel Discussion: How can AEO and MRA enhance compliance level and Increase
revenue collection & trade?
16.40-17.40 Moderator: Mrs. Pilar Jurado Borrego, Director General, Aduanas e Impuestos
Especiales, Spain
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Mr. Tadatsugu Toni Matsudaira, Technical Assistance Advisor, International
Monetary Fund (tbc)
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
Mr. Alvaro Alpizar, Chief Executive Officer, REX Cargo Inc.
Private Sector
19.30-22:30 Gala Dinner at Munyonyo Commmonwealth Resort Hotel (Bus leaves at 1830hrs)
Dress Code: Traditional-National and/or Smart Casual
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Day 2: March 15th, 2018 (Thursday)
Time Track A
English/French/
Spanish
Venue: Serena
Hotel
Room: Victoria A
(Interpretation
provided)
Track B
English
Venue: Serena
Hotel
Room: Victoria B
Track C
English
Venue: Serena
Hotel
Room: Katonga A
Track D
English
Venue: Serena
Hotel
Room: Katonga B
Track E
English
Venue: Serena
Hotel
Room: Achwa
Track F
English
Venue: Serena
Hotel
Room: Nile
Track G
English
Venue: Serena
Hotel
Room: Addis
09:00-
09:50
Session 1
WCO SAFE
Framework of
Standards and
tools– whats
new?
EAC trade
facilitation
initiatives and
lessons learnt
Importance of
Single Window
and AEO
Importance of a comprehensive strategy on security of the logistics chain
Risk analysis and
management -
first step to
achieve an AEO
certification
AEO and
Innovative
Approaches’ -
including Postal, e-
commerce,
migration
Data analytics for
enhanced
implementation of
AEO programme
- Ms. Asha Menon, Senior Technical Officer, WCO - Mr. Jeyhun Najafli, WCO - Private sector
- Mr. Richard Chopra, EAC CREATe Project Director, WCO - Mr. Martin Ojok, Regional Project Manager - National Project Manager
- Mr. Chul-hun
LEE, Deputy
Director, Multilateral
Cooperation
Division, Korea
Customs Service
(KCS)
- Mr. Juan Martin
Esquivel, Director,
Marescorp, Mexico
- Mr. Joshua
Ebenezer, Director,
Lakshmikumaran &
Sridharan (tbc)
- Canada (tbc)
- Customs
Administration
(tbc)
- Ms. Juanita
Maree, SAAF (tbc)
- Ms. Christie
Sawczuk,
Australian Customs
& Border
Protection Service
(tbc)
- Mr. Tripp
Brinkley, Universal
Postal Union (UPU)
(tbc)
- Private sector(tbc)
- Customs
Administration
(tbc)
- Private sector
(tbc)
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10:00-
10:50
Session 2
Sponsor Maintaining AEO
certification
Importance of
Customs Business
Partnership
How can global
standard for
scanning/NII
technology be
beneficial to
Customs and
industry?
Plurilateral MRAs
– challenges and
lesson learn –
Pacific Alliance &
Greater Tumen
Initiative (GTI)
What and who is
the WCO Private
Sector Consultative
Group (PSCG)?
How can private
sector contribute
to the discussions
at the WCO in
developing
international
stancdards?
What are the
synergies between
AEO and e-
commerce?
- - Customs
Administration
(tbc)
- Private Sector
(tbc)
-Mr. Shao Weijian, Customs Attaché(First Secretary), Mission of China to the EU -Ms. Catherine Gibson, Organisation of American States (OAS)
-Mr. Fernando
Pieri, Brazil (tbc)
- NII Vendors (tbc)
- Mr. Joris
Groeneveld, Dutch
Customs (tbc)
- Ms. Blanca
Barandiaran, Peru
Customs,
- Ms. Maria Elena,
Central
Administrator of
Certification and
Tax
Administratoin
Service (SAT),
Mexico Customs,
- Pacific Alliance
Members (tbc)
- Greater Tumen
Initiative (GTI)
(tbc)
- Members (tbc)
Private Sector
Consultative
Group (tbc)
-Mr. Dietmar Jost,
Customs and
Security Advisor,
Global Express
Association (GEA),
- Australia (tbc)
- Amazon (tbc)
- e-Bay (tbc)
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10:50-
11:10
Networking break
11:10-
12:00
Session 3
Demo on URA
Track and Trace
system; lessons
learnt
How can Private
sector influence
modernization in
Customs
administration
Synergies
between AEO and
Regulated
Agents/Known
Consignors
(RA/KC): Pilot in
Mexico
WCO AEO
Validator Guide &
training modules
AEO: A
coordinated
border
management
approach for
economic
development and
a secure
environment
- URA - Private Sector
Consultative
Group (tbc)
- Mr. Tarasio
Hardman,
International Air
Transport
Association (IATA
) (tbc)
- Ms. María Elena Sierra Galindo, Central Administrator of Certification and International Affairs for Foreign Trade Audit, Tax Administration Service (SAT),
- Mr. Ma Xiongfeng,
Senior Marketing
Manager for
Eastern and
Southern Africa
(ESA), NUCTECH
Co. Ltd.
- Mr. Chen
Jianping, Deputy
Director, General
Administration,
China Customs
- EU
- BMW (tbc)
- -Mr. Raymond
Monzon and Mr.
Cristobal, Supply
Chain Security
Specialist, U.S.
Customs and
Border Protection
(CBP) / CTPAT
- Sponsor (tbc) - Private sector
(tbc)
- Mr. Georges
Cantone, Senior
Policy Officer,
Customs and
Excise, France
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Mexico Customs -
12:10-
13:00
Session 4
Importance of
Customs Brokers
in AEO
Programme?
Using
Intelligence to
Predict Global
Supply Chain
Threats
Are the
Plurilateral MRAs
working?
SAFE, SAFER,
SAFEST: SafeZone,
a step towards AEO
What is the
difference
between AEO
Validation and
Post Clearance
Audit (PCA)
Understanding
how MRA works
and realizing the
benefits for both
Customs and trade
New technologies
and AEO
- Ms. Carol West,
Secretary,
International
Federation of
Customs Brokers
Associations
(IFCBA)
- Customs
Administration
(tbc)
- Ms. Jennifer
Kabanyana Mwij
ukye, Unifrieght
Cargo Handling
ltd (tbc)
- Mr. Mark
Gruentjes,
Transported Asset
Protection
Association
(TAPA)
- BSI (tbc)
- AGADIR
Members (tbc)
- CEFTA Members
(tbc)
-Dr. Samir
Hamrouni, CEO
World Free Zones
Organization
And
Dr. Lars Karlsson,
AEO Academic and
Researcher,
Advisory Board
Member
International
Network of
Customs
Universities (INCU)
Mr. Thabo Pase,
Post-Clearance
Audit (PCA)
Content Specialist,
WCO
- Ms. Carol West,
Secretary, IFCBA
Ethiopia Customs
(tbc)
Mr. Steven
Krupinsky, Chief –
CTPAT International
Branch, U.S.
Customs and
Border Protection
(CBP) / CTPAT
-Private sector(tbc)
- Mr. Chen
Jianping, Deputy
Director, General
Administration,Chi
na Customs
- Private sector
(tbc)
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13:00-
14:00
Lunch break
14:00-
14:50
Session 5
A regional AEO? What is the
difference
between AEO
Validation and
Post Clearance
Audit (PCA) –
Best Practice
Pre-loading
advance Cargo
Information
(PLACI), Advance
Cargo Information
(ACI), Pre-arrival
processing. What
are the benefits
and challenges
How WCO Time
Release Study
(TRS) can measure
the time for
release in an AEO
context?
Benefits of
coordinated
border
management for
AEOs
Western and
Central Africa
Members (tbc)
- Ms. Darlene
Enlow,
Director, Metso
Corporation
- Mr. Olsen Lynn,
Bureau Van Dijk
- Dr. Boris, North-
West Institute of
Management,
Russian Presidential
Academy (tbc)
- WCO (tbc)
- EU
- IATA (tbc)
- Mr. Sydney
Chibbabbuka,
Commissioner,
Customs Services,
Zambia Revenue
Authority (ZRA)
(tbc)
- Private sector
(tbc)
- Mr. Christer
Andersson, KGH
Global Consulting
- Colombia (tbc)
- Mr. Cristobal
Hernandez, CTPAT
Supervisory Supply
Chain Specialist,
U.S. Customs and
Border Protection
/ CTPAT
-Private sector
(tbc)
- Dominican
Republic (tbc)
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15:00-
15:50
Session 6
Progress on
Multilateral MRA
– ANDEAN
Community and
Central America
AEO
contributions to
increase
company’s
competitiveness
and national
foreign trade
Promoting AEO
and transit
procedures
Outcomes and
developments of
AEO and MRA in
Asia Pacific
Updates on the
US, Canada and
EU AEO
programmes
including their
MRA
Requirements
WTO Agreement
on Trade
Facilitation: What
is an Authorised
Operator?
difference between
Authorised Person
(AP), and
Authorised
Economic Operator
(AEO)
What is the
similarities and
differences of API
and ACI?
- Ms. Sandra
Corcuera
Santamaría,
Customs and
Trade Facilitation
Specialist,
Inter-American
Development
Bank (IDB)
- Customs
Administration
from Latin
America (tbc)
- Customs
Administration
(tbc)
- Private sector
(tbc)
- IRU
- Ms. Claudia
Gross, UNECE
- Ms. E Tao,
Senior advision
AEO program
Dept. of Audit-
Based Control and
Risk
Management,
General
Administration,
China Customs
- Japan (tbc)
- - Mr. Chul-hun
LEE, Deputy Director,
Multilateral
Cooperation Division,
Korea Customs
Service (KCS)
- Mr. Steven
Krupinsky, Chief
– CTPAT
International
Branch, U.S.
Customs and
Border Protection
(CBP) / CTPAT
And
- Mr. Mark
Isaacson, Acting
Director, Buffalo,
NY CTPAT Field
Office, United
States Customs
- Customs
Administration
(tbc)
- Dr. Edward
Kafeero, Associate
Professor of
International Trade
Law & Customs,
University of
Dubai, United Arab
Emirates (UAE)
- Interpol (tbc)
- ICAO (tbc)
- WCO (tbc)
- IATA (tbc)
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and Border
Protection/CTPAT
- EU
- Canada (tbc)
15:50 –
16:20
Networking break
16:20-
17:10
Session 7
Linkages
between Risk
management
and AEO
Programmes
Identifying IT
issues and
practices when
implementing
MRAs – Trader
Identification
Number
Coordinated
approach at
borders – to
secure and
facilitate trade
Benefit of AEO
from Trade
Perspective
Research on
benefits
of AEO
implementation
Single Window and
trade facilitation
- Customs
Administration
(tbc)
- Mr. Jason
Blackman,
Director
Compliance &
Customs
Regulatory
Affairs, DHL Sub-
Saharan Africa
(tbc)
- EAC Members
(tbc)
- SACU Members
(tbc)
-
- Mr. Yoshihiro
Kosaka,
Manager,
WCO/JICA Joint
Project
-
- Ms. Melissa
Odegaard, S2
Global – Rapiscan;
(tbc)
- Mr. Stephen
Teang, B-smart
Technology Ltd
(tbc)
- Ms. Sandra
Corcuera,
Customs and
Trade Facilitation
Specialist, IDB
- Dr. Edward
Kafeero,
Associate
Professor of
International
Trade Law &
Customs, UAE
- Mr. Chul-hun LEE, Deputy Director,
Multilateral
Cooperation Division,
Korea Customs
Service
(KCS)World Bank
(tbc)
- Louise Wiggett,
Managing
Director, Global
Trade Solution
- Ms. Phillipa
Peploe, De La Rue
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* Live demo outside the conference building: 7 point inpection of a trailer – best practice for AEO
Mr. Ray Monzon, Supply Chain Security Specialist, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
18:30 – 22:00 Reception/Dinner, Kampala Hotel
18:30 -22:00 – Reception / Dinner, Serena Hotel, Kampala
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Day 3: March 16th, 2017 (Friday)
Venue: Serena Hotel, Kampala
Session 5
Round table: Coordinated Border Management (CBM) for better AEO benefits and
higher compliance?
How can the other government agencies play an important role within the
AEO programme.
09.00-10.00 Moderator: Carol West, PSCG
Ms. Virgínia Medeiros, Authorized Economic OperatorProject Manager, Secretariat of
Federal Revenue, Brazil Customs
Mr. John Mein, Executive Coordinator, Instituto Aliança Procomex
Mr. Shao Weijian, Customs Attaché(First Secretary), Mission of China to the EU
Ms. Christie Sawczuk, Australian Customs & Border Protection Service
Columbia (tbc)
Certificate
Session 6
Round Table: Is Mutual Recognition of AEOs working?
- Bilateral level
- Multilateral level
10.15-11.15 Moderator: Sandra Corcuera Santamaria , Trade Specialist, IDB (tbc)
Mr. Jhon Fonseca, Vice Minister, Ministry of Foreign Trade, Costa Rica (tbc)
Mr. Norm Schenk, Chair, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
Mr. Chul-Hun LEE, Deputy Director, Multilateral Cooperation Division, Korea Customs
Service (KCS)
Ms. María Elena Sierra Galindo, Central Administrator of Certification and International Affairs for Foreign Trade Audit, Tax Administration Service (SAT), Mexico Customs Private Sector (tbc)
11.15-11.35 Networking break
Session 7
Round Table: What is the future for Trusted Trader Regimes including AEOs and MRAs
- Recommendations for the next SAFE review cycle
11:35-12.35
Moderator: Asha Menon, Senior Technical Officer, WCO
Director General, Bahrain Customs (tbc)
Mr. Dietmar Jost, Customs and Security Advisor, GEA
Mr. Steven Krupinsky, Chief - CTPAT International Branch , U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) / CTPAT
Mr. Lars Karlsson, AEO Academic and Researcher, Advisory Board Member of
International Netwok of Customs Universities (INCU)
12:35-12:50 Invitation to next Global AEO Conference
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UAE Customs (tbc)
12.50-13.10 Closing remarks
Mr. Luc De Blieck, Deputy Director, Compliance and Facilitation Directorate, WCO
Mr. Dickson C. Kateshumbwa, Commissioner of Customs, URA
Hon. Amelia Kyambadde, Minister of Trade, Uganda (tbc)
13:10 – 13:30 Grab and Go Lunch - Sponsored
13:30 – 18:00 Conference Trip – details to be confirmed