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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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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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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