| Monday, 26 October 2015 | ||||||||
 16.00 - 18.00 | Pre-registration Beursplein 37
3011 AA Rotterdam | |||||||
| 18.00 - 20.00 | Welcome cocktail Burgerzaal in the Stadhuis (City Hall)
Stadhuis, Coolsingel 40,
3011 AD Rotterdam
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| Day 1: Tuesday, 27 October 2015, Cooperation among supply chain actors | ||||||||
| 8.00 - 9.00 | Arrival of the participants and registration; welcome coffee Sponsored by:  | |||||||
| 9.00 - 09.50 | Opening addresses Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, World Customs Organization Ms. Aly van Berckel - Van de Langemheen, General Director , Customs Administration of the Netherlands Mr. Eric Wiebes, State Secretary, Ministry of Finance, The Netherlands | |||||||
| 09.50- 10.20 | Keynote address: Corporate Sponsor Mr. Paul Simpson, Vice President & General Manager, Cargo Solutions, L-3 Security & Detection Systems | |||||||
| 10.20 - 11.20 | Coffee and networking break in the exhibition area (plus press conference) Sponsored by  | |||||||
| 11.20 - 12.00 | Opening presentations: customs enforcement vision - pushing boundaries Mr. Frank Heijmann, Head, Trade Relations, Customs Administration of the Netherlands | |||||||
| 12.00 - 13.30 | Round-table 1: Emerging challenges & border responses Moderator: Mr. Hans van Grieken, Research Vice President, Office of the CIO Research Group, Gartner Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, World Customs Organization Mr. Karl Brauner, Deputy Director General, World Trade Organization Mr. Fabrice Leggeri, Executive Director, Frontex Mr. Marek Retelski, Deputy Secretary General, IRU | |||||||
| 13.30 - 14.30 | Buffet lunch and networking break in the exhibition area Sponsored by  | |||||||
| 14.30 - 16.00 | Round-table 2: Doing more with less: a policy option or a strategic priority? Moderator: Mr. Tomas Kucirek, Head of Unit, Customs Policy, Directorate General TAXUD, European Commission Admiral Jay M. Cohen (ret-USN), Chief Operating Officer , Decision Sciences International Corporation (DSIC) Mr. Eric Jones, Senior Engagement Lead, DCTA Mr. Leigh Winchell, Deputy Director, Enforcement Sub-Directorate, World Customs Organization | |||||||
| 16.00-16.30 | Coffee and networking break in the exhibition area Sponsored by  | |||||||
| 16.30-18.00 | Session 1: Managing risks in times of big data Moderator: Dr. Ziv Baida, Business Development Director European Government, Dun & Bradstreet Mr. Kenneth J. MacDonald, Co-Principal Investigator, Northeastern University, Institute for Security and Public Policy Mr. James Canham, Managing Director, Global Customs Lead, Accenture Dr. Richard Heimann, Adjunct professor, University of Maryland | |||||||
| 19.00 | Dinner Hosted by Dutch Customs  | |||||||
| Day 2: Wednesday, 28 October 2015, Inspections & technology | ||||||||
| 8.00 - 9.00 | Registration, welcome coffee Sponsored by:  | |||||||
| 9.00 - 09.30 | Keynote address Mr. Danny Mekić, Dutch entrepreneur / Boardroom consultant | |||||||
| 09.30 - 11.00 | Session 2: What's in the box? New detection technologies & their functions MC: Ms. Huda Hamid Abdulla Belhoul, Acting Director of Risk Management Department , Federal Customs Authority, United Arab Emirates Mr. Noriaki Oka, Director General of Central Customs Laboratory, Ministry of Finance, Japan Mr. Gregorio Lora Arias, Advisor to the Director General, Deputy Director, Technologies and Communications, Dominican Republic Customs Mr. Gerardo Suarez Hasbach, Head of Office, Field Operations, General Administration of Customs, Mexico Mr. Marc-Antoine Godat, Vice President, Nuctech Europe | |||||||
| 11.00 - 11.30 | Coffee and networking break in the exhibition area Sponsored by  | |||||||
| 11.30 - 13.00 | Session 3: The why and how of modern surveillance technologies Moderator: Mr. Adrian Stone, Business Development Director, Authentication & Traceability, De La Rue Mr. Rudy K. Hui, Staff Officer, Office of Project Planning and Development, Customs and Excise Department, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Ms. Colleen M. Manaher, Executive Director of Planning, Program Analysis and Evaluation in the Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Mr. Agung Kristiyanto, Head of Section, Directorate of Enforcement and Investigation, Indonesian Customs | |||||||
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Buffet lunch and networking break in the exhibition area Sponsored by  | |||||||
| 14.00 - 18.00 | Break-out session 1 | Break-out session 2 | Break-out session 3 | Break-out session 4. Research Track/ Poster Session Research Track | ||||
| 14.00 - 14.30 | I. Mr. Philippe Grosjean, Chief Information Officer , International Road Transport Union (IRU) | I. Mr. Robert S. Frankle, Global Marketing Director for Radiation Detection Products, Rapiscan Systems | I. Ms. Prathna Singh, Senior Manager, EALA Customs Lead, Accenture | Research Track Speakers Mr. Aris Tsois, Scientific Project Leader, European Commission Mr. Wout Hofman, Senior Innovator, TNO Dr. Thierry Verduijn, Associate Professor, Supply Chain Management, Fontys University of Applied Sciences Ms. Marcia Mendes, research scientist , University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) Ph.D. Theobald Fuchs, Chief Scientist, Fraunhofer Development Center X-ray Technology EZRT Prof. Dr. Albert Veenstra, scientific director, Dutch Institute for Advanced Logistics, Dinalog Mr. Yao-Hua Tan, professor of Information and Communication Technology at the Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology Mr. Dmitrii Vakhtin, Senior Research Scientist , APSTEC Systems | ||||
| 14.30 - 15.00 | II. Mr. Brian W. Lee, Technical Committee Chair, DCTA | II. Mr. Nick Cutmore, Research Scientist , Nuctech | II. Dr. Aaron S. Poynton, Director, Global Safety and Security Sales, Thermo Fisher Scientific | |||||
| 15.00 - 15.30 | III. Mr. Leon Kanters, Partner, KPMG Meijburg & Co Trade & Customs | III. The Honorable Jay M. Cohen, Chief Operating Officer, Decision Sciences | III. Ms. Barbara Soto, Deputy- Manager, Business Development for the Scanning Services Unit, SGS Société Générale de Surveillance | |||||
| 15.30 - 16.00 | Coffee and networking break in the exhibition area Sponsored by  | |||||||
| 16.00 - 16.30 | IV. Mr. Eric Geerts, Director Product Management - Customs Solutions Europe, Descartes | IV. Mr. Richard Mastronardi, Director of Business Development, American Science and Engineering, Inc. | IV. Mr. Chris Corrie, Director, Global Trade and Cargo Security Practice, Dun & Bradstreet | To download the Agenda of the Research Track please click here | ||||
| 16.30 - 17.00 | V. Mr. Mircea Tudor, President, MB Technologies | V. Mr. Jean-Olivier Fer, Product Director for high-energy Inspection, Smiths Detection | V. Mr. Gerwin Zomer, Senior Programme Manager , TNO Sustainable Transport & Logistics | |||||
| 17.00 - 17.30 | VI. Mr. Iain Baguley, Sales & Marketing Director, Trans 2 Logistics Solutions Pty Ltd | VI. Mr. Peter Höjerback, CEO, Serstech | VI. Mr. Wicher Visser, project manager, Center for Adaptive Security Research and Applications (CASRA) Ms. Claudia Lüchinger, Product manager , Center for Adaptive Security Research and Applications (CASRA) | |||||
| 17.30 - 18.00 | VII. Mr. Robin Puthli, Director , Itude Mobile | VII. Mr. Joan Padreny, Information Systems Officer, TIR secretariat, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) | VII. Dr. Geraint Dermody, Director of Business Development, Symetrica Dr. Antonino Scribellito, Senior Project Manager, PostEurop | |||||
| 18.00 - 19.00 | Free time | |||||||
| 19.00 - 23.30 | Dinner Sponsored by  | |||||||
| Day 3: Thursday, 29 October 2015, Trusted trade relationships | ||||||||
| 08.00 - 09.00 | Welcome coffee Sponsored by  | |||||||
| 9.00 - 9.20 | Keynote address. Shared Data Integration for Secondary Inspection Regimes. Mr. Jonathan Fleming, President, S2 Global | |||||||
| 9.20 - 9.40 | Results of the Research Track. Award Ceremony and Presentation of the winning paper. Yao-Hua Tan (TU Delft and Rotterdam School of Management), Thierry Verduijn (Fontys University of Applied Sciences), Klaas Wassens (Rotterdam School of Management) | |||||||
| 9.40 - 11.10 | Session 4: Fostering partnerships in the fight against illegal trade Moderator: Mr. Leon Kanters, Partner, KPMG Meijburg & Co Trade & Customs Mr. Stevan Jones, Senior Officer, Fast parcel targeting and Air freight, UK Border Force Mr. Varun Vira, Chief of Analysis, C4ADS Mr. Sauro Nicli, Head of Solutions and Innovation, SICPA Government Security Solutions | |||||||
| 11.10 - 11.40 | Coffee and networking break in the exhibition area Sponsored by  | |||||||
| 11.40 - 12.10 | The new Renaissance and the endless possibilities of the network and information age Mr. Martijn Aslander | |||||||
| 12.10 - 12.30 | Official Closing of the Forum | |||||||
| 12.30 - 13.00 | Buffet lunch and networking break in the exhibition area Sponsored by  | |||||||
| 13:00 - 19:00 | Specialized visits The Forum delegates can choose one of the three visits: Schiphol airport tour – the yellow trip - the focus is on Customs - Trade partnerships in the use of technologies to increase safety and security in the global supply chains Rotterdam harbour tour - the blue trip – the focus is the use of modern technologies, auto-detection equipment and its efficient placing in the logistics chains Heineken plant tour – the green trip – the focus is on the efforts of compliant traders in control measures implementation. Since the number of seats for each tour is limited, they will be filled on the first come-first served basis. | |||||||
| Day 4: Friday, 30 October 2015 | ||||||||
| 10.00 | Departure | |||||||
