FACILITATING TRADE IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY Enhancing interaction between business and government

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1 Geneva, 8-9 April 2014 FACILITATING TRADE IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY Enhancing interaction between business and government Dates: 8-9 April 2014 Venue: Centre International de Conférences Genève 17 rue de Varembé, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland Objective This two-day conference aims to launch a process whereby business and public administration practitioners engage in a constructive dialogue on how to create a paperless environment which enhances interaction between business and governments. Why should you attend? For business practitioners and executives: Interact informally with policy makers and regulators on issues that directly impact your business. Contribute your viewpoint on business, technical or process constraints that may make compliance costly to manage. Understand what drives governments to impose specific requirements or even mandatory clearance platforms. Learn about current and emerging developments around e-government and information compliance. Gain insight into the types of concrete requirements that companies must comply with when trading internationally. Compare different companies' approaches to compliance with government requirements in international trade. For public sector executives and regulators: Gain knowledge about other countries' approaches to optimizing tax, customs, procurement and other areas of government using information and communication technologies. Receive unfiltered information on cutting-edge e-business practice. Share use cases and best practices about implementation, roll-out and maintenance of regulation and e-government services impacting international trade. What can you expect from this conference? Interactive workshops and high-level panel discussions that will examine the practical issues and regulatory opportunities and challenges which arise when paper-based trade and administrative processes are replaced with information and communications technology (ICT). Who should attend? Anyone wishing to learn about enhancing digital trade, in particular business, trade, finance, supply chain, logistics, tax and legal practitioners as well as government regulators, policy-makers, and academics. Partners Sponsors Supporters

2 PROGRAMME Tuesday 8 April Registration and welcome coffee :00 Welcome address Plenary: Setting the stage making paperless trade work This session will discuss how business and governments could collaborate more effectively to coordinate paperless trade and e-government activities worldwide. It will look at modern e-business and e-government methods and give high-profile examples of how to optimize business and government coordination Coffee break Plenary: How electronic customs, tax and public procurement frameworks are working today (government perspectives) Government frameworks, which increase the efficiency of paperless trade, can enhance business opportunities as well as improve social and economic growth. In this session, government experts will describe strategies for improving administrative processes and control in areas such as e-customs, e-tax and e-public procurement and highlight key public policy objectives and concerns that drive legislation which impacts digital trade Networking lunch Plenary: Business experiences with paperless trade and evolving regulatory frameworks Business has much to gain from the simplification and harmonization of paperless trade processes. In this plenary session, panellists from leading companies and business organizations will describe their strategies for optimizing the use of ICT, give examples of cutting-edge supply chain and e-business strategies, and discuss types of regulation (non-)/conducive to modern business practices Plenary: How can we bring business and government together? This plenary will showcase examples of successful cooperation between government regulators and business while also reflecting on the negative consequences of not addressing the remaining challenges together. Panellists will discuss horizontal challenges, such as how information compliance approaches impact market access, the impact of localization barriers to global trade flows, and approaches to security and authentication in e-government and digital trade procedures Cocktail reception Wednesday 9 April Workshop: The value of electronic customs systems This workshop will highlight the benefits of using secure, integrated, interoperable and accessible electronic customs systems Coffee break Workshop: Electronic taxation: considerations and best practice This workshop aims to identify the challenges and opportunities for businesses and governments when ICT is used for tax reporting, collection and auditing Networking lunch, featuring a keynote speech Workshop: Electronic public procurement initiatives: challenges and solutions This workshop will tackle the challenges related to e-public procurement and explore feasible solutions Workshop conclusions and closing remarks Coffee break

3 SPEAKERS Joseph Alhadeff Vice President of Global Public Policy, Chief Privacy Officer, Oracle Corporation, United States; Chair, ICC Commission on the Digital Economy Robert Anderson Counsellor, Team Leader for Government Procurement (GPA), World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva* Mario Apostolov Regional Adviser, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Geneva Jacques Beglinger Executive Committee of SwissHoldings, Federation of Industrial and Service Groups in Switzerland; ICC Commission on the Digital Economy John Bescec Director, Global Trade Policy and Standards, Microsoft, Canada Nina Brandt Chief, United Nations Development Business (UNDB), New York Charles Bryant Public Policy Advisor, OB10, United Kingdom; Co-Chairman, European e-invoicing Service Providers Association Jean-Guy Carrier Secretary General, International Chamber of Commerce, Paris Christophe Coulie Legal Affairs Manager, Federation of Belgian Chambers of Commerce, Belgium Alexandre Fasel Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the UN Office and to the other international organizations in Geneva, Switzerland Mario A. Fernandez Chief Executive Officer, Signature South Consulting, Chile Joseph Fox Vice President of Marketing and Strategy, Ariba, United States Carlos Grau Tanner Director General, Global Express Association, Geneva Donia Hammami Policy Manager, ICC Commission on Taxation and ICC Commission on Customs and Trade Facilitation, Paris Zahid Jamil Senior Partner, Jamil & Jamil, Pakistan Christian Kaeser Global Head of Tax, Siemens AG, Germany; Vice Chair, ICC Commission on Taxation Igor Kozlov Analyst, Taxcom, Russia Tim McGrath Managing Director, Document Engineering Services, Australia Hanne Melin Policy Strategy Counsel EMEA, ebay Inc, Sweden Alessandro Micheletti Customs Expert, Italy Patricia Mongkhonvanit Director of the Bureau of E-Tax Service Development, Revenue Department of Thailand* Goncalo Moto Nogueira Attorney-at-Law, Nobre Guedes Soares Mota & Associados, Portugal; Member, ICC Task Force on Public Procurement Kaisa Olkkonen Vice President of Government Relations, Nokia Corporation, Finland; Vice-Chair, ICC Commission on the Digital Economy Lauri Railas Attorney-at-Law, Krogerus Attorneys Ltd, Finland; Co-Chair, ICC Task Force on Public Procurement Zahouani Saadaoui e-customs Head of Sector, TAXUD, European Commission, Brussels Pascal Saint-Amans Director, Center for Tax Policy and Administration, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris* Sheryl Rosenow Counsellor, World Trade Organization, Geneva* Peter Schäfer Senior Adviser, Federation of German Industries (BDI), Germany; Member, ICC Task Force on Public Procurement Michael Schöll Chairman, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), Vienna Andrea Servida Head of Task Force slads, DG Connect, European Commission, Brussels Marco Sorgetti Director-General, International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations, Zurich Guillermo Valls Esponda General Manager, Taxpayer Services, Servicio de Administracion Tributario (SAT), Internal Revenue Service, Mexico Christiaan van der Valk Co-founder and President, TrustWeaver AB, Sweden Gaozhang Zhu Director, Enforcement and Facilitation, World Customs Organization, Brussels *Invited

4 LOGISTICAL NOTE Registration fees The registration fee covers all conference activities, including documentation, coffee breaks, lunches and a cocktail reception on Tuesday. Travel and hotel expenses are not included. Early bird special until 14 February 2014 After 14 February ICC members: 780 Non-members: 990 How to register Easier and faster, register online (secured payment by credit card) at Or return the registration form indicating method of payment to: events@iccwbo.org Tel: Fax: Post: ICC Services, Training and Conferences, 33-43, avenue du Président Wilson, Paris, France Registration will be confirmed upon receipt of the registration form and registration fees. To benefit from early bird rates, please note that ICC Services must receive the payment before the deadline. Travel and accommodation Participants are responsible for making their own travel arrangements and hotel reservations. A list of hotels in Geneva, with which ICC has negotiated preferential room rates, will be sent to you upon receipt of the registration form. We are able to dispatch visa invitation letters to support your visa application only after receipt of your registration form and full payment of your registration fees. Working language English. Cancellation policy 50% of the registration fee will be refunded if notice of cancellation is received in writing before Friday 7 March, Cancellations after this date are not refundable. Subject to agreement from ICC Training and Conferences prior to the event, the registration may be transferred to another person from the same company or organization at no extra charge. Updated registration information will be required. Please note that ICC Services reserves the right to cancel this event or to make minor alterations to the content and timing of the programme or to the identity of the speakers. In the unlikely event of cancellation, delegates will be offered a full refund. ICC Services will not, however, be held responsible for any related expense incurred by the participant. Partnership opportunities This conference offers you an unrivalled opportunity to build worldwide partnerships. Partnering will get you visibility with the major decision makers in global business and/or within the international trade facilitation network. For further information, please contact Ms Rodriguez at: luz.rodriguez@iccwbo.org

5 Geneva, 8-9 April 2014 FACILITATING TRADE IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY Enhancing interaction between business and government REGISTRATION FORM S 1415 Dates 8-9 April 2014 Venue Centre International de Conférences Genève 17 rue de Varembé, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland Register online* *Secured payment by credit card or complete and return to events@iccwbo.org Fax: +33 (0) Participant information (Please print or type) Title (Mr/Dr/Mrs/etc.) Family name First/given name Position Company Address City/state CEP/postal code Country Tel ( ) Fax ( ) Registration fees Early bird special until 14 February 2014 After 14 February ICC members: 780 Non-members: 990 Special code (NC, etc.) Method of payment By credit card: American Express Euro/MasterCard Visa Card number Expiry date Name of cardholder By bank transfer: LCL Beneficiary: ICC Services Account No B Clé RIB 64 Bank Code Branch Code Swift: CRLYFRPP IBAN: FR B64 Please indicate the reference S 1415 and the name of the participant. Please note that transfer fees charged by the bank must be covered by the participants. Date Signature Data protection information Disclaimer The details you provide on this form will be used for registration purposes. They will be stored in ICC s databases for the sole use of ICC (the International Chamber of Commerce and its wholly-owned affiliate ICC Services). Under the French law informatique et libertés of 6 January 1978, you may have access to these details and request deletions and corrections at any time by contacting ICC at registrationevents@iccwbo.org. The details you provide may be used by ICC to keep you informed of developments in your area of activity through publications, subscriptions, events and other commercial offers. Please indicate if you wish to receive such information: Yes No Please tick below if you wish to receive commercial offers from associated organizations, including in particular ICC National Committees: Yes No The photos and audiovisual recordings taken at this event may be used and published by ICC, its subsidiaries or affiliates, for informational or promotional purposes in printed materials or online, including on ICC websites and in social media. Participation in the event implies agreement to such use of photos or audiovisual recordings in which the participant may appear unless ICC Services receives written notification to the contrary.