Thursday, 3 rd of December Headquarters of the World Customs Organisation Rue du Marché 30 BRUXELLES

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1 THE NINTH FREIGHT FORWARDERS CONFERENCE Thursday, 3 rd of December 2009 Headquarters of the World Customs Organisation Rue du Marché 30 BRUXELLES The Supply Chain moves up one gear: logistics service providers face environment, security and cost related challenges that require old stamina and innovative skills.

2 EVENT PROGRAMME Registration of participants Welcoming coffee or tea Jean-Claude DELEN, Clecat Past President, Welcomes the new President of CLECAT CLECAT President s opening remarks (Introducing the moderator and welcoming the key note speaker) Key note address by Leif Zetterberg, the Swedish State Secretary to the Minister for Communications Best Practice, regulation and deregulation: can they work in harmony for sustainability in logistics? Questions from the floor, courtesy of the speaker MORNING CONFERENCE FREIGHT TRANSPORT LOGISTICS session The session overarching theme is: Will technological innovation help conciliate environment, security, safety with growth and jobs and savings? Moderated by H. Meyer ERTICO CEO ERTICO-ITS Europe First thematic part : ICT and ITS in logistics: driven by technology providers, by customers or by policy? Scene setting address by Pawel STELMASZCZYK, Head of Unit, European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, Directorate B: Transport Logistics, TEN-T and Co-modality,

3 Unit B-3: Logistics, Co-modality, Inland Waterways, Motorways of the Sea & Marco Polo The Commission s transport related programmes in ICT and ITS, in the perspective of the Freight Logistics Action. Juhani JAASKELAINEN, European Commission Unit G4 ICT for Transport, DG INFSO Which competencies will help customers outsource their forwarding, logistics and Customs requirements? Statements by the panellists - European Logistics Association: Alfonz Antoni, President The penetration of standards in logistics - Integrity-Smart CM: Frank Arendt (Director, Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics Bremen/Bremerhaven; INTEGRITY Project Coordinator), and Frank Knoors (Director from Sequoyah - SMART CM Project) Upbeat projects tell us about their benefits - UNICE Transport Division, Director: Eva Molnar Are technological solutions really customer friendly? The panellists will join Juhani JAASKELAINEN and Pawel STELMASZCZYK for the Panel debate Panel debate and questions form the floor Coffee break & networking Second thematic part: Does technology kill or heal? Do we lose jobs and competences or acquire innovative skills in logistics management? Guest speakers: Lauri Ojala, Professor of Logistics at the Turku School of Economics, Finland. Expert in international logistics issues and initiator of the World Bank s Logistics Performance Index Is a pan-eu logistics tuition programme advisable? Is Logistics Performance connected with infrastructure and technology in the same degree?

4 The fire-walk panel, in collaboration with ESC, Nicolette var der Jagt, Secretary General Freight customers challenge transport service providers on their ability to use technology to improve their performance with questions suggested by shippers Nicolette van der Jagt introduces the ESC and The panel (five minutes statements in reply to questions followed by debate): Libor Lochman, CER Deputy Executive Director, coordinator of European Railway Agency affairs Jos Meijer, KLM, Chair of AEA Customs committee Michael Nielsen, General Delegate, International Road Transport Union (IRU), Permanent Delegation to the EU, Karin de Schepper, INE, Secretary General, Brussels Cristophe Tytgat, Manager Legal Affairs at ECSA, responsible for shipping policy issues, legal matters, customs issues and short sea shipping Panellists reply to questions from the ESC and the floor Our sector s views presented by Hansjörg Rodi, President, CEO Schenker Germany, DB Schenker Can technology help contain our costs, whilst increasing efficiency? The Morning session ends with Networking & Aperitif Buffet Lunch Seated Lunch for the speakers and the Board of Clecat

5 AFTERNOON CONFERENCE Welcome address by Heiner Rogge, Secretary General, CLECAT Key note by Walter DEFFA, Director, DG TAXUD Customs in the Supply Chain, will protecting new interests lead to less facilitation or will new competencies and technology fill the gap? The EU attempts to conciliate protection and facilitation Questions and Answer, courtesy of the speaker Customs and technology, Security and facilitation drive the revolution in EU Customs PAPERLESS CUSTOMS and SYSTEM BASED APPROACH: The enabler of a new season in trading or a burdening responsibility for the trade? Moderated by Eva Molnar, Director, UNECE Transport Division First thematic session CUSTOMS PROTECTS Guest speaker: Ignacio Iruarizaga Diez, Deputy Head of the Services and Investment Unit, DG Trade, European Commission What facilitation tools the EU trading community expects to become available to EU traders by the process of paperless Customs? Questions and Answer, courtesy of the speaker Coffee break and networking

6 Second thematic session CUSTOMS FACILITATES Key note by: Kunio Mikuriya, WCO Secretary General Facilitation instruments for every trader or just for some happy few? How do we bring facilitation to fruition? Questions and Answer, courtesy of the speaker Peter Hustinx, European Data Protection Supervisor: "Intelligent transport systems and data protection" will deliver his views on the balance that must be reached between the protection of citizens privacy and the efficient use of ICT in logistics Q & A Presentation of the CLECAT SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY COMPLIANCE HANDBOOK The President s closing remarks Press Conference Cocktail