Presentations

Session 1 - Opening Ceremony:

 Moderator: Ms. Sahoko Shiga, Japan Customs

• Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan
• Ministry of Finance
• Mr. Hiroya Masuda, President & CEO, Japan Post
• Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, WCO
• Mr. Masahiko Metoki,  Director General, UPU International

Keynote Speech

• Mr. Kenji Suwazono, Director General, Customs and Tariff Bureau, Ministry of Finance

Session 2: Paradigm shift in the business and operational models for global postal supply chain and the Customs clearance

Moderator:  Ms. Sahoko Shiga, Japan Customs

• Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, WCO
• Mr.  Marjan Osvald,  Deputy Director General, UPU International Bureau
• Ms. Sarah Nicolson, Australian Border Force (Co-Chair of the WCO-UPU Contact Committee)
• Mr. Isaac Gnamba-Yao, UPU Council of Administration Chair

Session 3:  Securing compliance and managing risks in postal supply chain

Moderator:  Mr. Yoshiro Baba, Japan Customs

• Ms. Dawn Wilkes, UPU International Bureau　　See presentation
• Mr. Gary Barksdale, Chief Inspection Officer, US Postal Inspection Service　 See presentation
• Mr. Fumio Ito and Ms. Amparo Estruch, INCB　 See presentation

Session 4:  Cross-border e-commerce in postal items- what data works best and how can it be utilized?

Moderator: Ms. Wendy Eitan, UPU International Bureau

• Mr. Li Wuchang, Vice President of Cainiao, Alibaba Group　 See presentation
• Dr. Toni Männistö, Cross-border Research Association　　 See presentation
• Mr. Viggo Elster, Norwegian Customs    See presentation
• Ms. Stephanie Glover, Canada Post     See presentation

Session 5:   Electronic Advance Data - policy frameworks, regulatory and practical challenges, and data quality

Moderator: Mr. Jean Paul Forceville, UPU Postal Operations Council Chair

• Mr. Akihiro Oda, Japan Customs
• Mr. Cleatus Hunt, US Customs and Border Protection
• Mr. David Pilkington, Royal Mail UK (Customs Group Chair)
• Dr. Tanya Harrington, An Post     See presentation

Session 6:  Leveraging digitization and technology to harmonize procedures and solutions for a global transport network

Moderator:  Mr. Tejo Kusuma, WCO

• Mr. Lati Matata, UPU Postal Technology Centre　 See presentation
• Mr. Norbert Kouwenhoven, Dutch Customs　 See presentation
• Mr. Jayvee Santos, UNCTAD   See presentation
• Mr. Yuji Sakurai, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation　See presentation

Session 7:  Secure and safe transport to protect the flow of postal supply chains through pandemics and beyond
Moderator: Ms. Mette Boisen, PostNord (Transport Group Co-Chair)

• Mr. Oven Klemen, TAXUD, European Commission　 See presentation
• Mr. Yanxuan Tang,  China Post Group    See presentation
• Mr. Andre Majeres, IATA Secretariat 　 See presentation
• Mr. Samvisoth Then, Cambodia Post CEO   See presentation

Session 8:  Synergies for efficiency in Postal-Customs cooperation

Moderator:  Mr. Brendan O’Hearn, WCO

• Mr. Kazunori Uchida, Executive Manager, International Postal  Business Division, Japan Post
• Mr. Abdulla Shareef,  Commissioner General of Customs,  Maldives Customs Service  See presentation
• Mr. Levan Chikvaidze, Georgian Post Director General　 See presentation

Closing ceremony

• Dr. Masaru Fujino, Director-General of the Postal Services Policy Division, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan
• Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, WCO
• Mr. Masahiko Metoki,  Director General, UPU International Bureau