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Setting the Background
Conference Objectives
- To analyse the benefits to industry and to Governments resulting from the integration of information from a wide variety of sources towards a single risk assessed outcome.
- To understand how fusing data can create new and exciting business solutions for Customs.
- To explore new ways that Customs might interact with industry and other border regulatory agencies as a result of bringing together disparate information.
- To review the many potential structured and unstructured sources of data and consider how each element might be best utilized through the effective use of modern IT solutions.
- To take a glimpse into the future of best practice in information management more broadly, where the major influences lie for Customs and other border stakeholders.
- To meet key IT partners in one place.
This conference and its related exhibition will provide an ideal business opportunity to exchange views on global IT and information management developments, to see demonstrations of the latest IT solutions, and to identify opportunities in the Customs environment. Participants will meet a variety of potential partners and associates with a shared interest in trade facilitation, improving supply chain management, maximizing cooperation amongst border stakeholders and improving border security.
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Participant Profile
The 2010 WCO IT Conference and Exhibition will bring together Customs authorities, the IT sector, the broader business community, governmental and trade organizations, lending institutions, representatives from other border regulatory agencies, and others involved in the international trade arena.
What You Will Gain From Attending:
Delegates
- Explore new approaches to Customs IT that will change the way you do business.
- Identify opportunities and challenges for the management of IT in Customs.
- Examine the core relationship between IT and business re-engineering including the critical role of WCO instruments and initiatives such as the Customs in the 21st Century strategic policy, the revised Kyoto Convention, the SAFE Framework of Standards, and the WCO Data Model.
- Gain insight into current and expected future IT developments in the Customs and business worlds.
- Participate in challenging workshops designed to find the right IT solutions for Customs, business, and other border regulatory agencies in the 21st century.
Vendors
- Meet top level executives, entrepreneurs, researchers, and delegates from Customs, other arms of government, the IT industry and the world of international trade and transport.
- Market your projects, products and services directly to decision makers.
- Maximize your exposure and visibility with the Customs and IT community.
- Expand your contact database for future networking possibilities.
- Glean insider knowledge on current and future IT user requirements.
During the Conference You Will Learn
- How to evaluate ways government agencies and trade can maximize cooperation by:
- Adopting a strategic collaborative understanding and approach to information;
- Grasping the technological and policy challenges in complex data sourcing;
- Opening partnerships with information providers.
Fom several progressive Customs administrations describing their:
- Strategic approach to the use of IT systems to manage the fusing of data;
- Initiatives to modernize procedures, practices and support systems;
- Efforts to improve security and facilitation.
To investigate efficiencies made possible by modern technology:
- Can modern technology and smarter use of information help improve outcomes?
- Does modern technology improve communication among a multiplicity of stakeholders?
- How are technologies merging to create new opportunities?
Means to consider 21st Century opportunities and challenges:
- What is the policy, technical and legal considerations for data collaboration?
How are benefits to trade being delivered from improved information management?
What needs to be done to allow all private and public sector border partners to better cooperate at national level and to increase collaboration at the international level?
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