08:00 AM

Reception and Participant Accreditation

09:00

Opening

Mr. John Edwin Mein – Chairperson of PSCG and WCO, and Executive Coordinator of Procomex Alliance Institute

Mrs. Constanza Negri Biasutti – Manager of Commercial Policy of the Brazilian National Confederation of Industry (CNI)

Mr. José de Assis Ferraz Neto – Under-Secretary General of the Federal Revenue of Brazil (RFB)

09:40

The Impact of Border Coordination on Trade Facilitation:

The World Bank Vision

Mr. Ernani Checcucci – Senior Trade Facilitation Specialist, World Bank.

9:55

The Impact of Border Coordination on Trade Facilitation:

The Foreign Trade Process Mapping Project in Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay: A successful experience

Mr. Jaime Granados – Head of Trade and Investment Division – Inter-American Development Bank

10:15

Signature of the MERCOSUR MRA

 What changes will the new MERCOSUR MRA bring?

 Mr. Jaime Granados – Head of Trade and Investment Division

 Mr. Diego Casella – AEO Program Director of Uruguay and Coordinator of the    Mercosul Technical Committee on Customs and Trade Facilitation

Signature of the MERCOSUR MRA

10:35

Presentation of MRA Brazil – China

The importance of MRA for Brazil and China: Insights for Brazilian International Trade

Mr. Fausto Vieira Coutinho – Deputy Secretary of Customs Administration (RFB)

Huawei perspectives for the Mutual Recognition Agreement Brazil-China

Mr. Zeic Sullivan do Amaral – Supervisor of Importations, Huawei

10:55

Networking Coffee

11:20

AEO MAPA

Mr. Fernando Augusto Mendes – Assistant Secretary of Agricultural Defense

Mrs. Cecília Leite de Oliveira – Director of the Brazilian Institute of Information and Technology IBICT

Delivery of AEO – MAPA Certificates

11:50

Coordinated Border Management in Integrated AEO Programs in the Americas:

What are the challenges from the point of view of agricultural control agencies? What is necessary for an effective normative, procedural and systemic integration?

Moderator: Mr. Lars Karlsson – President, CEO of KGH. Speakers:

Argentina: Mr. Guillermo Luis Rossi – Vice-President of the National Service of Health and Agrifood Quality

Brazil: Mr. Sr. André Guaragna Marcondes – AFFA- Veterinarian – Viracopos

Chile: Mr. Oscar Camacho Inostroza – Head of Border Control Agricultural Division CGVIGIAGRO

Mexico: Mr. Pedro Macias Conales – Director of the Escola Canina, General Director of Health Inspection Service – SENASICA

Paraguay: Mr. Oscar Alberto Molinas – National Service of Quality and Plant and Seed Health.

Peru: Mrs. Ruth Eliana Lobatón – Director of the sub-directorate of Animal Quarantine, Animal Health

1:00PM

Lunch

2:00

Coordinated Border Management: the countries of the Americas’ Customs’ goal: What is being done for effective normative, procedural and systemic integration? Moderator: Mr. Enrique Canon.

Speakers:

Argentina: Mrs. Virginia Garimaldi – AEO Program Director

Brazil: Mr. Fausto Vieira Coutinho – Deputy Secretary of Customs Administration (RFB)

Costa Rica: Mr. Juan Carlos Gomez Sanchez – General Director of Customs

Chile: Mrs. Ninel Calisto – Representative of the Secretariat for International Economic Relations

Guatemala: Mr. Edwin Orlando Curtidor Juarez – Head of Customs Intelligence Department

Paraguay: Mr. Fernández Frutos – National Director of Customs, National Customs

Peru: Mr. Gustavo Romero Murga –National Customs Service Directorate

 Uruguay: Mr. Jaime Borgiani – National Director of Customs.

3:15

Signature Peru and Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Mr. Juan Carlos Gomez Sanchez – General Director of Customs

Peru: Mr. Gustavo Romero Murga –National Customs Service

3:20

Signature of the São Paulo Declaration Addendum

Mr. Diego Casella – AEO Program Director of Uruguay and Coordinator of the    Mercosul Technical Committee on Customs and Trade Facilitation

Signature of the São Paulo Declaration Addendum by the representatives of the border control agencies of the region

3:35

Networking Coffee

3:50

Coordinated Border Management: The mission of the Single Window for Foreign Trade of the Americas.

How the various VUCE can contribute to the systemic integration of the procedures of the various control agencies acting at the border?

Moderator: Mr. Ernani Checcucci – Senior Trade Facilitation Specialist, World Bank. Speakers:

Argentina: Mr. Tomas Luis Deane – Trade Facilitation – Ministry of Production and Labor

Brazil: Mr. Alexandre de la Rocha Zambrano – Manager of the Single Window for Foreign Trade Brazilian Program – RFB and Mr. Tiago Barbosa – General Coordinator of Strategic SECEX

Chile: Mrs. Carola Insunza – Director Sicex, Ministry of Finance Development Head

Colombia: Mr. Luís Fernando Fuentes Ibarra – Foreign Trade Director – MINCIT

Guatemala: Mr. Max Omar Melchor, Customs Officer – Superintendence of Tax Administration

Paraguay: Mr. Edgar Vera, – VUCE Department Manager

Peru: Mrs. Katerine Callahui Pagan – General Director of Trade and Customs Facilitation Coordination MINCETUR

Uruguay: Mrs. Valentina Hernández VUCE Projects Head, Mr. Pablo Gularte – Head of Development VUCE and Mrs. Ana Laura Suárez, VUCE Manager in DNA

5:00

Border Management in the Americas: What is the best path for AEO companies in the Region?

How Government Agencies can take better advantage of the Authorized Economic Operator figure in border management.

Moderator: Mr. Gilberto Oestreich – Director of Customs Issues for General Motors in South America

Speakers:

Mr. Wagner Ferreira Moreira Klein – Manager – Logistics & Supply Planning – AVON

Mr. Lars Karlsson – President, CEO of KGH

Mr. Roberto Moreno – President, CEO of DB SCHENKER

Mr. Ruben Castiglioni – Sarda & CIA Customs Broker of Uruguay

6:00

Closing and farewell cocktail