Theme: "EU AEO - from Talk to Action"
Time: January 24 – 25 th, 2008
Place: Hotel Victoria Jungfrau, Interlaken, Switzerland.
News 4.2.2008: We want to thank all the guests, audience, speakers and sponsors for helping to make SCSM2008 conference a great success!
We will follow-up soon with new actions including: EU AEO FAQ-list; preparations for SCSM2009 conference etc. Please stay in touch!
The conference presentations can be downloaded on the left column of this page (if you dont have the password for unzipping the files, please send us email).
SCSM2008 Program
Thursday January 24th – Theme “EU AEO”
** Registration starts at 8.30am (name tags and conference folder) **
9.15 am to 10.30am (each presentation 20 min, plus short Q&A)
Moderator: Mr. Paul Verrips, CBRA, Switzerland – Opening Words for SCSM2008 Conference
"Safe and Secure Supply Chains – Authorized Economic Operator Update", by Mr. Matthew Clark, Manager KPMG LLP, Indirect Tax, Trade & Customs, UK
"Practical Issues in Certification, Validation, and Harmonisation for Supply Chain Security Programmes", by Mr. Mark Miller, Director; and Mr. Peter Myers, Project Manager, Cotecna, Switzerland
“New Requirements for Data Management in Global, Secure Supply Chains”, by Mr. Bryce Blegen, MIC Customs Solutions, USA
** 20 min break **
10.50am to 11.30am (30 min presentation, plus 10 min Q&A)
Case study on C-TPAT certification process, by Ms. Jill Franze, Manager Trade Compliance and Customs, Cisco Systems, Switzerland
"- Description of supply chain and main import-export flows; Main motivation and expectations to move early; Organizational aspects of the certification process; Obstacles and gaps; Costs of the certification process; Benefits of having C-TPAT certification; Future projections."
** Lunch break **
2.00pm to 2.55pm (each presentation 15 min, plus short Q&A)
Moderator Prof. David Widdowson, University of Canberra, Australia.
KPMG, Cotecna and MIC present same content as in the morning (5 minute shorter versions each); this is due to parallel session arrangements with Swiss Shippers Council
3.00pm to 3.50pm (40 min joint presentation, plus 10 min Q&A)
Two case studies on EU AEO certification process, by Mr. Rolf Stobinsky, Manager supply chain security, Hennes & Mauritz, Germany; and by Mr. Daniel Siegenthaler, Manager indirect tax, Philip Morris International, Switzerland
"- Description of the two supply chains, from EU perspective; Main motivation and expectations to move early; Organizational aspects of the certification process; Using existing policies and guidelines to the maximum; Obstacles and gaps in the certification process; Costs of the certification process; Geographical marching order and future projections."
** 25 min break **
4.15pm to 5.15pm (25 min presentations, and short Q&A)
Moderator Prof. Ari-Pekka Hameri, HEC UNIL & CBRA, Switzerland
“Global Sustainability - Balancing the Six V's - Value, Visibility, Variability, Velocity, Vulnerability and Verdancy”, by Mr. Irv Varkonyi, SCOPE, USA
“Quo Vadis, Supply Chain Security Management, in Europe and Beyond?”, by Mr. Juha Hintsa, CBRA, Switzerland.
5.20pm to 6.15pm
SCSM2008 Main Panel Discussion (full Q&A, no actual presentations)
Moderators: Mr. Hintsa and Mr. Varkonyi
Questions collected from the audience, during the whole day, and during the panel session.
Participants: Ms. Franze, Mr. Siegenthaler, Mr. Stobinsky, Mr. Miller, Mr. Clark, Mr. Blegen, Prof. Widdowson, Prof. Hameri, Mr. Verrips
** End of Thursday program; Gala dinner in the evening, with Swiss Shippers Council **
Friday 25.1.2008 – Theme “Future projections for supply chain security, risk and compliance management standards and practices worldwide”
8.30am to 10.10am (20 min presentations, plus short Q&A)
Moderator Mr. Varkonyi
“EU AEO Policy: A foundation for mutual recognition or mutual exclusion?”, by Prof. Widdowson, University of Canberra, Australia.
"REACH and Customs - Implications and Complications", by Dr. Andreas Boller, Senior Manager KPMG AG, Restructuring & Performance Services, Switzerland
"Managing C-TPAT, AEO and Trusted Trade Programs Globally: Challenges & Solutions", by Mr. Blegen, MIC, and Mr. Matthias Merz of the Trusted Trade Alliance
"Practical Preparation for the Future of Supply Chain Security", by Mr. Miller, Cotecna.
** 30 min break **
10.40am to 12.30pm (15 min presentations, plus short Q&A)
Moderator Mr. Verrips
"Supply Chain Speed and Productivity, in the Times of Uncertainty", by Prof. Hameri, HEC University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
“Future Trends for Known Shipper and Authorized Trader Data Management”, by Mr. Marcus Hallside, Innovative Compliance, UK.
“Authorized Economic Operators: a Case for Third Party Verification?”, by Prof. Widdowson.
"Preparing for the Unexpected", by Mrs. Silvia Azzouzi-Staubli, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
"Cost Model for Supply Chain Security Management", by Mr. Hintsa, CBRA.
** Lunch break **
2.00pm to 3.10pm - Three parallel workshops
Session 1: Good practices guideline for supply chain security management - Led by Cotecna
Session 2: Frequently asked questions (FAQ) list for EU AEO - Led by KPMG
Session 3: Networking for EU R&D program preparations, FP7 themes security, transportation and ICT - Led by CBRA
3.20pm to 3.55pm - Each group presents the results of their sessions
6 minutes each, then 6 minutes for comments - Led by CBRA
4.00pm - SCSM2008 closure; See You All at SCSM2009, in Crans-Montana!
SCSM2008 International program committee: -
- Professor Matthias Finger, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Professor Ari-Pekka Hameri, HEC Unil, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Ms. Mayra Hernandez, President, World BASC Organization, Colombia
- Mr. Juha Hintsa, CBRA, Lausanne/Montana, Switzerland
- Ambassador Richard Narich, President, European Homeland Security Association, Belgium
- Mr. Thomas Pletcher, Secretary General, ICC Switzerland, Zürich
- Mr. Jim Rice, MIT, USA
- Mr. Conrad Tobler, Executive Director, Swiss Shippers Council, Lausanne
- Prof. Albert Veenstra, RSM Erasmus University, the Netherlands
- Mr. Paul Verrips, CBRA, Sweden
- Ms. Carol West, IFCBA, Canada
News 11.1.2008: The hotel is filling up, as we have over 150 participants signed together with Swiss Shippers Council event - please sign up soon!
News 12.1.2008: We welcome our signed guests from around the world: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Colombia, Finland, Germany, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, The Netherlands, Sweden, UK, USA
News 13.1.2008: Please note that there is no program on Wed 23.1, but the content has been shifted for Fri 25.1 afternoon - this means that SCSM2008 starts on Thu-morning.
News 13.1.2008: For Saturday 26.1, we arrange a skiing-school in Grindenwald. Please sign for a free class!
News 14.1.2008: We have added a conference press release at the bottom of this web-page.
News 20.1.2008: The total number of participants with SSC event has exceeded 200!
Note: This web-page has at all times the most actual SCSM2008 program details (the .pdf brochure is not up-to-date).
SCSM2008 - Press release - January 14, 2008 – For free circulation
Cross-border Research Association (CBRA), HEC University of Lausanne, Swiss Shippers Council, Cotecna, KPMG and MIC Customs Solutions are organizing the annual Supply chain security management conference, SCSM2008. The conference is held at Victoria Jungfrau Hotel, in Interlaken, Switzerland, on January 24th and 25th.
The main theme for SCSM2008 is the European Union Authorized Economic Operator (EU AEO) program, which has come into force as of January 1st this year. The conference presentations will help the audience to understand about the requirements, process, organizational aspects, expectations, benefits and costs of joining the EU AEO program.
There are total of 15 expert speakers, clear majority coming from industries, including Cisco Systems, Hennes & Mauritz, and Philip Morris International; plus couple of academic speakers. The total audience size is at the moment 140 people, coming from over 12 countries world wide, and representing most sectors for manufacturing, trade and logistics.
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The mission of Cross-border Research Association, CBRA, is to innovate and execute various types of research, analysis and case studies surrounding the broad field of supply chain security management programs, standards, measures, trade-offs and costs. Our research is targeted to following two audiences for years 2006-2010: 1) it helps companies in international trade and logistics to better plan and prepare for the implementation of new supply chain security standards; and 2) it helps governmental administrations, mainly customs and transportation agencies, to better understand the realities and constraints of international supply chains, while developing new security standards, public-private partnerships etc.
We are looking to expand our company member base for years 2007-2010 with handful of new members, especially in following sectors: automotive, CPG, chemicals, high technology, pharmaceuticals, oil, luxury goods, steel, freight forwarding, ocean carriers, air carriers, and ports. Please contact us if your company is interested to discuss in more detail the benefits of joining our association!
