Conference Agenda (28 Feb)

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Please find the conference programme below. If you would like to discuss this event, please contact James Wilmott on +44 (0) 2920 783 022 / james.wilmott@forum-europe.com.

 

Thursday 28 February, 2013

Morning

08:30 – 09:00

Delegate Registration and Welcome Coffee

09:00 – 09:10

Opening Remarks


Glenn Vaughan, Executive Director, British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium

09:10 – 09:30

Keynote Address: The scale of the challenge / conference objectives


Rob Wainwright, Director, Europol

09:30 – 11:00

Session 1: High Level Roundtable Discussion - How does serious organised crime hurt legitimate business and society?

Moderated by:
Nicholas Ilett, Director, OLAF
Myria Vassiliadou, EU Anti-Trafficking Coordinator, European Commission
Michael Rauschenbach, Head of Serious and Organised Crime, Europol
Tom McHale, Chair of ECPA Anti-Counterfeit Expert Group, DuPont
Pat Heneghan, Global Head of Anti-Illicit Trade, BAT

11:00 – 11:20

Coffee Break

11:20 – 11:40

Keynote Address: Impact of organised crime on the protection of the EU's financial interests


Algirdas Šemeta, Commissioner for Taxation, Customs, Statistics, Audit and Anti-Fraud, European Commission

11:40 – 13:10

Session 2: How can technology facilitate police cooperation and stop criminals and terrorists?

Moderated by:
Isabella Chiodi, Vice President of EU Unit, IBM

11:45 – 11:55

Setting the Scene: Working together to combat (& prevent) crime


Brian Donald, Head of the Office of the Director, Europol

11:55 – 12:05

The role of technology in combating and preventing crime


Ron Fellows, Global Lead for Crime Analytics, IBM

12:05 – 12:25

Case Study: Operation Golf


Colin Carswell, Chief Inspector, Operation Golf, Joint Investigation Team - UK and Romania, London Metropolitan Police

Afternoon

13:10 – 14:15

Lunch

14:15 – 14:35

Keynote Address: Global and trans-regional organised crime and EU external relations


David O'Sullivan, Chief Operating Officer, European External Action Service

14:35 – 14:50

Session 3: Opening Remarks


Salvatore Iacolino, Member, European Parliament

14:50 – 16:00

Session 3: Legislative and practical priorities for the EU and business

Moderated by:
Glenn Vaughan, Executive Director, British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium
Nicholas Ilett, Director, OLAF
Jakub Boratynski, Head of Unit, European Commission
Peter De Buysscher, Director - Directorate of International Police Cooperation, Belgian Federal Police
Salvatore Iacolino, Member, European Parliament

16:00 – 16:20

Keynote Speech: US-EU Cooperation in the field of Serious and Organised Crime


William E. Kennard, Ambassador to the European Union, United States Mission to the EU

16:20 – 16:30

Commercial Partners' Closing Comments

16:30 – 16:40

Closing Remarks from Europol


Brian Donald, Head of the Office of the Director, Europol

Logistics

When

Thursday 28 February, 2013
08.30 to 16.45

CET

 

Where

Renaissance Brussels Hotel

Rue du Parnasse 19
Brussels
1050 Belgium

Google location map

 

Downloads

Serious and Organised Crime Post-Conference Report

 

 

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