Time

Arrangement

Wednesday 24 November, 2004

14:00 -14:30

Opening and Welcome, China Customs Overview of the Training Seminar, Will Robinson, Senior Technical Officer

14:30 -15:30

Theme 1: From Brussels to Shanghai: A Global Overview of the Counterfeit Problem

• Outcomes from The First Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting, Wolfgang Starein, Director Enforcement, WIPO
• Outcomes from the International Conference in Italy, William Dobson, Executive Director GBLAAC
• The Shanghai Declaration, Joseph Clark, Executive Director, AAC
• Public-private partnership initiatives developed by the WCO IPR Strategic Group, Ronald Brohm, Director snbREACT
• The Asia/Pacific Perspective, David Blakemore, Consultant to the WCO IPR Strategic Group

15:30 - 16:30

Theme 2: Legislative Framework

• Overview of International Conventions and the background to IPR protection, Wolfgang Starein, Director, WIPO

• The Customs¡¯ role in IPR enforcement and the WCO Model legislation, Will Robinson, Senior Technical Officer;
• Examples of national legislation in the region, Vietnam Customs; Ms Le Thu
• Coffee Break

17:00 - 18:00

Theme 3: Customs Procedures

• The three functions of Customs IPR Enforcement: Mr. Li Qunying (Policy and Legal Affairs China Customs)
• Applications for IPR Protection, Mr Albert Ho (Hong Kong Customs)
• Business perspective in the application and prosecution process, Joe Clark, Alliance Against Counterfeiting

18:00 - 18:30

Review of Day 1, Will Robinson, Senior Technical Officer

Time

Arrangement

Thursday 25November, 2004

09:00 - 10:30

Theme 4:  Managing Risk: The collection, collation, analysis and use of information and intelligence to effectively combat counterfeit trafficking.

Panel Session moderated by David Blakemore (WCO IPR AP Consultant)

Speakers:

WCO-CEN system; Mr. ZHU Qingwei, Intelligence Analalyst WCO RILO Asia-Pacific;

WCO proposed business/customs website Ronald Brohm, snbREACT;

Intelligence Systems and frontline targetting: Phil Chitty (New Zealand Customs)

Risk Factors and the WCO risk factor guide: Brigit Gijsbers (Dutch Customs)

10:30 - 11:00

Plenary discussion on information and intelligence sharing

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 - 13:00

Theme5: Panel sessions in two rooms

Room A Fashion textiles Industry:

Room B Sports wear:

(1)   Develop a business profile relevant for customs detection: characteristics / logistics of fashion and sports goods: production, distribution, transportation and retail

(2)   Specific features of these industries: trends; sources, importation and distribution; identification features

1.        Member Customs

2.       China Customs

3.      4 Speakers in each room from WCO IPR Strategic Group ¨C representing the fashion industry Tommy Hilfiger, Lacoste and sports sector adidas,  Pentland group, Quiksilver

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:30

Theme 6: Panel sessions in two rooms

Room A Entertainment Industry:

Room B Merchandising industry:

(1)   Develop a typical business profile for these sectors: intellectual property right issues, licensing aspects, the logistics, documents used, identification features

(2)    Trends in piracy and counterfeiting

1.      Member Customs

2.      China Customs

3.       4 Speakers from WCO IPR Strategic Group in each room from the industries mentioned: IFPI, MPA, Sony Entertainment (entertainment) Warner Bros, BBC (Merchandising)

15:30 - 16:15

Theme 7 Panel sessions in two rooms

Room A Electronics

Room B Computer supplies

(1)    Develop a typical business profile for these sectors: include the role of The Internet and safety issues, distributions issues, the logistics, documents used, identification features

(2)    Trends in piracy and counterfeiting:

1.       Speaker from QBPC

2.        2 Speakers from WCO IPR group of sectors in each room: Seiko Epson, Philips

3.        Speaker from member customs

16:30 - 17:30

Theme 8: Panel sessions in two rooms

Room A Automotive Industry

Room B Mobile phone Accessories

Develop a typical business profile for these sectors: including safety issues, trends in Asia:

1.      Speaker from Member Customs

2.      2 speakers from WCO IPR group of both sectors: GM, Daimler Chrysler, Nokia

Time

Arrangement

Friday 26 November, 2004

09:00 - 10:45

Theme 9 Continued: Panel sessions in two rooms

Room A Household, Cosmetics Industry

Room B Stationery, mass consumer products

Develop a typical business profile for these sectors: include the complexity of the production; confusion with overrun ¨C parallel  imports, logistical issues, documents used, and identification features:

1.        Speaker from GBLAAC

2.        3 speakers from WCOIPR group from sectors per room (L'Oreal Lancaster P&G, Unilever, Sara Lee, Bic, Gillette (Household/Cosmetics)

3.        Member Customs Administration

4.        China Customs

10:45 - 11.15

Coffee Break

11.15 - 12:15

Theme 10 Continued: Panel sessions

Room A Luxury goods

Share experiences in counterfeiting actions and determine a strategy with customs to fight the problem; logistical issues, including exclusive production of luxury goods and dissemination of identification features.

1.       2 Members of the WCO IPR Strategic Group: Gucci, Prada, LVMH (Luxury Goods)

2.      Member of customs administration

3.      China customs

12:15 - 13:30

Lunch

13:30 - 15:00

Theme 9 : Action Planning

Workshop session to create an Asia-Pacific Action Plan

15:00 - 15:30

Results of the Workshop and conclusions

15:30 - 16:00

Closing summary and speeches

Time

Arrangement

Saturday 27 November, 2004

09:00-12:30

Customs Field Trip (Visiting Shanghai Wai Gao Qiao Free-trade Zone Customs House)

12:30-13:30

Lunch

13:30-17:00

To Be Advised