Conference Agenda (22 April)

Morning

08:30 – 09:00

Registration and Welcome Coffee

09:00 – 09:05

Opening Remarks

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

09:05 – 09:25

Keynote Address

Rob Wainwright, Director, Europol

09:25 – 10:55

Session 1: What impact is serious organised crime & terror having on Europe’s security & economy?

- How does serious organised crime hurt legitimate business and society?
- To what extent does organised crime control and benefit from counterfeiting and smuggling? Are EU policies making a meaningful contribution to effective prevention?
- What impact is excise and VAT fraud having on the public purse and how serious is the problem?
- What is the economic and social impact of the threat from terrorism?


Moderator: Anabela Gago, Head of Unit, Organised crime, DG HOME, European Commission

Vincent Sauvalère, Head of Unit B2, Tobacco & Counterfeit Goods, OLAF
Maria Manuela Cabral, Head of Unit, Risk Management and Security, DG Taxation and Customs, European Commission
Ernesto Savona, Director, Transcrime
Peter Vergauwen, Senior Specialist, Operations Department, O4 Counter Terrorism Unit, Europol
Ana Gomes, Member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, European Parliament

10:55 – 11:15

Keynote Address

Matthias Ruete, Director General, DG HOME, European Commission

11:15 – 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 – 13:00

Session 2: How can business play its part in combating serious organised crime?

- Where has business made an important contribution in fighting counterfeit and excise/VAT fraud?
- How can business contribute in the fight against terrorism and cyber crime?
- How is technology facilitating cooperation between policy makers and law enforcers?


Moderator: Nicholas Ilett, Director of Investigations, OLAF

Ewan Duncan, Head of Anti Illicit Trade Intelligence Unit, British American Tobacco
Michael Olmsted, Senior Counsel for the European Union and International Law Enforcement Matters, United States Mission to the European Union
Chris Perryman, Project Manager for Focal Point Missing Trader Intra-Community (MTIC), Europol
Monica Macovei, MEP, Member Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, European Parliament

Afternoon

13:00 – 14:15

Lunch

14:15 – 14:35

Keynote Address

Ingeborg Gräßle, MEP, Chair of the Committee for Budgetary Control, European Parliament

14:35 – 16:00

Session 3: Is Europe's response adequate and what will success look like?

- Can EU policymakers and law enforcement authorities ever hope to get ahead of the curve or will organized crime always be one step ahead?
- What are realistic targets for the EU’s fight against organised crime in the current policy cycle ending 2017?
- What new approaches should be considered for the new policy cycle?
- What more can business do to help?
- What can we learn from other parts of the world?


Moderator: Ingeborg Gräßle, MEP, Chair of the Committee for Budgetary Control, European Parliament


Dietrich Neumann, Head of Corporate Services, Europol
Jean Bergevin, Head of Unit, Fight against counterfeiting and piracy, European Commission
Steven Chatfield, Senior Advisor, Emergent BioSolutions
Joëlle Jenny, Director of Security Policy and Conflict Prevention Department, EEAS

16:00 – 16:20

Keynote Address

Kristalina Georgieva, Vice-President for Budget and Human Resources, European Commission

16:20 – 16:30

Closing Remarks

Dietrich Neumann, Head of Corporate Services, Europol