PEN-Cast

Pencast 2024 (Episode 12) – Mark Procter - Part3

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:02:55 +0200

This Pencast conversation features Dr. Mark Procter, Vice President of Cargo Science and Technology at Rapiscan Systems.

Pencast 2024 (Episode 12) – Mark Procter - Part2

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:49:12 +0200

This Pencast conversation features Dr. Mark Procter, Vice President of Cargo Science and Technology at Rapiscan Systems.

Pencast 2024 (Episode 12) – Mark Procter - Part1

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 11:05:09 +0200

This Pencast conversation features Dr. Mark Procter, Vice President of Cargo Science and Technology at Rapiscan Systems.

Pencast 2024 (Episode 11) – Nanette van Schelven - Part3

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 15:50:33 +0200

This Pencast conversation features Nanette van Schelven, Director General of the Customs Administration of the Netherlands, and one of the leading voices in customs innovation.

Pencast 2024 (Episode 11) – Nanette van Schelven - Part2

Wed, 27 Nov 2024 14:21:28 +0200

This Pencast conversation features Nanette van Schelven, Director General of the Customs Administration of the Netherlands, and one of the leading voices in customs innovation.

Pencast 2024 (Episode 11) – Nanette van Schelven - Part1

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 10:50:30 +0200

This Pencast conversation features Nanette van Schelven, Director General of the Customs Administration of the Netherlands, and one of the leading voices in customs innovation.

Pencast 2024 (Episode 10) – Lars Karlsson - Part4

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 11:25:28 +0200

Today’s Pencast features Lars Karlsson, Global Head of Trade and Customs Consulting at A.P. Møller-Maersk, and a world authority in customs, borders and international trade policy.

Pencast 2024 (Episode 10) – Lars Karlsson - Part3

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 12:31:43 +0200

Today’s Pencast features Lars Karlsson, Global Head of Trade and Customs Consulting at A.P. Møller-Maersk, and a world authority in customs, borders and international trade policy.

Pencast 2024 (Episode 10) – Lars Karlsson - Part2

Wed, 23 Oct 2024 11:58:57 +0200

Today’s Pencast features Lars Karlsson, Global Head of Trade and Customs Consulting at A.P. Møller-Maersk, and a world authority in customs, borders and international trade policy.

Pencast 2024 (Episode 10) – Lars Karlsson - Part1

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 12:21:52 +0200

Today’s Pencast features Lars Karlsson, Global Head of Trade and Customs Consulting at A.P. Møller-Maersk, and a world authority in customs, borders and international trade policy.

Pencast 2024 (Episode 9) – Ana Hinojosa - Part3

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 17:04:05 +0200

A wide-ranging conversation with Ana Hinojosa, former Executive Director of US Customs and Border Protection, and current head of ABH Global Trade Consulting.

Pencast 2024 (Episode 9) – Ana Hinojosa - Part2

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 12:06:10 +0200

A wide-ranging conversation with Ana Hinojosa, former Executive Director of US Customs and Border Protection, and current head of ABH Global Trade Consulting.

Pencast 2024 (Episode 9) – Ana Hinojosa - Part1

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 11:54:24 +0200

A wide-ranging conversation with Ana Hinojosa, former Executive Director of US Customs and Border Protection, and current head of ABH Global Trade Consulting.

Pencast 2024 (Episode 8) – Tony Smith - Part4

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 14:49:59 +0200

Today’s Pencast features Mr. Tony Smith CBE, former Director General of the UK Border Force, currently Managing Director of Fortinus Global Ltd and Chair of the International Border Management and Technologies Association (IBMATA).

Pencast 2024 (Episode 8) – Tony Smith - Part3

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 15:59:25 +0200

Pencast 2024 (Episode 8) – Tony Smith - Part2

Wed, 07 Aug 2024 14:49:14 +0200

Pencast 2024 (Episode 8) – Tony Smith - Part1

Wed, 31 Jul 2024 11:30:31 +0200

Pencast 2024 (Episode 7) – Rashed Lahej Naser Al Mansoori

Wed, 24 Jul 2024 13:34:09 +0200

Today’s Pencast features the Director General of Abu Dhabi Customs, His Excellency Rashed Lahej Naser Al Mansoori. He has over 20 years of IT expertise, and previously held leadership positions in strategic project management and information systems.

Pencast 2024 (Episode 6) – Gerassimos Thomas - Part2

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 14:24:15 +0200

Today’s Pencast features Mr. Gerassimos Thomas, Director General of the European Commission's Taxation and Customs Union Directorate, and one of the leading thinkers and actors in the process of EU customs reform. Mr. Thomas has previously held senior positions in finance, energy and elsewhere at the European Commission, and was Deputy Minister for Environment and Energy in his native Greece.

Pencast 2024 (Episode 6) – Gerassimos Thomas - Part1

Wed, 10 Jul 2024 10:12:57 +0200

Pencast 2024 (Episode 5) – Dr. Zsolt Dézi - Part2

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:49:42 +0200

This week's podcast is Part 2 of my conversation with Dr. Zsolt Dézi, Senior Training Expert at the National Tax and Customs Administration of Hungary.

Pencast 2024 (Episode 5) – Dr. Zsolt Dézi - Part1

Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:52:44 +0200

This week's podcast is Part 1 of my conversation with Dr. Zsolt Dézi, Senior Training Expert at the National Tax and Customs Administration of Hungary.

Pencast 2024 (Episode 4) – Ashley Bell - Part3

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 10:37:01 +0200

Today's Pencast is with Ashley Bell, Assistant Secretary for Customs and Border Modernization at the Australian Border Force. Mr. Bell discusses the role of AI, machine learning and big data in tomorrow's cutting-edge customs administration.

Pencast 2024 (Episode 4) – Ashley Bell - Part2

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 12:22:29 +0200

Pencast 2024 (Episode 4) – Ashley Bell - Part1

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 14:19:43 +0200

Pencast 2024 (Episode 3) – Kunio Mikuriya - Part2

Fri, 01 Mar 2024 11:40:50 +0200

Honored today to be speaking with Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, longtime Secretary General of the World Customs Organization, who concluded his distinguished career at the WCO just a short time ago.

Pencast 2024 (Episode 3) – Kunio Mikuriya - Part1

Fri, 23 Feb 2024 15:50:52 +0200

Honored today to be speaking with Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, longtime Secretary General of the World Customs Organization, who concluded his distinguished career at the WCO just a short time ago.

Pencast 2024 (Episode 2) – Dragoş Tudorache

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 12:44:24 +0200

Today's interview is with Dragoş Tudorache, Member of the European Parliament, former Chair of the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in the Digital Age (AIDA), and the rapporteur on the AI Act for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE).

Pencast 2024 (Episode 1) – Axel Kerep

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 14:40:03 +0200

Today’s podcast looks at the dark, mysterious world of antiquities trafficking, with Axel Kerep, an archaeologist who’s developing new technologies to detect and halt illicit trade in cultural property. Axel is the head of the Arti-Fact Project at PARCS Solutions, an organization devoted to cultural property protection via multiple technologies.

Watch on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/2DLQb4UW36U

Pencast 2023 (Episode 15) – Edward Kieswetter - Part2

Wed, 20 Dec 2023 11:04:40 +0200

This is part 2 of a 2-part Pencast with Edward Kieswetter, Commissioner of SARS (South Africa Revenue Service) and Chairperson of the World Customs Organization.

Watch on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/DlV530PZmk8

Pencast 2023 (Episode 15) – Edward Kieswetter - Part1

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 16:56:32 +0200

This is part 1 of a 2-part Pencast with Edward Kieswetter, Commissioner of SARS (South Africa Revenue Service) and Chairperson of the World Customs Organization.

Watch on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/QYJbsB7TwHc

Pencast 2023 (Episode 14) – Damien Romestant

Tue, 05 Dec 2023 19:56:06 +0200

Today we speak with Dr. Damien Romestant, an international expert in the areas of financial crime, anticorruption, compliance, economic sanctions and export controls. Damien works with private companies, NGOs and EU projects, and is currently Head of Economic Sanctions for the Corporate Crime Observatory.

Watch on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/bwgD5r8LNI4

Pencast 2023 (Episode 13) – Satya Prasad Sahu - Part3

Fri, 27 Oct 2023 09:57:09 +0200

This is the third part of the conversation with SP Sahu:

Today's Pencast features Satya Prasad ("SP") Sahu, senior trade facilitation specialist at the World Bank. SP has decades of experience in trade and finance, both with the Indian Ministry of Finance and as Senior Technical Officer at the World Customs Organization.

Watch on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/U2aAA9HEDsg

Pencast 2023 (Episode 13) – Satya Prasad Sahu - Part2

Wed, 18 Oct 2023 18:23:01 +0200

This is the second part of the conversation with SP Sahu:

Watch on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/_7kYoLsei8w

Pencast 2023 (Episode 13) – Satya Prasad Sahu - Part1

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 18:07:05 +0200

Watch on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/-s5LdHl3VZc

Pencast 2023 (Episode 12) – Andrew Grainger

Wed, 04 Oct 2023 18:12:13 +0200

Today’s Pencast is with Prof. Andrew Grainger, an academic, teacher and consultant with over 20 years of experience in the field of trade facilitation. In particular, we discuss his ground-breaking book, Cross-Border Logistics Operations: Effective Trade Facilitation and Border Management.

Watch on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/g8qRPNByTWw

Pencast 2023 (Episode 11) – Jose Luis Perez Diaz - Part 2

Sun, 17 Sep 2023 22:15:17 +0200

Today's Pencast is with Jose Luis Perez Diaz, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alcalá and coordinator of MELCHIOR, a Horizon 2020 funded project to rapidly detect drugs, explosives, weapons and illicit goods concealed on or inside people, employing a range of novel, noncontact technologies.

Listen on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Vp15joxBAJgMLzXJjktRS?si=40febb4e1cb54411

Pencast 2023 (Episode 11) – Jose Luis Perez Diaz - Part 1

Mon, 11 Sep 2023 08:46:45 +0200

Listen on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/24UYAkqGqiEXbJp1R6x4Of?si=9f70ac034b734efb

Pencast 2023 (Episode 10) – Marek Helm

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 23:28:24 +0200

Today's episode features Marek Helm, the CEO of GScan, an Estonia-based producer of vehicle and cargo scanning technology that uses recent developments in atmospheric ray tomography. Data provided by muons, electrons, positrons and neutrons that pass through objects, once processed by AI and machine learning, allows the non-intrusive identification of cargo contents.

Listen on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6wweqOu5BgEyQQqTyiajqS?si=39c388ce09c54949

Pencast 2023 (Episode 9) – Micha Slegt

Mon, 03 Jul 2023 11:39:39 +0200

Today’s conversation is with Micha Slegt, a senior scientist in the customs laboratory of the Customs Administration of the Netherlands. After earning a PhD in chemistry, Micha has worked for Dutch Customs for 17 years as senior chemist and researcher. He’s currently in Brussels for a year, furthering his education via a posting with Belgium Customs.

Listen on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6kf6BrJYXv4Q4DqvNom9y3?si=57098bcb157e4f8f

Pencast 2023 (Episode 8) – AELER

Fri, 23 Jun 2023 18:57:33 +0200

Meet AELER, a forward thinking logistics firm that brings advanced technologies to the container, the building block of our global economy, and to the ecosystem that surrounds the container. AELER scored second in the recent PEN-CP Innovation Prize. Today’s interview features company founder and co-CEO Naik Londono, and Port Network Lead Gadi Benmoshe.

Listen on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4H9AuPPK47lUCcudYR1fUO?si=2e259e023076428f

Pencast 2023 (Episode 7) – Dawn Wilkes / Part2

Sat, 10 Jun 2023 18:42:27 +0200

Today's Pencast features Dawn Wilkes, Program Manager of the Security Group at the Universal Postal Union, the primary forum for postal cooperation between governments, Posts, regulators and other stakeholders, whose membership spans 192 countries. Previously, Ms. Wilkes worked at the Global Security Group of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the federal law enforcement branch of the U.S. Postal Service. This episode is the second half of our conversation. A blog post with resources coming soon on the PEN-CP website (https://www.pen-cp.net/blog)

Listen on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/52TbWh9YUMYUWh5siV3eBc?si=9e81f3d8435d4221

Pencast 2023 (Episode 7) – Dawn Wilkes / Part1

Fri, 02 Jun 2023 17:55:10 +0200

Today's Pencast features Dawn Wilkes, Program Manager of the Security Group at the Universal Postal Union, the primary forum for postal cooperation between governments, Posts, regulators and other stakeholders, whose membership spans 192 countries. Previously, Ms. Wilkes worked at the Global Security Group of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the federal law enforcement branch of the U.S. Postal Service. This episode is the first half of our conversation - the second half will appear next week. A blog post with resources coming soon on the PEN-CP website (https://www.pen-cp.net/blog)

Listen on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ZyWbie1tAVdTsMuOvWz9D?si=c0f7d89bb30a487c

Pencast 2023 (Episode 6) – Rupa Ganguli

Sun, 28 May 2023 17:32:10 +0200

Rupa Ganguli is an Indian social entrepreneur and campaigner for sustainable development and equality within the textile industry. She has founded a series of organizations, including SPINNA Circle and most recently Inclusive Trade, which aims to be the Amazon of fair trade. Inclusive Trade was named "Small Business Champion 2022 ”, a joint award of the World Trade Organization ( WTO ), International Trade Center ( ITC ) and the International Chamber of Commerce ( ICC ). Even Trade recently received a prestigious GOLD Investibility rating from Capital Pilot, the investment rating agency.

Listen on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/05RO3427q4lQk5UAtX1Nd0?si=bf079d33f8a34837

Pencast 2023 (Episode 5) – Enrika Naujoke

Sun, 28 May 2023 17:26:28 +0200

Enrika Naujokė is co-founder of CustomsClear, an E-learning platform for customs practitioners that aims to engage customs practitioners in continuous professional growth and lifelong learning, and to contribute to the seamless and sustainable movement of goods across borders.

Pencast 2023 (Episode 4) – Frank Heijmann

Sun, 28 May 2023 17:24:47 +0200

Frank Heijmann is a senior executive in the Customs Administration of The Netherlands, with over 35 years of customs experience. He wrote CUSTOMS: Inside Anywhere, Insights Everywhere, the most complete and up-to-date introduction to the complex world of Customs available in print, published in October 2022 by Trichis Publishing in Rotterdam https://bit.ly/3UFEIbR. Frank is now Head of Trade Relations at the Customs Administration of the Netherlands, and guest lectures at several universities. He also helped to produce the Masters of Science program Customs & Supply Chain Compliance at Rotterdam School of Management, and has taken part in a number of high-level EU research projects.

Pencast 2023 (Episode 3) - David Spottiswood, Martin Palmer - Hurricane Commerce

Sun, 28 May 2023 17:22:54 +0200

In 2016, a team of veterans of logistics and transportation founded Hurricane Commerce, a data platform that aims, as the company says, to “be brilliant at the boring.” Hurricane’s goal is to create a unified data highway that calculates duty and taxes in real time, while screening out prohibited and restricted goods and denied parties. Company leaders David Spottiswood and Martin Palmer share some of their views of the future of data, and explain how their unified vision of data consistency and transparency will benefit all stakeholders, public and private, in the customs universe.

Pencast 2023 (Episode 2) – Carlos Grau Tanner – Global Express Association

Sat, 27 May 2023 18:31:44 +0200

On this episode we meet Carlos Grau Tanner, the Director General of the Global Express Association (GEA), which represents the three leading express delivery carriers (DHL, FedEx and UPS), members of a US $ 200 billion industry who operate in over 200 countries and territories. Carlos discusses his association’s work on issues such as international trade policy, trade facilitation and customs, e-commerce and air cargo security; highlights some of the valuable resources that GEA makes available to the industry and the general public; and speculates on what the future may hold for customs and express carriers, in a world of ever-growing e-commerce traffic.

Pencast 2023 (Episode 1) – Ricardo Treviño Chapa – World Customs Organization

Fri, 26 May 2023 18:37:54 +0200

On the first episode of our Pencast re-launch, we speak with Ricardo Treviño Chapa, Deputy Secretary General of the World Customs Organization, whose diverse background in finance, revenue collection, social security and in customs for Mexico and the Caribbean Region provides invaluable skills and allies for his current role at the WCO. Ricardo’s wealth of previous experiences, and his current leadership of an energetic modernization programme at the WCO, give him unique perspectives on the future of customs innovation.

PEN-Cast Episode 16

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 11:34:07 +0300

PEN-CP will organize an introductory webinar targeted for all the EU customs administrations who are not part of the PEN-CP consortium, on 14 June 2021. As of today (8 June), we have already nine customs administrations registered for the event! In this PEN-Cast episode, Dr. Juha Hintsa, PEN-CP coordinator, shares ideas and views on how the EU customs new to PEN-CP could start cooperating with our innovation boosting network, already this summer. And, how working together could expand and intensify during the coming 2.5 years, and even beyond that.

PEN-Cast Episode 15

Mon, 31 May 2021 23:43:57 +0300

PEN-CP will organize an introductory webinar targeted for all the EU customs administrations who are not part of the PEN-CP consortium, on 14 June 2021 (= Penday-June). Email and letter mail invitations have been sent to Customs Directors General, in the 18 EU member states. This PEN-Cast Episode 15 presents key agenda points for the first 75 minutes of the upcoming webinar. In the webinar itself, nine experts from our consortium will deliver 3-4 slide presentations on PEN-CP project outcomes, activities and arrangements.

PEN-Cast Episode 14

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 12:52:27 +0300

Today we have the pleasure to present the interview with Axel Hein, the Managing Director of ApiraSol, a company which brings the investigative approach to Brand Protection. The ApiraSol Cluster Analysis, combines online intelligence with shipments analytics, uncovering the entire counterfeit supply chain, from producers to importers, distributors and retailers. More information on Apirasol solutions and services at: www.apirasol.com

PEN-Cast Episode 13

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 17:35:56 +0300

Data quality in Customs context: the Part-2 of the interview with Doctor Wout Hofman, who acts as the Technical Manager for the Horizon 2020 project PROFILE, “Data Analytics, Data Sources, and Architecture for Upgraded European Customs Risk Management”; a parallel EU Research-Technology-Development -project. www.profile-project.eu

PEN-Cast Episode 12

Wed, 14 Apr 2021 14:54:36 +0300

Data quality in Customs context, fundamentally important topic these days! Part-1 of the interview with Doctor Wout Hofman, a seasoned expert in interoperability, architecture, logistics, data science and data analytics, from TNO, the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research.

PEN-Cast Episode 11

Sun, 14 Mar 2021 23:03:17 +0200

New website and Mobile app for H2020 PEN-CP – Calling for Expressions-of-Interest (PEN-EoI-2021) - Attention web and mobile app developers, in PEN-CP partner countries, and beyond: join this opportunity by filling a simple form (deadline 16.4.2021) at: https://cmt.sym.place/groups/profile/362070/new-website-and-mobile-app-for-h2020-pen-cp-%E2%80%93-calling-now-for-expressions-of-interest-pen-eoi-2021

PEN-Cast Episode 10

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 12:51:06 +0200

Today 26 February 2021 we have the pleasure to officially publish the PEN-CP Annual study on “Customs Innovations for Fighting Fraud and Trafficking in Cross-border Parcel Flows.” Please download the study report at:

www.pen-cp.net/announcements

PEN-Cast Episode 9

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 10:50:11 +0200

We share the feedback by PEN-CP research partners on “a Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and to the Council: Towards a stronger and more resilient Schengen Area” (Ares(2021)223040). The focus is on “not to complicate the travel of personnel engaged in the carriage of goods”.

You can read our full contribution at the dedicated EC web-page: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12838-Julgeolek-ja-piirihaldus-uus-Schengeni-strateegia/F1656892

PEN-Cast Episode 8

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 12:35:40 +0200

Today 12 February 2021 we are proud to officially publish the PEN-CP Annual study on “Enhancing Customs Risk Management with External Data”. Go ahead and download the study report at: www.pen-cp.net/announcements

PEN-Cast Episode 7

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 12:04:46 +0200

As of 8 February 2021, we launch a regular, once-per-month, series of PEN-CP web-workshops & seminars, open for all project partners to join. Will the Pendays, held on 2nd Monday of each month, become the best days of months to come?

PRESS RELEASE by PEN-CP

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 00:17:28 +0200

In Thun, Switzerland, on 1 February 2021 - PRESS RELEASE by H2020 PEN-CP - The 1st Global Customs Innovation Award Action is Launched by PEN-CP, the European Customs Innovation Network

PEN-Cast Episode 6

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 11:22:20 +0200

Another opportunity to become a short-term expert for PEN-CP! Submit your proposal by 19.1.2021 on the topic “Mapping National Innovation Calls (of customs interest) in 3 EU Countries”. PEN-CP Needs You!

Check all instructions here: https://cmt.sym.place/groups/profile/302707/pen-cp-innovation-instruments-and-innovation-events

PEN-Cast Episode 5

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 19:01:34 +0200

We point your attention to an open call on Expert Report: Review of Online Databases on Chemical Analysis Methods for the Identification of New Products and Materials. Submit your proposal by 19.1.2021, and become a short-term expert for PEN-CP!

Check all instructions here: https://cmt.sym.place/groups/profile/302707/pen-cp-innovation-instruments-and-innovation-events

PEN-Cast Episode 4

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 19:01:06 +0200

Today, the legendary David Hesketh from the UK - the man behind the world-famous “Who packed the box” research paper - explains about his views and adventures in the world of customs innovations. And yes, he will tell us “who ultimately packed the box”

PEN-Cast Episode 3

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 19:00:32 +0200

Welcome to PEN-Cast, soon to be worlds number 1 podcast on Customs research, development and innovations. This episode closes our trilogy on the PEN-CP introductory broadcastings.

PEN-Cast Episode 2

Thu, 07 Jan 2021 19:18:50 +0200

In short, PEN-CP can be described as ‘a Novel Customs Innovation Boosting Network and On-line Platform, offering Valuable Innovation Intermediary Services’. Today we learn about our Security Themes, as well as Innovation Instruments and Events.

PEN-Cast Episode 1

Thu, 07 Jan 2021 19:16:49 +0200

Welcome to the 1st ever episode of PEN-CP Podcast, known also as PEN-Cast. PEN-CP, the Pan-European Network of Customs Practitioners, is a 5-year long EU Horizon 2020 funded security practitioner network -project, lasting from September 2018 to January 2024