Plenary Session 1: Challenges and Initiatives for enabling cross-border paperless trade

Plenary Session 1: Challenges and Initiatives for enabling cross-border paperless trade

Moderator
Mr. Yann Duval, Chief, Trade Facilitation Unit, Trade and Investment Division, United Nations ESCAP

• Cross-border paperless trade: Putting policies, laws and technologies together in an interoperable manner
Mr. T. A. Khan, Controller of Certifying Authorities, Department of Electronics and & Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, India

• Key principles for enabling cross-border paperless trade: Analysis from international legal instruments
Mr. Luca Castellani, Secretary, Working Group IV (Electronic Commerce), United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)

• Legal issues in cross-border paperless trade and e-commerce: Experience from China
Dr. Hong Xue, Director, Institute for Internet Policy & Law (IIPL), Beijing Normal University

• Technical and implementation issues in cross-border paperless trade data exchange: Lessons from the Pan Asia e-Commerce Alliance (PAA)
Mr. Francis Lopez, President, InterCommerce Network Service, and Chairman, PAA

• Bilateral cross-border data exchange between Afghanistan and Tajikistan
Mr. Eraj Jurabekov, Head of International Customs Cooperation Department, Customs Service under the Government of Republic of Tajikistan