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SUMMARY:Customs Professional Award 2025
DESCRIPTION:ABOUTPROGRAMMETHE JURYPRACTICALITIESREGISTRATIONABOUT\n\n\n\nExpertise in customs and trade compliance plays a pivotal role in strategically growing businesses through international trade in normal times\, but during this crisis it has become more important than ever in order to maintain the vital flow of goods to everyone in the society. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo recognise the essential nature of their contributions\, the International Chamber of Commerce in Belgium (ICC Belgium) will organise this year a third edition of the Customs Professional Award with the sponsoring of\, among others\, KPMG\, General Administration\, of Customs & Excises\, the Federation of Belgian Enterprises (FEB)\, and the Belgian Chambers of Commerce. This award highlights and celebrates the achievements of professionals in customs\, trade compliance and other import-export departments. \n\n\n\nPROGRAMME\n4:00 pm – 4:05 pm  | Welcome by Julie Deré\, Secretary General of ICC Belgium \n4:05 pm -4:15 pm |Introduction by Frederik Cappelle\, Partner – Head of Global Trade\, Customs and excise practice at KPMG Belgium \n4:15 pm – 4:35 pm | Building bridges with Customs in international trade – Wendy Van Vlasselaer\,  Advisor Export Formalities and Customs and Hervée Claeys\, Project Officer International Business\, Voka Chamber of Commerce and Industry Voka Mechelen-Kempen \n4:35 pm – 4:50 pm  | Belgium’s Role in the WCO’s International Customs Ecosystem by Kristian Vanderwaeren\, Director General of the Belgian General Administration of Customs and Excise within the Ministry of Finance and Belgian DG at the WCO \n4:50 pm -5:10 pm | Meet the Jury \n5:10 pm-5:25 pm | Meet the nominees (part I) \n5:25 pm -5:35 pm| Meet the nominees (part II) \n5:35 pm- 6:00 pm | Award Ceremony \n§:00 pm – 8:30 pm  | Cocktail and walking dinner \nTHE JURY\nCO-CHAIRS: \n\nIsabelle Grippa – CEO of hub.brussels\nPiet Demunter – CEO at FLANDERS INVESTMENT & TRADE\nMichel Kempeneers – Director General International Affairs at AWEX\n\nMEMBERS OF THE JURY: \n\nFrederik Cappelle\, Director in KPMG’s Global Trade & Customs practice\nTom De Ridder\, Expert VAT\, Customs & Trade compliance and winner of the Customs Pro Award 2023\nNele Derynck\, Head of Non-Fiscal Legislation at Belgian Customs\nJeroen Dhanens\, Director Corporate Affairs & Communications at Japan Tobacco International (JTI) for Belgium and Luxembourg\nPieter Hasaert\, Global customs & trade expert at AEB\nThierry Piraux\, Employed at Central Administration – Customs Legislation Department – Advisor\, in charge of the Union Customs Code (reform) & e-commerce Customs regulations\n\nPRACTICALITIES\n\nWhen? \n\n\nTuesday 27 January 2026\n4:00 pm – 08:00 pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhere?\nKPMG\nLuchthaven Brussel Nationaal 1K\n1930 Zaventem \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFee?\nFree of charge but registration is mandatory: Registration event – Customs Pro Award \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistrations will close on 10 January 2026. If you still wish to register then\, please email we@iccwbo.be\n\n\nCancellation policy?\nIf you have confirmed your participation but are no longer able to attend\, we kindly ask you to cancel your registration at least three (3) working days prior to the event. \nIn case of late cancellation or no-show\, a cancellation fee of €75 (excl. VAT) may be charged to cover administration and catering costs. \nThis cancellation fee applies equally to all participants in a comparable situation\, unless one of the following predefined exceptions applies: \n\nforce majeure (e.g. serious illness\, accident\, or other unforeseeable and unavoidable circumstances);\nmembers or partners\, where explicitly agreed in advance;\nother objectively justified circumstances\, assessed on a case-by-case basis.\n\nThe organisation reserves the right\, after assessment of the specific circumstances\, to waive or apply the cancellation fee\, provided that such decision is taken in a reasonable\, transparent and non-discriminatory manner. \nBy registering for the event\, you confirm that you have read and understood this cancellation policy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTRATION\nRegister here : Registration event – Customs Pro Award
URL:https://iccwbo.be/event/customs-professional-award-2025/
LOCATION:KPMG\, Luchthaven Brussel Nationaal 1K\, Zaventem\, 1930\, Belgium
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