UNCTAD/CITES meeting Traceability systems for managing international

- TENTATIVE AGENDA -
UNCTAD/CITES meeting
Traceability systems for managing international
trade in South East Asian python skins
Room XXV, Palais des Nations
(E Building, Door 40, 1st floor)
Thursday, October 17, 2013
9 : 0 0 – 9 : 3 0 a m
Registration and coffee
Chairperson: Mathias Lörtscher, Chairman of the CITES Standing Committee Working Group on
Snakes; CITES Management Authority of Switzerland.
9:30 – 1 0 : 0 0 a m
Opening remarks by UNCTAD and CITES Secretariat
 Guillermo Valles, Director, Division on International Trade in Goods and Services, and
Commodities, UNCTAD
 David Morgan, Head, Scientific Support Team, CITES Secretariat
1 0 : 0 0 a m - 1 2 : 0 0 p m
Session 1: UNCTAD/CITES traceability study
 Bonapas Onguglo, OIC, Trade, Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Branch, UNCTAD
o Background and purpose of the study
 Don Ashley, UNCTAD/CITES consultant
o Main findings of the Study
 Tom De Meulenaer, Scientific Support Officer, CITES Secretariat
o CITES process for the management of international trade in snake skins
 Marcos Silva, Chief, Knowledge Management and Outreach Services, CITES data
management
o CITES trade data and data management in the context of traceability
Interactive discussions
1 2 : 0 0 – 1 : 3 0 p m
Lunch Break
1 : 3 0 – 3 : 3 0 p m
Session 2: On-going experiences in traceability systems for snakes
 Nandang Prihadi, CITES Management Authority, Indonesia; Indonesia’s perspective
 Tomás Waller,"The Yellow Anaconda Program: Traceability and Compliance Provisions"
 Luca Boltri, Head of Economic Department, UNIC - Italian Tanners' Association; "The
Italian tanning industry, CITES and the traceability of python skins"
 Helen Crowley, Kering; Rossella Ravagli, Gucci; Daniel Natusch, IUCN/SSC BPSG; PPP
initiative
 Eduardo Escobedo, Director, RESP; Pilot project
Interactive debate
3 : 3 0 - 4 : 0 0 p m
Coffee break
4 : 0 0 - 6 : 0 0 p m
Session 2 continuation
 Mark Auliya, Department of Conservation Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental
Research GmbH - UFZ - "Population genetics and forensic applications of the Reticulated
Python and the Burmese Python in South East Asia"
 Ian Gregory, Director, VCC; Claude Walthert, CFI; RFID technologies and database
 Pierre Ruggiero, CEO, All4Retail - "Supply Chain visibility"
 Kelly Malsch, Senior Project Officer, UNEP/WCMC; Database and data management
Interactive discussions

Friday, October 18, 2013
9 : 4 5 - 1 0 : 0 0 a m
Coffee
10:00am - 1 : 0 0 p m
Session 3: Interactive debate on key elements for a traceability system
Moderator: Mathias Lörtscher, Chairman of the CITES Standing Committee Working Group on
Snakes; CITES Management Authority of Switzerland.
Closing remarks
 John E. Scanlon
 Mathias Lörtscher
For further information, please contact:
Ms. Mariona Cusi
Email: marion[email protected]
Tel. [phone]
Ms. Yvonne Paredes
Email: [e-mail]
Tel. [phone]
UNCTAD gratefully acknowledges the support of the Swiss State Secretariat for
Economic Affairs (SECO) for the work carried out under the UNCTAD/CITES
partnership.