The panel will focus on how the EU is to deliver smarter border control in the air, land and sea environments, e.g. through implementing the Entry/Exit System and ETIAS System for Third Country Nationals, and the import and export control systems (ICS and ECS) for goods. The discussion will include:

• Organising new levels of stakeholder cooperation
• IT Infrastructure
• Governance and Mandate’

Moderator:
• Antonis Kastrissianakis, Former Director of TAXUD of the European Commission

Panelists:
• Philip Kermode, Director for Customs Policy, European Commission Taxation and Customs Union (Confirmed)
• Krum Garkov, Executive Director, EU-Lisa (Confirmed)
• Rodolphe Gintz, Director General, French Customs and Excise Administration