Customs Compliance in Europe Conference, 3 – 4 November 2026, Düsseldorf, Germany
Customs Compliance in Europe Conference, 3 - 4 November 2026, Düsseldorf, Germany
Navigatie op EU-douanehervorming, duurzaamheidsvoorschriften en strategisch risicobeheer in een veranderend handelslandschap
The Customs Compliance in Europe Conference offers a premier platform for C-level executives, Customs Directors, General Counsels, Compliance Officers, and Legal Advisors, to connect, exchange insights, and explore the latest developments in European customs law and practice.
Join leading voices from top organisations as they address the evolving EU customs landscape, including the EU Customs Reform, Deforestation and Sustainability Regulations, CBAM, Anti-Dumping measures, and emerging tech solutions in compliance.
This two-day event combines high-level presentations, interactive panel discussions, and informal networking opportunities in a relaxed, executive-focused environment. Discover actionable strategies, anticipate regulatory challenges, and take part in open, peer-led conversations that directly impact your business operations.
- Mr. Pablo Muniz, Partner, Van Bael & Bellis
- Mr. Anthio Straten, Director, Customs and Trade Compliance, Capri Holdings
- Ms. Marina Noyel, Customs Director, Groupe SEB
- Ms. Alexandra Theunissen, Head of Customs Strategy, Schaeffler
- Mr. Eric Vogel, Head of Customs, Export Control and Excise Taxes Europe, BMW Group
- Ms. Selena Kuveljic, Head of Customs & Trade Compliance, AUTODOC
- Ms. Agnieszka Caban-Nowakowska, Senior Director, Customs EMEA, Cargill
- Mr. Dominik Klein, Director, Global Head of Trade & Customs, Pandora
- Mr. Frederic Jacquot, Head of Customs & Excise, Airbus
- Mr. Nicolas Collart, Chief Trade Operations & Compliance Officer, Customs Support Group
- Mw. Anna MarcinowskiSenior Manager EU Local Content, Customs Compliance, Strategy & Projects, Excise Tax Compliance, Mercedes-Benz AG
- Mr. Marko Uhl, Partner – Tax & Legal, Deloitte
- Mr. Michael Schaefer, Partner, Global Trade Advisory, Deloitte
- Ms. Simran Sethi, Senior Consultant, Industry Strategy, Global Trade Intelligence, Descartes
- Mr. Helge Wieggrefe, Co-Founder & CEO, Kolum
- Mr. Greg Nichols, SVP Customs Solutions, DHL Global Forwarding
Als je deel wilt uitmaken van ons gewaardeerde sprekerspanel op de Conferentie over naleving van de douanewetgeving in Europaneem dan contact op met Miss Isra Mahmoud op isra.mahmoud@nielsonsmith.com
De agenda voor Customs Compliance in Europe Conferences prepared by and for industry professionals, and includes the most interesting topics, currently pertinent to the field.
Dag 1
08:00 – 08:45 Registratie opent met verfrissingen in de vroege ochtend
08:45 – 09:00 Welkomstwoord van de voorzitter, openingstoespraak & inleidingen
09:00 - 10:00 Updates from Brussels
10:00 - 11:00 Supply Chain Restructuring & “De-Risking”: Customs Implications of Global Trade Shifts
11:00 – 11:30 Ochtend verfrissingen en netwerken
11:30 – 12:30 US Tariff Landscape & IEEPA Refunds
12:30 - 13:45 Lunch voor netwerken
13:45 – 14:45 Panel Discussion: Customs Compliance in a Fragmented World: US, EU, China
14:45 – 15:30 CBAM: From Reporting to Financial Exposure
15:30 - 16:00 Middag verfrissingen en netwerken
16:00 – 16:45 Origin & Classification: Where Compliance Breaks in Practice
16:45 – 17:30 Customs Audits & Enforcement Trends Across the EU
17:30 - 17:35 Chairman’s closing remark
17:35 - 18:35 Conferentieborrel
Dag 2
08:30 - 08:55 Vroege ochtend verfrissingen en netwerken
08:55 - 09:00 Openingstoespraak voorzitter
09:00 - 9:45 Customs valuation in E-commerce challenges and risks
09:45 - 10:30 Smart Customs Management for Strengthened Compliance and Improved Supply Chain Performance
10:30 - 11:00 Ochtend verfrissingen en netwerken
11:00 - 12:00 Forward Looking to the EU Customs Reform, what to expect and how to prepare
12:00 – 13:30 Networking lunch
13:30 - 14:30 Free Trade Agreements in Practice: Unlocking Value While Managing Complexity
14:30 – 15:15 Incoterms®
15:15 – 15:45 Middag verfrissingen en netwerken
15:45 – 16:30 Panel Discussion – The Future of Customs Compliance in Europe: What Should Companies Prepare for Next?
16:30 – 16:35 Opmerkingen voorzitter
End of conference
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CSG is the leading European provider of customs and trade solutions, facilitating seamless cross-border operations through cutting-edge digital innovations and unmatched industry expertise. With a presence in all major European strategic locations and the most comprehensive service offering in the market, we deliver unparalleled value to our customers by enhancing their operational efficiency, optimising duties and costs, ensuring regulatory compliance, and safeguarding their brand reputation amidst the ever-changing complexity of the customs landscape. Backed by a team of over 1700 dedicated customs professionals, we ensure our clients’ goods can cross borders with minimal risk and maximum efficiency without hassle or delay.
CATTS is an international customs and trade compliance services & technology company.
We are focused on supporting clients through a variety of in-house solutions, including customs operations support, consulting, and technology. CATTS has the goal to operate flexibly and in alignment with your needs by adapting our service offerings and seeking innovative opportunities to meet your custom and global trade requirements.
CATTS has an extensive global network of customs and trade compliance specialists and consultants. Our team exists of more than 100 individuals who are active in 50 countries, support customers in 15 different languages and have access to knowledge and content from 152 countries. In addition to and to complement our services, we have developed tools for effectively managing and connecting customs data with third parties such as customs brokers, self-filing solutions, and suppliers. With connections to your and third–party systems, Machine Learning OCR document reading, and automated data verifications, we ultimately increase your level of compliance and reduce costs and delays.
Our customers choose us as their single global partner for all customs and trade compliance needs. We may support you with managing your customs broker management, operating your global trade management platform, product classification, customs filing support, trade content provision, compliance consultancy, duty and origin management, and more
Customs4trade’s (C4T) unique team of customs experts and best-of-breed technology engineers has developed CAS, a one-of-a-kind software solution that automates customs and trade compliance. CAS is a collaborative hub, designed to manage regional and worldwide customs and trade compliance quickly and accurately, within one single platform.
By automating all import and export processes, our customers experience faster time to market, eliminate customs duty and administration costs, and gain strategic visibility into their customs operations. Built on the Microsoft Azure platform and delivered as a Service (SaaS), CAS provides customers with continual updates and feature enhancements, including the incorporation of any changes to legislation and compliance regulations—along with Azure’s signature accessibility, scalability, and security.
AEB – Simplifying the movement of goods worldwide and delivering a sustainable model for global trade in the cloud: AEB SE offers intuitive technologies to enable efficient, resilient, equitable, and environmentally sustainable supply chains. More than 7,000 enterprise customers in over 80 countries around the world put their trust in AEB software solutions for global trade, customs, trade compliance, and logistics.
AEB solutions, with their intuitive cloud technologies, can play a key role in empowering businesses to successfully navigate rapid economic and social change, evolve with the times, and develop sustainable processes – in import and export management, sanctions list screening, export controls, and transport and warehouse management.
The AEB product portfolio extends from quickly implementable add-ons for specific domains to end-to-end system solutions – all engineered to automate processes, deliver an integrated and intuitive user experience, and ensure legal and regulatory compliance in a scalable, cloud-based ecosystem.
AEB is a strong team of 750+ employees with headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, and 14 offices around the world.
www.aeb.com
MIC – In the rapidly expanding global economy, multinational companies have the opportunity to reduce international customs and trade compliance costs by accelerating the movement of goods to achieve both short-term and long-term competitive advantages. However, the appropriate Global Trade Management (GTM) software must be in place and fully integrated with a company’s overall IT infrastructure (e.g., ERP Host System) and its customs and trade compliance business processes in order to increase efficiency, ensure transparency, minimize compliance risk, and save on costs.
Founded in 1988, MIC is the leading worldwide provider of global customs and trade compliance software solutions. We provide our customers with a high-quality, user-friendly web-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) suite on a single technological platform: one GTM system, one user interface, and one consistent maintenance and support service – globally. At the frontier of innovation, MIC deploys next-generation AI-assisted solutions to revolutionize customs tariff and export control classification and automate trade document processing.
Deloitte provides audit, risk advisory, tax, financial advisory and consulting services to public and private clients spanning multiple industries; legal advisory services in Germany are provided by Deloitte Legal. With a globally connected network of member firms in more than 150 countries, Deloitte brings world-class capabilities and high-quality service to clients, delivering the insights they need to address their most complex business challenges. Deloitte’s approximately 264,000 professionals are committed to making an impact that matters.
Making an impact that matters. Every day we challenge ourselves to do what matters most – for clients, for our people, and for society. We serve clients distinctively, bringing innovative insights, solving complex challenges and unlocking sustainable growth. We inspire our talented professionals to deliver outstanding value to clients, providing an exceptional career experience and an inclusive and collaborative culture. We contribute to society, building confidence and trust in the markets, upholding the integrity of organizations and supporting our communities.
Descartes (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG) is the global leader in providing on-demand, software-as-a-service solutions focused on improving the productivity, performance and security of logistics-intensive businesses. Descartes helps customers to work smarter by making access to and analysis of global trade data easy. Our suite of solutions helps businesses achieve higher trade compliance rates, reduce duties paid, minimize transactions with sanctioned parties and provides insight into potential customers and supply chain resources.
Descartes is the world’s largest, collaborative multimodal logistics community. Our headquarters are in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and we have offices and partners around the world. Learn more at www.descartes.com.
kolum is the leading technology platform for sustainable trade compliance, specializing in the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). Through the automation of complex supplier data collection, importers are enabled to secure compliant reporting while gaining the financial intelligence necessary to optimize global supply chains. The integration of precise cost forecasting and certificate management strategies allows businesses to navigate market volatility and streamline procurement. By bridging the gap between trade law and digital automation, administrative friction is eliminated, transforming regulatory mandates into a measurable competitive advantage.
DHL brings together the scale and reliability of a global logistics leader with deep local expertise in smart customs management and trade compliance. Through DHL Global Forwarding and its dedicated Customs Solutions, DHL supports companies in navigating complex cross-border requirements, mitigating compliance risks, and improving supply chain performance. With local customs execution in key markets, digitally enabled orchestration, and advanced analytics delivering actionable insights through DHL TradeConnect, customers gain greater transparency, consistency, and control across their global trade operations — turning smart customs management from a compliance necessity into a competitive supply chain advantage.
Van Bael & Bellis is a leading independent law firm based in Brussels with more than 30 years of experience in EU trade and customs law, specialising in trade defence instruments, investigations and export controls. The firm has an office in Geneva dedicated to WTO matters. With nearly 70 lawyers coming from 20 different countries, we offer our clients the support of a highly effective team of professionals with multi-jurisdictional expertise and an international perspective. Our expertise is focused and specific, resulting in deep experience within our specialisations, which include EU competition law, EU regulatory law and Belgian business law.
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Prijs volledig 2-daags conferentieticket voor 1 persoon – 1499 euros
Including the Company-wide Post-Event Microsite license for 1 year
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Conferentieplaats
Königsallee 1A, 40212
Düsseldorf, Duitsland
Accommodatie Toewijzing
Arrival: 02/11/2026
Departure: 04/11/2026
Room Rate: superior single room incl. breakfast – € 224,00 per room/night inc. VAT
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Informatie
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