Speakers include representatives from customs authorities, tax departments and manufacturers outlining the problems of illicit tobacco and alcohol and their devastating impact, along with national and international initiatives to provide solutions combining technology, policing and effective enforcement. Added to these will be speakers from revenue agencies and suppliers providing case studies that demonstrate the successful implementation of tax stamp programmes around the world.

Here is the current list of confirmed speakers:

Mike Norgrove
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) 

Allen Bruford
World Customs Organisation

John W Colledge III
Consultant - Customs, Illicit Trade and Anti-Money Laundering 

Don Jones
Oregon Department of Revenue, Currency Chair - Federation of Tax Administrators, Tobacco Section

Elaine K. Dezenski
Director, Global Strategies, Georgia Tech Research Institute and Member, WEF Global Council on Illicit Trade

Farrell Delman
Tobacco Merchants Association
The PACT Act - Clamping Down on Illicit Supply in the US

Stephen Kent
European Commission (TAXUD)

Bruce DeBoer
RED Stamp 

Laurent Vieille
GS1 France 

Lorne Lipkus
Kestenberg Siegal Lipkus LLP

Carlos Roberto de Oliveira & Arnaldo Martins Seixas
Brazilian Mint and Printing Works

Audrey Rushton
Massachusetts Department of Revenue
Moves Towards Tax Indicia in the US

Paul Miller
De La Rue

Philip Berrie
ITW Covid
2D or Not 2D - The Pros and Cons of Item Level Serialisation

Philip Hudson & Scott White
Nano ePrint

Justin Picard
Advanced Track & Trace

Hugues Souparis
Hologram Industries
Hologram-Based Overt and Covert Security Solutions for Tax Stamps

Jeannie Cameron
British American Tobacco
CODENTIFY®: A New Approach to Fiscal Marking in the Digital Age

Jim Rittenburg
International Authentication Association

Jimmy Pierce
Revenue Commissioners of Ireland
The Effects of Issuing New Stamps in a High Duty Regime

Mooneswar Sookoo
Mauritian Revenue Authority
Increasing Tobacco Revenues in Mauritius

Alexander Vassiliev
EDAPS Consortium

Dennis Loper
California Distributors Association

Liudmila Vitkevich
Goznak of Belarus
The Republic of Belarus' Experience in Anti-Counterfeit Activities for Budget Revenues