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Chairmen for each day of the conference:
Prof. Dr. B. de Ruyver
University of Gent, Ordinary Professor of Criminal
Law and Criminology and Expert Advisor to the Belgian Prime Minister, Prime Minister’s
Office, Belgium
Dr. D. J. Korf
University of Amsterdam, Associate Professor at
the Bonger
Institute of Criminology, the Netherlands
| Monday 21 November | |
| 15.00 –19.00 | Pre registration of the delegates |
| 17.00 –19.00 | Get-together |
| 18.30 – 22.45 | Optional evening programme (Departs from Hotel Derlon) |
| Tuesday 22 November | |
| 08.00 – 09.50 | Registration of the delegates |
| 09.50 – 10.00 | Welcoming speeches by the chairmen |
| 10.00 – 10.15 | Opening speech by the Belgian Minister of Justice, Mrs L. Onkelinx |
| 10.15 – 10.35 | Joint Investigation Teams, presentation by Mr C.J.W.M. van Spierenburg, National Public Prosecutor for Synthetic Drugs and Precursor Chemicals, National Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Netherlands |
| 10.35 – 10.55 | ‘XTC in America, the DEA perspective’,presentation by Mr. R.F. Benson, Regional Director Europe and Africa, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), United States |
| 10.55 – 11.15 | “The operational (inter)national enforcement of synthetic drug production, the Belgian approach”, presentation by Mr P. van Thielen, Director General of the Federal Criminal Police, Belgium |
| 11.15 – 11.45 | Coffee Break |
| 11.45 – 12.35 | Workshops |
| 12.35 – 13.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30 – 14.20 | Workshops |
| 14.20 – 14.50 | Coffee Break |
| 14.50 – 15.40 | Workshops |
| 15.40 – 16.30 | Departure to Maastricht Town Hall |
| 16.30 – 18.00 | Welcoming speech by the Mayor of Maastricht, Mr. G. Leers, followed by a reception |
| 19.30 – 23.00 | Optional evening programme |
| Wednesday 23 November | |
| 09.30 – 09.35 | Opening by the chairmen |
| 09.35 – 09.55 | “Moving Markets?”, presentation by Mrs H.M. Kusters, Unit Chief, National Crime Squad, Southern Netherlands Unit, the Netherlands |
| 09.55 – 10.15 | ‘International co-operation on XTC smuggling through airports’, presentation by Mr P. Vanwalleghem, Public Prosecutor, Public Prosecutor’s Office, Brussels, Belgium |
| 10.15 - 10.35 | “Trends in trafficking precursors and the impact of project PRISM’ , presentation by Mr R. Popov, Chief Precursors Control Section, INCB, United Nations,Vienna, Austria |
| 10.35 – 11.05 | Coffee Break |
| 11.05 – 11.25 | Interval |
| 11.30 – 12.20 | Workshops |
| 12.20 – 13.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30 - 14.20 | Workshops |
| 14.20 – 14.50 | Coffee Break |
| 14.50 – 15.40 | Workshops |
| 15.40 – 16.00 | Closing speech by Mr A. van Nieuwenhuizen |
| 16.00 – 16.10 | Conclusions by the chairmen |
| 16.10 – 17.30 | Drinks |