PROGRAMME


TIME PROGRAMME VENUE
27 AUG 2008 (WEDNESDAY)
10:00 - 18:00 Registration Convention Foyer
18:30 - 21:00 President's Reception

Raffles Hotel Singapore

Bar & Billiard Room

Lobby Level

28 AUG 2008 (THURSDAY)
08:00 - 09:00 Registration Convention Foyer B
09:00 - 10:00

IAP 2008 Opening Ceremony

Welcome Address by Prof. Walter Woon, Attorney-General, Singapore

Opening Remarks by Mr. Francois Falletti, President, International Association of Prosecutors

Keynote Address by Prof. S. Jayakumar, Deputy Prime Minister, Singapore

Padang Ballroom
10:00 - 10:30 IAP 2008 Awards Presentation

by Mr. Francois Falletti, President, International Association of Prosecutors

assisted by Henk Marquart Scholtz, Secretary-General, IAP


Essay Competition
by Francois Falletti, President, IAP

assisted by Elizabeth Howe, General Counsel, IAP

10:30 - 11:30 Refreshment Break Padang Ballroom Foyer
11:00 - 12:30

Plenary 1 : Emerging Trends in Cyber Crime

Speakers

Prof Walter Woon, Attorney-General, Singapore

Nick Cowdery, AM QC DPP, New South Wales

Chris Painter, Department of Justics, USA

Chair: Josaia Naigulevu, DPP, Fiji

Padang Ballroom
12:30 - 13:45 Lunch Collyer Ballroom
13:45 - 14:15

Plenary 2 : The GPEN Initiative

Speaker:

The Right Honourable the Baroness Scotland - Attorney General United Kingdom

Introduction by Elizabeth Howe, General Counsel, International Association of Prosecutors

Padang Ballroom
14:15 - 15:45 Workshop 1 :

(a) Jurisdictional Issues in Prosecuting Transnational e-Crime

Speaker:

Associate Professor Daniel Seng, National University of Singapore

Chair: Jose Luis Lopez Da Motta, President Eurojust, Portugal

Rapporteur: Lodewijk van Zwieten, Public Prosecutor, Public Prosecutor's Office at the District Court of Alkmaar, Netherlands

Hullet Room

(b) Safeguarding Information and Preventing Identity Theft

Speaker:

Sang Bon Nam, Director of Digital Forensics pision, Korea

Chair: Vinette Graham Allen, Jamaica

Rapporteur: Wes Smart QC, Public Prosecution Service of Canada

Moor Room

(c) Establishing Networks to Fight e-Crime

Speaker:

Katherine Bostick, Senior Director, Legal and Corporate Affairs Asia Pacific, Greater China, Japan, Microsoft

Chair: Moira Andrews, Head of International Affairs CPS, United Kingdom

Rapporteur: Nicola Mahaffy, Crown Counsel, Vancouver, Canada and Caroline Nabassa, Uganda

Padang Ballroom
15:45 - 16:10 Refreshment Break Padang Ballroom Foyer
16:10 - 17:00

Plenary 3 : Policing the Internet (Child Pornography/ Criminal Use of the Internet)

Speakers:

Ron Noble, Director of Interpol

Julie Bainbridge, Pay Pal, Singapore

Chair:Chair: Dr Ye Feng - Director General International Judicial Cooperation Department, People's Republic of China

Padang Ballroom
17:00 End of Session
18:15 - 19:00 Bus Transfers to Sentosa Island Swissotel, Hotel Lobby
19:00 - 21:30 Sentosa Beachfront Dinner - Uniquely Singapore! Sapphire Pavilion, Sentosa Island
29 AUG 2008 (FRIDAY)
08:00 - 09:00 Registration Convention Foyer B
09:00 - 10:15

Plenary 4 : Devising Effective Strategies against On-Line Fraud

Speakers:

Byung Doo Jung, Deputy Chief Prosecutor, Korea

Kenneth Yuen, Legal Counsel for eBay, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong & Taiwan

Ms Joanna Chi-Jen Ching, Head Prosecutor of Taipei District Prosecutors Office, Chinese Taipei

Chair: Justice VK Rajah, Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court Singapore

Padang Ballroom
10:15 - 11:00

Plenary 5 : Efficient and Effective Case Management in the Digital Age

Speakers:

John Lord, Head of CPS, Greater Manchester Complex Casework Unit

Harm Brouwer, Chairman of the Dutch Board of Procurateurs, Netherlands

Chair: Sabas Chahaun Sarras, Prosecutor General Chile

11:00 - 11:30 Refreshment Break Padang Ballroom Foyer
11:30 - 13:00 Workshop 2 :

(a) Prosecuting Child Pornography on the Net

Speaker:

James Leary, Captain/Judge Advocate, USA

Chair: Vicky Argitis, Office of DPP Commonwealth Melbourne, Australia

Rapporteur: Anthea Pang, Senior Assistant DPP, Hong Kong SAR

Padang Ballroom

(b) Perspectives on the Law on Cybercrime?

Speaker:

Finola Flanagan, Director General, Office of the Attorney General, Ireland

Chair: Jorgen Sorensen, DPP, Denmark

Rapporteur: Cindy Clark, Specialist Crown Counsel, Bermuda

Moor Room

(c) Technology and the Prosecution Process

Speaker:

Gretha Brouwer, Public Prosecutor, Public Prosecutor's Office at the District Court of Zwolle-Lelystad, Netherlands

Chair:Mr Soh Kee Hean, Director, Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau, Singapore

Rapporteur: Vitaliy Kasko, Head of International Law Department, Ukraine

Hullet Room
13:00 - 14:15 Lunch Collyer Ballroom
14:15 - 15:30

Plenary 6 : Lessons in International Cooperation and Other Cyber-Adventures

Panel Discussion facilitated by:

Scott Warren, Managing Director, Consulting Services Group, Kroll, Japan

Panelists:

Paul Louw, South Africa

Chris Sonderby, USA

Christopher Ong, Singapore

Russell Tyner, England and Wales

Padang Ballroom
15:30 - 16:00 Refreshment Break Padang Ballroom Foyer
16:00 - 16:45

Plenary 7 : New Technology (Educating Investigators and Prosecutors)

Speakers:

Morten Bergasmo, International Criminal Court, Norway

Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail, Attorney-General, Malaysia

Chair: Siri Figaard, Chief Prosecutor, Norway

Padang Ballroom
16:45 - 17:30 General Meeting Padang Ballroom
18:00 - 18:30 Bus Transfers to Esplanade Swissotel, Hotel Lobby
19:00 - 21:00 Cocktail Reception Esplanade

Concert Hall Foyer

30 AUG 2008 (SATURDAY)
08:00 - 09:00 Registration Convention Foyer B
09:00 - 10:20

Plenary 8 : Protecting Property Rights in the Virtual World

Speakers:

Rubin Neal, Vice President of Litigation, Cisco Systems

Dr. Stanley Lai, Head of IP and Technology, M/s Allen & Gledhill, Singapore

Jean-Claude Marin, Procureur de la Republique de Paris France


Chair: Justice Lee Seiu Kin, Judge of the Supreme Court, Singapore

Padang Ballroom
10:20 - 10:30 Presentation by Oleksandr Shynalskyi, President of The Association of Prosecutors of the Ukraine on the 14th Annual Conference Kiyv 6/9/09 - 10/9/09
10:30 - 11:00 Refreshment Break Padang Ballroom Foyer
11:00 - 12:00

Plenary 9 : Technology on Trial

Speakers :

Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor International Criminal Tribunal for the formal Yugoslavia, The Hague

Christian Hassenfratz, Procureur General pres la Cour d'Appel de Nancy, France

Chair: Rory Field QC- DPP, Bermuda

Padang Ballroom
12:00 - 13:30 Regional Fora - 'Networking and Expectations' :

(a) Africa

Chair: Basile Elombat, Cameroon

Rapporteur: Retha Meintjes, South Africa

Moor Room

(b) Americas

Chair: Richard Rogers, USA

Rapporteur: Carla de Carli, Brazil

Hullet Room

(c) Asia and Pacific

Chair: Joon Gyu Kim, Korea

Rapporteur: John Cauchi, Australia

Padang Ballroom

(d) Europe

Chairs:
Raija Toiviainen, Finland
Norman Macfadyen, Scotland

Rapporteur: Gerhard Jarosch, Austria

Bras Basah Room
13:30 - 14:30 Lunch Collyer Ballroom
14:30 - 15:30 Special Interest Group Meetings

(To be self-arranged in consultation with General Counsel and Local Organizing Committee)

Padang Ballroom

Moor Room

Hullet Room

Bras Basah Room

15:30 - 15:45 Refreshment Break Padang Ballroom Foyer
15:45 - 16:30 Special Interest Group Meetings
(cont'd)

Padang Ballroom

Moor Room

Hullet Room

Bras Basah Room

16:30

onwards

Free Evening
31 AUG 2008 (SUNDAY)
08:00 - 09:00 Registration Convention Foyer B
09:00 - 10:00

Feedback from Workshops and Regional Fora

Chairs:

Henk Marquart Scholtz, Secretary General, IAP

Elizabeth Howe, General Counsel, IAP

Padang Ballroom
10:00 - 10:30 Refreshment Break Padang Ballroom Foyer
10:30 - 11:30

Plenary 10 : Technology (Use as Evidence)

Speaker:

Anthony Feng, Microsoft

Chair: Carlos Donoso Castex, Vice-President of the Association of Prosecutors or Argentina

Padang Ballroom
11:30 - 12:30

Conference Outcome Sessions

Facilitators:
Elizabeth Howe, General Counsel, IAP

James Hamilton DPP, Ireland

Padang Ballroom
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Collyer Ballroom
14:00 - 16:00

Q & A Session

Panelists:

Sir Ken Macdonald QC, DPP England and Wales

Jennifer Marie, Principal Senior State Counsel, Criminal Justice Division, Attorney-General's Chambers, Singapore

Francois Falletti, President, IAP

Chair: Right Honourable Elish Angolini, Lord Advocate, Scotland

Padang Ballroom
16:00 - 16:30 Refreshment Break Padang Ballroom Foyer
16:30 - 17:00

Closing Session

Francois Falletti, President, IAP

Henk Marquart Scholtz, Secretary-General, IAP

Elizabeth Howe, General Counsel, IAP

Padang Ballroom
17:30 - 19:30 Farewell Reception Equinox, Level 69

* The above programme is subject to changes at the discretion of the Organising Committee.