WCO PICARD Conference 2020 – Call for Papers

The 15th annual WCO PICARD Conference will be held as a ‘Web Conference’ from 23 to 26 November 2020. The Conference will focus on the presentation of research and policy analysis by practitioners and academics.

This year’s Call for Papers invites practitioners, academics and anyone with an interest in Customs to submit research on one of the following topics (non-exhaustive list):

  • Lessons learned regarding Customs’ response and role in supply chain continuity during the COVID-19 pandemic;
  • Customs fostering Sustainability for People, Prosperity and the Planet; and
  • Organizational Performance Measurement.

In addition to the authors selected based on the aforementioned Call for Papers, authors of the papers selected for the 2020 Special Edition of the World Customs Journal, which will focus on the topic of “the WCO and Customs and trade community: past and future”, will also be invited to speak at this conference.

Further information concerning the conference will be made available soon.