IACC-UL Latin America Regional Brand Protection Summit
Promoting Regional Cooperation in the Fight against Counterfeiting & Piracy
June 22-23, 2016, Miami, FL
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
7:30 – 5:00
Registration and Hospitality - (Merrick Ballroom)
7:30 – 9:00
Breakfast and Networking
9:00 – 9:15
Welcome Remarks by Bob Barchiesi, President, IACC and
Terrence R. Brady, Senior Vice President, Chief Commercial and Legal
Officer, UL - (Merrick Ballroom)
9:15 – 11:00
Keynote Remarks
 Daniel H. Ragsdale, Deputy Director, Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, United States
 Jose Medina Romero, Deputy Attorney General, Attorney General’s
Office, Mexico
 Mike Margain, Director General, Institute of Industrial Property, Mexico
 Philippa Scarlett, Deputy Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator,
Executive Office of the President, United States
11:00 – 11:30
Break
11:30 – 12:30
Panel 1 - Developing and Sustaining Enforcement Cooperation to
Combat Transnational IP Crime - (Merrick Ballroom)
Not only is interagency cooperation critical in effectively combating
counterfeiting and piracy, regional and international coordination is
necessary to combat the global nature of the illicit activities. Panelists will
discuss what is needed to build and sustain effective enforcement
cooperation between rights-holders and government as well as between
enforcement agencies. They will also explore new and continuing challenges
such as enforcement at the regional and global level against IP crime on the
Internet, overcoming corruption issues and insufficient training and
resources.
Moderator: Wayne Roberts, Director, Pfizer
Speakers:
 Valeria Aragao, Head-Anti-Piracy Unit, Rio de Janeiro State Police Brazil
 Rafael Covarrubias, Vice President, ASIPI
 Edwin La Fuente Jeria, Director General Ejecutivo (Chief Executive
Officer) ADEMAF, Bolivia
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
Roslyn Corlette, Manager, Customs-Excise-Trade-Guyana Rev Authority
2:30 – 1:30
Lunch - (Rotunda)
1:30 – 2:30
Panel 2 – Case Development: From Buy to Behind Bars - (Merrick
Ballroom)
Learn from a panel experts from government and industry on how to take
counterfeiting cases from the ports to the court. Speakers will discuss best
practices in taking counterfeiting and piracy crimes through the
enforcement and litigation process – from seizure to sentencing.
Moderator: Jim Duggan, Chief Security Officer, VP Risk Management, Coty
Speakers:
 Diego Zilbervarg, Prosecutor, Supreme Court of Justice, Paraguay
 Warner Molina Ruiz, Deputy Prosecutor, Prosecutor's Office for
Economic , Tax, Customs and Intellectual Property Offenses, Costa Rica
 Eugene Ruggenaath, Minister of Economic Development, Curacao
 Chris Vansteenkiste, Cluster Manager – Anti-Counterfeiting, Europol
2:30 – 4:00
Country Specific Discussion Forum
Informational Sessions hosted by Officials from Latin American Countries
Summit attendees experience a unique opportunity to meet with officials
from various Latin American countries. Government officials will host
discussions in designated areas with summit participants on aspects of their
countries’ IP enforcement and policies. Industry attendees can, in turn, ask
the officials relevant questions. The Forum will be divided into two 35minute sessions during which conference attendees can participate in two
country tables. Additional networking opportunities are available
throughout the event and during the breaks.
4:00 – 5:00
Panel 3 - Consumer Safety: Making the Protections Real When Trends
Kill - (Merrick Ballroom)
Counterfeits are made with substandard materials that oftentimes have
harmful or even fatal effects on consumers who use them. Government and
industry speakers will discuss enforcement efforts to address counterfeiting
and consumer safety in counterfeit products like fake electronics, medicines,
food, agriculture, etc.
Moderator: Julie Mejia, Regional Team Leader for Latin America, Brand
Protection, Procter & Gamble
Speakers:
 Regina Zamith, Director, Global Brand Protection LATAM, Johnson &
Johnson
 Larry Gopeechand, Inspector II, Head, Prepackaged Goods Unit,
Implementation Division, Trinidad & Tobago
 Tatiana Morales, Lead Prosecutor for Transnational Crimes, Guatemala
 Cristian Lobos Lara, Chief, Investigation Brigade of IP Crime, Chile Police
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6:00 – 7:30
Reception - (Pool Deck)
7:30 – 10:00
Dinner - (Rotunda)
Thursday, June 23, 2016
7:30 – 2:30
Registration and Hospitality - (Merrick Ballroom)
7:30 – 8:30
Breakfast and Networking
8:30 – 9:15
Keynote Remarks - (Merrick Ballroom)
 R. Gil Kerlikowske, Commissioner, Customs and Border Protection,
United States
 Leslie Caldwell, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, U.S.
Department of Justice, United States
9:15 – 10:45
Country Specific Discussion Forum
Informational Sessions hosted by Officials from Latin American Countries
Summit attendees experience a unique opportunity to meet with officials
from various Latin American countries. Government officials will host
discussions in designated areas with summit participants on aspects of their
countries’ IP enforcement and policies. Industry attendees can, in turn, ask
the officials relevant questions. The Forum will be divided into two 35minute sessions during which conference attendees can participate in two
country tables. Additional networking opportunities are available
throughout the event and during the breaks.
10:45 – 11:00
Break
11:00-12:00
Panel 4 - Ensuring a Transit Hub for Legitimate Goods - (Merrick
Ballroom)
Free trade zones can be a hotbed of IP crime as counterfeiters take
advantage of free trade zones and ports with weak enforcement to transship
counterfeit products. For many countries, legal and enforcement changes are
needed to address this issue. Speakers will discuss the need for increased
efforts to ensure a country’s free trade zone does not become a transit hub
of illegitimate goods and illegal activity. Panelists will also discuss labels,
packaging, storage and destruction issues.
Moderator: Bob Van den Berghe, Law Enforcement Expert Container
Control Programme, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Speakers:
 Fernando Wins, Gerente de Control y Gestión de Riesgo de la Dirección
Nacional de Aduanas, Dirección Nacional de Aduanas, Uruguay
 Waldemar Oliveros, IP Director, Autoridad Nacional de Aduanas,
Panama
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
Carlos Linsalata, Head of Investigations, Argentinian Customs,
Argentina
12:00- 1:00
Lunch – (Rotunda)
1:00 – 2:00
Panel 5 - Integrating Enforcement Components - (Merrick Ballroom)
This panel will explore the various players (brands, attorneys, police,
customs) who employ different methods (civil enforcement, criminal
enforcement, investigations, customs inspections and seizures) in fighting IP
crime. The panelists will lead a discussion that seeks to foster greater
cooperation and teamwork in regional IP enforcement.
Moderator: Newton Vieira, Latin America Brand Protection Director, Nike
Speakers:
- William Espinoza Vivanco, Police Chief, IP Crime, Peru
- Emilio Rios, National Directorate of Judicial Police and Investigations,
Ecuador
- Alwyn Nicely, Deputy CEO, Customs, Jamaica
- Todd Reves, U.S. Regional IPR Attaché for Mexico, Central America and
the Caribbean, Mexico
2:00 – 2:30
Closing Remarks by Brian Monks, Vice President and Chief Security
Officer, Global Security & Brand Protection, UL - (Merrick Ballroom)
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