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OFFICIAL FORUM OPENING • 09: 00 - 10: 00 Official Forum Opening Session • Welcome: Gabriel Rosales - Forum Host • ITESM - Alfredo Capoti • Forum Management Group - Mike Doran, Chairman, • UN Economic Commission for Europe - Virginia Cram-Martos, Director Trade & Timber Division • UN/CEFACT: Stuart Feder - Chairman • Government of Mexico: Maria del Rocío Ruiz Chavez, Undersecretary of State for Industry & Commerce • 10: 00 -10: 30: Coffee break • 10: 30 -11: 30: Forum Opening Plenary Session • 11: 30 -12: 30: Permanent Group Opening Plenaries 7 -11 April 2008 12 th UN/CEFACT FORUM - Mexico City 1

Opening Plenary • 10: 30 - 11: 30 12 th UN/CEFACT FORUM Opening Plenary Session • FMG Report: Mike Doran • ATG: Mark Crawford • ICG: Mike Conroy • LG: Bart Schermer (Acting) • TBG: Jean-Luc Champion • TMG: Christian Huemer (Acting) • Bureau: Stuart Feder 7 -11 April 2008 12 th UN/CEFACT FORUM - Mexico City 2

Forum Management Group Report Chair: Mike Doran Vice Chair: Anders Grangard 7 -11 April 2008 12 th UN/CEFACT FORUM - Mexico City 3

FMG Report Progress since Stockholm 1. Important Developments • Task Team Report on IPR & Related Issues circulated • UN/CEFACT report to the UNECE Committee on Trade • FMG & Bureau F 2 F in Basle in January to progress strategic issues • European Electronic Invoice Expert Committee set up. Includes 3 UN/CEFACT members • Preparations for e. BGT launch progressing well • Progress on Forum Procedures Team expected at this Forum 7 -11 April 2008 12 th UN/CEFACT FORUM - Mexico City 4

FMG Report Progress since Stockholm 2. Some recent deliverables • • • 7 -11 April 2008 Final spec UML Profile for Core Components v 1. 0 released 2007 LOCODE Directory available Draft revisions of recommendations 20 - Codes for Units of Measure in International Trade, & 21 - Codes for Passengers, Types of cargo etc - out for public review Recommendation 23 rev 6, Freight Cost Code (FCC) released D. 07 A XML Schema Directory released 12 th UN/CEFACT FORUM - Mexico City 5

FMG Report Progress since Stockholm 3. Work programme in progress • • • 7 -11 April 2008 UN/CEFACT Project Matrix updated Confluence enterprise wiki tool for tracking UN/CEFACT projects should be operational by June Many important action items to be cleared FMG conf calls every 2 weeks continue to progress day to day issues Extended Bureau calls on strategic issues Future Forum meetings at planning stage • Dakar - Senegal, November 2008 • Rome - Italy, March 2009 • Sapporo - Japan, September 2009 12 th UN/CEFACT FORUM - Mexico City 6

FMG Report Agenda for this week • • • Deliverables for imminent release Any further issues on IPR policy will be noted Project prioritisation & Confluence tool implementation continues Forum Procedures Team (FPT) - to report e. BGT initiative to be launched (Bureau will report) • UN/CEFACT Programme of Work 2010/2011 to be developed • 14 th UN/CEFACT Plenary September 2008 to be prepared • • • FMG will normally meet from 17: 00 -18: 00 in open format FMG & Bureau Action Lists will be progressed Extended Bureau meetings from 18: 00 -19: 00 by invitation 7 -11 April 2008 12 th UN/CEFACT FORUM - Mexico City 7

FMG Report Lunch & Learn Presentations at 12: 30 -1300 Lunch 13: 00 -14: 00 • Monday – TBG 17 Core Component Library - Mary Kay Blantz • Tuesday – Asia Europe Alliance for Paperless Trade (ASEAL) & adoption of UN/CEFACT standards - Gordon Cragge & Sue Bravery • Wednesday – TBG 14 Buy-Ship-Pay model & its role in Business Process Harmonization - Niki Sahling & Ian Watt • Thursday – Korean Institute for Electronic Commerce Implementation of CCTS & NDR for global interoperability Sangwon Lim Other Highlights • Tuesday evening - gala event - Castle of Chapultepec • Wednesday/Thursday - e. Business World Congress - B 2 B Servicios 7 -11 April 2008 12 th UN/CEFACT FORUM - Mexico City 8

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