BIG Summer Institutes: Program update - 2022
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2022
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Borders in Globalization
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Borders in Globalization
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This year the Trade & Customs Borders Summer Institute took place from July 11th – 15th, 2022 at the University of Victoria. A total of 16 students registered from 11 different countries spanning every continent (excluding Antarctica) and we had a completion rate of 69%. Four participants from the World Customs Organization and one participant from the Canada Border Services Agency did not complete the requirements to receive their Professional Development Certifications. The purpose of this institute was to explore the regulatory environment of trading networks looking specifically at how these networks functionally redesign borders and the ways in which they influence customs policies and practices. We welcomed a variety of speakers who represented both academia and the policy world. This year we launched a new session on policy research. Designed by Claude Beaupre (University of Victoria), this session introduced students to the basics of research and presentation in the policy world and provided tips on how to meet the key elements that policy briefs must contain. Doug Band (Director General, Trade & Anti-Dumping Programs Directorate, CBSA), Shawn Hoag (Director General, Commercial Programs, CBSA), and Hubert Duchesneau (Research Associate, International Research Center on the International Relations of Canada and Québec and Retired Director, International Affairs, CBSA) spoke to the Canadian policy perspective while Geoffrey Hale (Professor, University of Lethbridge) provided the comparative perspective examining meso- and micro-policy development of border policies related to regulatory cooperation. Solomon Wong (President & CEO, InterVISTAS) focused his presentation on preclearance, border risk management, and the future and resiliency of borders and Thomas Cantens (Head of Research & Policy Unit, WCO) offered insight into how the mathematization of the border affects the public choice and the practices of civil servants. Alan Bersin (Belfer Center Fellow, Harvard University) and Peter Swatrz (Chief Science Officer, Altana_AI) finished the week off with a focus on the role machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data science can play in trade and customs management.
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Borders in Globalization