Speaker details

IBA Annual Conference Copenhagen 2026

4 Oct - 9 Oct 2026

Bella Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Speaker information

Yves Melin

Biography

Partner at Cattwyk | European Trade Lawyer. International Trade, Customs and European Security lawyer in Brussels. VP of CONFIAD, the association of European customs representatives. Co-founder of the University of Liège’s International Trade & Customs Law Academy; and of Greenlane.eu, the association of customs lawyers. Lecturer at the Universities of Liège and Antwerp. Member of the Editorial Board of the Global Trade and Customs Journal (Kluwer).

Session

Geoeconomics and the weaponisation of trade: the merger of international trade and geopolitics

Wednesday 7 October (1615 - 1730)

B1 3, Level 0

Session Chair

Customs fraud and enforcement in cross-border e-commerce

Thursday 8 October (1615 - 1730)

B2 5+7, Level 0

Session Chair

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