Import Compliance and Enforcement

Each year, import compliance and legal professionals attend American Conference Institute’s National Forum on Import Compliance and Enforcement to meet and learn from leading trade compliance executives and attorneys, and ask questions directly to senior government officials.

Now in its 7th successful year, this fully updated and highly practical agenda is the culmination of research with a broad range of importers to ensure focus on the most pressing compliance issues impacting your bottom line.

New Program Features and Keynote Speakers for 2012:

• Invaluable insights from Ellen McClain, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Transborder Policy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security) on global supply chain security initiatives
  
  
• Alan Cohen (Senior Attorney, Penalties Branch, CBP) will discuss the largest penalties in the last year, and lessons learned
  
  
• Hear from Carlos Ochoa (Supervisory Program Manager, C-TPAT / Industry Partnership Programs, CBP) and Susan Dyszel (ITDS Team Lead, CBP) on Single Window Developments and ITDS
  
  
• Ask your questions to Monika Brenner (Chief, Valuation & Special Programs Branch, CBP) on how to resolve complex valuation and transfer pricing issues
• Gain first-hand insights from Cindy Covell (Executive Director, Regulatory Audit) on CBP audit plans and priorities
  
  
• Benefit from Centers of Excellence and Simplified Entry System updates from Jeremy Baskin (Senior Advisor to the Executive Director, Regulations and Rulings, CBP) and Anne Maricich (Assistant Director, Trade, Los Angeles Field Office, CBP)
  
• Hear from Florence Constant (Chief, Partnership Programs Branch, CBP) on the ISA program: Satisfying strict CBP standards for internal controls
• Take away updates from Cindy Allen (Executive Director for ACE Business) on the transition to ACE

New Panel on Intellectual Property Rights.

• Learn from Charles Steuart (Chief, IPR & Restricted Merchandise Branch, CBP) and Rich Halverson (National IPR Coordination Center, ICE) on how to reduce counterfeiting risks, import trademark-protected and grey market goods, and what triggers detention and seizures

Fully Updated Session on Importing FDA-Regulated Products Amid New Safety Requirements.

• Gain best practices from Domenic Veneziano (Director, Division of Import Operations and Policy, FDA) on how to satisfy new, heightened safety and compliance expectations.

New 2012 Industry Speakers. Tyco, Cardinal Health, Target, 3M, Nike, Del Monte, Boeing, Eli Lilly, General Motors, FedEx, Silicon Image, Hershey, Covidien, Northrop Grumman, Cisco, U.S. Steel Corporation, DRS Technologies, A.N. Deringer, Williams-Sonoma, VAS Aero, and Momentive

No other import compliance conference offers that much value. Book your seat now and benefi t from an early bird rate for a limited time. To register, call 1-888-224-2480; fax your registration form to 1-877-927-1563; or register online at www.AmericanConference.com/import

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