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Pre-Conference Workshops
November 5, 2025
Day 1 – Main Conference
November 6, 2025
Registration & Continental Breakfast
Sahra Park-SuChief Legal Counsel, US Export Controls and SanctionsSAP
Shama PatariVice President & Deputy General Counsel, Global Ethics & Compliance, Government Relations & Trade RegulationsLenovo
Matthew AxelrodPartnerGibson DunnImmediate Past Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security
Identifying and Mitigating New, Hidden Risks in Your Semiconductor Supply Chain – How Chip Suppliers and End-Users are Grappling with Increased Tariffs, Tightened Export Controls, and Anticipated Controls for AI
Akash WasilAI Fellow, House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist PartyU.S. House of Representatives
Aaron WoolfDirector of Global Policy for Economic SecuritySemiconductor Industry Association
Matthew BormanPartnerAkinGumpImmediate Past Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Trade and Technology Security at BIS
Chris ChamberlainPartnerMorrison Foerster
- Existing, new and forthcoming export control rules that impact your semiconductor and advanced chip supply chain for AI and other advanced technology applications
- The AI Diffusion Framework is gone – but what rules will take its place and how will it impact your China operations?
- How chip companies and end-users are grappling with tariffs on semiconductors from China and managing the impact of any section 301 duties and controls on legacy chips
- How Chinese controls on critical metals and other inputs are impacting global semiconductor supply chains
- How the BIS October 2023 rules continue to impact the global advanced computing supply chain
- Challenges and practical guidance for classification and licensing
- Strategies for companies to adapt quickly to new rules and how to conduct impact assessments of the rules
- Positioning your teams, systems and compliance program for what’s next
- How to be resilient and engage internal stakeholders across key departments
Extended Networking Break
Graham Farnsworth RPA EPAUK Legal Counsellor Defence Acquisition & TechnologyMinistry of Defence (UK)
Catherine HallettCounsellor Defence Trade, Regulation, and Industrial CollaborationEmbassy of Australia, United States of America
Matthew AxelrodPartnerGibson DunnImmediate Past Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security
- How U.S. allies export controls work together with U.S. export controls
- Recent and anticipated changes in response to an evolving geopolitical and trade landscape
- A working example of how countries work together to achieve shared objectives
Addressing Divergent U.S., EU and UK Trade Controls on China: How Exporters Are Revisiting Multi-Jurisdictional Compliance Best Practices
Bert GeversPartnerLoyens and Loeff (Belgium)
Melissa DuffyPartnerFenwick
Bruce JacksonSr. Director Global Trade ComplianceRenesas Electronics
Blake ZhangSr. Manager, Global Trade ComplianceMicrosoft
- Map key points of divergence, overlap, and confliction between U.S., EU, and UK trade controls on China, particularly those focused semiconductors and other dual use technologies
- Plurilateral initiatives from the U.S., Netherlands and other EU states, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan
- Best practices for when China, U.S., and EU intersect
- Understand the difference between “de-risking” and “decoupling” as strategic approaches to China-facing operations—and how it impacts trade compliance operations – considering “China for China” operations
- Get strategic insight to build and implement agile multijurisdictional compliance programs that can evolve quickly in a dynamic geopolitical environment
- Discover best practices for cross-border compliance—tips and tools for screening, licensing for specific jurisdictions, and policy monitoring
Networking Lunch
The Nexus of U.S. Export Controls and Sanctions on China: Navigating Overlaps, Risks, and Compliance Pitfalls
Christine LeeGlobal Head of ComplianceQuorvo, Inc.
Sahra Park-SuChief Legal Counsel, US Export Controls and SanctionsSAP
Karen BlandSenior Director and Counsel, Export Controls and Sanctions ComplianceIntel
Matthew OlsenPartnerWilmerHaleImmediate Past Assistant Attorney General for National Security in the Department of Justice
- How U.S. export controls and economic sanctions targeting China reinforce one another across the semiconductor industry and the impact on downstream industries
- China’s countermeasures and their impacts
- Policy updates – relevant legislation
- The intersection between national security tools (export controls & sanctions) and trade policy (tariffs)
- Solutions and strategies used by leading companies in their due diligence and export compliance processes—and how they maximize efficiencies
- Key enforcement actions that are reshaping corporate risk exposure in China-facing operations
Networking Break
Monica ChavezDirector, Global Trade ComplianceCisco
Katherine HeubertSenior Global Trade CounselHewlett Packard Enterprise
John CostelloDirector of Strategic AffairsWireScreen
Thea KendlerPartnerMayer|BrownAssistant Secretary for Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), U.S. Department of Commerce
- What are the MEU, MIEU Rules?
- What should you be looking for as you due diligence potential MEU, MIEU and companies
- What resources are available for companies?
- What kinds of support documents are needed?
- When should you get an export license?
Breakout Roundtables
Gather with your peers from across industries to discuss, share ideas, and benchmark your knowledge level and trade compliance strategies around relevant and thought-provoking topics:
Hena SchommerDirector, Trade LegalApplied Materials
- Strategies for preventing the transfer of critical technologies and sensitive information from reaching Chinese servers?
- What are the best practices emerging to comply with the DOJ’s Bulk Data Rule?
Conference Adjourns/Cocktail Reception
Day 2 – Main Conference
November 7, 2025
Registration & Continental Breakfast
Sahra Park-SuChief Legal Counsel, US Export Controls and SanctionsSAP
Shama PatariVice President & Deputy General Counsel, Global Ethics & Compliance, Government Relations & Trade RegulationsLenovo
Matthew AxelrodPartnerGibson DunnImmediate Past Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security
Hypotheticals and Audience Polling
The Affiliates Rule: The Pause that Refreshes the Unruly Affiliates Rule Nightmare on EL Street
Bradley OpfermannAssociate Counsel, Customs and International Trade ComplianceStellantis
Shama PatariVice President & Deputy General Counsel, Global Ethics & Compliance, Government Relations & Trade RegulationsLenovo
Marwa HassounAssociate General Counsel, Global Trade ServicesTE Connectivity
Eric CarlsonPartnerCovington & Burling, LLP
Focusing on the BIS’ recent publication of its “Affiliate Rule”, our speakers will guide you through a complex, in-depth hypothetical scenario, illustrating the “worst-case” impacts of the rule on compliance strategies and business operations, and creating a forum for benchmarking and idea-sharing on on this consequential new regulation. By working through the hypothetical scenario with your fellow attendees during this session, you will benefit from:
- Get an invaluable opportunity to benchmark your Affiliate Rule knowledge and compliance strategy with your professional peers
- Lessons learned so far, and what lessons can be applied to future “nightmares”
- Practical insights you can take back to your desk after the conference
Networking Break
Onanong KamolvatTrade Operations Director, Global Trade ComplianceMarvell Technology
Hena SchommerDirector, Trade LegalApplied Materials
- Identifying the common FDPR missteps, when FDPR is triggered, and addressing misconceptions around licensing requirements for advanced computing tools and other strategic technologies
- Tools to strengthen compliance oversight and third-party due diligence
- Ensuring compliance strategies encompass legal, engineering, and trade teams
- Challenges and solutions for non-U.S. technology firms that use U.S. technology to produce goods
Kelly HermanGlobal Trade Compliance Director and CounselnVent
Jessica ButcarisDirector, Global Trade ComplianceVontier
Emily de La BruyèrePrincipalHorizon Advisory
Daniel B. PickardShareholderBuchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- How have China’s export controls on critical minerals impacted global supply chains?
- Get a progress report on the expansion of domestic and “friendly” critical minerals capacity
- Insights into China’s export control licensing program for critical minerals
Networking Lunch
Industry Lightning Sessions
During these rapid-fire sessions, you’ll hear from trade compliance leaders in a wide range of fields. They’ll discuss the trade compliance issues that are top of mind for their industry and share how they are coping with rapidly evolving U.S. and Chinese trade controls from tariffs to export controls to sanctions.
Networking Break
Surabhi MadanFormer Senior Director, Global LegalASM
- How a European multinational company manages the regulation minefield in different countries with (at times) contradictory requirements: BIS/EAR vs AFSL
- Strategies for compliance with US regulations in the local Chinese context
- How to manage Entity Listed customers
- How trade controls can impact semiconductor manufacturing operations, including chamber kit management, joint development partnerships, and testing and evaluations
- Importance of due diligence in identifying ‘related’ entities
- Is the possibility of transfer or assignment of contractual rights between entities an imminent risk?
- Application of the corporate veil with Entity Listed companies
Huma AhmedDirector - Head of Export Control & Americas Sanctions Advisory ComplianceDeutsche Bank
Alice RojasManaging Director, Americas Head of SanctionsSociété Générale S.A.
Howard MendelsohnPresidentKharonFormer Acting Assistant Secretary/Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Understand key definitions: “country of concern”, “U.S. person,” “covered activity,” “covered foreign person,” and “covered transaction,” and the “knowledge standard”
- The specific rules for semiconductors and microelectronics, AI, supercomputers and quantum computing
- Best practices to align your compliance program with the Outbound Investment Rule