Customs Compliance Industry Exchange

November 20 – 21, 2019

Agenda

Day 1 - Wednesday, November 20, 2019

8:00	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00	Co-Chairs’ Opening Remarks
9:15	AUDIENCE EXCHANGE SESSION Senior Compliance Industry Exchange: The Evolving Expanding Role of Managing Global Customs Compliance
10:15	Networking Break
10:30	Transformation of Customs Partnership Programs: What’s Coming Next?
11:15	Current State of Trade Remedies: Sections 301 and 232 Developments
12:15	EMERGING TOPIC NETWORKING Emerging Topic Networking Lunch
1:30	AUDIENCE EXCHANGE SESSION E-Commerce Audience Exchange: Challenges and Opportunities for Customs Professionals
2:30	Current Thoughts on Doing Business in China – Should You Leave? Where Should You Go?
3:30	Networking Break
3:45	Mexico Trade Policy Changes and USMCA/NAFTA Update: Implications for Global Importers
4:30	AUDIENCE EXCHANGE SESSION Audit Audience Exchange Session: Ensuring Customs Audit Readiness
5:15	End of Day One

Day 2 - Thursday, November 21, 2019

8:50	Co-Chairs’ Opening Remarks
9:00	Focus on Enforcement: What is the Impact of Increased Customs Enforcement Trends on Your Company?
10:00	DYNAMIC POLLING Duty Mitigation Dynamic Polling: Engineering vs Evasion: Potential Corporate Responses to New Tariffs
10:45	Networking Break
11:00	DYNAMIC POLLING Customs Compliance Dynamic Polling: Innovations and Best Practices
12:00	Networking Lunch
1:30	Compliance Classification: Writing an Exclusion Request: What Works and What Doesn’t
2:00	Merger & Acquisition: ITC Due Diligence Best Practices
3:00	Networking Break
3:15	Navigating Antidumping and Countervailing Duties – A Guide for Importers and Suppliers
4:00	What will the Future Bring: Customs for 2020 and Beyond
4:45	Conference Adjourns

Day 1 - Wednesday, November 20, 2019

8:00	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00	Co-Chairs’ Opening Remarks Jean-Rene Broussard Associate General Counsel- US Regulatory DHL Erika Vidal Faulkenberry Director Global Customs & Trade Compliance The Hershey Company
9:15	AUDIENCE EXCHANGE SESSION Senior Compliance Industry Exchange: The Evolving Expanding Role of Managing Global Customs Compliance Erin Crockett Director of Global Trade Compliance Colfax Corporation Tina Termei Senior Corporate Counsel Amazon (Seattle, WA) How to stay informed with frequent globe trade developments Managing increased risk for your organization How will the profession evolve in the next five years? When and what to communicate to senior management Impact of recent broker management changes Latest developments at the ports
10:15	Networking Break
10:30	Transformation of Customs Partnership Programs: What’s Coming Next? Erika Vidal Faulkenberry Director Global Customs & Trade Compliance The Hershey Company Mark FeDuke Director ERM & Regulatory Affairs ArdoVLM (Montreal) Progress of C-TPAT/AEO New models and expected timeline Trusted trader program- weighing the pros and cons of participating Pros and cons of participating in these programs Forced labor compliance considerations
11:15	Current State of Trade Remedies: Sections 301 and 232 Developments Kartapurkh Khalsa Senior Counsel & Director of Customs Compliance NOV (Houston, TX) Adrienne Braumiller Partner Braumiller Law Group, PLLC Diana Urelius Senior Manager Trade Compliance Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas Inc.(Houston, TX) How are Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs changing your strategy Impact of Section 301 tariffs on Chinese goods Top strategies to request an effective exclusion request
12:15	EMERGING TOPIC NETWORKING Emerging Topic Networking Lunch During lunch, participants will have the opportunity to discuss specific emerging issues. Tables will be reserved, and advance signup is offered.
1:30	AUDIENCE EXCHANGE SESSION E-Commerce Audience Exchange: Challenges and Opportunities for Customs Professionals Pete Martin Senior Counsel FedEx Logistic, Inc. Jean-Rene Broussard Associate General Counsel- US Regulatory DHL Amy Magnus Director Customs Affairs & Compliance AN Deringer Inc. How CBP, partners agencies and industry are working together to identify enforcement threats What is the impact on your supply chain? How to classify emerging small package, HTS numbers New voluntary pilot to collect advance data for e-commerce shipments $800 de minimis rule
2:30	Current Thoughts on Doing Business in China – Should You Leave? Where Should You Go? Christopher Lucas Director, Associate General Counsel American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. Victor Godinez Trade Compliance Manager Dillards Inc. Laura Siegel Rabinowitz Shareholder Greenberg Traurig, LLP Hear from companies that have left China Implications for manufacturing and suppliers Advantages and disadvantages to consider Are you considering reshoring? How does automation help? Various options: Vietnam, India, Malaysia, Japan, or UAE
3:30	Networking Break
3:45	Mexico Trade Policy Changes and USMCA/NAFTA Update: Implications for Global Importers Edward Steiner Senior Director, International Trade & Government Relations Sandler Travis & Rosenberg Current status of US approval What happens if the US does not pass the USMCA? What effect with this have on various industries especially automotive How do you keep up? How to get ahead of the game
4:30	AUDIENCE EXCHANGE SESSION Audit Audience Exchange Session: Ensuring Customs Audit Readiness Michelle F. Forte Executive Director Ernst & Young LLP (Seattle, WA) Attendees will have the opportunity to text potential questions, topics and views for discussion during the session. How to be prepared for the next round of audits What is most popular today? Focused assessments, quick response audits and audit surveys Expectations for detailed recordkeeping and increased due diligence Forced labor considerations
5:15	End of Day One

Day 2 - Thursday, November 21, 2019

8:50	Co-Chairs’ Opening Remarks
9:00	Focus on Enforcement: What is the Impact of Increased Customs Enforcement Trends on Your Company? Jennifer L. French Supervisory Special Agent FBI, National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center Peter Quinter Shareholder GrayRobinson P.A. More detentions, seizures, penalties, and claims by CBP Favorably concluding CBP audits for antidumping and countervailing cases Avoiding criminal investigations and prosecutions CBP Referrals to Partner Government Agencies Winning the administrative petition process with CBP
10:00	DYNAMIC POLLING Duty Mitigation Dynamic Polling: Engineering vs Evasion: Potential Corporate Responses to New Tariffs Bryce Bittner Director of Global Trade Compliance Textron Tariff engineering Customs valuation – first sale Truth of country of origin-supply chain change plan New drawback regulation
10:45	Networking Break
11:00	DYNAMIC POLLING Customs Compliance Dynamic Polling: Innovations and Best Practices BJ Shannon Counsel - Trade Compliance Raytheon Company Darlene Enlow Senior Expert Customs Compliance VOLVO CAR USA LLC (Ridgeville, SC) Jennifer Rodgers Manager Customs Compliance International US Steel Corporation Leveraging the current customs climate to get the attention of management and get additional resources Are you considering automation to drive compliance for classification and supply chain? Best practices to identify when goods are leaving the foreign country How to train your staff effectively Key components for customs compliance manual and how often to update How do you vet your suppliers and supply chain?
12:00	Networking Lunch
1:30	Compliance Classification: Writing an Exclusion Request: What Works and What Doesn’t Richard Mojica Member Miller & Chevalier Chartered Classification pitfalls to avoid How to get your product excluded from the list Best practices in use today
2:00	Merger & Acquisition: ITC Due Diligence Best Practices Aaron Gothelf Executive Counsel-International Trade GE Global Operations (Washington, DC) Susie Hoeger Senior Director, Global Trade Compliance & Policy Abbott Laboratories Why conduct ITC due diligence Assess risk, evaluate potential liabilities and factor them into the deal Actions to take if the problem is discovered
3:00	Networking Break
3:15	Navigating Antidumping and Countervailing Duties – A Guide for Importers and Suppliers Michael E. Roll Partner Roll & Harris LLP How import managers and importers can find the correct information about which products from which countries are subject to ADD/CVD Figuring out scope issues and which products are covered Understanding and calculating deposit rates vs. assessment rates – a lesson in retroactivity How to minimize the risk of unforeseen rate increases The function of the Commerce Department vs. the function of US Customs & Border Protection – what does each agency do? Or not do?
4:00	What will the Future Bring: Customs for 2020 and Beyond Marianne Rowden President & CEO American Association of Exporters & Importers How to reduce costs with blockchain What job skills are required for the next generation Customs modernization developments 21st Century Customs framework Pilot on IPR Goods
4:45	Conference Adjourns

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