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Day 1
February 25, 2025
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Quantum Computing and Advanced Technologies: Strategic Considerations for Upgrading Classification, Licensing and Compliance and End User Impacts
Heather SrokaSenior International Trade CounselIntel
Celia MerzbacherExecutive DirectorQuantum Economic Development Consortium
Dr. Chris TimuraPartnerGibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
- New ECCNs covering quantum, semiconductor equipment several critical technologies, as well as related software and technology. How is industry responding and what are the potential downstream impacts?
- The impact of worldwide license requirements on advanced technology exports, re-exports, or transfers (in country)
- License Exception IEC as well as exceptions other countries have implemented around equivalent national export controls
- Deemed export reporting requirements and minimization for existing employees and contractors
- Re-evaluating and updating compliance programs to meet new requirements
- Potential sensitive technology end user impacts
Extended Networking Break
THE FUTURE OF MULTILATERAL AND PLURILATERAL EXPORT CONTROLS
Advanced Technology Controls Harmonization, AUKUS Pillar II, and ad hoc Plurilateral Arrangements
Laura MolinariExecutive Director, Global Trade ControlsBoeing
Kentaro MukaiCounselor, Economic SectionEmbassy of Japan
Michael J. VaccaroDeputy Assistant Secretary for Defense Trade ControlsDirectorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC)
Kevin WolfPartnerAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
How has AUKUS Pillar II pushed export controls regimes to potential harmonization? This session will address the current multilateral export control regime amid AUKUS as well as plurilateral arrangements.
Networking Luncheon
BEST-IN CLASS COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS
Avoiding “Hyper-Compliance”: How Far You Need to Go to Optimize Compliance Program ROI and Risk Mitigation
Marwa HassounAssistant General Counsel, Trade ServicesTE Connectivity
Angela GamalskiPartnerHonigman LLP
Renata RiceDirector, International TradeNorthrop Grumman
Using case studies and hypothetical exercises, this session will discuss the complex decision-making on calibrating your compliance approach and resource allocation for maximum ROI without falling into the “hyper-compliance” trap.
- Measuring the effectiveness of your program amid the agencies’ compliance expectations
- Revisiting the application of exception and exemptions
- Cost management for compliance program upgrades: What resources do you really need? Which can be left out?
- Maximizing program ROI and resource allocation
- Putting the regulations and associated compliance requirements into language for cross-functional teams
- Making your case to the C-Suite and Board
- What it takes to secure additional resources amid budgetary pressures
- Ensuring your communications with engineering, IT, cyber security and HR highlight the essential compliance protocols, so processes are not redundant: Lean compliance program practices
- Data-Driven Decision-Making: Leveraging compliance data points to support your decision-making function
- Assessing the quality of your data and determining which data points are most critical to consider
CASE STUDY
Strategic Approach to Consent Agreement Validation: Designing Key Compliance Reforms and Protocols Amid an Enforcement Action
Christina ZanetteAssistant General Counsel, Export ComplianceHoneywell
- Effective use of internal and third-party resources
- Investing in your Special Compliance Officer
- Ensuring the Special Compliance Officer understands your business, is integrated into key decisions and is a partner in all aspects of the Consent Agreement strategy
- Possible requirements around newly automated export control systems or new technology transfer protocols: The most consequential (and sometimes most costly) aspect of a Consent Agreement
- Utilizing a skilled project manager solely dedicated to helping the company navigate the Consent Agreement
Networking Break
CASE STUDY #2
Ensuring Program Agility for Rapid, “Overnight” Response: How to Quickly Pivot Protocols In Response to New, Time Sensitive Regulatory Changes
Jared ClarkSenior Manager, Legal and Compliance, Export Controls and SanctionsASML
Liz OwerbachDirector & Senior Corporate Counsel, Global TradeSalesforce
Beth PetersPartnerHogan Lovells LLP
What do you do when a country’s export control regime suddenly changes, sending a serious shake up to your existing multijurisdictional compliance skillsets overnight? How do you best update suppliers, internal stakeholders, senior management and work across teams as you position new protocols? This case study takes you through a real-life, real-time struggle to mature export controls with real-time agile internal communication techniques.
During these sector-specific sessions, attendees share best practices around agile compliance updates decision-making: screening entities, conducting business in sensitive regions, pre-approval licensing requirements, and other high stakes risk factors that are specific to your industry sector.
- Aerospace & Defense
- Life Sciences
- Financial
- Technology & Telecom
- Manufacturing
- Logistics
Close of Day One
Day 2
February 26, 2025
Registration and Continental Breakfast
INTERVIEW: ENFORCEMENT LESSONS LEARNED
The New Lessons Learned: Recent Enforcement Actions, Trends and Priorities
Andrew K. McAllisterPartnerHolland & Knight
Artie McConnellDeputy Chief, National Security and Cybercrime Section, Counterintelligence and Export Control Coordinator United States Attorney’s Office
John SondermanDirector, Office of Export Enforcement, Bureau of Industry and SecurityU.S. Department of Commerce
Dovetailing Government Contract Performance and Export Compliance: How Companies Can Align Protocols to Satisfy Regulatory and Contractual Requirements
Nicole D’AvanzoAssistant General Counsel and DirectorGeneral Dynamics
Jill McCluneGeneral Counsel, USAvon Protection Systems
- Heightened export compliance concerns and requirements affecting contractors and subcontractors
- Determining which export controls do not apply to given a business’ particular contractual case
- Special considerations for ITAR specific exports, including TAAs, MLAs and WLAs • Avoiding dealings that fall afoul of U.S. arms embargoes
- Preventing unauthorized releases of technical data to foreign persons
- Current regulatory requirements outside of the EAR
- Multi-functional approach aligning product life cycle to trade compliance
- Emerging considerations under the new administration
Networking Break
JURISDICTIONAL COMPLIANCE IN PRACTICE
Dovetailing Multi-Jurisdictional Export Requirements for Effective Program Customization
Patricia M. ByrneVice President & Chief Counsel, International Trade ComplianceBAE Systems, Inc.
Christine LeeGlobal Head of ComplianceQorvo
During this session, benefit from advanced-level case studies and cross-industry perspectives on how to tailor your compliance program to the unique contexts of global jurisdictions.
- Best-practices on how to upskill your team and update your global export compliance program developments
- Identifying the tools that your team can use to best identify significant non-multilateral compliance risks
- UK and EU regulatory frameworks and how this intersection might affect compliance protocol updates
CIRCUMVENTION RISK MITIGATION
Supplier Circumvention and Your Screening Program: Monitoring Resellers to Mitigate the Risk of Export and Sanctions Violations
Paul AhernChief Counselor for Enforcement, Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI)U.S. Department of Treasury
Joshua L. RichterSenior Director, Trade ComplianceLeonardo DRS
Christine LeeGlobal Head of ComplianceQorvo
David LynchSenior Vice President, Analytical SolutionsSayari
David LimPartnerWhite & Case LLP
- Identifying suspicious circumstances that the export may be destined for an inappropriate end-use, end-user, or destination
- Establishing clear policies and effective compliance procedures to ensure red flag knowledge about transactions can be evaluated by responsible senior officials
- Reevaluating all the information after the red flag inquiry to ensure legitimacy
- Obtaining documentary evidence concerning the transaction, both in the licensing process and in all export control documents
- Instructing the salesforce: Mandating they receive an affirmation from the intermediary around the definition of the actual end-use, end-user and ultimate country of destination
Networking Lunch
CASE STUDIES
IT for Export Controls: Key Operational Changes, Navigating Complex Data Outsourcing Needs, Creating Strategic Service Contracting Relationships Sarah Black Perry, Director & Assistant General Counsel – Global Trade, RTX Hena Schommer, Director, Trade Legal, Applied Materials
Sarah Black PerryDirector & Assistant General Counsel – Global TradeRTX
Hena SchommerDirector, Trade LegalApplied Materials
- IT solutions to meet a rapidly evolving export compliance landscape
- How should IT and Compliance work together to ensure the requisite capabilities to support compliance?
- What should you consider when procuring SaaS/cloud solutions?
- What steps should you take to ensure IT solutions properly protect export-controlled data?
- What are best practices for engaging third party IT support in export controls requirements?
Resolving Complex Dilemmas on China: Fine Tuning Your FDPR Compliance Strategy in Response to Tightening Restrictions and an Intensifying Geopolitical Landscape
Stephana J. HenryGlobal Trade CounselHewlett Packard Enterprise
Eric CarlsonPartnerCovington & Burling LLP
Jennifer VarneyGlobal Trade Compliance ManagerVolvo
- Foreign Direct Product Rule (FDPR) compliance
- What are the thresholds that would make a transaction require a BIS reexport license?
- Due diligence and monitoring
- Obtaining compliance certifications from customers or their customers
- Approaches to public-source diligence
- Case studies:
- Specific guidance for information-gathering from China – colleagues and counterparties
- Navigating Chinese countermeasures when gathering information
Networking Break
Anti-Boycott and 15 CFR Part 760 of the EAR: Clarifying the Six Prohibitions, Required Reports and Compliance Expectations
Cathleen RyanDirector, Office of Antiboycott Compliance, Bureau of Industry and SecurityU.S. Department of Commerce
Jana del-CerroPartnerCrowell & Moring
New enforcement actions have ended with significant penalties due to Part 760 compliance failures. How are multinationals keeping up with this growing list of embargoes and what are the best practices around creating anti-boycott programs? What can be learned from recent enforcement actions?
AI AND THE CLOUD
Preparing for “Detailed Reporting” for “Frontier” AI Models and Cloud Computing Clusters
Bob BowenExport and Trade Compliance CounselServiceNow
Amy MorganVice President, Head of Trade Compliance Altana AI
The U.S. Commerce Department is proposing to require detailed reporting requirements for advanced artificial intelligence developers and cloud computing providers to ensure the technologies are safe and can withstand cyberattacks. Join us as we discuss:
- Who will be responsible on your team for ensuring compliance with the new regulations?
- How will the proposed regulations impact small and medium-sized enterprises?
- Implementing AI governance and data management practices-and aligning them with export compliance protocols
- How can companies balance compliance with innovation in AI development?
- What are the key differences between the EU’s AI Act and the proposed U.S. regulations?