A complete understanding of trade controls for AI & advanced technologies requires an understanding of U.S. export controls for encryption (ENC). If your company is:

• Making chips for global data centers
• Embedding AI or other controlled technologies into humanoid robots, delivery drones, or autonomous vehicles
• Making strategic investments in quantum computing

A strong foundation in ENC export controls (and the logic behind them) is crucial to your ability to advise senior leadership, steer compliance programs, and mitigate complex and evolving technology trade risk for your organization.

This four-hour workshop offers experienced professionals and newer practitioners alike a systematic grounding in U.S. encryption export controls, with instruction on the technical facts, regulatory distinctions and procedural requirements that support the analysis, from jurisdiction and classification to authorization and continuing compliance.

Designed by working trade compliance professionals & world-renowned legal experts and presented as a series of pre-recorded modules, you’ll get complete coverage of what matters, packaged as a foundational resource you can return to and navigate with ease!

During the webcast, our instructors will post benchmarking surveys and will be available to attendees via chat.

Once the webcast has concluded, instructors will go live to answer your questions. Please Note: this segment is not recorded and is organized under Chatham House Rule).

After the masterclass, you’ll receive:

• The pre-recorded learning modules & chatlog from the webcast
• Expert-crafted instructional materials and analytical tools to boost your practice

Organized by subject, we make it easy to find the specific guidance you need when you need it!

Masterclass Curriculum

Module 1. Regulatory Framework & Jurisdiction: Identify what needs to be analyzed. Understand where encryption controls fit within the EAR and distinguish the hardware, software, source code and technology involved in a product or service. Learn to separate controls on encryption functionality from rules governing encrypted information—and assess potential exports through downloads, repositories, hosted environments and technical disclosures.

Module 2. Category 5 Part 2 Classification: Support the determination, not just the ECCN. Work through mass-market eligibility, authentication, ancillary cryptography and open-source components. Learn which technical questions to ask Engineering, when self-classification or BIS review is appropriate, what a CCATS establishes, and which product changes should prompt reassessment.

Module 3. EAR & ITAR Jurisdiction & Technology Access: Evaluate the product and the information separately. Examine commercial products and defense-specific variants, foreign-person access to development environments, and disclosures to employees, contractors and overseas teams. Work through EAR §734.18 and relevant ITAR requirements to assess encrypted storage, transmission and administrator access, including who can obtain controlled information.

Module 4. License Exception ENC & Continuing Compliance: Determine the authorization and what follows. Compare the principal §740.17 pathways against product functionality, recipients, destinations and activities. Understand classification-review requirements, waiting periods and licensing alternatives; distinguish annual self-classification reporting from semiannual transaction reporting; and identify the additional restrictions that must remain part of the transaction review.

The Masterclass Series also prepares attendees to get more value from the in-person Forum by establishing a common baseline for the deeper, operator-focused discussions that follow.

Participants will arrive better equipped to engage with sessions on AI compute, digital services, customer diligence, open-weight collaboration, semiconductor and cloud risk, investment controls, enforcement readiness, and cross-functional compliance governance.

Join us the evening of March 16th for “Office Hours” at an intimate location near the conference venue. Meet and greet masterclass instructors and build connections with fellow attendees before the conference begins!