Interactive Export Controls Workshop Agenda

Day 1*

8:00 – 8:30 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM – 4:30 PM WORKSHOP, Lunch & Refreshment Breaks

Mastering and Applying Export Control Reform Rules:

  • “Specially Designed” in the EAR and ITAR
  • Specially Designed” in the EAR and ITAR
  • New ECCNs including .x and .y paragraphs
  • Order of Review for USML and ECCN Classification
  • Exporting EAR 600 Series Military Items under License Exception STA
  • License and Agreement Transition Rules and Strategies
  • Other Key Regulatory Changes and Updates
  • Implementing Reform in Your Compliance Programs and Procedures
  • Exercise: Applying the New Rules

Enforcement Reality Check

 

Department of Commerce Export Enforcement Update

  • New Enforcement Challenges for Military Items
  • Enforcement Countries and Technologies of Concern
  • Enforcement Priorities & Methods
  • Holding Individuals Responsible for Their Actions
  • Advice to Export Compliance Professionals

It’s Bound to Happen (and Probably Already Has): Handling Violations / Discovery of Potential Violations

  • Who Do You Get Involved?
  • Assessment and Investigation
  • Corrective Actions
  • To Disclose, or Not to Disclose?
  • Effective Disclosures
  • Managing Disclosures
  • Violation Risk Levels Based on Aggravating and Mitigating Factors

 

Interactive Export Enforcement Workshop

Day 2*

8:00 – 8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM – 4:30 PM WORKSHOP, Lunch & Refreshment Breaks

Best Practices to Take Your Compliance Program to the Next Level

  • Getting the Best Return on Investment with Your Compliance Resources
    • Risk Assessment Based Resource Allocation
    • Identifying Activities Requiring Compliance Procedures
  • Your Management’s Commitment of Resources
    • Strategies for Obtaining Resources
    • Allies to Help You Obtain Resources
  • Organizational Structure:  Where and How Does Compliance Fit and Who Does It?
  • Best Practices Procedures
    • Record Keeping Priorities and Improvements
    • Technical Data, Global Engineering Collaboration and Innovation, Deemed Exports
  • Vetting Your Business Partners and Obtaining and Analyzing End Use Information
  • Best Practices for Multi-Level Training throughout Your Company
  • Compliance Auditing Practices that Produce Enhanced Compliance
  • Finding and Using Compliance Tools

A Tale of Two Companies:

Interactive Workshop to Assess Risks, Assess Existing Compliance, and Create a Plan for Implementing Practical and Cost-Effective Compliance Program Enhancements

*Timing and order of presentations subject to change