Society for International Affairs |
2024 FALL Advanced Conference
| Conference Committee Board Laison: Katherine Heubert | HPE Backup: Jen Martin | Metrea Conference Director: Rob Monjay Speaker Co-Chair: Michael Pantschyschak | L3 Harris Speaker Co-Chair: Patrick Burke | Lockheed Audio/Visual Chair: Andrew McAllister | Holland & Knight LLP Hotel Chair: Lacey Stover | ST Engineering North America Business Office: Donna Dietz & Pati Colon | sia@siaed.org |
8:00 – 8:15 | Opening Remarks
Tom Donovan, SIA President
Robert Monjay, Conference Director
8:15 – 9:30 | Congressional Trade Controls Environment: Congress has recently been playing a more active role in trade controls, both in increased oversight and new legislative proposals. The panel will provide insight into the way congress and congressional staff balance the varied and competing priorities to promote US national security.
Landon Heid, Professional Staff Member, U.S. House Select Committee on China
Mike Levine, Professional Staff Member, House Foreign Affairs Committee
9:30 – 10:30 | ITAR and EAR Enforcement in a time of Unprecedented Complexity: The US Government has increased enforcement and industry engagement efforts to unprecedented levels, particularly with respect to Russian and its supply chains and diversion partners. The Agency representatives will provide an overview of the enforcement and engagement expectations for industry on due diligence, end use inspection support, STA and other document requests, enhanced recordkeeping expectations, industry outreach and openness and availability to taking questions from industry on specific potential transactions.
Dan Clutch, Deputy Director, Office of Export Enforcement, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Department of Commerce
John Paul Delgado, Division Chief, Counter-Proliferation Investigations, Homeland Security Investigations, Department of Homeland Security
Christian Nauvel, Deputy Chief Counsel for Corporate Enforcement, National Security Division, Department of Justice
David Lim, White & Case, Panel Moderator
10:30 - 11:00 | BREAK
11:00 - 12:00 | Best Practices in Supply Chain: New and evolving regulations such as those tied to Advanced Computing, ICTS, UFLPA Due Diligence, etc., creates due diligence requirements to understand your supply chain back to the extraction of raw materials. Industry representatives can help provide best practices and practical guidance due diligence to ensure compliance, export and sanctions related KYC, and allow you to comply with upstream certifications, both from Primes and government customers.
Kelli Bullington, VP of Risk and Assurance, ST Engineering
Josh Fitzhugh, VP, Global Trade and Gov't Relations, Flex
Kathleen Palma, VP, Global Trade, Applied Materials
12:00 – 1:30 | Lunch
1:30 – 2:30 | AUKUS Update: Discussion with Agency representatives on the practical implementation of AUKUS relevant to Senior Trade Compliance Professionals, such as expanding government IT systems and ensuring entities, especially joint ventures and special purpose entities, can quickly and easily be added to the relevant country lists and that the exporting country lists can be immediately updated. Dive into how the trilateral governments plan to identify and roll out Pillar 2 Opportunities.
Catherine Hamilton, Director of Licensing, DDTC Office of Defense Trade Controls Licensing
Sarah Heidema, Director of Policy, DDTC Office of Defense Trade Controls Policy·
Susan Daoussi /Patrick Marzluff, Defense Technology Security Administration
Jeffrey Leitz, Munitions Control Division, Bureau of Industry and Security
2:30 - 3:30 | Assessing & Advising on Program Risk During Uncertain Times: A sharing of experiences and best practices for working with internal and external partners in the rapidly changing global trade space. Can you stay one step ahead?
Sue Gainor, Grey Point Consulting
Jen Maki, Applied
3:30 – 4:00 | Break
4:00 - 5:00 | Government and Industry Collaboration to Rapidly Support New, Sensitive, and Emerging Markets: An overview of how US support for Ukraine, Israel, Thailand/SE Asia and the rapidly changing global environment is impacting the US export control and security assistance and forcing innovation. The panelists will cover what the US government and US defense industrial base are providing and how, including co-production and co-development. The panelists will also cover the complexity of working in Ukraine.
Rob Helfant, Assistant Director for International Operations, Defense Security Cooperation Agency
Laura Cressy, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional Security, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department of State
5:00 | Wrap Up & Adjourn
5:15 | Reception
Day 2 – Tuesday, October 29, 2024
8:30 – 8:40 | Opening Remarks
Robert Monjay, Conference Director
8:40 – 9:30 | BIS Looks Inward with ICTS: A discussion with BIS covering the priorities and objectives of the program.
Elizabeth Cannon, Executive Director for Information and Communications Technology and Services
Evan Broderick, Deputy Director for Information and Communications Technology and Services
9:30 – 10: 30 | Future of US-Allied Cooperation on Export Controls and Sanctions. There has been unprecedented cooperation within U.S. government agencies, as well as with our closest allies and partners to align on export controls and sanction actions. This panel will discuss how the cooperation is evolving, key areas of focus, and what industry can expect moving forward.
Matt Borman, Principal DAS for Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce
John Pisa-Relli, Senior Law Enforcement Coordinator, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of Treasury
Michael Vaccaro, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense Trade Controls, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Department of State
Kay Georgi, ArentFox Schiff - Moderator
10:30 - 11:00 | BREAK
11:00 – 12:00 | Expanding controls on Quantum Computing and Other Advanced Technologies. There has been much activity in the advanced computing space, including several proposed and interim final rules that have published. This panel will look at how the USG is implementing new controls, highlights of the new rules, and how can industry best prepare for what’s coming next
Anita Zinzuvadia, Senior Electronics Engineer, Information Technology Controls Division, Office of National Security Controls, Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce
Kate Weber, Head of Governance and External Affairs, Google Quantum AI
Nate Bolin, Partner, K&L Gates
12:00 – 1:00 | Lunch
1:00 – 2:15 | Navigating a Consent Agreement. This panel will provide insights, perspectives, and lessons learned from those who have been there or are currently going through the process.
Ed Peartree – Vice President, Head of Export Control, Airbus
Dan Perrone – Executive Director, Global Trade, RTX
Alexis Wetzler – General Counsel, Export Compliance, Honeywell
2:15 - 3:30 | Structuring your IT Systems for Success. A discussion surrounding all things IT, including best practices for compliance related to cloud, encryption, partnerships with stakeholders, and auditing and integration with trade compliance and government security requirements.
Caroline Walsh, Senior Director & Associate General Counsel Global Trade, RTX
Brittany Smith, Manager, International Trade Compliance, Northrop Grumman
Jeff Sammon, Sr. Director, GTS Program Management Office, Global Trade Services, Law Department TE Connectivity
3:30 – 4:00 | Break
4:00 - 5:00 | US Persons Abroad. Whether you are a U.S. person working overseas or are managing U.S. persons abroad, both DDTC and BIS have issued new rules and guidance related to controls on your activities. This panel will delve into how some companies manage this topic and provide general perspectives on how to manage the global workforce in light of these new rules.
Lori Romero, Director, Trade Counsel, L3Harris
Arthur Shulman, Senior Director, International Trade Compliance, General Atomics
Jeff Merrill, Vice President, Strategic Trade Controls, Rolls Royce
5:00 - Wrap Up & Adjourn