How to Handle a Visit from the Office of Export Enforcement,
Voluntary Disclosures, Comparisons of Exemptions and Exceptions,
International Business Travel and More!
This advanced ITAR/EAR compliance seminar draws on the experiences of
current and former U.S. Government officials. Designed to bring
attention to the latest compliance topics and familiarize attendees with
significant compliance specialist challenges, this seminar uses small
group exercises to encourage team building and effective management
practices. Topics include Post Export Control Reform: Transition Issues
to Consider, Role of Empowered Officials, On-Site Visits, Submitting
Voluntary Disclosures to Commerce and State, Advanced Agreement
Workshop, EAR Enforcement, Compliance, and Brokering.
Instructors
Suzanne Palmer, President, Export Compliance Solutions, a former Licensing Officer at the State Department, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), with 20 years of direct experience in the U.S. defense industry. After leaving the State Department, Ms. Palmer joined Northrop Grumman’s Electronic Systems in Baltimore and then went on to work at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab. Ms. Palmer combined this unique experience to found ECS in 2003. The ECS team provides training to help compliance officials successfully apply U.S. export control regulations and establish viable export compliance programs. Ms. Palmer has worked on the Defense Trade Advisory Group (DTAG), was appointed to serve as a Special Compliance Officer (SCO) for a company operating under a Consent Agreement and is an active speaker for various professional organizations.
Lisa Bencivenga has over twenty seven years of varied experience in export/import licensing and compliance issues with major defense contractors. She has had the leading role in developing and implementing internal compliance programs, providing regulatory guidance, instituting license databases, training personnel at all corporate levels, conducting audits requested by clients and/or directed by the U.S. Department of State, coordinating investigations and working closely with legal departments while administering the full spectrum of corporate international export/import activities. She has several years of experience in space-related export issues which includes obtaining and implementing complex licensing arrangements related to spacecraft and launch activities as a result of her employment with Orbital Sciences Corporation and The Boeing Company.
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Seminar Sessions 8:30am - 4:00pm.Breakfast and lunch included. Breakfast 7:30am - 8:30am.
DAY 1: Wednesday, September 13th:- Key Note Presentation: Commerce/BIS, Office of Chief Counsel, TBD
- Key Note Presentation: Phil Kuhn, Special Agent, Retired, Washington Field Office, U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Export Enforcement (OEE)
- Handling an OEE visit, Overview of the BIS VSD program, Country specific BIS concerns i.e. illicit activity on the part of China, Iran and Russia.
- Presentation: “Capturing the Nuts & Bolts of a Voluntary Self Disclosure (VSD)”
- Presentation: “Debi Davis, Compliance Alert: Why You Need to Partner With Your IT Department” Be aware of release through IT Channels, compliance with exemptions, using an automated compliance system, IT hurdles and the Cloud. Debi Davis, Vice President, Global Compliance, TransDigm Group. Debi has an exceptional working for companies such as Esterline, UTC Aerospace Systems, Goodrich, TRW, Lockheed Martin Corporation, General Electric and Westinghouse.
- Presentation: “Cutting Edge Compliance: Why We Need to Safeguard Technical Data”
- Presentation: “Are You Secure - Compliance Risks in the Cloud”
- Exercise 1
DAY 2: Thursday, September 14th:- Presentation: “Drafting the Exemplary Technical Assistance Agreement (TAA)
- Exercise 3: “Agreement Scenario”
- Presentation: “Examining Commerce/BIS Recent Violations”
- Presentation: The Importance of the Military End User (MEU) Program
- Presentation: “On the Road Again: Monitoring International Business Travel”
- Exercise 2:
- Presentation: “Comparing Key EAR Exceptions to the ITAR Exemptions”
Venue
The Chart House-Spa Creek
300 2nd Street, 21403
Annapolis, MD, USA
