As the only comprehensive, practical event of its kind in Canada, the fully updated 2025 program will focus on the complex interplay between U.S. and Canadian export/reexport controls, and the nuances of applying U.S. requirements to the Canadian context.
For more than a decade, this acclaimed event has gathered senior U.S. and Canadian government officials, as well as legal and compliance experts from aerospace, defense, technology, satellite, space, logistics and many more industries.
With so many new compliance challenges, benefit from key takeaways on:
- New Canadian Export Controls on Quantum Computing and Advanced Semiconductors: How Canadian Industry is Responding and Defining ECL Requirements
- China: Avoiding Missteps When Applying the FDPR and 734.4/de minimis Thresholds
- Managing Canadian Employee Contractor/Subcontractor Engagement Under the ITAR, EAR and Controlled Goods Program: TAA Clauses, ITAR Exemptions and Deemed Reexports
- Cloud Computing: Managing Workloads in Compliance with Controlled Goods, ECL, ITAR, and EAR
- The Future of Foreign Military, Security, and Intelligence End User/Users Rules: Military/Intelligence Proposed Rule Revisions and Understanding Extraterritorial Risks
- The Most Complex Classification Challenges and How to Resolve Them: Practical Guidance for Navigating Canadian, ITAR and EAR Dilemmas
Session Highlights for 2025
- A Close Look at the New Canadian Export Controls on Quantum Computing and Advanced Semiconductors: How Canadian Industry is Responding and Defining ECL Requirements
- The Intricacies of Managing Canadian Employee & Contractor/Subcontractor Engagement Under the ITAR, EAR and Controlled Goods: Managing Missteps Around TAA Clauses, ITAR Exemptions and Deemed Reexports
- Simplifying the Practicalities Behind EAR 734.99 (b), Foreign Direct Product Rule (FDPR) and MEU, MIEU and CCMC Rules: How to Apply Complex China Export/Reexport Requirements in Practice and Avoid the Key Compliance Traps
- Key Classification Challenges: Evaluating Discrepancies in the Categorization of EAR, ITAR, and Canadian ECL, CPG
- Supplier Circumvention and Your Screening Program: Monitoring Third-Party Intermediaries to Mitigate the Risk of Export and Sanctions Violations
- The Multijurisdictional AI and Cloud Computing Landscape: Demystifying U.S., EU and German Regulatory Efforts and Key Differences with Canadian Requirements
Government Faculty
- Stacy Bostjanick SES, Chief Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Defense
- Evan Broderick, Deputy Director for ICTS, Bureau of Industry Security, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Robert Brookfield, Director General, Trade and Export Controls Bureau, Global Affairs Canada
- Benjamin J. Hawk, Deputy Chief for Export Control and Sanctions, Counterintelligence and Export Control Section, U.S. Department of Justice
- Paula Folkes-Dallaire, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Services and Procurement Canada
- John Sonderman, Director, Office of Export Enforcement, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce
Co-Chairs
- Barbara Linney, Partner, Baker Hostetler (USA)
- Wendy Thibodeaux, Vice President, Export Compliance, GKN Aerospace (USA)
- Boris Zadkovic, Director, Global Trade Compliance, L3Harris Technologies Inc.
Distinguished Speaker Faculty
- David Asgeirsson, Research Partnerships and Intellectual Property, Xanadu
- Lynn Van Buren, Global Compliance Counsel, Spire Global, Inc. (USA)
- Gordon Clarke, Director, Engineering, & Regulatory Affairs, Cesaroni Technology Inc.
- Phillip Cedoz, Vice President of Trade, Comtech Telecommunications Corp.
- Eric Crusius, Partner, Holland & Knight LLP (USA)
- Melissa Duffy, Partner, Fenwick & West (USA)
- Orisia Gammel, Chief Legal Counsel, Export Control, Head of Export Control Innovation Team, SAP (USA)
- Joe Gustavus, Principal, Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C.
- Nick Kostovski, Senior Import/Export Specialist, Curtiss-Wright
- Lisa Lambert, Chief Executive Officer, Quantum Industry Canada
- Monique Laneville, Senior Director, Global Trade, Collins Aerospace
- Jennifer Leahy, Senior Leader, International Trade Compliance Canada, GE Aerospace
- Penny Moulton, Director Customs and Trade Compliance Canada, UPS SCS, Inc.
- Stephan Mueller, Partner, Oppenhoff (Germany)
- Jonathan O’Hara, Partner, McMillan LLP (Canada)
- Laura Palencia, Trade Compliance Manager, Thales Canada, Defence and Security
- Ken Purchase, Senior Director, Global Trade Requirements Management, Office of General Counsel, Pratt & Whitney
- Kevin Riddell, Director of Trade & Regulatory Compliance, Tremco Canada Inc.
- Melanie Rosenblath, Program Manager – Security Compliance, Microsoft Canada Inc.
- Kate Seaman, Director, Security and Trade Compliance, Top Aces (Canada)
- Opher Shweiki, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (USA)
- Clifford Sosnow, Partner, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP (Canada)
- Kim Strosnider, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP (USA)
- Ulrika Swanson, Partner, Cassidy Levy Kent (USA)
- Brenda Swick, Partner, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP (Canada)
- Wendy J. Wagner, Partner, Gowling WLG (Canada)
- Julia Webster, Partner, Baker McKenzie
- Julia Zorzi, Head of Export Compliance, Westinghouse Electric Company (USA)
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Venue
Sandman Signature Toronto Airport Hotel
55 Reading Court, M9W 7K7
Toronto, ON, Canada
Phone: 1-800-SANDMAN (1-800-726-3626)
BookAccommodationsWe are pleased to offer our delegates a limited number of hotel rooms at a negotiated rate. To take advantage of these rates, please contact the hotel directly and quote the Group Name "Canadian Institute US Export & Re-Export" or Block ID "370166".
Please note that the guest room block cut-off date is January 7th, 2025. After that date OR when the room block fills, guestroom availability and rate can no longer be guaranteed.
