March - Industry Day

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Impact of sanctions, MEU, and other regulatory changes on the Aerospace industry

·       Laura Molinari, Executive Director, Licensing, Policy, Sanctions and Compliance, Boeing

·       Jeff Merrell, VP, Strategic Export Control, Rolls-Royce North America

·      Laura Kraus, Director, Trade & Governmental Compliance, Office of General Counsel, Airbus OneWeb Satellites NA [presenting virtually]

Impact of regulatory and regulators expectation changes on Universities 

·       Jessa Albertson, Global Engagement Review Director, Stanford University [presenting virtually]

·      Cledwyn Jones, Export Control Officer, George Washington University

·      Michelle Avallone, Director of Export Controls & International Engagements, Office of Research Compliance & Training, Columbia University [presenting virtually]

Impact of regulatory changes on the Semiconductor industry

·       Jen Maki, Global Trade Compliance, Senior Director – Legal Trade Compliance, Applied Materials

·       Chantal Lakatos de Alcantara, Managing Director, Global Government Affairs, Lam Research.

February

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Lauren Mayros, International Policy Analyst, Office of International Programs,  U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Melissa Krupa, Director, Office of Nuclear Export Controls, National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy

Jim Warden, Director, Office of Nuclear Energy, Safety and Security, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, U.S. Department of State

Steven Clagett, Director, Nuclear and Missile Technology Division, Office of Non Proliferation and Treaty Compliance, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce

January

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Jennifer Deines, Acting Deputy Special Counsel, Immigrant and Employee Rights Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice

Emily Benson, Director of Project on Trade and Technology, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Senior fellow of Scholl Chair in International Business.

Kim Glas, Commissioner, U.S.- China Economic and Security Review Commission, President & CEO, National Council of Textile Organizations

December

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Topic: Semiconductor Rule

U.S. GOVERNMENT PANEL: Sharron Cook, Senior Export Policy Analyst, Regulatory Policy Division, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce. Timothy Mooney, Senior Export Policy Analyst, Regulatory Policy Division, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce.

INDUSTRY PANEL: Felice Laird, Trade Compliance Consultant, Auditor and Educator, Export Strategies LLC. Kevin Wolf, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.

November

Wednesday, November 13, 2023

Kaveh Miremadi, Director, Office of the Whistleblower, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Timothy Weinstein, Senior Enforcement Officer, Banks and Depository Institutions, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)

Claire McCleskey, Assistant Director, Sanctions Compliance, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), U.S. Department of the Treasury

October

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

September

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

10 Year Anniversary of ECR

Michael Laychak, Director, Defense Technology Security Administration (DTSA), Office of the Secretary for Defense, U.S. Department of Defense, Timothy Mooney, Senior Export Policy Analyst, Regulatory Policy Division, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce , and Christopher Stagg, Former DDTC Senior Advisor, Deputy Lead for Export Control Reform, U.S. Department of State.

Jeff Merrell, Vice President, Strategic Export Control, Rolls-Royce North America and Michael Pantschyschak, Director, Global Trade Group, L3Harris Technologies.

Timothy Alan Betts, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Directorate Defense Trade Controls, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State

Christopher Rose, Counsellor Defence Acquisition Policy and Trade, British Defence Staff , British Embassy

August

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Summer Webinar

Cat Hamilton, Director of Licensing, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, U.S. Department of State

May

Wednesday, May 11, 2023

Scott Anderson, Special Agent in Charge (Acting), Office of Export Enforcement, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce

Joseph Barkhouse, Assistant Director, Office of Enforcement Analysis, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce

Stephen Valentine [joined virtually], Special Agent, Office of Export Enforcement, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce

Rebekah Williams, Deputy Director, Foreign Military Sales and Third-Party Transfers, Bureau of Political- Military Affairs (PM), U.S. Department of State

Gerard Horner, Chief, Trade Regulations Branch (TRB), Economic Management Division (EMD), U.S. Census Bureau

April

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Dilan Wickrema, Foreign Affairs Officer, Regulatory and Multilateral Affairs Division, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, Office of Defense Trade Controls Policy (DTCP), U.S. Department of State
Craig Allen, President, US-China Business Council
Jeannette Chu, Vice President for National Security Policy, National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC)

March

Industry Month
Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Jen Maki, Senior Director, Ethics & Compliance, Applied Materials and Matt Bell, Senior Managing Director, Leader of Export Controls, FTI Consulting on New EAR Semiconductor Rule.
Jason Prince, Partner, Crowell & Moring, Jim Stearns, Regional Trade Compliance Counsel-Americas, Accenture, and DJ Wolff, Partner and Attorney at law, Crowell & Moring on Deep Dive into Russia Sanctions.
Katie Hilferty, Associate, Morgan Lewis, and Casey Weaver, Associate, Morgan Lewis on How to Challenge Import Determinations.

February

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

David Weiner, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe, Office of Europe and the Middle East, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Alex Augustine, Sanctions Policy Officer, Office of Economic Sanctions Policy and Implementation, U.S. Department of State
Hillary Hess, Director, Regulatory Policy Division, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce

January

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Matthew Axelrod, Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce
Ryan W Glor, Unit Chief - E2C2, Global Trade Division, Homeland Security Investigations
John Paul R. Delgado, Unit Chief, Counter-Proliferation Investigations Unit, Homeland Security Investigations HQ
David Lim, Deputy Director, Department of Justice’s Task Force KleptoCapture, U.S. Department of Justice

Topic: FOCUS ON ENFORCEMENT

November

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

David Laufman, Partner, Wiggin and Dana
Bradley Smith, Deputy Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of Treasure
Cathleen Ryan, Director, Office of Antiboycott Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce

October

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Desiree M. Dickinson, Industry Operation Investigator/Industry Liaison, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF), Firearms and Explosives Imports Branch
Deanna Fetterolf, Imports Specialist, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF), Firearms and Explosives Imports Branch
Ola Craft, Director, Munitions Control Division, Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce

September

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Mike Miller, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Defense Trade Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State
William Alan Reinsch, Senior Adviser, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, Scholl Chair in International Business, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), The Trade Guys Podcast Website
Paul Renne, Counsellor for the Global Issues, Economics and Trade Section at the British Embassy\

August

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Valerie Picard, Deputy Director, Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation, International Chamber of Commerce, The World Business Organization

Topic: "Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation"

July

Thursday, July 14, 2022

Emily Weinstein, Research Fellow, Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET)  
Kevin Wolf, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), Previously Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration from 2010-2017

Topic: "Open Discussion on a Proposal for a Techno-Democracy Export Control Regime"

June

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Jae Shin, Director of Compliance, Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance, U.S. Department of State
Alexander Lopes, Director, Office of Nonproliferation and Treaty Compliance, DoC, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce
Karen Nies-Vogel, Director of the Officer of Exporter Services, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce

May

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Cat Hamilton, Director of Licensing, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, U.S. Department of State
Jim Swanson, Director, Cargo Security and Controls, Cargo and Conveyance Security, Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

April

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Matthew J. Halvorsen, Supervisory Special Agent (SSA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Strategic Program Manager, Supply Chain & Cyber Directorate (SCCD), National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC)
Aaron Amundson, Director, Information Technology Controls Division, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce

March

Part Two- Industry Month
Thursday, March 17, 2022

Lenny Feldman, Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg P.A.

Topic: “How to Import Items from Xinjiang in compliance with the CBP Withhold and Release Order”

March

Part One- Industry Month
Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Rosa Rosanelli, Vice President, Head of Compliance, Patria

Topic: “The Trade Compliance Project – A Holistic Approach to Export Compliance”

March

Special
Thursday, March 10, 2022

Eileen Albanese, Director of the Office of National Security and Technology Transfer Controls, Bureau of Industry and Security

Topic: “Special NCITD Webinar on Russia Export Controls”

February

Part Two
Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Michael Lieberman, Assistant Director, Enforcement Division, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), U.S. Department of the Treasury

Topic: “OFAC Enforcement"

February

Part One
Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Alex Zerden, Founder and Principal, Capital Peak Strategies LLC

Topic: "Afghanistan Sanctions"

January

Part Two
Wednesday, January 27, 2022

Perry Davis, Deputy Director, Export Enforcement Coordination Center (E2C2), Bureau of Industry and Security
Katie Wespetal, Acting Group Supervisor, Homeland Security Investigations Global Trade and National Security Group, Department of Homeland Security

Topic: "Export Enforcement Coordination Center (E2C2) Update"