Agenda

Pre-Conference Workshop

Navigating Through Different Sanctions Regulations and Setting up an Efficient Compliance Programme

Jun 12, 2017 9:00am – 12:30pm

Speakers

Stefano PEDRETTI
Director, Trade Compliance Governance & Regional TC EMEA & Americas
STMicroelectronics Srl

Maurizio Castello
Regional Export Control Manager EMEA
STMicroelectronics Srl

Day 1 - Tuesday, June 13, 2017

8:30
Registration
9:00
Chair’s Opening Remarks- Navigating the Geo-Political Landscape & Regulations
9:05
Government roundtable: Status Update on the Modernization of EU Export Control Policy: What are the Key Changes to EU Export Control and How Should Companies Prepare in Order to Face New Challenges?
10:05
Panel session:
Overcoming Challenges Associated with Technology Transfer and Dual Use Goods in the EU
11:00
Speed networking session
11:30
Refreshment Break
11:45
Panel session:
US Export Control Regime Under Trump’s Administration – Where are We Now and What is the Future for Sanctions and Export Controls?
12:45
Networking lunch
2:00
Panel session:
Screening Products for Sanctioned Countries
3:00
Export Control Classification: How to Implement an Effective Classification System?
3:45
Refreshment Break
4:15
Panel session:
Developing an Effective Export Control Compliance Programme
5:30
Chair’s Closing Remarks and Conference Adjourns

Day 2 - Wednesday, June 14, 2017

8:30
Registration
9:00
Chair’s Recap of Day 1 & Opening Remarks
9:15
Panel session:
Brexit and Trade Compliance: What Will be International Trade Relations After Brexit?
10:15
Panel session:
Sanctions and EU companies: How to Comply with Them?
11:25
Refreshment Break
11:45
Evaluating Merger and Acquisition Risk for Global Operations
12:30
Networking Lunch
2:00
Panel session:
Iran: How to do business with minimal risk attached?
3:00
Refreshment Break
3:30
Align Your Export Compliance Program with US Government Enforcement Priorities
4:30
Chair’s Closing Remarks and End of Conference

Day 1 - Tuesday, June 13, 2017

8:30
Registration
9:00
Chair’s Opening Remarks- Navigating the Geo-Political Landscape & Regulations

Antonio Ciavatta
Executive ITC Counsel and Manager Europe
GE

Charles Giacoma
Director
EIFEC
9:05
Government roundtable: Status Update on the Modernization of EU Export Control Policy: What are the Key Changes to EU Export Control and How Should Companies Prepare in Order to Face New Challenges?

Pietro Maria Paolucci
Expert on DU Export
Italy

Filippo Sevini
Strategic Export Control Project Leader
European Commission*

  • What are the objectives of the proposal?
    • Enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of the export control regulation
    • Responding to the challenge posed by new cyber-surveillance technologies
  • How will this impact upon the competitiveness of EU companies?
    • Facilitating the administration of controls and technology transfers
  • Implementing an export compliance system beyond export control and sanctions restrictions in the interest of foreign economic subjects
10:05
Panel session:
Overcoming Challenges Associated with Technology Transfer and Dual Use Goods in the EU

Giovanna Maletta
Research Assistant, Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Wade Wolf
Trade Compliance Program Manager
Weatherford

  • Exploring the legal framework
    • What are the types of export authorisations according to Regulation?
    • What are the most significant changes to the last version of the dual-use regulation?
  • What are the challenges dealing with restricted parties?
    • Determining whether a partner has been sanctioned by a government
    • Determining whether a destination country is subject to embargoes by the country of export
11:00
Speed networking session

You will be placed in a structured, interactive format, allowing you to speed network with your peers for short spaces of time. Forge invaluable business contacts and meet potential trade partners.
11:30
Refreshment Break
11:45
Panel session:
US Export Control Regime Under Trump’s Administration – Where are We Now and What is the Future for Sanctions and Export Controls?

Michael Lutz
Director of Trade Compliance
Google

Bryce Bittner
Director of Global Trade Compliance
Textron

Edward Krauland
International Regulation & Compliance Partner
Steptoe & Johnson LLP

  • What are the current sanctions and central issues for Trump’s Administration?
    • Iran
    Cuba
  • Revisiting the framework of sanctions imposed on entities
  • Exploring the Export Control Reform: how to improve the ability of US companies selling dual-use items?
12:45
Networking lunch
2:00
Panel session:
Screening Products for Sanctioned Countries

Antonio Cicero
Trade Compliance
Avio Aero

Walter Vasselli
VP, Group Senior Compliance Officer
ILVA Spa

Guido Sassi
Dip. Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia – Politecnico di Torino / INRIM
Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica

  • How to detect red flags in trade transactions?
  • How to perform an efficient screening?
  • Adapting the screening to your risk to the regulation
  • Monitoring country embargoes within the EU regime
3:00
Export Control Classification: How to Implement an Effective Classification System?

Delphine Neveux
Global Trade Compliance Director
Michelin

  • Understanding your export controls regulatory framework and obligations
  • How to determine if your goods software and technologies are controlled?
  • How to build an effective export controls classification programme?
3:45
Refreshment Break
4:15
Panel session:
Developing an Effective Export Control Compliance Programme

Antonio Ciavatta
Executive ITC Counsel and Manager Europe
GE

Charles Giacoma
Director
EIFEC

Rossana Buzzi
Assistant General Counsel – Compliance & Ethics, Leader South Europe
Invensys

Lourdes Catrain
Partner
Hogan Lovells

Fátima Sampedro
Chief Compliance Officer
Grupo Banco Caminos-Bancofar

  • Issues of implementing an export control compliance programme
  • What are the measures to prevent it?
5:30
Chair’s Closing Remarks and Conference Adjourns

Day 2 - Wednesday, June 14, 2017

8:30
Registration
9:00
Chair’s Recap of Day 1 & Opening Remarks

Antonio Ciavatta
Executive ITC Counsel and Manager Europe
GE

Charles Giacoma
Director
EIFEC
9:15
Panel session:
Brexit and Trade Compliance: What Will be International Trade Relations After Brexit?

Lourdes Catrain
Partner
Hogan Lovells

Laurence Carey
Group Trade Control Manager
Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group

  • Consequences for UK customs legislation and businesses in the EU
    • Negotiating trade agreements with the remaining 27 EU members
    • Changing the procurement rules
  • How will the regulatory landscape change after Brexit?
  • How could it affect US supply chains?
10:15
Panel session:
Sanctions and EU companies: How to Comply with Them?

Savino Casamassima
General Counsel – Legal and Compliance Director
Banco Santander, SCF, Italy

Renato Antonini
Partner
Jones Day

Marco Piredda
Vice President Eni - Government Affairs
Eni

Petar Ljujic
Senior Trade Compliance Manager
Esterline

Gianluca Cattani
Partner
STUDIO LEGALE DELFINO E ASSOCIATI WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP

Moderator

Pietro Maria Paolucci
Expert on DU Export
Italy

  • Overview of the EU sanctions landscape and trade controls
  • How to minimise risk and ensure compliance with applicable sanctions?
    • Maintaining export policies;
    • Training all staff regarding the potential impact and scope of sanctions;
11:25
Refreshment Break
11:45
Evaluating Merger and Acquisition Risk for Global Operations

Carmen Fellows
Senior Director, Global Trade Compliance
DRS Technologies Inc., a Leonardo Company

  • Why the trade/compliance office should be involved or consulted during the M&A process
  • What areas to review and assessing risk
  • Do you know all the countries that your organization is conducting business in?
  • Evaluating transactions to determine connections to sanctioned countries
  • What countries are subject to sanctions/embargoes?
  • What should be considered when non-US purchases a US company or US company purchases a non-US company?
12:30
Networking Lunch
2:00
Panel session:
Iran: How to do business with minimal risk attached?

Antonio Ciavatta
Executive ITC Counsel and Manager Europe
GE

Daniel Martin
Partner
Holman Fenwick Willan LLP

Nicola Giovinazzi
Director Compliance & Ethics Lead - Italy
Bristol-Myers Squibb S.r.l.

  • Iran export overview
  • What is prohibited under the Iran sanctions and how these sanctions impact your business?
    • Sanctions ‘snapback’
3:00
Refreshment Break
3:30
Align Your Export Compliance Program with US Government Enforcement Priorities

Alessandro Matera
Managing Director and Export Control Officer
Infineon

  • US code of conduct
  • Adapt your compliance programme to successfully protect against risks arising
  • Adopt best business procedures
  • Successful strategies for overcoming the inconsistent approaches of licensing authorities
  • Strengthen your existing compliance programme by learning from critical elements
4:30
Chair’s Closing Remarks and End of Conference

Navigating Through Different Sanctions Regulations and Setting up an Efficient Compliance Programme

Jun 12, 2017 9:00am – 12:30pm

Stefano PEDRETTI
Director, Trade Compliance Governance & Regional TC EMEA & Americas
STMicroelectronics Srl

Maurizio Castello
Regional Export Control Manager EMEA
STMicroelectronics Srl

What is it about?

An efficient and effective compliance program should consider different elements, starting with the Company’s Export Control risk analysis and the overall Company’s export risk appetite. Furthermore, processes and procedures must be set up and deployed in the organization in order to assure the company abides by the Regulations from the different jurisdictions that could apply to the company business model. A careful due diligence is needed when dealing with customers or end users in sensitive countries and a specific training programme is required internally.

Join this highly practical workshop that will help you to identify the legal and ethical behaviour and establish a system to warn management when the organisation is approaching an obstacle.

  • Identifying the risk areas: the WHERE question
    • The different jurisdictions that could apply
    • End User Analysis (i.e. Direct customer, consignee, distributor, end user) and tools (End User Declarations)
    • Evaluating the “Diversion Risks”
    • End Use: if “military” then a lot more restricted.
  • Providing a list of regulations affecting different business lines and products
    • What are the different kinds of Sanctions worldwide?
  • Application of the compliance programme to business partners
    • Internal Control Program: specific sections or provisions with regard to “countries of concern”
    • Specific SOP, LOP, Bulletins etc.
    • Transactional Order and Delivery Level
    • IT & ERP systems
  • Internal controls
    • License Requirement determination
    • Additional Rules and special cases: U.S. (Re)-Export Regulation
  • Communication and training
    • Training program
    • Communication to all the employees and to specific recipient groups