Plenaries:
Opening Remarks
Under Secretary for Industry and Security
Hot Issues: Interagency Round Table Discussion
Senior Officials of the Departments of State, Defense, and Energy
Moderator: Matthew Borman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Administration
Export Enforcement: Advancing Trade and Security
Moderator: Wendy Wysong, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement
Closing Session
Closing Remarks, Mark Foulon, Deputy Under Secretary of Industry and Security
Breakout Sessions:
Developments in Encryption Export Controls
Information Technology Controls Division
• Changes to encryption export controls
• Restricted and unrestricted encryption
• Notification and reporting requirements
• Clarification of previous retail designation
• Technical issues/technology trends
Responsibilities of Parties to the Transaction
Chairperson: Hillary Hess, Director, Regulatory Policy Division
• Legal responsibilities of parties involved in the transaction
• Role of distributors, forwarders, customs brokers
• Who determines the ECCN, obtains the license and screens end-users
• Routed export transactions
• Proliferation Security Initiative
Commerce vs. State: Export Licensing Jurisdiction
Chairperson: Gene Christiansen, Engineer, Office of National Security & Technology Transfer Controls
• Focus on high visibility commodity jurisdiction cases
• Complexities of determining the correct licensing jurisdiction
• Jurisdiction process
Technology Transfers to Foreign Nationals
Chairperson: Alex Lopes, Director, Deemed Exports and Electronics Division
• Improved licensing process for deemed exports to foreign nationals
• BIS response to IG recommended changes to the “deemed export” rule
• Dual-citizen foreign nationals
• Domestic PLC/PSV
• Impact on academic and research institutions
Parts and Components Reexports
Co-Chairpersons:
James Thompson, Director, Sensors and Aviation Division
Steve Clagett, Director, Nuclear and Missile Technology Controls Division
• When U.S. reexport authorization is needed
• Practical applications of the de minimis rule
• “Principal element” concept
• Responsibility and liability for obtaining reexport authorization
Country Policies: A Year in Review
Co-Chairpersons:
Steven C. Goldman, Director, Office of Nonproliferation and Treaty Compliance
Bernard Kritzer, Office of National Security and Technology Transfer Controls
• Current developments in export control policies for India, China, Iraq, Libya and Syria
The Automated Export System and Foreign Trade Regulations
Chairperson: Jerome Greenwell, Chief, Regulations, Outreach and Education Branch, Census
• Requirements for the Automated Export System
• The Foreign Trade Regulations
Common License Application Sins
Chairperson: Brian Nilsson, Acting Chairman, Operating Committee
• Identification of the most common license application deficiencies
Supporting National Defense and Homeland Security
Chairperson: Daniel O. Hill, Director, Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security
• Defense trade advocacy, defense trade marketing and arms transfer policy
• NATO Security Investment Program
• Defense Priorities and Allocations System
• Homeland security requirements
International Traffic in Arms Regulations
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls Policy, State
• Issues related to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations
• Export of items on the U.S. Munitions List
Foreign Assets Control Regulations
Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury
• Foreign Assets Control regulations and policies
• Licensing and enforcement
International Programs
Chairperson: Mi-Yong Kim, Director, Office of International Programs
• International Cooperation on Export Controls
• Export Controls and Border Assistance Program
• Perspectives from cooperating country representatives
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