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Are you interested in learning about smart export compliance business strategies? Have you just been designated the Export Compliance Manager in your company and don’t know how to get started developing or evaluating your compliance program? Do you know what core elements to include in your compliance program? Wondering if your company’s compliance program sufficiently covers all your risk areas? Want more information on smart business practices for enhancing Commerce/EAR/FTR and State/ITAR regulatory compliance? Interested in learning about effective Technology Control Plans and practices? Need help on improving your company’s AES compliance record? Want to learn what to expect and how to prepare for a U.S. government on-site visit? If so, then this program is for you!
On May 20th and 21st the Massachusetts Export Center and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security will sponsor a two-day “How To Develop An Export Management and Compliance Program” seminar. This program is the third in an outreach program of only four similar compliance seminars to be offered in FY 2009 by the Bureau of Industry and Security. We anticipate this program will sell out so register early to ensure your participation as seating is limited.
Designed to help companies create or enhance their export compliance program, the seminar will focus on industry best practices of effective export management and compliance programs. The objective is to help companies efficiently manage their export compliance requirements by implementing strategies and safeguards that can minimize the risk of an export violation.
An agenda for the seminar is attached. Program participants can earn 30 Certified Export Specialist continuing education credits through the NCBFAA for attending this program. Agenda topics for the seminar include: how to get started developing, enhancing, and maintaining a compliance program; the foundation of an effective compliance program; creating a compliance-oriented culture; front-end decision strategies; how to ensure that little problems don’t turn into big problems; what to do when what shouldn’t happen, does happen; telling your compliance story through records management; common compliance and licensing errors to avoid; AES compliance review program lessons learned and best practices; tips from export enforcement on how to avoid export violations; smart compliance strategies for dual-use and munitions export controls; and developing a strong compliance manual. This seminar will include small group discussion, hands-on exercises, one-on-one counseling opportunities, and compliance peer networking.
This is not a regulatory seminar and does not cover subjects such as how to classify your product or how to determine whether or not your export requires a license. The seminar is for exporters who are ready to utilize their knowledge of export regulations to build an effective compliance program that addresses their export compliance responsibilities.
The instructors are senior compliance program specialists and will be available throughout the seminar to provide guidance on “best practice” strategies for complying with U.S. export regulations, implementing an effective compliance program, and developing a written export compliance manual. Instructors include:
U.S. Department of State, Defense Trade Controls:
▪ Glenn Smith, Chief of the Enforcement Division, Defense Trade Controls
U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau:
▪ Dale Kelly, Assistant Division Chief, Data Collection, Foreign Trade Division
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security:
▪ Tom Andrukonis, Director, Export Management and Compliance Division
▪ Renee Osborne, Export Management and Compliance Division
▪ John McKenna, Special Agent In Charge, Boston Field Office, Export Enforcement
The May 20th -21st compliance seminar program will be held at the Radisson Hotel Boston located at 2oo Stuart Street, Boston, MA 02116. Registration and breakfast on both days will be from 7:15am – 8:00am. The program will run from 8:00am – 5:30pm on Wednesday, May 20th and from 8:00am – 5:00pm on Thursday, May 21st.
A special program rate of $209 per night is being offered at the Radisson Hotel Boston located in the heart of downtown Boston at 2oo Stuart Street, Boston, MA 02116. The hotel is located in the Theater District, one block from Boston Commons, and three miles from the Logan International Airport.
To book your hotel room, call the Radisson Hotel Boston Reservations Department at (617) 482-1800. You must tell the Reservations Department that you are participating in the Massachusetts Export Center’s program to secure the discounted rate. The $209 rate is available for the nights of May 19th, 20th, and 21st and will only be available through Tuesday, April 28th.
For local participants traveling by car, parking is available at the hotel for $17 a day, and is available one hour prior to the start time of the program (6:15am) and one hour after the end time of the program (6:30pm/8:30pm).
The registration fee for the two-day compliance seminar is $425.00 per person. The program fee includes continental breakfast, breaks, and lunch for both days and all seminar materials.
Complete registration details and on-line registration for the seminar is posted on the Massachusetts Export Center Website at the following address: www.mass.gov/export/events.htm
For those who wish to send their registration form via fax or mail, fax the form located on the Website to the attention of Cathy Cornwell at (413) 545-1273, or mail the form and payment to Cathy Cornwell, MSBDC, 227 Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, 121 Presidents Drive, Amherst, MA 01003, Re: May 20-21 Compliance Seminar. Checks should be made payable to the University of Massachusetts in the amount of $425.00 per person. Additional registration information is also available by calling Ms. Cornwell at (413) 545-6301 or Ms. BreAnne Yothers at (617) 973-8664.
For more information on the seminar or questions regarding the topics to be covered you can contact Renee Osborne at (202) 482-5619 rosborne@bis.doc.gov of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, Export Management and Compliance Division.