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4th Annual Global Trade Compliance Best Practices Conference

Overview || Agenda || Registration || Location || Sponsorship

Overview

Is your company currently exporting, planning to sell to foreign markets or importing components or technology? If so, you can’t afford to miss this TechAmerica seminar! The TechAmerica 4th Annual Global Trade Compliance Conference will provide up-to-date information on company best practices and the changing world of doing business in international markets. The conference will feature both export and customs topics.

Agenda

8:00 am – 8:30 am:

Registration, Breakfast and Networking

8:30 am – 8:45 am:

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Jim Patton, Director, Global Trade Compliance and Policy, Microsoft
Ken Montgomery, Vice President, International Trade Regulation, TechAmerica

8:45 am – 10:00 am:

Panel 1: End-User and End-Use Screening Best Practices

Moderator: Mona Sasamoto, Global Trade & Compliance Manager, Extreme Networks, Inc.

Speakers: Lydia McClure, Senior Manager, Global Trade, Applied Materials
Steven Brotherton, Partner, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
Larry Disenhof, Group Director, Export Compliance & Government Relations, Cadence Design Systems

Although one of the most important objectives of an internal compliance program is to prevent doing business with unauthorized parties, performing proper end-use screening is just as important. So how can one effectively comply with both requirements? Although standards will vary greatly because of company size, product type, customer base, business model and philosophy, etc., this panel will provide their organizations’ best practices and methods in complying with both business and export compliance requirements.

Business and legal requirements
General screening practices:
- Company business model
Implementing and managing screening practices:
- Setting guidelines
- Training

10:00 am – 10:15 am:

Networking Break

10:15 am – 11:30 am:

Panel 2: Measuring Compliance Risk for Imports and Exports

Moderator: Jim Patton, Director, Global Trade Compliance and Policy, Microsoft

Speakers: Joe Vicario, Senior Counsel for International Trade Regulation, Texas Instruments Inc.
Mike Heldebrand, Senior Manager in Ernst & Young’s Americas Indirect Tax Practice focusing on Customs & International Trade
Carolyn Muhlstein, Manager, Global Customs and Trade Affairs, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Identifying and managing global risks and opportunities for compliance improvement in a resource-constrained environment is critical for today’s trade professionals. Prioritizing activities and securing resources requires measurement practices and tools that facilitate the quantifying, costing and reporting of trade risks. This panel will focus on both best practices and existing resources for such measurement. We will include:

Data available from the Government:
- AES data, ACE data, other
Usage of corporate systems and reports (i.e. ERM system, other)
Audits:
- Internal audits
- 3rd party audits
- Government examinations/investigations
Benchmarking/comparative analysis with other companies
Evaluating business model
Integrated scorecarding efforts
Resources for risk management principles and measuring risk (U.S. CBP, WCO, others)

11:30 am – 12:30 pm:

Networking Lunch

12:30 pm – 1:45 pm:

Panel 3: Keeping Pace with Ever Changing Global Trade Regulations

Moderator: Jeff Rittener, Global Export Compliance Manager, Intel

Speakers: Rita Spencer-Rout, Director, Global Trade Solutions, Cymer
Anne Marie Griffin, Deputy Director, Microsoft
Kristina Bryson, Executive Program Manager, Canada, US and Caribbean Import Compliance Office, IBM

Global Trade Regulations are dynamic. Changes occur on a daily basis in numerous countries. With globalization, companies manufacture, sell, service, export, import, and transfer within or across multiple countries. This panel will explore best known methods for keeping pace with these ongoing changes and look at a few recent developments from around the globe.

What is the best way to manage your organization or company structure in order to keep pace with global regulatory changes?
Where do you find appropriate sources of data (e.g. annual reports from law firms, consulting firms, government or other sources, websites, blogs, associations, internal company resources)?
How do you influence foreign governments and what are best practices for trade advocacy in other countries?
Recent global regulatory updates:
- Russia encryption regulations
- Malaysia and Singapore SGAs
- Hong Kong and Japan encryption regulations
- Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan Customs Union

1:45 pm – 2:00 pm:

Refreshment Break

2:00 pm – 3:15 pm:

Panel 4: The Role of Trade Compliance Due Diligence in Mergers and Acquisitions

Moderator: Julie Zack, Regulatory Counsel, Research in Motion Corporation

Speakers: Janet Reuter, Director, Global Trade Compliance, Rockwell Automation
Laura Tomarchio, Senior Manager, Trade Compliance for M&A, Symantec Corporation
Jason Waite, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP

Mergers and acquisitions create growth opportunities for your company but can also create compliance risks if export and customs due diligence reviews are not incorporated into your process. Hear about current practices designed to assist you in getting involved in M&A activities and gain insight to the role of compliance within the M&A context.

Ensuring compliance is part of the M&A process
Practical advice- how and when to be involved, what information to gather and how to gather it
Addressing non-compliance in the target at pre-acquisition and post-acquisition stages
Tools and methodologies to consider in your due diligence
Drafting representation and warranties for the closing documents

3:15 pm – 3:30 pm:

Networking Break

3:30 pm – 4:45 pm:

Panel 5: Hot Topics in Customs Compliance

Moderator: Courtney Seelinger, Senior Manager Trade Compliance, Tektronix

Speakers: Brian Cochran, Director, International Trade Compliance, Tyco Electronics Corporation
Mike Role, Partner, Pisani and Roll LLP

This panel will address current issues global customs compliance organizations are facing and discuss some of the best practices and methodologies in place within industry leading companies. Topics will include:

Best practices for managing global tariff databases
Keeping track of and managing FTAs across the globe

4:45 pm – 5:00 pm:

Closing Remarks

Ken Montgomery, Vice President, International Trade Regulation, TechAmerica

5:00 pm:

End of Program

Registration

TechAmerica Member Rate – $175
TechAmerica Non-Member Rate – $225

Location

Microsoft – Silicon Valley Campus
1065 La Avenida St – Building 1
Mountain View, CA 94043

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Sponsorship

If you are interested in sponsorship opportunities, please contact, Colette Gonsalves, 408-987-4248.

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