“Achievement in a Time of Adversity”

“Achievement in a Time of Adversity”
Sunday, 26 October 2014
5:30-7:00 Pre-Registration
DAY ONE—Monday, 27 October 2014
7:00
Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00
Opening Remarks
Jennifer K. Weinel, Northrop Grumman Corporation, President, SIA
Sandra Cross, Huntington Ingalls Industries, Conference Director
8:15
Key Note Speaker
Kenneth B. Handelman, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls
8:45
Upcoming Regulatory Changes and Export Control Reform Status
Confirmed Speakers:
§ Ed Peartree, Director, Office of Defense Trade Controls Policy
§ Anthony Dearth, Director, Office of Defense Trade Controls Licensing,
§ Todd Willis, Director, Bureau of Industry and Security, Munitions Control Division
9:45
Overview of Omnibus/Clean Up Rule
Confirmed Speakers:
§ Samuel Harmon, Office of Defense Trade Controls Policy § Lt Col Byron Calhoun, Office of Defense Trade Controls Licensing
10:15
Break
10:45
Hybrid Contracting (Foreign Military Sales / Direct Commercial Sales)
Understanding how to ensure you have the proper export approval
Confirmed Speakers:
§ Industry Moderator: Beth Ann Johnson, Northrop Grumman Corporation
§ Charles ‘Ken’ Comer, Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfers
§ Samuel Harmon, Office of Defense Trade Controls Policy
§ Lt Col Byron Calhoun, Office of Defense Trade Controls Licensing
Note: All speaker comments are off-the-record and not for attribution
12:00
Lunch
1:00
Dealing with Change and Still Getting Your License Approved
Lessons learned and FAQs
Confirmed Speakers:
§ Industry Moderator: Greg Hill, DRS Technologies, Inc.
§ Robert S. Warren, Office of Defense Trade Controls Licensing
§ Laurie Hays, Bureau of Industry and Security, Munitions Control Division
§ Jeffrey Leitz, Bureau of Industry and Security, Munitions Control Division
§ Cynthia Keefer, BAE Systems
2:45
Break
3:15
Export Enforcement Coordination Center Update
Confirmed Speakers:
§ Craig C. Healy, Director, Export Enforcement Coordination Center (E2C2)
3:45
Supply Chain Challenges
Ensuring compliance with the shifting of controls to the EAR
Confirmed Speakers:
§ Alexander Groba, Airbus Group
§ Todd Sullivan, General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc.
§ Joshua Fitzhugh, BAE Systems plc
5:00
Closing Remarks
5:15
Hosted Reception
Note: All speaker comments are off-the-record and not for attribution
DAY TWO—Tuesday, 28 October 2014
7:30
Continental Breakfast
8:30
Opening Remarks
Sandra Cross, Huntington Ingalls Industries, Conference Director
8:45
Looking at EAR Exceptions Without the ITAR Slant
Understanding the differences in approach between using ITAR exemptions and EAR
exceptions by taking off the ITAR hat – thinking like BIS
Confirmed Speakers:
§ Industry Moderator: Karen Jones, Exelis, Inc.
§ Sharron Cook, Bureau of Industry and Security, Licensing
§ Mark Sagrans, DuPont
§ Gregory Creeser, International Trade Compliance Strategies
10:15
Break
10:45
The New Category XI
Discussion of the changes to USML Category XI (effective December 30, 2014)
Confirmed Speakers:
§ Samuel Harmon, Office Of Defense Trade Controls Policy
§ Angela Countee-Brown, Office of Defense Trade Controls Licensing
§ Edward Auger, Technology Directorate, Defense Technology Security Administration
11:45
Lunch
1:00
International Program Office Perspective
Current activities, changes, and insights from the DOD program offices
Confirmed Speakers:
§ Navy IPO
§ DASA DE&C
§ SAF/IA
2:00
DDTC Compliance Current Events
Confirmed Speakers:
§ Sue Gainor, Director, Office Of Defense Trade Controls Compliance
3:00
Break
Note: All speaker comments are off-the-record and not for attribution
3:30
Australia and United Kingdom Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty Exemptions
Confirmed Speakers:
§ Puneet Talwar, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (Invited)
§ Angus Kirkwood, Department of Defence, Australia
§ Susanna Mason, UK Ministry of Defence
§ Kenneth B. Handelman, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Directorate of Defense Trade
Controls
5:00
Conference Closing Remarks
5:15
–6:30
Meet the Treaty Experts!
(Round table discussions and Q&A with Australia, UK and US representatives)
Note: All speaker comments are off-the-record and not for attribution