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"How To Develop An Export
Management and Compliance Program"
This in-depth two-day seminar is designed to help companies create or enhance their export compliance program with a 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.

The seminar will be conducted by seven experienced officials from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); the U.S. State Department’s Office of Defense Trade Controls; and the U.S. Census Bureau's Regulations, Outreach, and Education Branch. The BIS speakers are from the Export Management and Compliance Division, the Office of Technology Evaluation, and the Office of Export Enforcement.  Click here for the speaker bios.

The seminar will include small group discussion, hands-on exercises, one-on-one counseling opportunities, and compliance peer networking.

Tuesday, April 29
 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
and
Wednesday, April 30
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

 Plimsoll Club, 30th Floor
World Trade Center of New Orleans
2 Canal Street

 

Click here for the preliminary agenda.

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 on export enforcement on how to avoid export violations
  • Smart compliance strategies for dual-use and munitions export controls
  • Developing a strong compliance manual.

Note: Participants in this seminar should have a working knowledge of U.S. export regulations. 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.

Other Questions? For more information on the seminar contact Renee Osborne at (202) 482-5619, rosborne@bis.doc.gov, or Orestes Theocharides at (202) 482-6751, otheocha@bis.doc.gov.

Sponsoring Organizations

World Trade Center of New Orleans
 

Cost:  $375 per person.
(includes all seminar materials, continental breakfast on both days, lunch on both days, and "early bird" parking special in WTC garage: $8 - in by 9:00 a.m., out by 6:00 p.m.)

Registration and prepayment are
required by April 25, 10:00 a.m.

(cancellation notice required by April 25, 10:00 a.m.)

Click here for driving directions to the WTC and hotels in the vicinity. 

Special Hotel Rates

To book hotel rooms at the following rates and locations on the nights of April 28 and 29, contact Julie Yates at (504) 529-7020 or email jyates@omnihotels.com (rates/space based on availability). 

Omni Royal Orleans Hotel - French Quarter
621 Saint Louis Street, New Orleans, LA 70140
Main Hotel # 504 529 5333
Nightly Rate $129 + taxes

Omni Royal Crescent Hotel - Central Business District
535 Gravier Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
Main Hotel # 504 527 0006
Nightly Rate $119 + taxes

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