Day 1: Monday, October 26

8:00am - 8:15am | Opening Remarks

Dave Allman, SIA President 
Kim Strosnider, SIA Conference Director

8:15am - 9:15am | Keynote Panel

Michael J. Vaccaro, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Defense Trade Controls, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs 
Matthew D. Redding, Deputy Director, Defense Technology Security Administration

9:15am - 10:30am | Compliance by Design: Building Exportability into the Product Lifecycle 

How engineering, capture/business development, contracts, supply chain, security, and trade compliance can make exportability decisions early, including through assessment of export jurisdiction and classification, consideration of technology release, and mapping out the use of authorizations.

Molly Braese, Skydio  
Colleen O'Connor, Lockheed Martin  
Christopher Newman, RTX  
Arthur Shulman, General Atomics

10:30am - 11:00am | Break

11:00am - 12:00pm | Roundtable Discussion: Ask the Experts

Rob Hart, Office of Defense Trade Controls Policy, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls    
Sho Morimoto, Office of Defense Trade Controls Licensing, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls   
John Foster, Leidos (Moderator)  
Additional Speakers to Be Announced

12:00pm - 1:00pm | Lunch

1:00pm - 2:15pm | Implementing AI Compliantly: Ensuring Trade Controls Considerations Are Part of the Equation

This panel will highlight key considerations for compliance professionals advising the business on AI implementation.

Timothy Lee, Cerebras   
Narges Kahvazadeh, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman  
Caroline Murray Walsh, RTX  
Lynn Van Buren, WatchGuard

2:15pm - 3:15pm | Maximizing License Exemptions, Exceptions, and Exclusions

As industry is being asked to accelerate in response to national security demands, license exemptions and exceptions present one avenue for compliant acceleration. Companies and universities also are focusing on “carve outs” or exclusions for fundamental research and public domain/published materials.  This panel looks at key challenges in this area, strategies for overcoming those challenges to maximize the use of these measures, and case studies that show how exemptions, exceptions, and exclusions can be effectively used.

Danielle Blakely, SNC    
Susan Kovarovics, Akin Gump    
Donna Snyder, Honeywell Aerospace

3:15pm - 3:45pm | Break

3:45pm - 5:00pm | Navigating Challenges in Cross-Border Compliance Programs

Companies with global footprints need to be attentive to more than U.S. law as they implement their trade compliance programs, including non-U.S. export/import laws, countersanctions measures and conflicts of laws, and local data privacy measures that may require creative solutions in compliance program implementation. 

Teresa Amundson, Airbus U.S.  
Carmen Fellows, Leonardo DRS   
Kathleen Palma, Applied Materials   
Zachary Parker, Leidos

Day 2: Tuesday, October 27

8:15am - 8:25am | Opening Remarks

Dave Allman, SIA President  
Kim Strosnider, SIA Conference Director

8:25am - 9:00am | Keynote

Noah Jaffe, PTDO Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security 
Nathaniel B. Bolin, K&L Gates (Moderator)

9:00am - 10:30am | Trade Enforcement Panel

John Paul R. Delgado, Acting Deputy Assistant Director, Homeland Security Investigations, Global Trade Division  
Sean O’Dowd, Acting Deputy Chief, Counterintelligence and Export Control Section, U.S. Department of Justice, National Security Division  
Jae Shin, Director of Compliance, Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls  
David Lim, White & Case (Moderator)

10:30am - 11:00am | Break

11:00am - 12:00pm | Proactive Assessments and Audits in Compliance Programs

In light of the increased focus on trade controls enforcement as discussed in our previous panel, hear about approaches to effective internal assessments and auditing in light of changing regulations as a way to stay ahead of and proactively address compliance challenges.

John Barker, Arnold & Porter  
Steve Brotherton, KPMG  
April Snyder-Bolden, IBM

12:00pm - 1:00pm | Lunch

1:00pm - 2:30pm | Knowing Your Counterparty: Screening, Ownership & Due Diligence in a High-Risk Trade Environment

Restricted party screening is increasingly only the first step in evaluating trade licensing and risk. This panel will explore how companies assess ownership (including OFAC’s 50% rule), end users, intermediaries, and other red flags and determine when additional diligence is necessary before proceeding with a transaction; the use of tools to assist with this process; the proposed BIS Affiliates’ Rule and how even its proposal changed how industry is considering third parties; and overlaps between trade controls and anticorruption due diligence.

Regan Alberda, Autodesk  
Thea Kendler, Mayer Brown  
Greta Nightingale, O'Melveny

2:30pm - 3:30pm | Human Side of Export Compliance: Building a Culture that Escalates Problems

How organizations encourage employees to raise concerns, avoid “business-pressure overrides,” and make compliance escalation part of normal operations, as well as considerations in addressing potential whistleblower complaints.

Peter Gundersen, RTX  
Alan Levesque, Wiggin and Dana   
Eric Sandberg-Zakian, Covington & Burling

3:30pm - 4:00pm | Break

4:00pm - 5:00pm | Beyond Export Controls: Challenges with Tariffs, Critical Minerals, and Other Emerging Issues

The trade function at companies increasingly must address more than the ITAR and EAR.  This panel will explore emerging issues related to tariffs, critical minerals, and other issues that are being added to trade compliance teams’ responsibilities.

Liz Cannon, Hogan Lovells   
Edward McHugh, Collins Aerospace (RTX)   
Jeff Merrell, Rolls Royce   
BJ Shannon, Berliner Corcoran & Rowe