News & Events

Registration is open for ACI’s 10th Global Encryption, Cloud & Cyber Export Controls conference (rescheduled from a planned March 24-25 event). The conference will be held in a new virtual format on September 10-11, 2020. Topics will include:

• Navigating the enforcement landscape and increased use of the entity list
• Protecting your data while using cloud-based productivity suites
• Discussing the impact of new, emerging and foundational technologies regulations
• Anticipating Wassenaar changes to overcome cybersecurity challenges
• Ensuring your compliance program is up to date
• Assessing the impact of human rights guidelines to combat overuse of cyber-surveillance products and services
• Latest developments in China’s encryption and cyber laws
• Focus on Asia export controls – India, Japan, Korea, and Hong Kong
• European Union Dual-Use trade controls update
• Encryption requirements and export controls laws in Germany

For more information or to register, please visit https://www.americanconference.com/global-encryption/. Please mention keycode D10-999-FY20TB.

Additionally, a complimentary webinar on Emerging Technologies and Export Controls will be held August 4, 2020, from 11 a.m. -12 p.m. PDT, featuring Dave Aitel of Cyxtera, Anita Zinzuvadia of the Bureau of Industry and Security, and Roz Thomsen. To register for the complimentary webinar, please visit https://www.americanconference.com/global-encryption/webinar/.

Roz Thomsen and Mathilde Latour (ANSSI/Bureau Contrôles Réglementaires) spoke at the Ninth Annual Encryption, Cloud and Cybersecurity Conference on “Best Practices to Stay Current on Latest Military Controls on Intelligence Gathering and Cyberattacks” held March 26-28, 2019 in San Francisco.  Check back in the autumn of 2019 for advance information on the Tenth Annual Encryption, Cloud and Cybersecurity Conference!

Registration is open for the American Conference Institute’s 9th Advanced Industry Forum on Global Encryption, Cloud & Cyber Trade Controls to be held March 26-27, 2019, in San Francisco, chaired by Roszel Thomsen. Speakers will include Richard Ashooh, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration. Export controls practitioners will gather to discuss rapidly evolving U.S. and foreign requirements and how to stay compliant. Topics include:

• ramifications of the Export Control Reform Act
• recent regulatory developments — China, Netherlands, Vietnam, Australia, Russia, France and Germany
• proposed legislation on EU Dual-Use Cyber Rules
• how to juggle compliance priorities
• latest cloud computing regulations from around the globe
• enforcement trends and predictions for 2019

For more information or to register, please visit https://www.americanconference.com/global-encryption-cloud-cyber-export-controls/

Please use code S10-885-885L19.S when registering to receive a 10% discount.

Partner Roz Thomsen will present “Artificial Intelligence and How Regulation of AI Affects Silicon Valley” on July 18 at 6 p.m. for a WIT-NC event in Sunnyvale, CA. WIT-NC is an affiliate chapter of the Organization of Women in International Trade.

Many industries will be impacted by the use of Artificial Intelligence. Roz will review the current state of export controls for AI. He will also discuss the challenges for implementing new export controls on AI in hardware, software and technology and whether export controls on AI could be counterproductive.

For details and to register, please visit wit-nc.com/events/event.asp

Photo by Zachary Staines on Unsplash

The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) will hold its 2017 Customs Town Hall November 9 in Livonia, Michigan. At this annual gathering of importers, exporters, and service providers, Thomsen and Burke attorneys Wesley Demory and Maher Shomali will give a presentation on “Encryption Technology/Connected Car/Export Control Implications”. They will review the export control implications for connected vehicles and their components/subsystems, with emphasis on encryption, communications capabilities, and autonomous driving technology. This type of self driving car technology is prevalent in society today as technology advances constantly. Learn how export controls are structured for these technologies and which regulatory exemptions are available.

For details and to register, please visit http://www.aiag.org/store/events/details?EventCode=E17CUSTOM