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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

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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

On October 17-18, 2017, the American Conference Institute (ACI) will hold its 10th industry forum conference on International Technology Transfers, Cloud Computing and Deemed Export Compliance at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Washington, D.C. Thomsen and Burke Partner Antoinette (Toni) Paytas will be panel moderator for a conference discussion on October 17 about the most complex and pressing issues posed by cloud computing. The panel will include Robert Rarog, Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Export Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce; Anne Marie Griffin, Deputy Director, Microsoft; and Sean Mentus, Manager of International Trade Compliance, Northrop Grumman.

For more information on the conference or to register, please visit: https://www.americanconference.com/10th-industry-forum-international-technology-transfers-cloud-computing-deemed-export-compliance/

To receive a 10% discount off of the conference price, register by September 22 and use code S10-883-883L18.S when registering.

Maher Shomali and Wes Demory will be speaking at the International Compliance Professionals Association 2017 Miami Conference to be held March 12-15, 2017. Maher will provide an Overview of Encryption Controls, and Wes will focus on Cybersecurity and Encryption Export Controls.

ICPA is a non-profit, global trade compliance community whose mission is to provide networking opportunities and resources to individuals involved in international trade compliance.