Facing the Technical Data Challenge Webinar

Tech Data Export Controls 2011 Update--There Are No Easy Answers

Doing business in 2011 while trying to comply with export control rules largely crafted 20-30+ years ago is difficult, needless to say. Despite government adjustments to certain aspects of the technical data export control rules, export compliance challenges are growing and changing at a pace far faster than the government changes the export control rules. 100% compliance is impossible. What are you to do?

John Black will highlight key aspects of the current rules and recent changes. He will also offer up approaches to handling the key tech data compliance challenges for 2011, including, among others, these issues:

Cloud computing
Getting a grip on recent changes to the rules
Finding your technical data and determining how it is controlled
US controls on non-US technical data and technology
US and non-US company collaboration to develop or enhance technology
Emailing to recipients with changing locations
Non-US parties administration of US servers
Dual and third country national issues
Using encryption and other security tools to mitigate risk
Conducting a self-assessment to find and analyze your tech data compliance risks
Merger & acquisition issues for acquirers and targets
Living with the reality of imperfect compliance: Setting priorities

Join ECTI and John Black for this can't miss webinar. We don't guarantee easy solutions to all of your problems--there aren't any. We do guarantee thoughtful analysis, lively discussion and invaluable insight from a renowned industry expert.

The ITAR Technical Data Challenge Webinar will provide PowerPoint slides and include video and commentary from John Black who has been working in the export controls industry for 27 years.

**Recordings of the webinar will be made available at no-charge to registrants.

Webinar Details:

Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Time:                    1:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
                             10:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time
                             12:00 PM Central Daylight Time
                              6:00 PM Western European Summer Time

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Cost: $195 per person

Speaker and Presenter Information

John R. Black has been involved in US export and trade control matters since 1984. He advises a wide range of US and foreign companies, ranging in size from Fortune 10 to small companies in nearly every industrial sector. He also serves as an expert export control adviser to several major US law firms and their clients, and has advised several foreign governments on US export control matters. Within the export compliance field, he has earned a reputation as one of the leading experts on US export and trade controls. From 1984 through 1988 he worked for the Bureau of Export Administration, where he was responsible for writing the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and interpreting the EAR for government and industry. From 1988 to the present, Mr. Black has been an export/trade control compliance consultant. Mr. Black has developed a comprehensive knowledge of the Export Administration Regulations (including the antiboycott provisions), the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, and the trade control regulations administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control. He uses his depth of expertise in multiple US trade control regulations to help his clients ensure they comply with the entire scope of US trade controls. Mr. Black has advised major US exporters on export control internal compliance policies, processes, and procedures. He has also conducted many export control compliance audits for his clients and worked with them to implement remedial measures to address deficiencies found in the audits. Mr. Black has worked with companies involved in export enforcement actions and has helped them to develop comprehensive remedial compliance policies, processes, and procedures which have successfully mitigated the penalties imposed for their violations. Mr. Black�s comprehensive knowledge of US regulations and his understanding of practical business requirements enable him to develop targeted in-house training programs for US and foreign companies. He has been a featured speaker at well over 100 conferences and seminars on US export controls throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. He has also written numerous articles for various legal and export publications regarding US export/trade controls and has written several books on the subject.

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Air Force, Army, Navy & Marine Corps, DOD & Military, Dept of Commerce, Dept of Energy, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of Justice, Dept of State, NASA, State Government, CIA, Coast Guard, Census Bureau