US Trade Controls Compliance in Europe Conference, 10 – 11 June 2026, Düsseldorf, Germany
US Trade Controls Compliance in Europe Conference, 10 – 11 June 2026, Düsseldorf, Germany
Our annual gathering in Germany looking at ITAR and EAR compliance in Europe.
If you deal with controlled US goods the ITAR and EAR are acronyms you know all about and you have probably already attended this leading conference. But as we all know, it never gets easier, review and revision by the Trump administration has added a whole new dimension. See you in Germany guys.
The conference promises once more to be lively, with differing opinions stimulating an open debate, no ‘death by power point’ here, come prepared to learn and contest and leave with new perspectives.
And other trade controls compliance professionals.
- Mr. Gary Stanley, President, Global Legal Services
- Ms. Laura Smolorz, Export Control & Sanctions, Risk Management, Schaeffler
- Ms. Suzanne Reifman, Senior VP & Group General Counsel, Jet Aviation
- Ms. Nora Shih, Senior Manager Export Control Programs, Tecnologie Infineon
- Ms. Emily Savereux, Head of Global Trade Compliance, UCB
- Mr. Matthias Geib, Director Trade Compliance – EMEA, APAC, Celanese
- Ms. Fanny Jolly, EMEAI and APAC Export Compliance Senior Manager, Dassault Systèmes
- Mr. Michel van den Hoven, Head of Global Trade Compliance, Philips
- Ms. Luisella Basso, Head of Corporate Trade Compliance, STMicroelectronics
- Ms. Allison Porcella, International Trade Compliance Counsel, Huntsman Corporation
- Mr. Nitesh Walia, Export Control Manager, Rolls-Royce SMR
- Ms. Erika Trujillo, Director, Strategy & Development, SEIA
- Mr. Reid Whitten, Managing Partner – London Office, Sheppard Mullin
- Mr. Julien Blanquart, Associate, Sheppard Mullin
- Ms. Meghan Harris, Managing Director, Beacon Global Strategies
- Mr. Kevin Kurland, Senior Advisor, Beacon Global Strategies
- Mr. Christian Struck, Head of Trade Compliance, Wacker Chemie AG
- Ms. Julie Collomb, Senior Manager Global Trade Compliance, Connettività TE
- Dr. Philipp Johst, Senior Legal & Compliance Counsel, Lufthansa Group
Should you wish to join our esteemed speaker panel at this event, please contact Miss Isra Mahmoud on isra.mahmoud@nielsonsmith.com
The agenda is prepared by and for industry professionals, and includes the most interesting topics, currently pertinent to the field.
Contattate il vostro rappresentante NielsonSmith per approfondire il programma.
Giorno 1
08:15 - 09:00 Apertura delle iscrizioni e rinfresco mattutino
09:00 – 09:20 Chairman opening address and participants’ introductions
09:20– 10:30 Annual Update on ITAR & EAR Developments
10:30 – 11:30 Managing US Extraterritorial Export Controls from the EU
11:30 – 11:55 Morning Refreshment break and networking
11:55 - 12:55 Sanctions Ownership, Control & Safe Harbours: Managing Liability in Practice
12:55 – 14:10 NETWORKING LUNCH
14:10 – 15:10 Fireside Chat: Navigating U.S. Export Control Compliance in an Era of Strategic Unpredictability
15:10 – 16:10 Export Controls and Merger/Acquisition/Divestiture (MAD): An interactive session from the buyer and seller perspectives
16:10 – 16:35 Afternoon Refreshment Break & Networking
16:35 – 17:35 Structuring email and data storage compliant with US export and re-export
17:35 – 17:40 Chairman’s Closing Remarks
17:40 – 18:30 Ricevimento di rete della conferenza
Giorno 2
08:30 - 08:55 Rinfresco di prima mattina e networking
08:55 - 09:00 Chairman opening remarks
09:00 – 10:00 Weaponisation of Tariffs as Export Control Tools
10:00 – 11:00 EU Blocking Statute & Counter‑Sanctions Law: Why It Remains Under‑Used
11:00 – 11:30 Morning Refreshment break and networking
11:30 – 12:30 Multi-jurisdictional Risk Assessment
12:30 – 13:35 NETWORKING LUNCH
13:35 – 14:30 Panel Discussion – From Policy to Practice: Where Export Controls Programmes Fail Internally
14:30 – 15:15 How to structure an Export Control Internal Compliance Program (ICP), what elements of a non us company ICP will comply with US export and re-exports
15:15 – 15:45 Pausa rinfresco pomeridiana e networking
15:45 – 16:45 Adventures in sanctions and export controls screening: Stories from the front line
16:45 – 17:25 Interactive Roundtables on topics brought up by delegates
17:25 – 17:30 Chairman remarks
FINE DELLA CONFERENZA
Se siete interessati a parlare a questa conferenza, contattate la signorina Isra Mahmoud all'indirizzo isra.mahmoud@nielsonsmith.com.
Sheppard Mullin is a full service AmLaw Global 100 firm with 880 attorneys in 11 U.S. offices located in California, Chicago, Dallas, New York and Washington, D.C., as well as four international offices in Shanghai, Seoul, London and Brussels. The development and expansion of our practice in response to client needs remains the core focus of our leadership.
Our attorneys are problem solvers, not just legal practitioners, and are committed to providing clients with a consistent, exceptional client experience.
Beacon Global Strategies is a Washington, DC-based strategic advisory firm helping leading companies navigate national security, geopolitical risk, and global technology policy. Founded in 2013, Beacon brings a bipartisan team with decades of government and industry experience to help clients manage risk and develop strategy in a complex environment. Central to that work is the firm’s Export Control and Industrial Strategy practice, which draws on deep experience shaping and implementing U.S. export control policy to help companies anticipate regulatory shifts, adapt their strategies, and strengthen their national security positioning.
SEIA is a Munich-based trade compliance technology company helping trade compliance organisations move from periodic risk assessments to continuous, evidence-based assurance.
Founded in 2022 by a former trade compliance professional and a data analytics innovation leader from a Big Four firm, SEIA was built on a clear need: as geopolitical pressures intensify and regulatory scrutiny increases, our oversight and risk identification capabilities must become strategic and proactive.
SEIA PERCEIVE is the company’s core platform. It acts as a digitised assurance layer on top of an organisation’s existing compliance framework, drawing on data from across the business to provide continuous internal monitoring for red flags and operational gaps, prioritised data quality checks, business partner risk based on transactional behaviour, and real-time visibility into control effectiveness. Risk assessments become dynamic rather than static, informed by actual transaction behaviour, business partner data, and location-specific exposure rather than periodic self-reporting or spot checking.
The result is a compliance team that spends less time determining where problems might exist and more time proactively addressing them, backed by evidence rather than assumption. Data-driven, risk-based metrics also transform the dialogue between compliance functions and senior leadership, giving executives and boards the visibility they need to make informed decisions on risk tolerance, strategic investment, and regulatory exposure.
SEIA currently serves clients across defence and aerospace, life sciences, chemicals, automotive, energy and manufacturing sectors.
Visit seiatech.com or speak with a member of our team to learn more.
Should you wish to become our Partner at this event, please contact Mr. Devansh Dubey on Devansh.Dubey@nielsonsmith.com
Full 2-Day Conference Ticket Price for 1 person – 1499 euros
Including the Company-wide Post-Event Microsite license for 1 year
Si prega di notare che non verrà applicata l'IVA su questo prezzo. Il prezzo comprende tutte le sessioni, il pranzo, i rinfreschi e la documentazione disponibile. Si prega di contatto per gli sconti sulle prenotazioni di gruppo. Nota bene: le aziende "fornitrici" possono partecipare solo come sponsor.
Sede della conferenza
Leonardo Royal Düsseldorf Königsallee
Graf-Adolf-Platz 8-10, 40213
Düsseldorf, Germania
Accommodation allotment
Date of Arrival: 09/06/2026
Date of Departure: 11/06/2026
Reservations can be made under the keyword “Nielsonsmith” and ID number 464053
Tel: +49 211 7771977
E: reservations.nrw@leonardo-hotels.com
*The rooms are guaranteed up to 4 weeks before arrival. After that, the rooms are only available on request and subject to availability and the hotel no longer must grant the special price. Individual rooms can be cancelled free of charge up to 2 weeks before arrival.
City Tax
From 1st January 2024, every overnight guest is obliged to pay the tax of 3,- Euro per person and day, Professional overnight stays are not exempt from paying City tax. The tax is also levied on any no-show costs of hotel rooms.
Parking
There are 50 parking spaces available. The costs for this are:
Per hour/car 4,- Euro
Per day/ car 25,- Euro
Informazioni
I biglietti per i delegati sono riservati ai partecipanti interni. I venditori di prodotti per la conformità possono partecipare solo diventando sponsor; si prega di richiedere un prospetto informativo tramite il pulsante sottostante. I fornitori che acquistano i biglietti non avranno accesso all'evento e riceveranno solo un rimborso 70%.




