Sanctions and Export Compliance in Europe Conference, 3 – 4 February 2026, Düsseldorf, Germany

Sanctions and Export Compliance in Europe Conference, 3-4 February 2026, Düsseldorf, Germany

Our annual winter gathering in Düsseldorf looking at everything you need to know about EU and European Sanctions and Export Controls Compliance.

Sanctions and Export Compliance in Europe Conference

Our annual winter gathering in Germany looking at everything you need to know about EU and European Sanctions and Export Controls Compliance.

  • Mr. Markus Schweininger, Global Head of Export Control, VP,  Schaeffler AG
  • Mr. Sven Willen, Head of Trade Compliance, Oerlikon
  • Ms. Andrea Dites, Senior Director Export Control, Infineon Technologies AG
  • Mr. Iurii Gorozhankin, Senior Legal Counsel Export Controls & Sanctions / Global Trade Law Office, DHL Group
  • Ms. Erika Trujillo, Co-Founder, Managing Director, SEIA
  • Ms. Annarita Thorwath, Head of Export Control and Customs (ECC), Yunex Traffic
  • Mr. Jens Nilson, Director, Trade Compliance Europe, Xylem
  • Mr. Alexander Groba, Director Foreign Trade, MTU Aero Engines
  • Dr. Florian Wolf, Partner, Blomstein
  • Dr. Laura Louca, Senior Associate, Blomstein 
  • Mr. Jeff Nielsen, International Sanctions & Export Controls Lawyer, Ramboll
  • Mr. Max Medvid, Global Head of Sanctions & Export Control, the LEGO Group
  • Senior Representative, Dow Jones

 


 
Should you wish to join our esteemed speaker panel at the conference, please contact Miss Isra Mahmoud on isra.mahmoud@nielsonsmith.com

DAY 1

08:15 – 09:00 Registration opens and morning refreshments

09:00 – 09:20 Chairman’s opening address and participants’ introductions

09:20 – 10:20 Caught Between Regimes: Navigating EU–U.S. Sanctions Divergence in Practice

10:20 – 11:20 Sanctions in a Multipolar World: Risks in Non-Aligned Trade Corridors

11:20 – 11:45 Morning Refreshment break and networking

11:45 – 12:45 Strategic Technologies: Dual-Use AI, LLMs, and Software Under Scrutiny

12:45 – 14:00 NETWORKING LUNCH

14:00 – 15:00 Panel Discussion: 2026 and Beyond – Navigating the Future of Export Controls

15:00 – 15:45 The Rise of Sanctions Audits – Preparing for What’s Coming 

15:45 – 16:10 Afternoon Refreshment Break and Networking 

16:10 – 17:10 When HQ Says Yes, but the EU Entity Says No

17:10 – 17:15 Chairman’s closing remarks

17:15 – 18:15 Conference Networking Drinks Reception

DAY 2

08:30 – 08:55 Early morning refreshments and networking

08:55 – 09:00 Chairman’s opening remarks

09:00 – 09:45 Most Recent and Upcoming U.S. Regulatory Changes – An Industrial Perspective

09:45 – 10:30 Ownership & Control: Legal Risks in Sanctioned Supply Chains

10:30 – 11:00 Morning Refreshment break and networking

11:00 – 12:00 SEIA’s Top Trends in Regulatory and Operational Risks from 2025

12:00 – 13:15 NETWORKING LUNCH

13:15 – 14:15 Advanced Technologies incl. Advanced ICs and Quantum: What’s newly controlled in 2026

14:15 – 15:15 Sanctions Screening Fatigue: Reducing False Positives Without Raising Risk

15:15– 15:45 Afternoon Refreshment Break and Networking

15:45 – 16:35 Interactive Roundtables on topics brought up by delegates

16:35 – 16:40 Chairman’s remarks

END OF CONFERENCE

 

 

 

In the rapidly expanding global economy, multinational companies have the opportunity to reduce international customs and trade compliance costs by accelerating the movement of goods to achieve both short-term and long-term competitive advantages. However, the appropriate Global Trade Management (GTM) software must be in place and fully integrated with a company’s overall IT infrastructure (e.g., ERP Host System) and its customs and trade compliance business processes in order to increase efficiency, ensure transparency, minimize compliance risk, and save on costs.

MIC is the worldwide leading provider of global customs and trade compliance software solutions. More than 800 customers, in 55+ countries, on six continents, use MIC customs and trade compliance software. We specialize in the integration of global customs and trade compliance systems based on specific corporate structures and consider regional and national legal requirements. We ensure efficient customs operations and compliance within the legal frameworks. 1 GTM Source System with 1 GTM Compliance Database, 1 Graphical User Interface, and 1 consistent Service Organisation worldwide—delivered as SaaS (Cloud) solutions.

 

Dow Jones Risk & Compliance is a global provider of best-in-class risk data, web-based software applications and scalable due diligence services that help organizations manage risk and meet regulatory requirements related to financial crime, third-party risk management, sanctions and international trade. Dow Jones Risk & Compliance combines the expertise of a multilingual research team with industry-leading data scientists and technologists to provide actionable content structured specifically for compliance needs. Our solutions were developed in partnership with top legal and political advisors—including former regulators—to help our clients maintain consistency across global business units and teams.

 

 

 


 

At SEIA we didn’t start with possible, we started with what we needed and worked until we created new possibilities. Our solutions fundamentally transform how trade compliance is performed through state-of-the-art risk management dashboards based on advanced data analytics.Our tools are the result of innovation through cooperation across industries to achieve a dashboard system that provides transparency like never before, actionable user centric metrics, and critically,management of SEIA’s Risk RedFlags in real time. We can integrate with systems from across your organization (such as trade management systems, screening software, or other compliance programs) to ensure you get “good data” in one place for the insights you want, and the risk assurance that you need.

 

 


Deloitte is a leading global provider of audit and assurance, consulting, financial advisory, risk advisory, tax, and customs compliance and related services. Deloitte currently has approximately 330,000 people in more than 150 countries and territories. Our culture and purpose—to make an impact that matters—is shared by our member firms all over the world.

 

 

 

 

 


BLOMSTEIN is a leading boutique for international trade, antitrust, and public procurement law based in Berlin, Germany. Founded as a spin-off of a leading international law firm in 2016, BLOMSTEIN “has positioned itself at the top of the market within a few years,” according to clients and peers. The experienced team advises high-profile international clients in a broad range of sectors. Owing to their specific international trade law know-how, BLOMSTEIN was already awarded as “Law Firm of the Year / Foreign Trade Law” (JUVE Awards 2021). Alongside their expertise in export control, sanctions, and customs law, the team is particularly active in foreign direct investment control, assisting well-known clients with complex filings at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK). BLOMSTEIN’s lawyers are well-connected internationally. For seamless support worldwide, the firm cooperates with an excellent network of leading specialist firms in Germany and abroad.

 

 


Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq: DSGX, TSX: DSG) is a global leader in providing on-demand, software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions designed to enhance the productivity, performance, and security of logistics-intensive businesses. The company’s solutions make it easier for organizations to access and analyze global trade data, offering insights that help businesses improve trade compliance, reduce duties paid, minimize transactions with sanctioned parties, and identify potential customers and supply chain resources.

As the world’s largest collaborative multimodal logistics community, Descartes serves a broad range of industries. Headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Descartes operates with a global network of offices and partners. More details are available on their website at www.descartes.com.

 

 


 

AGRC is a global, non-profit, professional accreditation & certification organisation, as well as a networking platform, that was founded in 2020 and started its operations a year later. We have developed a series of Level 3 professional qualifications on topics such as AML, ESG, KYC/CDD, Compliance, Risk Management, Corporate Governance, and International Economic Sanctions, all of which have been accredited by the London Institute of Banking and Finance (LIBF) in the UK.

We also facilitate the exchange of knowledge and sharing of experiences among governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) professionals. We support our community of multi-jurisdictional GRC professionals in the financial services industry and beyond by sharing their common values, experiences, expertise, and business development opportunities.

You can find out more about us at www.agrc.org.

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