Welcome to Defence Exports 2010, Europe's leading event for export control professionals. Compliance matters, and navigating the labrynth of different national export control regimes is never easy. Our 2010 conference will once again bring together a diverse range of key national decision makers from around the world. Take this opportunity to hear the most up-to-date overviews of the latest export control regulations and reforms from North America, Europe and beyond. How will such national export control regimes impact upon your business and export control capabilities? Defence Exports 2010 will also allow you to keep fully abreast of the current status of the simplification of intra EU transfers of defence goods. Hear candid accounts from your industry colleagues about how they are dealing with ITAR and EU export control regimes. Network with the people that matter. Avoid the temptation of losing focus on compliance. Attend Defence Exports 2010 and maximise your future export capabilities! To download the conference brochure click here

This conference also features an associated workshop:

'The Compliance Risks of IT and Supply Chain'

In association with David Hayes Export Controls and Baker & McKenzie
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Why should you attend this event?

• Assess the latest ITAR updates and their impact on international business. Put your questions to key decision makers from the Departments of State, Commerce and Defence
• Hear national export control updates from across Europe and discuss these controls and their impact on your business in our interactive panel discussions
• Discuss the NATO acquisition process and the role of export controls on NATO processes
• Analyse the latest developments in EU intra-community transfers of defence goods
• Learn about how your industry colleagues are managing export controls and hear frank presentations about the nature of Transatlantic defence business and how EU companies are really doing business in the absence of a directive

Don't miss the chance to network with our latest registered attendees, including:

• BAE Systems
• SAAB Systems
• Swedish Defence Administration
• Rolls Royce
• Istituto Affari Internazionali
• Thales Netherland
• Selex Communications

To register for the event click here

Hear keynote addresses from:

Kevin Wolf, Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, US Department of Commerce	Robert S. Kovac, Managing Director, Directorate of Defence Trade Controls, US Department of State	Anthony Aldwell, Deputy Director, Defence Technology Security Administration, US Department of Defence

Our expert speaker line-up also includes:

• Dr Walter Werner, Head of Unit, V B 3 - Defence Export Policy, Control of Acquisitions, Ministry of Economics and Technology, Germany
• Marion Paradas, Director, International, Strategic and Technological Affairs, Secretariat General of National Defence, France
• Tom Smith, Head of Export Control Organisation, Department for Business Innovation & Skills, UK
• Belva Martin, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, US Government Accountability Office
• Richard Williams, Deputy Director Armaments, NATO International Staff
• Richard Sladden, Head, Industrial Outreach Unit, NATO International Staff
• Henk Cor van der Kwast, Head of Non-Proliferation, Disarmament, Arms Control and Export Control Policy Division, Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands
• Jan-Erik Lövgren, Deputy Director General, Swedish Inspectorate of Strategic Products (ISP)
• Per Fischer, Special Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs on Non Proliferation, Office for Security Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark
• Sanna Poutiainen, Adviser, Ministry of Defence, Finland
• Iciar Rodriguez-Miranda, DG Enterprise, European Commission
• Ambassador Sune Danielsson, Head of Secretariat, Wassenaar Arrangement
• Gary Stanley, President, Global Legal Services
• Nick Morris, Director, Deloitte Consulting
• Yannick Jacques, Partner, Deloitte Consulting  
• Henrik Petersson, Vice President Export Compliance, SAAB
• John Ordway, Partner, Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe LLP
• Sue Griffiths, Export Control Manager, MBDA
• Nancy Fischer, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
• David Wilson, Export Compliance Consultant, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services
• Dr Harald Hohmann, Partner, Hohmann & Partner Attorneys

Who should attend?

Vice Presidents, Managers, Officers, Partners, Specialists, Advisers, Consultants for:

• Export Controls
• Trade and Export Compliance
• Licencing
• Contracts
• Projects and Programmes
• Business Development, Sales and Marketing

Are you responsible for managing your organisation's export compliance? Do you manage trade and procurement at an international level? Or advise on major defence deals? For the past five years, our Defence Exports series has been attended by representatives from major defence contractors, consultancies, legal firms, government departments, NATO agencies and academic institutions. Here's what some of our 2009 attendees had to say:

 "Very informative and well organised" - CAE Professional Services

" The seminar is very well organised. Keep it up!" - DSTA, Singapore

"A very useful and informative conference. The level and authority of the speakers was outstanding" - EADS Astrium

"A good overall view of export controls and plans going forward.... Good interactive sessions" - BAE SYSTEMS

"Outstanding" - Cranfield University

"Good and lively conference with good coverage of US / EU political and technical issues" - EU Commission

"Excellent venue, very knowlegeable speakers, well thought through agenda and appropritae and timely subject matters" - ARMSCOR, South Africa

Where do our attendees come from?

Defence Exports attracts an increasingly diverse international audience, attracted by the network opportunities and the range of national perspectives on offer. Defence Exports 2009 was attended by the following regions:

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