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AAEI’s theme for the 2019 AAEI Annual Conference and Expo was, Trade in a Shifting World.

Everyone involved in trade is challenged to keep up with the flow of change which has been fueled by advancing technology, politics and risk mitigation.  The 2019 AAEI annual conference program was designed to provide tools for practitioners seeking insights on policy and strategy, as well as compliance and operations. Information about the 2020 conference agenda will be posted as it becomes available. The details here on the 2019 program were updated on June 28, 2019 to provide a public record.

Time
Session Type
Panel
Moderator
Panelists
June 26, 2019
12:00 pm – 6:00 pm ALL On-Site Registration
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm ALL Kickoff Toast Sponsored by Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm ALL Opening Ceremony/Welcome Reception
June 27, 2019
7:00 am – 8:00 am BREAKFAST in Exhibit Hall
8:00 am – 8:15 am ALL Welcome/Opening Remarks Marianne Rowden, AAEI
8:15 am – 9:30 am GENERAL Trade in a Shifting World Karen Kelly, AAEI Chair Colin Bird, Canadian Embassy; José Raúl Perales, CIPE
9:30 am – 10:00 am COFFEE BREAK Sponsored by Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
10:00 am- 11:00 am GENERAL The Future of FTAs in U.S. Trade Policy Jennifer McCadney, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP Leila Afas, Toyota; Neena Shenai, Medtronic; Theresa Walker, Deloitte
11:00 am- 12:00 pm BREAKOUT Deal or No Deal? – USMCA and Rules of Origin Adrienne Braumiller,
Braumiller Law Group
George Tuttle, Law Offices of George R. Tuttle; Justin Huguet, Mercedes-Benz US Intl; Jessica Wasserman, Greenspoon Marder LLP
11:00 am – 12:00 pm BREAKOUT Digital Trade and eCommerce Fred Klemashevich, FedEx Daniel Randall, CBP; Laurie Dempsey, CBP; Ramsey Kazem, Spark Compliance Consulting
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm ALL – LUNCH Luncheon with Featured Keynote Speaker Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Gilbert B. Kaplan
1:30 pm – 2:45 pm GENERAL Congress’s New Consensus on Foreign Investments and Export Control Kevin Wolf, Akin Gump Jamie McCormick, House Appropriations Committee; Adrienne Frazier, U.S. Department of Commerce
2:45 pm – 3:15 pm COFFEE BREAK Sponsored by Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm BREAKOUT The Alphabet Soup of FIRRMA, CFIUS, & M&A and Its Impact to You Dave Nelson, 3M David Hanke, Arent Fox; Aaron Gothelf, General Electric; Mario Palacios , Intel
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm BREAKOUT Seeing Drawback through a TFTEA-Colored Kaleidoscope Dave Corn, CJ Holt Maryanne Carney, CBP; Dawn Olesky, STTAS, a UPS Company; David Verkaik, JM Rodgers; Michael Cerny, Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg
4:15 pm – 4:30 pm TRANSITION BREAK
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm BREAKOUT The Future of Global Trade Management Solutions Beth Pride, BPE Global Mary Breede, Thomson Reuters; Julie Parks, Raytheon Company
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm BREAKOUT The Art of the Trade Deal: Section 232 and 301 Duty-Busting Strategies Lenny Feldman, Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Susie Hoeger, Abbott Laboratories; John Jager, Toyota Tsusho America, Inc.
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm ALL Networking Reception
June 28, 2019
7:00 am – 8:00 am BREAKFAST in Exhibit Hall
8:00 am – 9:15 am GENERAL Current U.S. Trade Policy: Assault on the Global Trade Order or Potential Winning Strategy?  Kathleen Murphy, Drinker, Biddle & Reath Douglas Grob, Albright Stonebridge Group; Amb. Rufus Yerxa, National Foreign Trade Council
9:15 am – 9:30 am TRANSITION BREAK
9:30 am – 10:30 am ALL Roundtables – PGAs and Hot Topics
10:30 am – 11:00 am COFFEE BREAK
11:00 am – 12:00 pm BREAKOUT How Do You Get a Tariff Exclusion? David Hamill, Arent Fox Melanie Weiland, Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Associaion (MEMA); Greg Connor (CBP) 
11:00 am – 12:00 pm BREAKOUT Trade Compliance Ping Pong and the Impact on Internal Policy Directives Cora Di Pietro, Livingston Richard Kloostra, Hexion Inc.; Antoinette Montoya, Bechtel Corporation
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm ALL – LUNCH Luncheon with Featured Keynote Speaker CBP Executive Assistant Commissioner Brenda B. Smith Sponsored by Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, PA
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm GENERAL Customs Framework in the 21st Century Cindy Allen, FedEx Thomas Overacker, CBP; John Leonard, CBP
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm COFFEE BREAK
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm BREAKOUT Emerging Technologies – The Force behind the Global Trade Engine Heather Sears, Jacobson Burton Kelley PLLC Greg Hill, Leonardo DRS, Inc.; Matt Borman, U.S. Department of Commerce; Jessica Blum Sanchez, Accenture
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm BREAKOUT The State of Trade: What’s on Your State’s Trade Agenda? Chris Floersch, American Honda Motor Company, Inc. Ray Bowman, Economic Development Collaborative Ventura County; Lance Jungmeyer, FPAA; Robert Tobiassen, NABI; Greg Jones, FTZC 
4:00 pm – 4:15 pm TRANSITION BREAK
4:15 pm – 5:15 pm GENERAL Covering the U.S. Trade Agenda Marianne Rowden, AAEI Bill Cassidy, JOC; Mara Lee, International Trade Today 
5:15 pm – 5:30 pm GENERAL Closing Remarks/Prize Announcements Marianne Rowden, AAEI

AAEI 98th Annual Conference & Expo

AAEI 98th Annual Conference & Expo

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
Event Date: June 26-28, 2019
Location: Washington, DC


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