BIS Announces Online Export Control Conference, Postpones Seminars
The Commerce Department Bureau of Industry and Security this week postponed several upcoming export compliance seminars due to the COVID-19 pandemic response and announced an online-only export control conference for May. The online conference, which will run May 19-22, will cover a range of export compliance topics, BIS said, including the scope of the Export Administration Regulations, classifying items for export, using license exceptions, the de minimis and direct product rules, export enforcement and more. The conference will be hosted by “BIS specialists” during a daily three-hour session from 9 a.m. to noon. The conference will also include a question-and-answer session. Note that the conference is on Pacific Daylight Time.
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The conference was announced after BIS postponed at least nine in-person export compliance seminars through June. The agency said its June 4-5 export control seminar in Seattle has been rescheduled for Sept. 9-10, but has not announced new dates for other seminars. BIS has not yet canceled its annual export control conference in Washington, D.C., scheduled for June 29-July 1. The agency last month canceled its West Coast export control forum to be held in Los Angeles April 1-2, due to COVID-19 concerns (see 2003120045).