8:00 am Welcome Back & Chair’s Opening Remarks
8:10 am Panel Discussion: Responding to the Needs of Your Internal Customer
Synopsis
• Understanding the cause of common frustrations with compliance
• Collaborating with the internal customer to meet business goals in a compliant manner
• Gaining buy-in and moving away from being a “no-man”
• Checklist: best practices successful internal collaboration to meet business needs
8:50 am Understanding What GDPR Means for Your Organization
Synopsis
• Clarifying GDPR: differentiating between a strict interpretation and the practical reality
• Mitigating impacts on restricted party screening and investigations while limiting restrictions on day-to-day business operations
• Managing changing vendor relationships as a result of contract amendments
• Working collaboratively with IT security teams to mitigate risk and meet due diligence
• Checklist: taking responsibility for comprehensively safeguarding supplier data
9:30 am Morning Refreshments
10:00 am Preparing for the Potential Impact of Brexit on Your Compliance Program
Synopsis
• Understanding consequences for import/export duties and sanctions
• Considering the whole supply chain for non-UK-based organizations
• Communicating compliance requirements to procurement and operations
• Checklist: identifying non-obvious impacts of Brexit on the supply chain
10:40 am Developing Best Practice in Customs Compliance
Synopsis
• Benchmarking approaches to commodity classification, valuation and country of origin
• Top tips for minimizing your customs risk profile
• Working with consulting partners to complete compliance assessments
• Checklist: key customs compliance components
11:30 am Lunch
12:30 pm Case Study: Addressing Compliance When Unlocking Opportunities in Sudan
Synopsis
• Ensuring trade compliance when entering new markets
• Developing corporate infrastructure to set up operations in new territories
• Obtaining compliance buy-in with sales and operations teams
• Checklist: local and international regulatory considerations
12:30 pm Delivering Due Diligence for Mergers & Acquisitions
Synopsis
• Designing records of compliance history to facilitate M&A activity
• Handling increasingly complex enquiries from banks and financers
• Disclosing appropriate information while maintaining privacy compliance
• Checklist: classification, licensing and sanctions considerations for mergers and acquisitions
1:50 pm Afternoon Refreshments
2:10 pm Technical Roundtables
Synopsis
Attend 2 x 30 mins roundtables on niche topics including:
• EU & US Conflict Minerals Regulation
• Mitigating Risk From Climate Change Lawsuits
• Third-Party Due Diligence
• Benchmarking Alternative Compliance Technologies
Put forwards your idea for a new Roundtable topic – we’ll be asking for your help to create a strong shortlist in the weeks preceding the event!
3:10 pm Panel Discussion Integrating Compliance into Organizational Decision-Making
Synopsis
• Communicating compliance’s needs and processes to the rest of the organization
• Moving towards collaborative approaches to regulatory compliance and business development
• Establishing a vision for the future of compliance’s role and function