09:00
09:15
Export Restrictions: Government & Agency Perspectives
- Basics & Overview
- Intl. Control Regimes, Obstacles & Challenges in Government Organisations
Vincent Fleuriot
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Senior Officer (Control Lists), Wassenaar Arrangement, Vienna, Austria
10:45
11:00
Military Exports in Practice: Applying the EU Arms Export Criteria & National Licensing Controls
- Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP
- Focus: Technology Transfer
- Case Studies:
- Multi-national project for supporting Ukraine involving Germany, UK and Sweden.
- Norway – navigating export controls within a multinational drone testing environment.
Mareike Heesing
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Partner at Oppenhoff, Cologne, Germany
12:30
13:30
Offset Obligations + Q&A
- Security Action for Europe (SAFE)
- Member States: Contracting Authority Perspectives
Kevin Munungu
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Senior Associate of Regulatory, Public & Administrative Law, Bird & Bird, Belgium
15:00
15:30
Offsets, SAFE, and the American Exception: U.S.-EU Friction in Defense Procurement and Industrial Policy
- How U.S. offset policy, RDP MOUs, Buy American rules, and SAFE interact.
- Why U.S. offset policy is more flexible than often assumed.
- How U.S. and EU “buy local” policies affect market access.
- How these rules shape competition, local production, and defence export strategies.
Brian Hobbs
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Founder, East-West Board LLC, Washington, D.C.
17:00