The conference is widely attended by the trade and customs bar, government officials, and in-house counsel. We seek to welcome attendees and feature speakers from key agencies and courts, including Commerce, Customs, USITC, USTR, Justice, the WTO Secretariat, and the U.S. Court of International Trade. Learn the insights you need to address the most pressing issues and stand out in your practice.

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Featured Speakers:

Armchair Conversation:

Christine McDaniel, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University

Yuka Hayashi, Vice President for Japan Research and Analyses, The Asia Group; Former reporter on trade and international economy, Wall Street Journal

Panel Discussion:

Ed Brzytwa, Vice President of International Trade, Consumer Technology Association

Rory Heslington, Vice President of Government Affairs, Autos Drive America

Julie Hughes, President, U.S. Fashion Industry Association

Maria Zieba, Vice President of Government Affairs, National Pork Producers Council

Moderator: Evelyn Suarez, Principal, The Suarez Firm

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Dates: July 22 ‐ 26, 2024

Content and Schedule: are here

Meals and receptions included:

Price: $ 9,975

Government and Group discounts available!

Click here for detailed information and registration.

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Join the Akin and Nemec+Chvatal teams, along with policymakers and business leaders from both sides of the Atlantic, for a high-level webinar the day after the critical European Parliament elections. Together, we will explore the major policy expectations and their implications for Europe’s economic relationship with China and its security dependence on the United States for the coming decade. In Partnership With Featured Speakers: Tomáš Petříček, Director of the Progressive Analytical Centre and Former Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs Kati Piri, Member of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) and Former Member of the European Parliament Vojtech Nemec, Founding Partner at Nemec+Chvatal Jan Walter, Senior Policy Advisor at Akin and Former Senior Intellectual Property Adviser for the UK Mission to the United Nations and World Trade Organization and Diplomat for the Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic in Geneva Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Senior Advisor at Akin and Former Member of Congress and Chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee

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Launched in September 2015, the Brown Capital Management Africa Forum provides a premier platform for substantive and solution-oriented dialogue on key trade, investment, and development issues in Africa, and in US-Africa relations. Learn more about the Forum’s work on sovereign wealth funds here: Strengthening the Role of African Sovereign Wealth Funds in the International Financial System: Interplay between Policy, Governance, and Sustainability – Key Outcomes.

Featured Speakers:

Peter Obi, Former Governor of Anambra State, Nigeria

Patrick Utomi, Professor at the Lagos Business School

Moderator: Oge Onubogu, Director, Africa Program

Introductions:

Ambassador Mark A. Green, President & CEO, Wilson Center

Michael Forster, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Brown Capital Management

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This deep dive is for people working on:

• China regulatory issues including privacy, cybersecurity and cross-border data regulation
• International technology issues
• US-China relations

Here is what you will learn

• Learn about the Chinese leadership’s approach to data governance, their motivation and practical implications for businesses and governments.
• Learn about how officials in Beijing and Washington DC view access to each other’s data as a security and geostrategic issues and the steps being taken on each side in response.
• Understand the debate in China over data governance, including around privacy, cybersecurity and ownership of data.
• Analyze how other governments such as the EU, the U.S. and India are responding to China’s data governance policies.

Meet Your Expert: Samm Sacks

Samm Sacks is a Senior Fellow at Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center. Her research examines China’s information and communications technology (ICT) policies, with a focus on China’s cybersecurity legal system, the U.S.-China technology relationship, and the geopolitics of data privacy and cross-border data flows. Previously, Sacks launched the industrial cyber business for Siemens in China, Japan, and South Korea. Prior to this, she led China technology sector analysis at the political risk consultancy Eurasia Group and worked as an analyst and Chinese linguist with the national security community. She is a frequent contributor to the media and her articles have appeared in outlets including The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, MIT Tech Review, and Slate. She has testified multiple times before Congress on China’s technology and cyber policies. She reads and speaks Mandarin.

About Policyware

Policyware provides short courses (called Deep Dives) into cutting edge public policy issues affecting international trade and investment. Each Deep Dive is taught by experts from top universities and think tanks, including from the Brookings Institution, Yale University, Berkeley Law School and University College London, to name a few.

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This deep dive is for people working on:

• Domestic decarbonization strategies and policy
• International trade and/or international climate policy
• Finance and political risk analysts 
• International development 

HERE IS WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• Analyze how climate policies interact with trade commitments in the WTO and in FTAs  
• Understand the implications of the Paris Climate Change Agreement for trade and learn about the key trade policy reforms aimed at supporting climate policies.
•  Learn about emerging tensions on climate change policies between the US, EU and China, and implications for global supply chains.

MEET YOUR EXPERT: DR EMILY LYDGATE

Dr. Emily Lydgate is a Professor in Law at Sussex University and Deputy Director of the UK Trade Policy Observatory.  She is a Specialist Advisor to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee of the UK Parliament and has provided expert testimony for a number of Parliamentary Committees. Emily is also an instructor for the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s Advanced Diplomatic Academy. Emily holds a PhD from King’s College London and an MSc (with distinction) from Oxford University. She was a Marie Curie Researcher at Bocconi University and has consulted at the United Nations Environment Programme.  

ABOUT POLICYWARE

Policyware provides short courses (called Deep Dives) into cutting edge public policy issues affecting international trade and investment. Each Deep Dive is taught by experts from top universities and think tanks, including from the Brookings Institution, Yale University, Berkeley Law School and University College London, to name a few.

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The event will take place in-person at the Washington, DC Georgetown University Law Center campus, with the option to join virtually via Zoom. Registration will open on March 1, with a capped in-person audience.

Register here

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