8:30 – 9:00 Registration & Check-In
9:00 – 9:20 Welcome, Introductions & Framing
9:20 – 10:05 The Coming Storm in Sanctions Compliance
Hear our experts as they discuss the latest news and trends that impact your sanctions compliance team. Learn how AI is helping manipulate documents to appear legit, the impact of data management and sharing, and of course, how the Trump Administration policies are impacting your work.
10:05 – 10:50 Beyond the License: Demystifying Import & Export Control Risk
“General Merchandise,” EAR99 and GP10 goods might seem low-risk, but gaps in customer due diligence and documentation can carry hefty penalties. This session will map out end-to-end controls—starting with onboarding questions and ending with license-trigger checks—to ensure nothing falls through the cracks.
10:50 – 11:20 Coffee & Networking Break
11:20 – 11:50 Geopolitics in the Trade Compliance Game
As global power shifts, trade compliance is increasingly shaped by diplomatic tensions, tech restrictions, and evolving alliances. This short-form session looks at what matters most for banks and exporters—from Russia and China to the Global South—and how policies are weaponizing supply chains.
11:50 – 12:30 Tracking Shadows: The Rise of the Dark Fleet
The “dark fleet” has become a catch-all for maritime sanctions evasion—but what does it really look like in practice? This panel explores AIS manipulation, deceptive shipping practices, and how banks and trade professionals are expected to identify risk signals on the water. We'll also touch on tools, thresholds, and the challenge of verifying shipping data before it sails out of view.
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:15 From Chips to Chemicals: IDing High-Priority Goods
With high-priority goods lists ballooning to cover everything from semiconductors to specialty alloys, identifying controlled items has never been harder. Experts will walk through HS-code strategies, license-trigger red flags and best practices for embedding goods screening into your trade-finance workflow.
14:15 – 15:00 Sanctions Tech: Cutting Through the Static
In a flood of dashboards, alerts, and signal noise, sanctions teams are expected to move fast without sacrificing accuracy. This panel unpacks which tools actually help teams triage risk, streamline decisions, and hold up under audit—and which ones bog compliance down. From layered screening to smarter flag resolution, we’ll separate the signal from the noise.
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee & Networking Break
15:30 – 16:10 Know Your Deal: Compliance-Centered Trade Structuring in MENA
In complex trade finance deals across North Africa, compliance starts long before disbursement. This panel explores how ATF Finance and partners approach customer due diligence, sanctions screening, and deal structuring for syndicated loans and SBLCs. From regional risk factors to multi-party coordination, we’ll unpack what it takes to get these high-stakes transactions over the line—safely.
16:10 – 17:00 Staying One Step Ahead: Building a Proactive Sanctions Framework
True sanctions resilience goes beyond name-screening to a holistic, risk-based program that spans KYC/KYCC, ownership-structure analysis and sectoral-sanctions monitoring. Our speakers will share the playbook for designing controls that detect emerging threats—from 50%-rules exposure to maritime red flags—before they hit your portfolio.
