Blank Rome partner Anthony Rapa will serve as a session panelist at American Conference Institute’s (“ACI”) 3rd Advanced Forum on Global Export Controls, being held February 24 and 25, 2026, in Arlington, Virginia.
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
With the Affiliates Rule now in effect, export controls have taken center stage. Companies must shift from being reactive to proactive—strengthening due diligence and closely scrutinizing cross-border transactions for new export risks, international and domestic. As global regulators ramp up enforcement amid geopolitical pressures and evolving controls on emerging technologies, trade compliance leaders are under mounting pressure to anticipate risk and advise the C-Suite strategically. The Forum will offer practical insights, and strategies to embed export compliance across organizations.
Anthony’s session, “Making the Toughest Export Compliance Calls: Executives Discuss the Newest Pressures, C-Suite Questions, and Dilemmas Affecting Decision-Making,” will take place on Tuesday, February 24, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
ABOUT THE SESSION
The panel will share first-hand insights on how to approach high-stakes decisions under pressure and how executive leaders are revisiting risk, the future of compliance, and the shifting enforcement landscape. Through anonymous audience polling, participants will also be able to compare notes and benchmark throughout the session. Topics will include:
- Making export control compliance a competitive advantage for an organization and securing the necessary resources
- Talking to C-Suite about using artificial intelligence for export compliance and the lengths and limits of existing tools and steps companies are taking now to implement it
- How other areas of compliance are beginning to resemble export controls (e.g., The Connected Vehicle Rule) and the implications for compliance leaders
- Cross-organizational collaboration: partnering effectively for effective compliance, due diligence, and monitoring
Panelists:
- Orisia K. Gammell, Chief Trade & Compliance Counsel, Lumentum
- Jennifer Martin, Vice President, Senior Assistant General Counsel, Global Trade, Leidos
- Anthony Rapa, Partner, International Trade, Blank Rome
- Renata Rice, Sr. Director, International Trade Compliance, Northrop Grumman
Blank Rome is pleased to be an Associate Sponsor of the Conference.
For more information and to register, please visit the event webpage.
