Date & Time: February 27 & 28, 2012 7:00 AM Eastern
As the United States draws down its forces in Iraq and continues its military and stabilization operations in Afghanistan, contractors face the daunting task of complying with U.S. and local laws and customs to compete effectively during this time of development in the region. There is heavy reliance on contractors to help stabilize the area and establish reconstruction efforts from building roads and hospitals, to setting up satellite communications and providing security to ensure contract performance.

At American Conference Institute's 2nd National Summit on Contingency Contracting in Iraq & Afghanistan, you will have the rare opportunity to hear from Iraqi and US Government officials, a local Afghan tax expert, the former General Counsel from the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with senior level executives from a broad range of companies doing business in these countries and other contingency environments. Building off the success of last year's program, you will have the unique opportunity to benchmark your practices with other companies that have been doing business in these countries for over a decade. The networking and business development opportunities that you will gain at this conference are invaluable as reconstruction efforts continue in the region.
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Date & Time: February 21, 2012 2:00 PM Eastern
ITAR has become a major issue for government contracts firms. In recent years the US Government has been increasing enforcement of this important area of regulation. While the ITAR is part of the US export control laws, it also applies to activities beyond exports and applies to many US companies in their domestic business activities. This is especially a problem for government contracts firms that do a lot of work in domestic contracts - while companies in the defense area are familiar with this, many firms that perform domestic contracts for US government agencies are subject to ITAR requirements.

Executives of many of these companies are hearing that they may be subject to these regulations but they are not sure where to go to learn more. This is a highly technical area of the law and many US law firms do not have substantial expertise in this area. Many of the major government contracts companies in the United States - technical services, information technology, military training - are struggling with this. This is at all levels - large, medium and smaller firms.

The stakes are high - in one recent enforcement case ITT received $128,000,000 in combined criminal and civil penalties, and in the most recent case BAE Systems received an astonishing $400,000,000 criminal penalty from a US District Court judge in the Distinct of Columbia.

Our program is designed to provide government contracts executives a clear overview of this area of the law - to help them determine if they are regulated under ITAR and learn the fundamental principles of these regulations.
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