3-27-17 To our export friends throughout the US

EXPORT COMPLIANCE TRAINING

Keep Current on YOUR Requirements as an Exporter!

Why travel to the lower 48?!

Learn from an EXPERT!

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Business Owners, Finance Managers,Traffic Managers, Plant Managers, ISO Managers, Sales Managers, Controllers, Operations Managers, Purchasing Managers, Shipping/Receiving Personnel, Customer Service Managers, Compliance Officers. Anyone Involved with Exports!

DATE: April 7, 2017

TIME: Doors Open at 8:00 am, Program 8:30 am – 5:00 pm

LOCATION: NANA, NANAtkut Conference Room

909 W. 9th Avenue, Anchorage, AK

TOPICS INCLUDE

Due Diligence
Checking the 7 Mandatory Denial Lists
Security Requirements/ Penalties
Country Specific Requirements
Export Documentation & Filing EEI
Schedule B Classification
NAFTA Basics / Wood Packaging

Upon completion of this program, you will be aware of the new export security requirements for all exporters. You will have an 11 point checklist to guide you to full compliance on every export. You will become aware of the required 7 lists that must be checked on all exports, and understand what common red flags mean to you. Program recipients will review the 5 questions that you are required to know about your customer in every export transaction and discuss strategies on how to implement these into your organization. You will leave the program that day with a better understanding of the regulations and with specific tools & instructions on how to begin building a secure and compliant department & company.

Certificate of Completion will be Awarded.

This full day training is eligible for (6) NASBITE-CGBP Re-Certification CEU’s.

ABOUT THE TRAINER

We welcome International Compliance Trainer Mike Allocca for his first visit to Alaska from South Carolina! Mike became interested in Logistics while a senior at Suny Albany. He quickly worked his way up over 10 years from internal operations to vice-president of sales for a New York based company where as a Presidents Team member he accrued well over one-million dollars in gross sales in 12 consecutive months for 6 years in a row.

An University at Albany accelerated executive MBA Program graduate, Mike has sat on the board of directors of the global business network. He created and conducted worldwide compliance & logistics training to many of the worlds leading companies. In 2006 Mike started his own consulting company under Allocca Enterprises Inc. and has been working with companies across the United States ever since.

Mike is a Certified Global Business Professional (CGBP) through NASBITE.

QUESTIONS?? Contact Debbie Franklin at Debra.Franklin@Trade.gov or 907.271.6237

Registration Deadline: April 4, 2017. Registration after March 17, 2017: $150 per person. Price includes all reference material, morning pastries/coffee & box lunch. Seating is limited; reservations with pre-payment is required. Parking available in pay lot or no charge on 9th Avenue beyond L Street.

**Cancellations will not be refunded and must be received 72 hours (3 complete business days) in advance of programs in order to receive credit towards a future program.

Export Council of Alaska thanks our Sponsors and Partners: NANA Development Corporation and World Trade Center of Anchorage.

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About the Author: wpnorthern

Dave Harbour, publisher of Northern Gas Pipelines, is a former Chairman of the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, a Commissioner Emeritus of NARUC, NARUC's Official Representative to IOGCC and Vice Chairman of NARUC's Gas Committee. He served as Gas Committee Chairman of the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners. He also served as commissioner of the Anchorage Bicentennial Commission and the Anchorage Heritage Land Bank Commission. He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree: English, at Colorado State University, a Master of Science Degree: Communications-Journalism at Murray State University and graduated from Utility Regulatory School for Commissioners at Michigan State University. He served as a Vice President for Communications and Public Affairs at Alaska Pacific University, taught bank marketing classes at the University of Alaska and was an English teacher at Los Alamos High School. Harbour served in ranks of Private - Captain during a 4-year assignment with the Army in Korea, Idaho, Georgia and Fort Meade and received the Meritorious Service Medal among other commendations. Harbour is also a past Chairman of the Alaska Council on Economic Education, the Alaska Oil & Gas Association Government Affairs Committee, the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, the Export Council of Alaska and the Department of Commerce's District Export Council. He is a past President of the Alaska Press Club, American Bald Eagle Foundation, Consumer Energy Alliance-Alaska and Common Sense for Alaska. Harbour was instrumental in founding the American Bald Eagle Research Institute (UAS), the Alaska Support Industry Alliance, the Downtown Anchorage Business Partnership, and Arctic Power. He also served as CEO of several small Alaska organizations, including the Anchorage Parking Authority and Action Security, Inc. Harbour is also Chairman Emeritus of the Alaska Oil & Gas Congress. Harbour's wife, Nancy, is a professional, performing arts administrator and his three boys, Todd, Benjamin and William work in the fields of environmental management, energy marketing and medicine.