2026 AUECO Conference Agenda

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

BREAK
Old Well Room & Colonnade

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch

Hill Ballroom

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Welcome Reception

One40 Social, 140 W. Franklin St., #190, Chapel Hill, NC 27516  

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Breakfast

Hill Ballroom

9:00 AM - 9:10 AM

Welcome to 2026 AUECO Conference and Housekeeping

Hill Ballroom

9:10 AM - 9:45 AM

UNC policy makers discussion

Hill Ballroom

9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
BUREAU OF INDUSTRY & SECURITY (BIS)
Jeffrey Kessler, Undersecretary of Commerce for Industry & Security 
Hill Ballroom | Learn more here

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
DIRECTORATE OF DEFENSE TRADE CONTROLS (DDTC)
Damon Smith, DDTC Foreign Affairs Officer
Hill Ballroom | Learn more here

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

15 Minute snack Break provided by:

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

operationalizing export controls without slowing research: practical workflow strategies

Mallory Ball, Daniel Gregory
Hill Ballroom | Learn more here

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

shipping logistics & customs brokerage 101 for export compliance professionals 

Matt Beck 
Chancellor's Ballroom | Learn more here

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch

Hill Ballroom

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

export control regulatory panel: insights & Best practices for enhancing export compliance programs

Thea Kendler (Mayer Brown), Marissa Cloutier (K&L Gates), Kevin Kurland (Center for Strategic International Studies)
Moderator: Kathryn Klokker
Hill Ballroom | Learn more here

2:05 PM - 3:05 PM

managing cui: how federal safeguarding becomes a university responsibility

Mary Millsaps, Kristin Bloomquist
Hill Ballroom | Learn more here

2:05 PM - 3:05 PM

risc: building capacity for small and mid-sized university research security programs

Paul Maric
Chancellor's Ballroom | Learn more here

3:05 PM - 3:30 PM

Old Well Room & Colonnade 

6:30 PM - 8:15 PM

networking reception

Morehead Planetarium & Science Center, 250 E Franklin St., Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Food and drink provided. Showtimes at 6:30 PM and 7:30 PM

Evening Event Sponsored by:

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

breakfast

Hill Ballroom 

9:00 AM - 9:10 AM

housekeeping

Hill Ballroom

9:10 AM - 10:15 AM

Cross-agency enforcement panel: trade compliance, national security, & experience from the field

OEE, FBI, HIS, DCIS, & OFAC
Moderator: Bryan Pabin
Hill Ballroom 

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
BREAK
Old Well Room & Colonnade

11:45 AM - 1:00 PM

lunch

Hill Ballroom | 15 minute Descartes presentation

3:05 PM - 3:30 PM

break

Old Well Room & Colonnade

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

international travel: leveraging campus software systems to streamline compliance workflows

Ellie Kurth, Kathryn Klokker, Elizabeth Sheehan-Vela
Hill Ballroom | Learn more here

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

building the plane while we fly it: practical ec program building for emerging r1s

Terrence Rusch, Josef Mejido
Chancellor's Ballroom | Learn more here

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Hosted by The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill