Partners Mark Zolno and Eric Rock, and Associate Benjamin Shanbaum will speak on "Keeping Up with the Agencies—or Falling Behind?" at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 27.

Other speakers include Florence Constant, Chief at the Partnership Program Branch Office of International Trade U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Washington, DC), Marianne Rowden, President & CEO at the American Association of Exporters and Importers (Washington, DC), Jeffrey Sanford, Senior Auditor at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Field Office (Chicago), Kristin Simonson, Acting Assistant Field Director at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Field Office (Chicago), and Charles Spivey, Supervisory Consumer Safety Officer at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (Chicago).

Topics that will be discussed include:

• Parameters of Customs Audits and Focused Assessments
• The Importer Self-Assessment Program (ISA) and Compliance Best Practices
• The Joint Customs and Consumer Product Safety Commission Import Safety Program
• The Food and Drug Administration's Import Oversight
• Developing a "Reasonable Testing Program" for Consumer Product Importers
• Update on International Trade-Focused Legislation
• Update on Legal Import/Export Developments