Export Control Forum 2025

The Forum will provide an opportunity for experts from EU Member States, the European Parliament, industry, academia and civil society to join the Commission in reviewing and discussing the latest export control developments in the EU and globally. 

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Programme

8:20–9:00 | Registration and security 

9:00-09:45 | Opening of the 2025 Export Control Forum 

• Maroš Šefčovič, Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security; Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency, European Commission
• Markéta Gregorová, MEP, INTA Committee, European Parliament
• Andreas Rahlf Hauptmann, Deputy Director-General of the Danish Business Authority

9:45-11:00 | EU export controls in 2025: the state-of-play 

• Stéphane Chardon, Head of Sector Export Control, DG TRADE, European Commission
• Mathieu Fossat, Head of the National Control Authority for Dual-Use Good (SBDU), Ministry of Economy and Finances, France
• Kolja Brockmann, Senior Researcher (non-resident), Dual-use and Arms Trade Control Programme, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
• Ambassador György Molnár, Head of Secretariat, Wassenaar Arrangement
   
• Q&A session 
   
• Moderator: Mirjam Kochendörfer, Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA), Chair of the Coordination Group of the Nuclear Supplier Group, Germany

11:00-11:30 | Coffee break

11:30-12:45 | An increasingly complex compliance environment: a perspective from industry and research community 

• Rosa Rosanelli, Vice-President and Head of Compliance at Patria (Chair of the Export Control Working Group at ASD Europe)
• Dr Johan Evers, Co-Chair European Export Control Association for Research Organisations (EECARO) and Senior Technical Coordinator Export Controls, Sanctions and Knowledge Security, Imec
• Eva Lakova, Director, PWC Export Control and Sanctions Centre of Expertise
• Emmanuel Lardeux, President, Industry Trade Association for Strategic Products (SIEPS – Syndicat des Industries Exportatrices de Produits Stratégiques) 
   
• Q&A session 
   
• Moderator: Giorgio Aliberti, Director of the National Authority for Export Control of Armament and Dual-Use Materials (UAMA), Italy

12:45-14:15 | Lunch break

14:15-15:30 | The changing nature of export controls in a new geopolitical setting 

• Thea Kendler, Co-head of the Export Controls & Sanctions practice, Mayer Brown
• Katsuro Igari, Director-General, Trade Control Department, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan
• Dr. Corinna Bölhoff, Director, Export Controls and Sanctions, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany
• Joris Teer, Research Analyst for Economic Security and Technology at European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) and Senior Advisor at the Chips Diplomacy Support Initiative (CHIPDIPLO)
   
• Q&A session 
   
• Moderator: Denis Redonnet,Deputy Director-General, Chief Trade Enforcement Officer, DG TRADE, European Commission

15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break

16:00-17:00 | Trade restrictive measures - lessons learnt in the Russia sanctions on the challenges of circumvention 

• Dr. Rosemary Pratt, Director, Export Control and Sanctions, Business and Trade Department, United Kingdom
• Oleg Tsilvik, Acting Head of the State Service for Export Control, Ukraine
• Pia Sarivaara, Sanctions Coordinator, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland
   
• Q&A session 
   
• Moderator: Peter Sandler, Director for Economic Security, DG TRADE, European Commission

17:00-17:30 | Conclusions

• Denis Redonnet, Deputy Director-General, Chief Trade Enforcement Officer, DG TRADE, European Commission

17:30 | End of the Export Control Forum 2025