This webinar is for the UK research and business community working in dual-use technologies, products and services to gain a better understanding in US export control laws to help enable collaboration with the US. It will also present the findings of a report commissioned by the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and produced by Holland & Knight.

KTN Global Alliance in Strategic Partnership with UK Science and Innovation Network in US will host a webinar on 8 June 2021 at 4 – 5:30 pm (BST) for the UK research and business community working in dual-use technologies, products and services to understand better US export control laws to help enable collaboration with the US.

While both US and UK export control regimes are broadly similar, the US system has traditionally been more restrictive and can add compliance costs to technology partnerships. Due to recent changes in US law, there is a new set of controls for emerging and foundational technologies. These technologies would be considered dual-use, and thus fall under a less restrictive regime than pure defence technology. Nevertheless, the draft list of technologies is quite broad and could include artificial intelligence and machine learning, robotics, quantum, big data, gene editing, and more. Therefore, many UK companies and research teams may now face US export controls where they did not before.

This webinar will present the findings of a report commissioned by the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and produced by Holland & Knight. The report addresses the changing US export control landscape and implications for UK entities. As a result of this webinar and report, we hope to provide practical advice that will increase the ability of UK companies to navigate US export control issues on dual-use technology.

Technology Envoy to the US and British Consul-General for San Francisco, Joe White MBE, will provide opening remarks.

“The goal of this Guide is to reduce barriers to UK-US research and innovation collaboration by improving UK researchers and industry’s understanding of the U.S. export control regime and making the system easier to navigate.“

“Stay Positive—most importantly, don’t get discouraged. The US and UK share a very close relationship and generally exports to the UK are authorized.”

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