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BIS Cancels LA Conference Due to Coronavirus

The Commerce Department Bureau of Industry and Security canceled its annual export control conference set to be held in Los Angeles in April due to coronavirus concerns, BIS said March 12. BIS said it made the decision “out of an…

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abundance of caution.” The Export Control Forum, which was scheduled for April 1-2, will instead be offered as a “remote access program in the near future” and will provide some of the information officials “intended to present” at the conference, the agency said. BIS has not yet determined the date of that program. BIS also said the event’s co-sponsor, the District Export Council of Southern California, will return registration fees.