PROGRAM

Day 1: Monday, August 18

  • 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration and coffee

  • 09:00 – 09:10 | Welcome by Business Finland

  • 09:10 – 09:30 | Briefing: U.S.–Finland Reciprocal Defense Procurement Agreements

  • 09:30 – 09:35 | Workshop overview by Ness Sea Consulting

  • 09:35 – 11:00 | Export Control Module: EAR & ITAR

  • 11:00 – 11:20 | Coffee break

  • 11:20 – 12:30 | Export Control Module continued

  • 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch

  • 13:30 – 15:30 | Cybersecurity / CMMC Module: Overview & case examples

  • 15:30 – 15:45 | Coffee break

  • 15:45 – 16:45 | Wrap-up & Q&A

Day 2: Tuesday, August 19

  • 08:30 – 09:00 | Coffee available

  • 09:00 – 09:15 | Day 1 recap & Q&A

  • 09:15 – 10:15 | Introduction to Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) & Distribution Statements

  • 10:15 – 11:00 | Proposal Preparation Case Study: RFP overview from SAM.gov

  • 11:00 – 11:15 | Coffee break

  • 11:15 – 12:30 | Proposal Preparation continued

  • 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch

  • 13:30 – 14:30 | FAR/DFARS Overview – Hybrid session with Mike McLaughlin (virtual) & Caitlin Hardy (in-person fireside chat)

  • 14:30 – 15:30 | Proposal Preparation conclusion

  • 15:30 – 15:45 | Coffee break

  • 15:45 – 16:15 | Walk-through of awarded contract examples in SAM.gov (OTA, IDIQ)

  • 16:15 – 16:30 | Workshop wrap-up & closing remarks