| 8:30 AM | Registration, networking & morning coffee |
| 9:10 AM | Chair’s opening remarks |
| 9:20 AM | Keynote Address I: The UK’s sanctions strategy for 2027 — impact, enforcement and the next phase of economic pressure
- What has the UK achieved through sanctions over the past twelve months?
- How will the UK measure sanctions effectiveness beyond the number of designations?
- What are the priorities for Russia, energy, shipping, financial services and military-industrial supply chains?
- How will the UK balance sanctions enforcement with trade, energy security and diplomatic objectives?
- What is the future of the UK’s autonomous sanctions policy and international partnerships?
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| 9:40 AM | Interactive discussion: From designation to enforcement — the evolving roles of OFSI, OTSI and UK law enforcement
- The enforcement priorities emerging from recent investigations and penalties
- Civil monetary penalties, criminal liability, voluntary disclosures and the treatment of inadvertent breaches
- Information-sharing between regulators, law enforcement and the private sector
- The practical implications of new expectations for reporting, recordkeeping and internal investigations
- How firms should prepare for more complex, cross-border investigations
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| 10:20 AM | Panel Session: One commercial transaction, three rulebooks — navigating UK, EU and US sanctions divergence
- Where are UK, EU and US sanctions policies converging — and where are they increasingly diverging?
- How should multinational groups handle conflicting licences, prohibitions, ownership tests and reporting obligations?
- What happens when one jurisdiction relaxes a measure that another maintains or tightens?
- The extraterritorial reach of US sanctions and the risks of secondary-sanctions exposure
- Can the G7 maintain a common sanctions policy when national political and economic priorities differ?
- Should firms adopt a global minimum standard or jurisdiction-specific controls?
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| 11:05 AM | Coffee & networking break |
| 11:30 AM | Presentation: Update on recent developments in UK sanctions |
| 11:50 AM | Presentation: Dealing with sanctions risks for corporates |
| 12:10 PM | Panel Session: AI, advanced analytics and the next generation of sanctions compliance
- Current enforcement priorities and the evolving sanctions-evasion threat.
- Cooperation between the NCA, OFSI, OTSI, HMRC and international partners.
- The role of financial intelligence and private-sector reporting.
- Investigating networks that operate across jurisdictions and corporate structures.
- How businesses can recognise suspicious activity and contribute to enforcement
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| 12:50 PM | Keynote Address II: Sanctions evasion as a national security threat — the UK enforcement and intelligence response
- Current enforcement priorities and the evolving sanctions-evasion threat.
- Cooperation between the NCA, OFSI, OTSI, HMRC and international partners.
- The role of financial intelligence and private-sector reporting.
- Investigating networks that operate across jurisdictions and corporate structures.
- How businesses can recognise suspicious activity and contribute to enforcement.
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| 1:10 PM | Lunch & networking break |
| 2:15 PM | Keynote Address III: The EU sanctions agenda — tougher enforcement, economic security and strategic autonomy
- The future direction of EU sanctions policy and the prospects for coordinated action by Member States.
- Russia sanctions: energy, shipping, financial services and third-country circumvention.
- Divergence between EU and US policy and its consequences for European businesses.
- Frozen Russian sovereign assets, immobilised funds and the legal issues surrounding their use.
- The development of EU enforcement cooperation and expectations for operators.
- How the EU will balance sanctions policy with competitiveness, energy security and economic resilience.
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| 2:35 PM | Presentation: Sanctions, strategic imagination and political realism |
| 2:55 PM | Keynote Address IV: The future of US sanctions — strategic leverage, secondary sanctions and future priorities
- The strategic direction of US sanctions policy and the role of Treasury.
- The balance between sanctions as a negotiating instrument and sanctions as sustained economic pressure.
- The future of Russia-related restrictions, oil measures and enforcement.
- Secondary sanctions, tariffs and other instruments aimed at third-country support for Russia.
- The implications of changes in US policy for European banks, international trade and dollar clearing.
- What businesses should do when US policy shifts more rapidly than UK or EU rules.
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| 3:15 PM | Panel Session: Russia sanctions in practice — shadow fleets, third-country intermediaries and the limits of circumvention controls
- What have sanctions against Russia achieved, and where do significant gaps remain?
- How are shadow-fleet operators, ship-to-ship transfers, opaque ownership and deceptive shipping practices evolving?
- How should firms assess transactions involving third-country intermediaries and re-export hubs?
- What happens when UK and EU restrictions remain in place but US policy changes?
- How should businesses approach Russian-origin oil, refined products, commodities and related shipping services?
- What evidence is sufficient to establish that a transaction, counterparty or supply chain presents an unacceptable risk?
- How can sanctions be enforced without imposing indiscriminate restrictions on legitimate trade?
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| 3:55 PM | Afternoon tea & networking break |
| 4:15 PM | Panel Session: The sanctions regime of 2030 — can businesses future-proof compliance in a fragmented world?
- Which sanctions regimes and enforcement priorities are likely to matter most over the next three years?
- Will the UK, EU and US continue to coordinate on Russia, or will divergence become the norm?
- How should companies plan for sanctions being introduced, suspended, amended or withdrawn at short notice?
- Will ownership and control rules, secondary sanctions and third-country enforcement become more consequential?
- How should boards incorporate sanctions into enterprise risk management, investment decisions and supply-chain strategy?
- What would a credible, proportionate and adaptable global sanctions compliance framework look like?
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| 4:55 PM | Chair’s closing remarks |
| 5:00 PM | Close of proceedings |