Warren Bayliss, Head of Export Controls for Rolls-Royce’s global Defence business will discuss the opportunities and threats of new IT capabilities. Defence Companies, like Rolls-Royce face the challenge of automating manual export control processes, but remaining fully compliant with regulations, which are struggling to keep up with fast advances in technological capability. Should export control practitioners welcome and embrace these new opportunities or be cautious until the regulatory environment is clear about the way forward. When IT service providers promise fully compliant export control solutions – are they right? can they be trusted? Is new technology a bed of roses for export control practitioners or fraught with anxiety and worry?