Tax Day 2017: Embracing change!

00:00 - 00:00

Registration and welcome coffee

Event moderated by James Crisp, Euractiv, Political Editor

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Welcome

Edelfried Schneider, Accountancy Europe, President

00:00 - 00:00

Opening address

14:28 - 14:28

Leaks: what is the new normal?

Jeppe Kofod, European Parliament, MEP, S&D/Denmark

14:28 - 14:28

Business case study: tax policy in the 21st Century

John Connors, Vodafone Group plc., Group Tax Director

14:28 - 14:28

Tax tapas: technology for the benefit of tax systems

Rivo Reitmann, EMTA/ETCB - Estonian Tax and Customs Board, Deputy-Director General

Martin Villig, Taxify, Co-Founder

Eelco van der Enden, Accountancy Europe, Chair of Tax Policy Group

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Lunch

14:28 - 14:28

Tax tapas: how to tax the future?

Prof. Marie Lamensch, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Research Professor in Tax Law, Institute for European Studies

Femke Groothuis, The Ex’tax Project, Founder and President

Paul Tang, European Parliament, MEP, S&D/Netherlands

Delphine Siquier Delot, Institut Friedland, Tax Analyst

00:00 - 00:00

Coffee break

14:28 - 14:28

Keynote speech and Q&A

Pierre Moscovici, European Commission, Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs

14:28 - 14:28

The elephant in the room: tax reform in the US

Harold Hancock, McGuireWoods, Partner

Mark Peterson, AICPA, Executive Vice President – Advocacy

Howard Liebman, Jones Day, Senior Partner and American Chamber of Commerce Belgium, President

14:28 - 14:28

Fireside chat: embracing change

Pascal Saint-Amans, OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, Director

Valère Moutarlier, DG TAXUD, European Commission; Director - Direct Taxation, Economic Analysis and Evaluation

00:00 - 00:00

Closing Remarks

Olivier Boutellis-Taft, Accountancy Europe, CEO

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Networking cocktail