Pacific Rim Tax Conference Agenda 2026

Continental Breakfast & Registration

Welcome and Introductions

• Dr. Stewart Karlinsky – Executive Director, Pacific Tax Policy Institute
• Stephen Bonovich – Vice President, Tax, OpenAI; Co-Chair, Silicon Valley Tax Directors Group
• Chris Anderson – Vice President, Global Tax Strategy and Operations, Meta; President, TEI Silicon Valley

Side by Side, Safe Harbors & Life After the Pillars

• Stephen Bonovich – Vice President, Tax, OpenAI [Moderator]
• Peter Barnes – Of Counsel, Caplin & Drysdale
• Mindy Herzfeld – Professor of Tax Practice, University of Florida Levin College of Law, Counsel, Potomac Law Group
• Scott Levine – Partner, Baker McKenzie
• Will Morris – Global Tax Policy Leader, PwC

Coffee Break

Impact of HR1 and Court Decisions on the International & Domestic Corporate World Including Modeling Election Choices (e.g..Section 174 & 174A, PPE Depreciation) and ASC740 Tax Provision Effects

• Angela Evans – Tax Partner, EY [Moderator]
• Ronald (Ron) Dabrowski – Principal, KPMG
• Sean McElroy – Partner, Fenwick
• Heather Schafroth – Associate, Caplin & Drysdale
• Julia Ushakova-Stein – Partner, Baker McKenzie

Lunch Break Sponsored by Accordance

Keynote Speaker

• John Peterson – Head of Division, Cross Border and International Tax, OECD CTPA

Tax Reorganization Planning in a Pillar 2 World: Stock vs Asset Transaction; IP Planning

• Jisun Choi – Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
• Gabe Gartner – Principal National Tax Services, PwC
• Lucas Giardelli – Partner, Mayer Brown
• Greg Hartker – Partner, Morgan Lewis

Government Officials Administrative Round Table Discussion of Tax Transparency, ICAP, Peer Review, Qualified Status, Dispute Resolution, Self-Certification, GAAR, Economic Substance

• Kirsten Burmester – Member, Caplin & Drysdale [Moderator]
• Seongmin Kim – Deputy Director, Mutual Agreement Procedure Division, National Tax Service, Korea
• Priceela Pursun – Director General, International and Large Business Directorate, Canada Revenue Agency
• Hector Thompson – Deputy Commissioner, International, Support and Programs, Australian Taxation Office
• Nicole Welch – IRS LB&I Director, Treaty and Transfer Pricing Operations Practice Area (Invited)
• India Government Representatives

Reception – Sponsored by CAC Specialty Insurance Solutions

Continental Breakfast

Transfer Pricing

• Aurelio Massimiano – Partner, Maisto e Associati
• Matt Movafaghi – Head of Tax Insurance Placements, CAC Specialty Insurance Solutions
• JS Park – Tax Attorney, Kim & Chang
• Gary Peters – Partner, PwC
• Cameron Taheri – Principal, KPMG
• My Vo – Tax Counsel, Fenwick

Coffee Break

European Current Developments Including DST, VAT, etc.

• Gary Sprague – Partner, BakerMcKenzie [Moderator]
• Martin Busenhart – Partner, Walder Wyss
• Mirko Severi – Partner, Maisto e Associati

Lunch Break Sponsored by NOEMA Global

Keynote Speaker

• Ken Kies – Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Government Panel #1: Breakout Sessions and Round Table Discussions

1A: India (Waterfront Room)

• Bill DeFazio – Senior Vice President Tax and Treasury, Okta [Moderator]
• Mukesh Butani – Founder and Managing Partner, BMR Legal
• India Government Representative, TBD

1B: Brazil (Marina Room)

• Maria Carolina Bachur – Partner, Lobo de Rizzo Advogados
• Lionel Nobre – Vice President, Tax, Dell Technologies, Latin America
• Claudia Pimentel – Undersecretary of Taxation and Litigation, Brazil Federal Revenue Service (Invited) or
  Daniel Prates – Tax Auditor and International Taxation Coordinator, Federal Revenue Service of Brazil (Invited)
• Romero Tavares – Partner, PwC

1C: Canada (Marina Room)

• Frédéric Bourgeois – Director, International Tax Division, International and Large Business Directorate,
  Canada Revenue Agency
• Linda Tang – EY Canada, ITTS Leader (Invited)
• Company Representative

Government Panel #2: Breakout Sessions and Round Table Discussions

2A: Australia (Waterfront Room)

• John Stowell – Senior Vice President, Tax, Incentives & Int’l Financial Reporting, The Walt Disney Company [Moderator]
• Simone Bridges – Partner, Baker McKenzie
• Mark Konza – Special Counsel, MinterEllison
• Hector Thompson – Deputy Commissioner (International, Support and Programs), Australian Taxation Office

2B: South Korea (Marina Room)

• Grace Chu – Vice President of Tax and Treasurer, Dolby Laboratories, Co-Chair Silicon Valley
  Tax Directors Group [Moderator]
• Seongmin Kim – Deputy Director, Mutual Agreement Procedure Division, National Tax Service, Korea
• YJ Kim – Senior Advisor, Kim & Chang (former Competent Authority of National Tax Service, Korea)
• Paul Manning – Tax Partner, Kim & Chang
• Michael Quigley – Tax Attorney

2C: Mexico (Marina Room)

• Dr. Giammarco Cottani – Founding Partner, NOEMA Global Tax & Policy [Moderator]
• Carlos Eduardo González Gamero – Head, International Taxation & Transfer Pricing Unit,
  Large Taxpayers Division, SAT Mexico
• Katherine Pinzon – Partner, EY
• Company Representative