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Attendees

  • Haruka Abe–CRA International, Principal
  • Nadia Altenburg–Bluebird Legal & Tax Partnerschaft mbB, Founding Partner
  • Belle Bao–OpenAI, Director, Corporate Tax Planning and M&A
  • Mabeline Baldwin–Internal Revenue Service, Commissioner, Large Business and International Division
  • Andre Barnett–Accenture, Global Tax Policy Director
  • Oren Ben Dor–Agoda, Global Head of Tax
  • Matt Biggar–Accordance, Founding Account Executive
  • Jennifer K. Bowers–Fortive Corporation, Vice President Tax
  • Kim Bradley–BDO USA, Director
  • Daniel Bunn–Tax Foundation, President and CEO
  • Oscar Campero–Chevez, Ruiz, Zamarripa, Partner
  • Nathaniel Carden–Skadden, Arps, et al, Attorney
  • Jim Carr–KPMG LLP, Partner, International Tax
  • Jose Carrillo–Roblox, Senior Director, Tax
  • Connie Chung–Roku, International Tax Manager
  • Jim Crane–Electronic Arts, Vice President, Head of Tax
  • Rebel Curd–Charles River Associates, Vice President
  • Darryl Delmonico–Intuitive Surgical, Tax Planning Director
  • Maureen Downes–Apple Inc, Tax Policy Lead
  • David Farhat–Skadden, Partner
  • Megan Funkhouser–ITI, Vice President, International Economic Policy
  • Carlos Gautrin–Internal Revenue Service, Senior Advisor
  • Laura Gheorghiu–Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP, Partner, Tax, Practice Leader, Tax Law
  • Robin Hart–Charles River Associates, Principal
  • Jason Hoerner–KPMG LLP, Principal
  • Quyen Huynh–KPMG LLP, Principal, WNT International Tax
  • Rudolf Hübner–Bluebird Legal & Tax Partnerschaft mbB, Partner
  • Josh Jaye–Tax Foundation, Senior Director, External Relations
  • Fred Johnson–JohnsonTP, President
  • Rob Johnson–Cisco Systems, Senior Vice President, Global Tax and Customs; Co-Chair SVTDG
  • Nick Karellas–SAP, Head of Global Tax Policy
  • Jay Kim–OpenAI; Senior Director, Tax
  • Walter Kolligs–VISA Inc., Senior Tax Counsel
  • Peter Komorniczak–Okta, Inc., Senior Director, International Tax
  • Jocelyn Krabbenschmidt–Apple Inc, International Tax Director
  • Jane Liu–Internal Revenue Service, Competent Authority Analyst
  • Michael Liu–KPMG LLP, Principal
  • Alessandra Machado–Trench Rossi Watanabe, Partner
  • Alisa Margolis–AWS Tax, Vice President
  • Vitor Martins–NIKE, Inc., Tax Policy & Controversy Director
  • Shannon McCormack–AWS Tax, Director
  • Darpan Mehta–Amazon.com Services LLC, Tax Director
  • Claudio Moretti–Trench Rossi Watanabe, Partner
  • Kirk Muzzy–Microsoft, Vice President, Chief Tax Counsel
  • Tae-Yeon Nam–Kim & Chang, Tax Attorney
  • Taek Hyun Oh–Kim & Chang, Attorney
  • Giacomo Papa–Cagnola&Associati law firm, Associate
  • Benjamin Phelps–CAC, part of The Baldwin Group, Advisor
  • Anupama Rajagopalan–Senior Director, CrowdStrike
  • Donna Rhody–Internal Revenue Service, Supervisory Tax Law Specialist
  • Shellie Sakamoto–Roku Inc., Head of Tax
  • Jason Schwab–CAC, part of The Baldwin Group, Senior Vice President - Risk and Business Insurance
  • Eric Sensenbrenner–Skadden, Partner
  • Rajvi Shah–Agilent Technologies, Inc., Vice President, Tax
  • Craig Silverwood–MinterEllison, Partner
  • Charles Stake–Micron Technology, Inc., Senior Director Tax Strategy & Policy
  • Brown Thompson–The Friedkin Group, Inc., International Tax Manager
  • Dave Thomsen–Tesla, Transfer Pricing
  • Adrian Varrasso–MinterEllison, Partner
  • Yiyun Wan–Internal Revenue Service, Tax Law Specialist
  • Timothy Watts–Internal Revenue Service, Supervisory Internal Revenue Agent
  • Antonio Weffer–Baker McKenzie, Partner
  • Benita Wold–Liftoff Mobile, Inc., Vice President, Tax
  • Jason Yen–OpenAI, Head of Tax Policy and Strategic Projects
  • Roger Yu–Internal Revenue Service, Competent Authority Analyst

PTPI Staff

  • Stewart Karlinsky–Pacific Tax Policy Institute; Executive Director
  • Barbara Phalen–Pacific Tax Policy Institute; Director

Press

  • Michael Rapoport–Bloomberg Tax, Senior Reporter
  • Stephanie Soong–Tax Analysts; Chief Correspondent

Scholarship Recipient

  • Jack Anschultz–UC Davis School of Law

Speakers

  • Maria Carolina Bachur–Lobo de Rizzo Advogados, Partner
  • Peter A. Barnes–Caplin & Drysdale, Of Counsel
  • Stephen Bonovich–OpenAI, Vice President, Tax, SVTDG Co-Chair
  • Frédéric Bourgeois–Canada Revenue Agency;Director, International Tax Division, International and Large Business Directorate
  • Kirsten Burmester–Caplin & Drysdale;Member
  • Martin Busenhart–Walder Wyss, Partner
  • Mukesh Butani–BMR Legal, India, Founder and Managing Partner
  • Jisun Choi–Skadden Arps, Partner
  • Grace Chu–Dolby Laboratories, Co-Chair SVTDG, Vice President of tax and Treasurer
  • Giammarco Cottani–NOEMA Global Tax & Policy, Founding Partner
  • Ronald Dabrowski–KPMG LLP, Principal, Washington National Tax - International
  • Pitamber Das–Ministry of Finance, Government of India, Joint Secretary II, Tax Policy & Legislation
  • Bill DeFazio–Okta, Senior Vice President Tax and Treasury
  • Stephen Dodshon–Australian Tax Office, Assistant Commissioner
  • Angela Evans–EY, Partner
  • Carlos Eduardo González Gamero–Servicio de Administración Tributaria (Mexico), Head, International Taxation & Transfer Pricing Unit, Large Taxpayers Division, SAT Mexico
  • Gabe Gartner–PwC, Principal
  • Lucas Giardelli–Mayer Brown, Partner
  • Greg Hartker–Morgan Lewis, Partner
  • Mindy Herzfeld–University of Florida Levin College of Law, Professor of Tax Practice and Counsel at Potomac Law Group
  • Ryan J. Kelly–EY, Principal | Americas International Tax and Transaction Services Tax Controversy Leader
  • Ken Kies–U.S. Department of the Treasury, Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy
  • Seongmin Kim–National Tax Service, Korea, Deputy Director, Mutual Agreement Procedure Division
  • Yong-Jun Kim–Kim & Chang, Senior Advisor
  • Mark Konza–MinterEllison, Consultant (former Deputy Commissioner - International at the ATO)
  • Scott Levine–Baker McKenzie, Partner
  • Paul Manning–Kim & Chang, Tax Partner
  • Aurelio Massimiano–Maisto e Associati, Partner
  • Sean McElroy–Fenwick, Partner
  • Carmen McElwain–MinterEllison, Partner
  • Matt Movafaghi–CAC, part of The Baldwin Group, Head of Tax Insurance Placements
  • Lionel Nobre–Dell Technologies, Vice President, Latin America Tax
  • Jae Suk Park–Kim & Chang, Tax Attorney
  • Gary Peters–PwC, Partner
  • John Peterson–OECD Center for Tax Policy and Administration, Head of Division, Cross Border and International Tax
  • Daniel Prates–Brazil Federal Revenue Service , Tax Auditor and International Taxation Coordinator
  • Priceela Pursun–Canada Revenue Agency, Director General, International and Large Business Directorate
  • Michael Quigley–Attorney at Law
  • Jayme Reynolds–KPMG, Managing Director, Washington National Tax
  • Heather Schafroth–Caplin & Drysdale, Associate
  • Mirko Severi–Maisto e Associati, Partner
  • Gary Sprague–Baker McKenzie, Partner
  • Melissa Spurge–Australian Tax Office, Assistant Commissioner, Tax Counsel Network
  • John Stowell–The Walt Disney Company, Senior Vice President - Tax, Incentives & International Financial Reporting
  • Linda Tang–EY Canada, ITTS Leader
  • Romero Tavares–PwC, Partner
  • Hector Thompson–Australian Tax Office, Deputy Commissioner, International, Support and Programs
  • Yoshio Uehara–Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa, Partner
  • Julia Ushakova-Stein–Baker McKenzie, Partner
  • My Vo–Fenwick & West, Of Counsel
  • Nicole Welch–Internal Revenue Service, Director, Treaty and Transfer Pricing Operations Practice Area, LB&I Division