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Pacific Rim Tax Conference Agenda 2025

BEPS’ GloBE & International Taxation Cross Currents

Draft Agenda: subject to change
All sessions are held in the Sequoia Room unless noted.
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Thursday, April 17, 2025

7:30 – 8:30

Continental Breakfast & Registration

8:30 – 8:40

Welcome and Introductions

  • Dr. Stewart Karlinsky; Executive Director; Pacific Tax Policy Institute
  • Grace Chu; Vice President of Tax and Treasurer, Dolby Laboratories; Co-Chair, Silicon Valley Tax Directors Group
  • Fenella Salomonsson; President of Silicon Valley TEI Chapter; Tax Director, AeroVironment, Inc.

8:40 – 9:45
(Press Welcome)

Impact of Tax Legislation and Court Decisions on Corporate World including two AMTs, Transfer Pricing

  • Julia Ushakova-Stein; Partner; Baker McKenzie [Moderator]
  • Heather Schafroth; Associate; Caplin & Drysdale
  • Mirko Severi; Partner; Maisto e Associati
  • William Skinner; Partner; Fenwick

9:45 – 11:00
(Press Welcome)

BEPS Pillar 1, DST & Section 861 Cloud and Digital Content Regulations

  • Quyen Huynh; Principal; KPMG [Moderator]
  • Stephen Bates; Principal; EY
  • Aurelio Massimiano; Partner; Maisto e Associati
  • Ansgar Simon; Partner; Covington

11:00 – 11:15

Coffee Break

11:15 – 12:45

GloBE & BEPS Pillar 2 Current Developments: QDMTT, Top-Up Taxes (IIR & UTPR), Safe Harbors

  • Gary Sprague; Partner; Baker McKenzie [Moderator]
  • Matthew Cambi; Principal; PwC
  • Marcus Heyland; Principal; KPMG
  • Mike Knobler; Partner; Fenwick
  • Craig Silverwood; Partner; MinterEllison

12:45 – 2:15

Lunch and Keynote Speaker, Sponsored by Accordance

  • Manal Corwin; Director of the Centre for Tax Policy and Administration; OECD

2:15 – 3:15

M&A post-BEPS: Stock vs Asset vs Deemed Asset Acquisitions; Post-Acquisition IP; Materiality Disclosure and Impact on Different ETRs

  • Angela Evans; Tax Partner; EY
  • Gabe Gartner; Principal National Tax Services; PwC
  • Lucas Giardelli, Partner, Mayer Brown
  • Greg Hartker; Partner; Morgan Lewis

3:15 – 4:30

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

  • Elizabeth Stevens; Member; Caplin & Drysdale [Moderator]
  • Pankaj Jindal; Joint Secretary (TPL2); India Revenue Service
  • Ryo Niiro; Deputy Director, Large Enterprise Division; National Tax Agency; Japan
  • Jin-oong Suh; Senior Advisor; Kim & Chang

4:30 – 6:00

Reception, Sponsored by Lockton Tax Liability Insurance Company

   

Friday, April 18, 2025

7:30 – 8:30

Continental Breakfast and the Impact of India’s New Budget on Corporations

  • Mukesh Butani, Managing Partner; BMR Legal

8:30 – 9:15

Valediction: 40 Years at the Internal Revenue Service

  • Douglas O’Donnell, former Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (twice)

9:15 – 10:15

Keynote Speech: United Nations Perspectives on International Taxation

  • Michael Lennard; Chief of International Tax Cooperation & Trade; United Nations

10:15 – 10:45

Coffee Break

10:45 – 11:45

“Qualified Subsidy” What are permissible and what is not?

  • OECD & Government Officials
  • Dr. Giammarco Cottani; Head of Tax; NOEMA Global
  • Nguyen Van Hung; Deputy Director Tax Policy Sub-Department, General Department of Taxation; Vietnam

11:45 – 1:15

Lunch and Keynote Speaker

  • Derek Theurer; Counselor to the Secretary; U.S. Department of the Treasury

1:15 – 2:30
(No Press)

Government Panel #1: Breakout Sessions and Round Table Discussions

1A: Japan

  • Shintaro Yamaguchi; Partner; PwC Tokyo [Moderator]
  • Dai Hirose; Director (Digital Economy), International Operations Division, National Tax Agency; Japan
  • Ryo Niiro; Deputy Director, Large Enterprise Division, National Tax Agency; Japan

1B: India

  • Mukesh Butani; Founder and Managing Partner; BMR Legal [Moderator]
  • Pankaj Jindal; Joint Secretary (TPL2); India Revenue Service

2:30 – 3:45
(No Press)

Government Panel #2: Breakout Sessions and Round Table Discussions

2A: Australia

  • Simone Bridges; Partner; Baker McKenzie
  • Mark Konza; Consultant; MinterEllison
  • John Stowell; Senior Vice President – Tax, Incentives & Int’l Financial Reporting; The Walt Disney Company
  • Rebecca Saint; Deputy Commissioner, Australian Tax Office

2B: South Korea

  • Paul Manning; Tax Partner; Kim & Chang [Moderator]
  • Grace Chu; Vice President of Tax and Treasurer, Dolby Laboratories; Co-Chair, Silicon Valley Tax Directors Group
  • Seongsoo Kim; Consul of Consular General; New York
  • Jae Suk Park (JS); Tax Attorney and CPA; Kim & Chang

3:45 – 5:00
(No Press)

Government Panel #3: Breakout Sessions and Round Table Discussions

3A: Vietnam

  • Michael Quigley; Tax Attorney [Moderator]
  • Nguyen Van Hung; Deputy Director Tax Policy Sub-Department, General Department of Taxation; Vietnam

3B: Brazil

  • Lionel Nobre; Vice President, Tax; Dell Technologies; Latin America
  • Romero Tavares; Partner; PwC