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, Co-Chair, Silicon Valley Tax Directors Group; Tax and Treasurer, Dolby Laboratories
- Representative; TEI Silicon Valley
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8:40 – 10:00
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Impact of Tax Legislation and Court Decisions on Corporate World including two AMTs, Transfer Pricing
- Mary Monahan; Partner; Eversheds-Sutherland
- Mark Roche; Partner; Baker McKenzie
- Heather Schafroth; Associate; Caplin & Drysdale
- Mirko Severi; Associate; Maisto e Associati
- Julia Ushakova-Stein; Partner; Fenwick
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10:00 – 11:00
(Press Welcome) |
BEPS Pillar 1 & DST
- Gary Sprague, Partner, Baker McKenzie [Moderator]
- Quyen Huynh; Principal; KPMG
- Aurelio Massimiano; Partner; Maisto e Associati
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11:00 – 11:15
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Coffee Break
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11:15 – 12:30
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GloBE & BEPS Pillar 2 Current Developments: QDMTT, Top-Up Taxes (IIR & UTPR), Safe Harbors
- Marcus Heyland; Principal; KPMG
- Mike Knobler, Partner; Fenwick
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12:30 – 2:00
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Lunch and Keynote Speaker
- John Peterson; Acting Head of Division International Cooperation & Tax Administration; OECD (invited)
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2:00 – 3:00
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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
- Greg Hartker; Partner; Morgan Lewis
- Gary Wilcox; Partner; Mayer Brown
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3:00 – 4:30
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Government Officials Administrative Round Table Discussion ICAP, Peer Review, Qualified Status, Dispute Resolution, Self-Certification, GAAR, Economic Substance
- Elizabeth Stevens; Member; Caplin & Drysdale [Moderator]
- Nicole Welch; Director; Treaty and Transfer Pricing Operations Practice; LB&I; Internal Revenue Service
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4:30 – 5:30
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Reception
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Friday, April 18, 2025 |
7:30 – 8:30 |
Continental Breakfast
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8:30 – 9:30
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United Nations Perspectives
- Michael Lebovitz; Partner; Eversheds-Sutherland [Moderator]
- Michael Lennard; UN Chief of International Tax Cooperation & Trade (invited)
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9:30 – 10:30
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“Qualified Subsidy” What are permissible and what is not?
- OECD & Government Officials
- Dr. Gianmarco Cottani; Head of Tax; Agoda
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10:30 – 10:45
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Coffee Break
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10:45 – 12:15
(No Press)
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Government Panel #1: Breakout Sessions and Round Table Discussions
1A: Japan
1B: India
- Mukesh Butani; Founder and Managing Partner; BMR Legal
- Vinay Singh or Dhkaskar Goswmi; Competent Authority, India Revenue Service
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12:15 – 1:45 |
Lunch and Keynote Speaker
- Scott Levine; US Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary International Affairs (invited)
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1:45 – 3:15
(No Press)
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Government Panel #2: Breakout Sessions and Round Table Discussions
2A: Australia
- Mark Konza; Special Counsel; MinterEllison
- Hector Thompson or Rebecca Saint; Deputy Commissioner, Australian Tax Office (to be invited)
- John Stowell; Senior Vice President – Tax, Incentives & Int’l Financial Reporting; The Walt Disney Company
2B: South Korea
- Sungpal Kang; Assistant Commissioner for International Cooperation; Korea
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3:15 – 4:45
(No Press)
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Government Panel #3: Breakout Sessions and Round Table Discussions
3A: Singapore
- Michael Quigley; Tax Attorney [Moderator]
- Linda Cheng; Group Tax Specialist, TP, MAP APA; Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (invited)
3B: Canada
- Michael Jennings; Director, Competent Authority; Canada Revenue Agency
- Jeffrey Shafer; Partner; Blakes
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