Registration and welcome coffee

09.30-10.30

Event moderated by James Crisp, Euractiv, Political Editor

Welcome

10.30-10.40

Edelfried Schneider, Accountancy Europe, President

Opening address

10.40-11.00

Leaks: what is the new normal?

11:00 – 11:30

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

Business case study: tax policy in the 21st Century

11:30 – 12:00

John Connors, Vodafone Group plc., Group Tax Director

Tax tapas: technology for the benefit of tax systems

12:00 – 12:45

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

Lunch

12.45-13.45

Tax tapas: how to tax the future?

13:45 – 14:45

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

Coffee break

14.45-15.00

Keynote speech and Q&A

15.00 – 15.30

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

The elephant in the room: tax reform in the US

15:30 – 16:30

Harold Hancock, McGuireWoods, Partner Mark Peterson, AICPA, Executive Vice President – Advocacy Howard Liebman, Jones Day, Senior Partner and American Chamber of Commerce Belgium, President

Fireside chat: embracing change

16:30 – 17:10

Pascal Saint-Amans, OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, Director Valère Moutarlier, DG TAXUD, European Commission; Director - Direct Taxation, Economic Analysis and Evaluation

Closing Remarks

17.10-17.20

Olivier Boutellis-Taft, Accountancy Europe, CEO

Networking cocktail

17.20 - 18.30