| Day 1 |
| 09.00 – 10.00 |
Registration
& Coffee |
| 10.00 – 10.15 |
Welcome to the Conference
Roy Rohatgi (Conference Director) |
| Session One |
| Recent Developments
|
| Chairman |
Sohrab Dastur, Senior
Advocate, India |
| 10.15 – 11.00 |
Special Speaker: Maisto
Guglielmo, Founding Partner, Maisto e Associati, Italy
Investing in the European Union - Some Current International
Tax Issues
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| 11.00– 11.35 |
Jim Tobin, Global Director, International
Tax Services, Ernst & Young, United States
International
Tax Issues involving Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions
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|
| 11.35 – 12.10 |
Loughlin Hickey, Global Head
of Tax, KPMG, United Kingdom
International Tax Challenges
of Globalisation
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| 12.10– 12.45 |
Discussion & Questions |
| 12.45 – 13.00 |
Session Chairman’s Remarks |
| 13.00 – 14.00 |
Lunch |
Session Two
|
| CURRENT TAX DEVELOPMENTS IN
INDIA |
| Chairman |
Jairaj Purandare, PricewaterhouseCoopers
(P) Ltd., India |
| 14.00 – 14.30 |
Michael Lennard, Chief, International
Tax Cooperation and Trade Section Financing for Development
Office U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs, New York
Current Developments relating to the UN Model Treaty
and their Impact on Developing Countries
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| 14.30 – 15.00 |
Pramod Kumar, Member, Income
Tax Appellate Tribunal, India
Treaty Interpretation
and Dispute Resolution - Current Indian Perspective
|
| 15.00 – 15.30 |
Richard Hay, International Tax
Partner, Stikeman Elliott, United Kingdom
Current
Role of Investment Protection Agreements in Cross-border Investments
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|
| 15.30 – 16.00 |
Duncan Bentley, Professor of
International Taxation and pro Vice-Chancellor, Bond University,
Australia
Issues involving Taxpayers' Rights - Current
International Scene
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| 16.00 – 16.30 |
Tea |
| 16.30 – 17.00 |
Discussion & Questions |
| 17.00– 18.00 |
Discussion Session
Chairman - Rashmin Sanghvi, Partner, Rashmin Sanghvi
Associates, India
Topic - Do Taxpayers have any
Rights under International Taxation?
A panel discussion led by Rashmin Sanghvi with selected conference
speakers and delegates
|
| 19.00 – 22.30 |
Cocktails and Dinner |
CONFERENCE
PROGRAMME - 2007
Saturday, December 1, 2007 |
| 09.00 – 10.30 |
Some Recent Decisions on International
Taxation in India
A panel discussion led by Nishith Desai, Founder
- Nishith Desai Associates, with selected conference speakers
and delegates in the presence of Mr Vimal Gandhi,
President, Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, India..
|
| 10.30 – 11.00 |
Coffee |
Session Three
|
| SOME INTERNATIONAL TAX ISSUES |
| Chairman |
Mukesh Butani, Partner, BMR &
Associates, India |
| 11.00 – 11.30 |
Ashok Wadhwa, Chief Executive,
Ambit Corporate Finance Private Ltd., India
International
Tax Issues affecting Recent Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions
in India
|
| 11.30 – 12.00 |
Bobby Parikh, Managing Partner,
BMR & Associates, India
International Tax issues
involving Global Trading
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| 12.00 – 12.30 |
Shefali Goradia, Head - International
Tax Practice, Nishith Desai Associates, India
International
Tax Issues in Structured Finance Transactions
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|
| 12.30 – 13.00 |
Discussion & Questions |
| 13.00 – 14.00 |
Lunch |
| Session Four
|
| TREATY INTERPRETATION ISSUES |
| Chairman |
Dinesh Kanabar, Partner, RSM
& Co., India |
| 14.00 – 14.30 |
Hans Pijl, Tax Partner, Deloitte,
The Netherlands
Role of OECD Commentaries on Tax
Treaty Interpretations
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| 14.30 – 15.00 |
Brian Arnold, Taxation Consultant,
Goodmans LLP, Canada
Tax Issues relating to various
Time Thresholds under Model Treaties
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|
| 15.00 – 15.30 |
Adolfo Martin Jimenez, Professor,
Faculty of Law, University of Cadiz, Spain
International
Taxation of Income from Technical Services under different Tax
Treaties and Domestic Laws
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|
| 15.30 – 16.00 |
Philip Postlewaite, Professor
of Law and Director of the Tax Program, Northwestern University
School of Law, United States
Current Use of Hybrid
Entities under the "Check the Box" Rules in the United
States
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| 16.00 – 16.30 |
Tea |
| 16.30 – 17.00 |
Discussions & Questions |
| 17.00 – 17.45 |
Discussion Session
Chairman - T P Ostwal, Partner, T.P. Ostwal &
Associates, India
Topic - Are Tax Treaties an Instrument for Economic
Growth and Allocation of Taxing Rights or just for Avoidance
of Double Taxation?
A panel discussion led by T.P. Ostwal with selected conference
speakers and delegates
|
| 17.45 - 18.00 |
Concluding Remarks – Roy Rohatgi
|
| 18.00 |
End of Conference |
