9:35 – 10:30

Opening Speeches
Manal Corwin, Director CTPA, OECD
Nils Weith, Head of Tax Department, German Ministry of Finance
Daniel Smith, Co-Chair, Business at OECD Tax Committee

10:30 – 11:30

Session 1
“The Future of Tax Coordination at Global Level”

Panel Discussion (60 Minutes)

Moderator from WTS
Michael Lennard, Chief Int. Tax Cooperation and Trade, Financing for Development Office, UN
Helen Pahapill, Tax Policy Adviser, Estonian Ministry of Finance
John Connors, Chair, Global ICC Taxation Commission
Tania Saulnier, Deputy Tax Director, Mouvement des Entreprises de France (MEDEF)
Wolfgang Schön, Director Max-Planck-Institut; Hon. Prof. at Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ., Munich

11:30 – 13:30

Session 2
“Pillar 2 – Latest Developments”

Presentation by Félicie Bonnet (15 – 20 Minutes)

Panel Discussion (70 – 75 Minutes)

Moderator from WTS
Félicie Bonnet, Adviser, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD
Benjamin Angel, Director Direct Taxation, EU-Commission
Thomas Quatrevalet, Group Head of Tax, Air Liquide
Daniel Smith, Co-Chair, Business at OECD Tax Comittee; Director Int. Tax Planning & Policy, Google

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch Break

14:30 – 16:00

Session 3
“Digitalization and Taxes”

Presentation by Paul Marsh (15 – 20 Minutes)

Panel Discussion (70 – 75 Minutes)

Moderator from WTS
Paul Marsh, Advisor of FTA Secretariat at the OECD
Georg Geberth, Director Global Tax Policy, Siemens
Jens Schäperclaus, Vice Chair, Institute for Digitalization of Tax Law
Richard Stern, Director, Global Tax Policy Center Institute for Austrian and Int. Tax Law, WU Wien

16:00 – 16:30

Coffee Break

16:30 – 18:00

Session 4
“Decluttering and Simplification”

Presentation by Félicie Bonnet (15 – 20 Minutes)

Panel Discussion (70 – 75 Minutes)

Moderator from WTS
Félicie Bonnet, Adviser, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD
Helen Pahapill, Tax Policy Adviser, Estonian Ministry of Finance
Krister Andersson, Vice President, Employers Group, European Economic and Social Committee
Sune Hein Lundbek, Chair of Tax Policy Working Group, BusinessEurope

19:00 –

Social event evening in the Seehaus (English Garden)

9:30 – 10:30

Session 5
“US Tax Policy – Points of View from two Continents”

Panel Discussion (60 Minutes)

Moderator from WTS
Benjamin Angel, Director Direct Taxation, EU-Commission
Nils Weith, Head of Tax Department, German Ministry of Finance
Christian Kaeser, Co-Chair, Business at OECD Tax Committee; Global Head of Tax, Siemens
Rick Minor, Vice President and International Tax Counsel, USCIB

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30

Session 6
“Improving Tax Certainty”

Presentation by Sandra Knaepen (15 – 20 Minutes)

Panel Discussion (70 – 75 Minutes)

Moderator from WTS
Sandra Knaepen, Acting Head of the Tax Treaty, TP & Financial Transactions Division, OECD
Giammarco Cottani, Founding Partner, NOEMA Global
Christian Kaeser, Co-Chair, Business at OECD Tax Committee; Global Head of Tax, Siemens
Luisa Scarcella, Global Tax Policy Lead – Taxation and Trade, ICC

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch Break

14:00 – 15:25

Session 7
“Cross Border Mobile Working”

Presentation by Achim Pross (15 – 20 Minutes)

Panel Discussion (70 – 75 Minutes)

Moderator from WTS
Achim Pross, Deputy Director, Center for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD
Fabian Baumer, Vice Director / Head of Tax Policy, Federal Tax Administration Switzerland
Tom Roesser, GM, Tax Policy Counsel, Microsoft
Werner Stuffer, SVP Tax, ZF Friedrichshafen Group
Monika Wünnemann, Head of Tax Department, BDI

15:25 – 15:30

Wrap Up

15:30

Closing Coffee