“The only truly international Tax Conference in Europe”

We are pleased to invite you to our International Tax Conference Munich (ITC Munich), jointly organized in co-operation between the International Chamber of Commerce, Business at OECD and BusinessEurope. Scheduled for the 8^th (pre-evening) to 10^th of July, this year’s „ITC Munich“ presents a timely opportunity to discuss the “hot of the press” developments and ongoing discussions at the international level in the UN, the OECD and the EU.

The conference will provide a platform for an exchange between business representatives, key officials from the public sector from UN, OECD and EU as well as from national Governments.

450€^*

*excluding VAT

International Tax Conference

ITC Munich 2026

The Future of International Taxation –
Level Playing Field or Battlefield

Pre-Evening 8th July 18:00 – 10th July 15:00 (CEST)

Pre-Evening – July 8th

18:00

Pre-Evening on Growth and Taxes in the US and the EU
Daniel Bunn, President & CEO Tax Foundation & Tax Foundation Europe (moderator)
Rebecca Burch, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Tax Affairs, U.S. Treasury, Tax Policy (tbc)
Benjamin Angel, Director Direct Taxation, EU-Commission
Krister Andersson, Vice President, Employers Group, European Economic and Social Committee

Day 1 – July 9th

9:00 – 9:05

Welcome Address
Georg Geberth, Director Global Tax Policy, Siemens

9:05 – 9:45

Opening Speeches
Manal Corwin, Director, Center for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD
Christian Kaeser and Daniel Smith, Co-Chair, Business@OECD Tax Committee

9:45 – 11:15

Session 1
on “Taxing the Digital Economy and Cross Border Services”
Presentation by tbd (15 – 20 Minutes)

Panel Discussion (70 – 75 Minutes)

Axel Nientimp, Partner at WTS (Moderator)
Manal Corwin, Director, Center for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD
Wolfgang Schön, Director Max-Planck-Institute; Hon. Prof. at Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ., Munich
Giammarco Cottani, Founding Partner, NOEMA Global
Luisa Scarcella, Global Tax Policy Lead – Taxation and Trade, ICC

11:15 – 12:45

Session 2
on “Pillar 2 – Side by Side and Latest Developments”
Presentation by Félicie Bonnet (15 – 20 Minutes)

Panel Discussion (90 Minutes)

Lars Behrendt, Partner at WTS (Moderator)
Rebecca Burch, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Tax Affairs, U.S. Treasury, Tax Policy (tbc)
Félicie Bonnet, Adviser, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD
Christian Kaeser, Co-Chair, Business@OECD Tax Committee; Global Head of Tax, Siemens
Tania Saulnier, Deputy Tax Director, Mouvement des Entreprises de France, Medef

12:45 – 14:30

Lunch Break

14:30 – 16:00

Session 3
on “Rules as Code and AI”
Presentation by Tomas Algotsson and Jonas Hagström on “Rules as Code” (15 Minutes)
Panel Discussion (30 Minutes)

Presentation by Richard Stern on “Artificial Intelligence” (15 Minutes)
Panel Discussion (30 Minutes)

Jenny Köppe-Karkutsch, Director at WTS (Moderator)
Tomas Algotsson, Tax Director, Legal Department, Swedish Tax Agency
Richard Stern, Director, Global Tax Policy Center Institute for Austrian and Int. Tax Law, WU Wien
Jonas Hagström, Vice President, Chief Tax Technology Officer, Volvo

16:00 – 16:30

Coffee Break

16:30 – 18:00

Session 4
on “EU Simplification Agenda: ATAD/DAC/CbCR”
Presentation by Benjamin Angel (15 – 20 Minutes)

Panel Discussion (70 – 75 Minutes):

Thomas Schänzle, Partner at WTS (Moderator)
Benjamin Angel, Director Direct Taxation, EU-Commission
Helen Pahapill, Tax Policy Adviser, Estonian Ministry of Finance
Johanna Hey, Professor of Tax and Public Law; Director Institute of Tax Law, Cologne University
Sune Lundbek, Chair of Tax Policy Working Group, BusinessEurope

19:00

Social event evening in the Seehaus (English Garden)

Day 1 – July 10th

9:30 – 10:30

Session 5
on “Assuring Taxpayers Rights”
Presentation by Philip Baker (15 – 20 Minutes)

Panel Discussion (60 Minutes)

Thomas Schänzle, Partner at WTS (Moderator)
Philip Baker, KC, Gray’s Inn Tax Chambers, London
Krister Andersson, Vice President, Employers Group, European Economic and Social Committee
Dinesh Kanabar, Chairman & CEO, Dhruva Advisors
Tom Roesser, GM Tax Policy Counsel, Microsoft

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30

Session 6
on “Pillar 2 – Rethinking and Simplifying Compliance”
Presentation by Achim Pross (15 – 20 Minutes)

Panel Discussion (70 – 75 Minutes):

Sascha Simshäuser, Partner at WTS (Moderator)
Achim Pross, Deputy Director, Center for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD
Adolfo Martín Jiménez, Chair IFA PSC, Professor at the University of Cádiz
Thomas Quatrevalet, Group Head of Tax, Air Liquide
Germán Miñano Fernández, Director Asuntos Fiscales, Repsol

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch Break

13:30 – 15:00

Session 7
on “Cross Border Mobile Working”
Presentation by Achim Pross (15 – 20 Minutes)

Panel Discussion (70 – 75 Minutes)

Martin Loibl, Partner at WTS (Moderator)
Achim Pross, Deputy Director, Center for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD
Silke Bruns, Director for International Taxation, German Ministry of Finance
Helen Baird-Parker, Team Leader at Tax Treaty Team, HMRC
Daniel Smith, Co-Chair, Business@OECD Tax Comittee; Director Int. Tax Planning & Policy, Google
Monika Wünnemann, Head of Tax Department, BDI

15:00

Wrap Up & Closing Coffee