Global Tax Policy Conference 2025 Programme
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Thursday 23 October 2025 – Day 1 – Morning Sessions
| 08.00 – 08.30 | Registration | |
| 08.30 – 09.00 | Keynote Address | Paschal Donohoe TD, Minister for Finance, Ireland & President of the Eurogroup |
| 09.00 – 10.30 |
Global Tax Policy – Where are we now, how did we get here and where are we going? |
Chair: Tom Woods, Head of Clients, KPMG Ireland
Manal Corwin, Director, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (CTPA), OECD Gerassimos Thomas, Director General, Directorate-General Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission Danny Werfel, Former IRS Commissioner |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Tea/Coffee & Networking | |
| 11.00 – 12.45 |
Global Tax Implementation: How does the aspiration for reform become a reality? |
Chair: Paraic Burke, Head of Tax, PwC Ireland
Benjamin Angel, Director, Directorate-General Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission Professor Kimberly Clausing, Eric M. Zolt Professor of Tax Law and Policy, UCLA School of Law Alex Cobham, Chief Executive, Tax Justice Network, UK Will Morris, Vice-Chair BIAC, OECD & Global Head of Tax Policy, PwC Ramy Mohamed Youssef, Chair, UN INC, Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation |
| 12.45 – 14.00 | Lunch |
Thursday 23 October 2025 – Day 1 – Afternoon Sessions
| 14.00 – 15.15 | Unravelling the layers – Corporate tax complexity and (un)certainty | Chair: Anne Harvey, Managing Director, Global Tax, Accenture
Speakers include: Matt Damone J.D., Principal, TP Practice Leader, Baker Tilly US Aart Nolten, Partner, Transfer Pricing & International Tax, Deloitte Tax Lawyers Tom Roesser, GM, Tax Policy Counsel, Microsoft |
| 15.15 – 15.45 | Tea/Coffee & Networking | |
| 15.45 – 17.15 |
Universal Compliance, Enforcement, and Dispute Resolution – Is there a feasible global approach? |
Bob Hamilton, Chair, OECD Forum on Tax Administration (FTA) & Commissioner of the Canada Revenue Agency
Nina E. Olson, Executive Director, Center for Taxpayer Rights, US Brendan Crowley, Senior Counsel, IMF |
| 19.30 | Conference Dinner | The Honorable Society of King’s Inns |
Friday 24 October 2025 – Day 2
| 09.00 – 10.15 |
Global Mobility – Taxing “work” in a digital world |
Chair: Daryl Hanberry, Head of Tax & Legal, Deloitte Ireland
Karine Halimi-Guez, Group Head of Tax, Booking Holdings Chris Sanger, Global Government Tax Leader & UK Tax Policy Leader, EY Stuart Tait, Partner, Chief Technology Officer, Tax & Legal, KPMG UK |
| 10.15 – 11.30 |
The Current “Climate” – Is tax policy being used to best effect for our planet? |
Chair: Graham Reid, Head of Tax & Law, EY Ireland
Maria Elena Scoppio, Director, Directorate-General Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission Clare Costello, Assistant Secretary, Department of Finance, Ireland Colm Kelly, Chair, FFS & Global Leader – Corporate Sustainability, PwC International Ltd Clodagh Power, Senior Advisor & Head of IFCMA Unit, Office of the Secretary-General, OECD |
| 11.30 – 11.45 | Tea/Coffee & Networking | |
| 11.45 – 13.15 |
The future of global tax – Striving for consistency, cohesion and certainty |
Chair: Prof. Jay Rosengard, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Prof. Brian Arnold, Senior Adviser, Canadian Tax Foundation Feargal O’Rourke, Chair, IDA Ireland Tim Power, Director for Business and International Tax, HM Treasury & Chair, Committee on Fiscal Affairs (CFA), OECD Mekar Satria Utama, Director of International Taxation, Directorate General of Taxes, Indonesia Melissa Gierach, Managing Director, Tax Policy, DLA Piper US |
| 13.15 – 14.00 | Conference closing & light lunch |