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 | Opening Remarks | 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? |
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 Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Tea/Coffee & Networking | |
| 11.00 – 12.45 |
Global Tax Implementation: How do we make reform aspirations a reality? |
Benjamin Angel, Director, Directorate-General Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission
Alex Cobham, Chief Executive, Tax Justice Network, UK William Morris, Vice-Chair BIAC, OECD & Global Head of Tax Policy, PwC |
| 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 | Speakers include:
Matt Damone J.D., Principal, TP Practice Leader, Baker Tilly US |
| 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 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 |
Karine Halimi-Guez, Group Head of Tax, Booking Holdings
Chris Sanger, Global Government Tax Leader & UK Tax Policy Leader, EY |
| 10.15 – 11.30 |
The Current “Climate” – Is tax policy being used to best effect for our planet? |
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 Climate & G20/G7 Advisor to Chief Economist, 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 |