Globax Tax Symposium 2020 (10 Dec 20) | Online Conference

10 décembre 2020

8:30 - 19:00 (ECT)

Participation is free | online registration is required before the conference

GLOBAL TAX SYMPOSIUM 2020

ONLINE CONFERENCE | Thursday 10 December 2020


WATCH HERE THE VIDEO RECORDING OF THE CONFERENCE 

08:30 - 19:00 | ECT (Brussels)  
18:30 - 05:00 | UTC+11 (Melbourne) 
04:40 - 13:00 | EST (New-York) 

►REGISTRATION FORM
 

SCIENTIFIC COORDINATION:

-Prof. Edoardo Traversa (UCLouvain),
-Prof. Miranda Stewart (University of Melbourne),
-Ass.-Prof. Eduardo Baistrocchi (LSE - London School of Economics)

The mission of the Global Tax Symposia (GTS) is to be an interdisciplinary mobile research platform on fundamental issues of international and comparative taxation. It is grounded on the belief that crossing African, American, Asian-Pacific and European perspectives is beneficial to all participants, especially in the current political and economic global context. It aims to offer young researchers and more experienced scholars a forum where to discuss five to six papers every year in different cities on all continents. Each paper is discussed by an interdisciplinary and intercontinental panel whose members are leading tax academics, administrators, policymakers and practitioners.

The following institutions support the initiative : Chinese University of Hong Kong and Wuhan University (People's Republic of China), London School of Economics (United Kingdom), UC Louvain (Belgium), University of Melbourne (Australia), University of Pretoria (South Africa), Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (Argentina), National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (India) and New York University (United States of America).

The 2020 Global Tax Symposium was held online using the platform of UCLouvain, and co-hosted by London School of Economics and the University of Melbourne.

Mission of the Symposium and information about the first Global Tax Symposium, held at LSE on 25 October 2019 (including videos of the presentations and discussions): click here

PROGRAMME: 

I. CHAIR: Prof. Miranda Stewart, University of Melbourne

08:30 ECT (Brussels) | 18:30 UTC+11 (Melbourne) | 02:30 EST (New-York):

BEPS AND GLOBAL TAX CHALLENGES - SEEN FROM THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION

-Maryanne Mrakovcic, Deputy Secretary of the Australian Treasury, Head of Revenue Group
-Tizhong Liao, Senior Advisor OECD, DPhil Fellow University of Oxford

 

 


II. CHAIR: Prof. Eduardo Baistrocchi, LSE

09:30 ECT (Brussels) | 19:30 UTC+11 (Melbourne) | 03:30 EST (New-York):

THE INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESS OF INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC TAX REFORM: HOW IS BEPS CHANGING TAX LAW? 

-Prof. Miranda Stewart, University of Melbourne

DISCUSSION:

-Prof. Pasquale Pistone, University of Salerno/WU Vienna/IBFD
-Dr Tresor-Gauthier Kalonji, Ph.D. University of Neuchâtel, Ministry of Finance, DR Congo

 

 


10 minute break


III. CHAIR: Prof. Edoardo Traversa, UCLouvain

10:40 ECT (Brussels) | 20:40 UTC+11 (Melbourne) | 04:40 EST (New-York):

TAXATION OF THE DIGITAL ECONOMY

-Prof. Wei Xiong, Wuhan University

DISCUSSION:

-Assoc Prof Martin Hearson, Institute of Development Studies & International Centre for Tax and Development
-Prof. Johannes Becker, University of Munster

 

 


11:50 ECT (Brussels) | 21:50 UTC+11 (Melbourne) | 05:50 EST (New-York):

TAX MEASURES TO ACHIEVE THE 2030 UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN AFRICA FACED WITH THE COVID-19 ECONOMIC FALLOUT 

-Prof. Annet Oguttu, University of Pretoria, South Africa

DISCUSSION:

-Prof. Rita de la Feria, Leeds University, UK
-Prof. Daniel Artana, Torcuato di Tella University, Chief Economist Fundacion de Investigaciones Economicas Latinoamericanas (FIEL)

 

 


13:00 ECT (Brussels) | 23:00 UTC+11 (Melbourne) | 07:00 EST (New-York):

CLOSE OF THE MORNING SESSION

IV. CHAIR: Prof. Eduardo Baistrocchi, LSE

14:30 ECT (Brussels) | 00:30 UTC+11 (Melbourne) | 08:30 EST (New-York):

TAXATION AND VALUE CREATION - A FRAMEWORK FOR INTERNATIONAL REFORM

-Prof. Werner Haslehner, University of Luxembourg

DISCUSSION:

-Prof. Yariv Brauner, University of Florida
-Prof. Tracy Kaye, Seton Hall University

 

 


15:40 ECT (Brussels) | 01:40 UTC+11 (Melbourne) | 09:40 EST (New-York):

CREATIVE ENFORCEMENT: A BOURDIEUSIAN APPROACH ON HOW TAX AUTHORITIES ATTEMPT TO IMPLEMENT PROBLEMATIC TAX LAWS
-Ass.- Prof. Rodrigo A. Ormeño Pérez, Universidad de Chile
DISCUSSION:

-Prof. Jerome Monsenego, Stockholm University
-Prof. Ana Paula Dourado, University of Lisbon

 

 


10 minute break


V. CHAIR: Prof. Edoardo Traversa, UCLouvain
 

17:00 ECT (Brussels) | 03:00 UTC+11 (Melbourne) | 11:00 EST (New-York) :

TAXING DATA

-Prof. Omri Marian, University of California – Irvine

 

 


FINAL DISCUSSION:
LOOKING FOR A GLOBAL TAX CONSENSUS: "WHERE DO WE STAND?"

-Ass. –Prof. Suranjali Tandon, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, India
-Pascal Saint-Amans, Director, Center for Tax Policy, OECD
-Assoc. Prof. Irma Mosquera, Leiden University/Lead Researcher ERC GLOBTAXGOV Project
-Michael Lennard, Chief, International Tax Cooperation, United Nations
-Michael Keen, Deputy Director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF

 

 


END OF THE CONFERENCE:

19:00 ECT (Brussels) | 05:00 UTC+11 (Melbourne) | 13:00 EST (New-York)