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IFA Asia Pacific Regional Conference 2019
June 17, 2019 @ 9:00 AM - June 19, 2019 @ 7:00 PM
Monday 17 June | Arrivals
| TIME | SESSION | TOPIC |
| 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM |
Registration Open | |
| 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM |
Young IFA Network Event: Tax and Future Tech: Digital, Blockchain, Crypto | |
| 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM |
Welcome Cocktails |
Tuesday 18 June | Day 1
| TIME | SESSION | TOPIC |
| 7:45 AM – 8:45 AM |
Registration | Refreshments available |
| 8:45 AM – 10:30 AM |
Official Opening, Welcome | |
| Plenary 1 | Tax and the Digital Global Economy: Issues for the Region and Globally | |
| Keynote Speech | Mr David Bradbury OECD, Head, Revenue Analysis & Tax Policy | |
| Plenary 1 Panel | Discussion, Q&A: Issues for the Region and Globally Representatives from Government, Business and the Profession |
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| 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM |
Refreshment Break | |
| 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM |
Plenary 2 Panel | Revenue Officials Perspective: Tax Co-operation and New Developments in a Global Digital Era Representatives from Revenue Agencies in the Asia Pacific Region |
| 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM |
Lunch | |
| 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM |
Workshop 1 (parallel) | Taxpayer rights, audit and dispute resolution |
| Workshop 2 (parallel) | Intangibles, Permanent Establishment and Transfer pricing approaches | |
| 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM |
Refreshment Break | |
| 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM |
Plenary 3 | The Changing Dynamics of International Taxation: The Corporate Perspective Representatives of MNEs and corporate tax advisors |
| 5:00 PM – 6:00PM |
IFA Asia Pacific Regional Committee Meeting | |
| 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM |
Reception and Wine Tasting, Metropolis, Southbank | |
| 7:30 PM – 11:00 PM |
Gala Dinner, Metropolis, Southbank |
Wednesday 19 June | Day 2
| TIME | SESSION | TOPIC |
| 7:45 AM | Refreshments | |
| 7:45 AM – 9:00 AM |
Women in IFA Breakfast Full catered breakfast Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre Level 1, Rooms 111 & 112 Included as part of conference registration or purchase a ticket or additional tickets online |
|
| 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM |
Plenary 4 | Anti-abuse, GAARs and SAARs in the Asia Pacific region |
| 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM |
Refreshment break | |
| 11:15 AM – 12:30 PM |
Workshop 3 (parallel) | X-Border Finance: Interest deductibility, thin cap, transfer pricing, BEPS Action 4 |
| Workshop 4 (parallel) | Global Mobility of Executives from a Corporate Perspective: Residence, PE, Withholding Tax | |
| 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM |
Lunch | |
| 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM |
Workshop 5 (parallel | Treaties and Country Approaches to the MLI |
| Workshop 6 (parallel) | Indirect Tax of Global, Digital Goods and Services: What Now and Where Next? | |
| 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM |
Refreshment break | |
| 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM |
Plenary 5 | Hot Topics and New Challenges: The Future of Tax in the Asia Pacific region |
| 5:00 PM – 5:15 PM |
Closing Ceremony | |
| 5:15 PM | Conference Closes |