08.45-09.30 Registration Thursday 15th May 2014 09.30-10.00 Opening Ceremony Welcome address: Rajesh Ramloll, Conference Chairman Messages: President IFA Central Pascal Saint-Amans, Director, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD, Paris (pre-recorded) Hon Xavier-Luc DUVAL, G.C.S.K Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Mauritius Vote of Thanks: Prof. Roy Rohatgi 10.00-10.30 Tea/Coffee 10.30-13.30 First Technical Session 10.30-10.45 Topic: Recent Developments in International Taxation Session Chairman: Dr. Rama Sithanen, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Mauritius 10.45-11.30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS - CHIEF GUEST Topic: United Nations Developments and Impact of BEPS Speaker: Michael Lennard, Chief International Tax Cooperation & Trade Section, United Nations (New York) Followed by Questions 11.30-12.00 Presentations on Impact of BEPS on : Topic: Digital Economy Speaker: Chas Roy Chowdhury, Professor, ACCA, United Kingdom 12.00-12.30 Presentations on Impact of BEPS on : Topic: Enhanced Substance Rules Speaker: Ramon Dwarkasing, Associate Professor, Maastricht University, The Netherlands 12.30-13.45 Presentations on Impact of BEPS on : Topic: Should International Taxation be based on Legality or Morality Panel Discussion led by Rajesh Ramloll, Mauritius (Moderator) Panellists: Marc Hein GOSK, Mauritius Hon- Pramod Kumar, ITAT Judge, India - Cym Lowell, United States - Philippe Malherbe, Belgium - Mohan Parasaran Solicitor General, India, Satyajit Boolell Senior Counsel,Director Of Public Prosecutions Mauritius
13.30-15.00 Lunch Thursday 15th May 2014 (cont d) 15.00-16.30 Second Technical Session (concurrent sessions) 16.30-17.00 Tea/Coffee Option One: Trust Taxation Topic: Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, Mauritius Branch Session Chairman: Mr Vimal Damree - Chairman STEP Mauritius Speaker: To be advised Option Two: Topic: OECD Project on Tax Information Exchange and FATCA Developments Session Chairman: Rajesh Ramloll - Chairman IFA Mauritius Speaker: Mustupha Mosafeer - Technical Adviser Mauritius Revenue Authority, Karl Lee - Director of KPMG London 17.00-19.30 Third Technical Session: Topic: Emerging International Tax Policy Trends Session Chairman: Professor Roy Rohatgi, Director, Foundation for International Taxation, India 17.00-17.15 Third Technical Session: 17.15-17.45 Third Technical Session: Topic: Trends in Indian Tax Policy Speaker: Mohan Parasaran, Solicitor General of India 17.45-18.15 Third Technical Session: Topic: International Tax Disputes Causes and Resolution and Potential Issues Emerging from BEPS Speaker: Cym Lowell, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, United States 18.15-19.30 Third Technical Session: Topic: Global Impact of Emerging Tax Trends on «Mid-shore» Jurisdictions Panel Discussion led by Cym Lowell, United States (Moderator) Panellists: Jon Bischel, United States - Michael Lennard, New York - Anthony Leung Shing Partner PWC Mauritius - Mohan Parasaran Solicitor General, India - Akhilesh Ranjan, India - Dr. Rama Sithanen, Mauritius 19.30-22.30 Cocktails and Dinner
Friday 16th May 2014 08.30-11.00 Fourth Technical Session: Topic: Recent International Tax Developments (including BEPS) Session Chairman: Rajesh Ramloll, IFA (Mauritius) Chairman 08.30-08.45 Fourth Technical Session: 08.45-09.30 Fourth Technical Session: SPECIAL SPEAKER Topic: BEPS and their Impact on Developing Countries Speaker: Akhilesh Ranjan, Joint Secretary and Competent Authority, India (tbc) Followed by Questions and Answers 09.30-10.00 Fourth Technical Session: Topic: BEPS and Transfer Pricing : Perceived Issues and Proposed Solutions Speaker: Caroline Silberztein, Partner, Baker & McKenzie, France Stand-in Speaker: Ramon Dwarkasing, The Netherlands 10.00-10.30 Fourth Technical Session: Topic: United States - Emerging Tax Trends under BEPS Speaker: Jon Bischel, Professor & Author, United States 10.30-11.00 Fourth Technical Session: 11.00-11.30 Tea/Coffee Topic: Europe - BEPS and European Union Law Speaker: Philip Malherbe, Professor - Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium) & Partner, Liedekerke, Brussels (confirmed) 11.30-13.30 Fifth Technical Session: Topic: Recent International Tax Developments (including BEPS) (continued) Chairman: Marc Hein, Chairman, Financial Services Commission, Mauritius 11.30-11.45 Fifth Technical Session: 11.45-12.15 Fifth Technical Session: Topic: India - Indian Developments and BEPS Speaker: PVSS Prasad, Partner, Prasad & Prasad, India
Friday 16th May 2014 (cont d) 12.15-12.30 Fifth Technical Session: Topic: Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) - An OECD Project on Global Tax Planning of the Future and its Impact on the Role of Mid-shore jurisdictions Speaker: Pascal Saint-Amans, Director, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD, Paris (a pre-recorded presentation) 12.30-13.00 Discussion and Questions 13.00-14.30 Lunch 14.30-16.30 Sixth Technical Session: Topic: Regional International Tax Developments - Africa Chairman: Mr Nikhil Treebhoohun, Chairman, Global Finance,Mauritius 14.30-15.00 Sixth Technical Session: Topic: African Anti-Avoidance legislation Chairman: Ridha Hamzaoui, International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation Amsterdam, Netherlands 15.00-15.15 Sixth Technical Session: Topic: Western Africa 15.15-15.30 Sixth Technical Session: Topic: Western Africa Chairman: Oguntayo Ogungbenro, Partner KPMG(Nigeria) 15.30-15.45 Sixth Technical Session: Topic: Central Africa Speaker: Richard Ndungo, Partner (KPMG)Nigeria 15.45-16.15 Sixth Technical Session: Topic: Eastern Africa Speaker: Richard Ndungo, Partner (KPMG)Nigeria 16.15-16.30 Sixth Technical Session: 16.30-17.00 Tea/Coffee Topic: Doing Business in Africa Speaker: Jacques D Unienville, CEO Omnicane Mauritius
Friday 16 th May 2014 (cont d) 17.00-18.30 Seventh Technical Session: Topic: The Africa Centre Chairman: Dev Manraj GOSK Financial Secretary Mauritius Chairman Africa Fund 17.00-17.15 Seventh Technical Session: 17.15-18.15 Seventh Technical Session: Topic: Structuring investment into Africa Panel Discussion led by Gary Gowreea CIM Global > (Moderator) Panelists: Richard Ndungo, Clayton Bonette, Yusuf Noorbye, Jacques D Unienville, Oguntayo Ogungbenro 18.15-18.30 Concluding Remarks - Conference Chairman 19.00-20.30 Cocktails *Provisional - acceptance awaited Media Partners For the purposes of refunds under the Human Resources Qualification Authority (MQA) requires that the event should be run through accredited institutions. This event is being run through CLBS, which has obtained MQA approval. Law Practitioners may apply for CPD points from Institute for Judicial and Legal Studies, 7th floor, Happy World House, Port Louis. For certificate of attendance, please contact Prisca.Isabelle@axis.mu or on (+230) 403 2500. For more info, please visit our website http://www.ifamauritius.org/.