Conference Programme Thursday 10 th May 2012 08.45-09.30 Registration 09.30-10.00 Opening Ceremony Welcome address: Conference Chairman Messages: President IFA Central Hon Xavier-Luc DUVAL, G.C.S.K Vice-Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Economic Development 10.00-10.30 Tea/Coffee 10.30-12.30 Recent Developments in International Tax Chairman: Dr. Rama Sithanen, PhD, International Financial Services Ltd., Mauritius 10.30-10.45 Chairman s comments 10.45-11.15 United Nations Model Treaty - Recent Developments - Michael Lennard, Chief International Tax Cooperation & Trade Section, United Nations (New York) 11.15-11.45 Transfer Pricing Developments Marc Levey, Partner, Baker & Mc Kenzie (New York) 11.45-12.15 By Skype (From London) - Philip Baker QC Grays Inn Tax Chambers London Retroactivity and Retrospectivity in Tax laws 12.15-12.30 Discussions and Questions 12.30-14.30 Lunch 14.30-16.00 Trust Taxation Issues - STEP MAURITIUS 16.00-16.30 Tea/Coffee
Thursday 10 th May 2012 (cont d) 16.30-18.30 Emerging Tax Changes, Treaty Issues and Policies in India Chairman: Roy Rohatgi, Professor, India 16.30-16.45 Chairman s Comments 16.45-17.15 TREATY SHOPPING IN A MOMENT OF TRUTH Iqbal Rajahbally, Senior Counsel, Mauritius 17.15-17.45 Recent Indian Tax Cases (including Vodafone) - A Review Girish Dave, Eminent Tax Professional, India and Mahesh Kumar, Nishith Desai Associates, India 17.45-18.15 Recent International Tax Changes (Law and Practice) in India - Its impact Ajay Vohra, Senior Lawyer, Vaish & Co. India & Chairman, IFA Branch, India 18.15-18.45 The Standing Committee Report on the DTC: What s next? Sunil Gupta, Joint Secretary, Government of India 18.45-19.00 Discussion and Questions 19.00 Cocktails/Dinner Friday 11th May 2012 09.00-11.00 Exchange of Information (TIEAs) Chairman: Rajesh Ramloll, chairman, IFA Mauritius Branch 09.00-09.30 Keynote Speaker: OECD Initiatives and G20 Countries, - Past, Present and Future Pascal St. Amans, Director General, OECD, Paris 09.30-10.30 Panel Discussion (led by Rajesh Ramloll) Pascal St Amans, Director General, OECD Paris M. Mosafeer, Director, Mauritius Revenue Authority, Mauritius Mahesh Kumar, Nishith Desai Associates, India 10.45-11.00 Discussion and Questions 11.00-11.30 Tea/Coffee
Friday 11th May 2012 (cont d) 11.30-13.30 Structuring Investment in Africa Chairman: Marc Hein, Financial Services Commission 11.30-11.45 Chairman s Comments 11.45-12.45 Panel Discussion (led by Chairman) Mauritius - Gary Gowrea, CIM Group, Mauritius Mahen Rawoteea, Ministry of Finance (Mauritius) Ernie Lai King, South Africa LUC Merven - Shoprite, Mauritius 12.45-13.00 Discussion and Questions 13.00-15.00 Lunch 15.00-16.30 Global/Regional Developments (Session I) Chairperson: Uday Gujadhur, Vice Chairman, International Fiscal Association, Mauritius 15.00-15.10 Chairman s Comments 15.10-15.30 United States - Marc Levey, Baker & McKenzie, New York 15.30-15.50 India - P. V. S.S. Prasad, IFA Southern India Chapter, India 15.50-16.10 Europe and North America - Ridha Hamzaoui, IBFD, The Netherlands 16.10-16.30 Discussion and Questions 16.30-17.00 Tea/Coffee 17.00-18.45 Global/Regional Developments (Session II) Chairman: Sudhamo Lal, Director-General, Mauritius Revenue Authority, Mauritius 17.00-17.10 Chairman s Comments 17.10-17.30 Mauritius - Wasoudeo Balloo, Partner, KPMG, Mauritius 17.30-17.50 Pakistan - Dr Ikramul. Haq, International Tax Counsel 17.50-18.10 Middle East-Thomas Hanzely,BBD Enterprises,Bahrain 18.15-18.30 Concluding remarks - Conference Chairman 19.00-20.30 Cocktails
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