Conference Day 1
9:15 am - 9:45 am Registration and welcome coffee
9:45 am - 9:50 am Opening of the annual conference by IQPC
9:50 am - 10:20 am Chairperson's opening remarks
10:00 am - 10:30 am Beyond Technology - Organizational adoption to a technology driven global tax function
• Update on Siemens’ journey on digital tax transformation
• Trends affecting the future job roles in tax – what is realistic, what is hype?
• Future workplace scenario for tax departments – what is the new framework?
• Clockspeed of change in tax departments – what needs to change now?
• Change management in tax – what approach?
10:30 am - 11:00 am Keynote Transformation of a global tax function
• The tax function as agile partner for fast changing business
• Design thinking, UX, BPMN and OKRs- tools to help to transform the tax function
• Change of the organization and the mindset in the tax function
11:00 am - 11:30 am Match and Meet
This is the time to get out of the comfort of your chair and get to know who else is in the conference room with you. A networking facilitating session designed just for you to help you break the ice as early as possible.
11:30 am - 12:00 pm Networking and refreshment break
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Digital tax transformation
• Identification of required skill set
• Identification of knowledge gap
• Long-term development as foundation of future digital transformation path
• Employing advanced Microsoft tools to automate various tax related processes
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm TaxTech in Indirect Taxes - Best practice, challenges, trends, case studies
• Challenges due to increased indirect tax reporting requirements - a global perspective
• Indirect tax in the context of an ERP agenda
• The profile of the indirect tax expert 4.0
• Case studies
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Networking luncheon
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Round Table Discussions
Round Table Discussions | IDG 30 Min
Peer-led informal discussions in small groups, focused on specific challenges and solutions. You can open up and enquire about actual lessons learnt in an intimate setting.
Table 1: Designing end-to end processes
Sebastian Wenzel, Head of Indirect Tax, BASF Services Europe GmbH
Table 2: Designing and defending a successful tax technology strategy
Michael Tobai, Head of Tax Technology and Digitalization, Siemens AG
Table 3: Central Management of Tax data: Data homogenization in preparation for automation
Sanjeev Agarwal, Head of Tax, Customs and Export Control, BMW India
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Tax digital: Re-defining the tax function
• Increasing reporting environment: Re-definition of the tax function and the need to be compliant
• Redefining the relations with the Tax Authority
• Handling, reconciling and securing consistency on information: The use and need of IT tools
• Spain Daily VAT reporting system (SII): What might be next?
• UK MTD and tax Journey
Enrique Gomez Garcia
Group Tax EMEA Director Spain, Italy, UK, Ireland, Slovenia, Croatia and PortugalVolvo Group
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Automating TP Operations
• Setting a TP digitalization strategy
• Effectively implementing TP technology: pitfalls & learning
• Use cases for data and analytics in TP
• Financial Analysis
Jonne Kregting
Senior Manager Transfer Pricing Processes and TechnologyTeva Pharmaceuticals Europe BV
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Dealing with PE Risk and Profit Attribution
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Networking and refreshment break
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm Quality of data - Prepare the company for the future
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm How to manage the complexity
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm Chairperson's closing remarks
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Evening Get-Together
Join our evening Get-Together and take this opportunity to network and make new business contacts. Or just to relax and round off your first conference day.