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22 - 23 October, 2019
Hotel Palace Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Michael Tobai, Head of Digitalization and Tax Declaration Center at Siemens AG
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Michael Tobai


Head of Digitalization and Tax Declaration Center
Siemens AG

Passionate driver of digital tax and customs transformation focusing on people, technology and processes. Strong background of change and transformation of support functions towards a digital and business service driven approach, e.g. in Finance/Tax, SCM/Procurement (O2C, P2P), customs. Broad experience on Shared Services , Global Business Services (GBS) and Business Process Outsourcing. Promoter of team play based on trust and respect for creating positiveness and productivity. Systematic driver of service life cycle management following design, build, operate and transform phases while fostering agile methods. More than 15 years experience covering senior management roles, service line management, consulting, expert sales support and international assignments.

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Conference Day 1

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019

9:50 AM Chairperson's opening remarks

10:00 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?

2:30 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

6:00 PM Chairperson's closing remarks