May 4: International Tax Governance in Action at Tilburg University

Next week, I will be participating in a workshop at Tilburg University in the Netherlands on the topic of International Tax Governance, a timely topic especially given the recent developments in the coordination of the international organizations, the expansion of the OECD's global forum idea to monitor BEPS, the impact of the state aid cases within and beyond Europe, and the increasing role of NGOs in shaping international tax policy. Here is the program:

10:00- 10:30	Welcome and registration
10:30- 11:00	Opening
	Cees Peters (Tilburg University): International Tax Governance in Action
11:00- 12:30	Session 1 - Transparency
	Edwin Visser (PwC): reaction of MNC's to transparency pressure: CbCR and CSR discussion (30 minutes + 15 minutes discussion)
	Maaike van Diepen (Tax Justice Network): The perspective of an NGO (30 minutes + 15 minutes discussion)
12:30- 13:30	Lunch break
13:30- 15:00	Session 2 - EU State Aid
	Allison Christians (McGill University): a US perspective - the reaction of the US government and US MNC's
	Anna Gunn (Leiden University): an EU perspective - the reaction of the EU Member States and EU MNC's
15:00- 15:30	Break
15:30- 17:00	Session 3 - Compliance of states with new norms of international taxation
	Carla De Pietro (Tilburg University and University of Bologna): Implementation of the OECD BEPS measures (Action 6) in the light of the relationship between international and EU law.

More details and registration information are here.