Finalising and Implementing the BEPS Agenda Program Monday 17 November 8:30 Registration. Coffee and pastries 9:00 The BEPS project Pascal Saint Amans, OECD Richard Vann, Sydney University. A stocktake of work to date and an assessment of the future 10:30 Morning tea 11:15 Miranda Stewart, ANU. Themes of abuse and the digital economy in BEPS Jacques Sasseville, OECD. Commentator 12:15 Lunch 1:15 Actions 8, 9, 10, 13. Transfer pricing Mitchell Kane, NYU. Labor rents and 'developing' countries: Where’s the BEPS? Michelle Markham, Bond. Commentator 2:15 Action 4. Interest and base-eroding payments Chloe Burnett, Sydney University. Arm's length interest - close to hand David Duff, University of British Columbia. Toward a comprehensive approach to base erosion through the deduction of interest expenses 3:15 Afternoon tea 3:45 Action 2. Hybrid instruments and entities Graeme Cooper, Sydney University. Co-ordinating inconsistent choices: hybrids John Prebble, Victoria University of Wellington. Commentator 4:45 Action 11. Evidence DP Sengupta, Principal Consultant, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, India. Base erosion and profit shifting - an Indian perspective Wei Cui, University of British Columbia. A critical review of proposals for destinationbased income taxation 7:00 Dinner Tuesday 18 November 8:30 Coffee and pastries 9:00 Actions 1, 7. PE issues Antony Ting, Sydney University. The politics of BEPS - What does Apple's international tax structure reveal? Dale Pinto, Curtin University. A preliminary analysis of the potential options to address the tax challenges raised by the digital economy 10:30 Actions 6, 15. Treaties Jacques Sasseville, OECD. Abuse of tax treaties Lyn Redman, Greg Woods, Australian Treasury. Commentators 11:00 Morning tea 11:30 Actions 12, 13. Information Diane Ring, Boston College. Transparency, disclosure and developing countries Craig Elliffe, University of Auckland. Commentator 12:30 Lunch 1:30 Action 14. Dispute resolution Jonathon Spencer, ATO. Improving tax treaty dispute resolution – Lessons from Australia Micah Burch, University of Sydney. Commentator 2:30 BEPS implementation and national interest issues Andrew Mills, ATO. Some Thoughts on Implementing the BEPS Agenda in Australian Law David Pearl, Treasury. BEPS - A policy adviser's perspective 3:30 BEPS and developing countries Caroline Malcolm, Counsellor to the Director and Deputy Director, CTPA Carmel Peters, IRD NZ. Commentator 4:30 Close