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Monday 13 October

Tuesday 14 October

Presenter biographies

6:00 PM

WELCOME TRAVELLING DELEGATES DINNER

THE  EUROPEAN, TEAROOM, 161 Spring Street, Melbourne

9:00 AM

REGISTRATION

BALLROOM FOYER – LOWER LOBBY (LEVEL 5 IF USING THE LIFT)

Arrival tea and coffee

9:30 AM

WELCOME

Jerome Wood (Commonwealth Bank) – CTA President

9:40 AM

SETTING THE SCENE – THE AUSTRALIAN TAX AND POLITICAL LANDSCAPE

Stephen Smith (Deloitte Access Economics)
John Kehoe (Australian Financial Review)

Michelle de Niese (CTA)

10:00 AM

PLENARY 1 – TAX IN THE TIME OF TRUMP POST PEPSICO

David Watkins, Sharon Murray and Chris Ferguson (Deloitte)

10:40 AM

MORNING TEA

BALLROOM FOYER – LOWER LOBBY (LEVEL 5)

11:10 AM

PLENARY 2 – MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS AND REORGANISATIONS IN A PILLAR TWO WORLD: WHAT WORKS, WHAT HURTS, WHAT DRAINS (AND HOW TO NAVIGATE WITH THE EVOLVING US/G7 DEAL)

Jayde Thompson, Tim Edwards, Hang Vo and Shahzeb Panhwar (Alvarez & Marsal)

12:00 PM

PLENARY 3 – A CASELAW UPDATE

Carmen McElwain, Jeremy Geale and Rimma Miller (MinterEllison)

1:00 PM

LUNCH – TRILOGY – LOBBY LEVEL (GROUND FLOOR)

Guest Speaker: John Kehoe (Australian Financial Review)

Sponsored by Alvarez & Marsal

2:30 PM

SESSION 1

BREAKOUT 1 – Ballroom – PILLAR TWO – READY OR NOT, HERE IT COMES

Amelia Teng and Manu Sriskantharajah (Deloitte)

BREAKOUT 2 – Fairmont 1 – INTERNATIONAL TAX DEVELOPMENTS: UN CONVENTION, OVERSEAS TAX REFORM, TRANSPARENCY, PUBLIC CBC REPORTING

Stuart Landsberg and Georgie Hockings (PwC)

BREAKOUT 3 – Fairmont 2 – INDIRECT TAX CLAUSES - PRACTICAL ISSUES

Tom Tian (Allens)

3:30 PM

SESSION 2

BREAKOUT 4 – Ballroom – FROM FIZZ TO FLAT – THE LATEST ON INTANGIBLES IN A POST-PEPSICO WORLD

Shahzeb Panhwar, Jayde Thompson, Wayne Plummer (Alvarez & Marsal)

BREAKOUT 5 – Fairmont 1 – MANAGING TAXPAYER AND ADVISOR ENGAGEMENTS IN A POST-TAX LEAKS WORLD

Luke Furness and Mathew Fenwick (Clayton Utz)

BREAKOUT 6 – Fairmont 2 – THE NEW TRANSFER PRICING PLAYBOOK: BALANCING REGULATOR TRUST, CONTROL AND COMMERCIAL OUTCOMES IN AN ERA OF DEBT AND INTANGIBLES

Dritton Jemmalay, Brad Edwards (former ATO Assistant Commissioner) and Angelina Lagana (Corrs Chambers Westgarth)

4:30 PM

CLOSE OF DAY ONE DRINKS & CANAPES – BALLROOM FOYER – LOWER LOBBY

Sponsored by Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

6:30 PM

DRINKS & DINNER

LONGRAIN – 44 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne

Sponsored by Deloitte

8:30 AM

REGISTRATION

BALLROOM FOYER – LOWER LOBBY

Arrival tea and coffee

9:00 AM

SESSION 3

BREAKOUT 7 – Ballroom – CURRENT TAX ISSUES IN CAPTIAL MANAGEMENT AND M&A

Elissa Romanin and Tim Lynch (MinterEllison)

BREAKOUT 8 – Fairmont 1 – 2025 TAX AND ACCOUNTING UPDATE

Ronen Vexler and Lisa Steadman (PwC)

BREAKOUT 9 – Fairmont 2 – 2025 FBT/EMPLOYMENT TAXES UPDATE

Stefanie Merlino and James Trainor (BDO)

10:00 AM

SESSION 4

BREAKOUT 10 – Ballroom – LET’S CHATCTA – HARNESSING AI IN TAX

Stephen Chen and Bastian Gasser (MinterEllison)

BREAKOUT 11 – Fairmont 1 – 2025 TAX AND ACCOUNTING UPDATE (REPEAT SESSION)

Ronen Vexler and Lisa Steadman (PwC)

BREAKOUT 12 – Fairmont 2 – ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ON THIN CAP – BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK (FINAL PCGS ETC)

Cameron Blackwood and Luke Imbriano (Corrs Chambers Westgarth)

11:00 AM

MORNING TEA

BALLROOM FOYER – LOWER LOBBY

11:30 AM

PLENARY 4 – PRACTICAL INSIGHTS ON OBTAINING CERTAINTY WITH THE ATO AND SRO – FROM EARLY ENGAGEMENT, TO REVIEWS AND AUDITS, THE DISPUTE PROCESS, SETTLEMENT AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN

BALLROOM FOYER – LOWER LOBBY

Hugh Paynter, Ryan Leslie and Jinny Chaimungkalanont (Herbert Smith Freehills)

12:30 PM

LUNCH – TRILOGY – LEVEL B

Guest speaker: Mick Colliss

Sponsored by MinterEllison

2:00 PM

PLENARY 5 – INDIRECT TAX: INTERNATIONAL UPDATE WITH AUSTRALIA IN THE SPOTLIGHT

BALLROOM FOYER – LOWER LOBBY

Candice Barnett, Geoff Mann, Kati Pedersen and Justin Ward (Deloitte)

3:00 PM

PLENARY 6 – ATO ADDRESS

BALLROOM FOYER – LOWER LOBBY

Commissioner Rob Heferen and Deputy Commissioner, Public Groups, Rebecca Saint (ATO)

4:00 PM

CLOSING COMMENTS – DAY TWO

Darren Day (Woolworths) – CTA Vice President