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Monday 15 June 2026

Tuesday 16 June 2026

Presenter biographies

6:00 PM

WELCOME TRAVELLING DELEGATES DINNER

6HEAD, Bay 10 & 11, Campbell’s Stores, 7-27 Circular Quay W, The Rocks

8:30 AM

REGISTRATION

Foyer (Lobby Level)

Arrival tea and coffee

9:00 AM

WELCOME ADDRESS

Grand Ballroom (Lobby Level)
Michelle de Niese (CTA)

9:10 AM

PLENARY 1 – International tax, the geopolitical environment and how this is reshaping international tax strategy for Australia’s largest corporate taxpayers

Grand Ballroom (Lobby Level)
James Nickless and Christina Sahyoun (PwC)

10:05 AM

PLENARY 2 – From Data to Decisions: AI’s Role in Modern Tax Leadership

Grand Ballroom (Lobby Level)
Daniel Levin and Theo Denovan (PwC)

11:00 AM

MORNING TEA

Foyer (Lobby Level)

11:30 AM

PLENARY 3 – The Corporate Tax Landscape – What Tax Teams Need to Know Now (and Next): The 12-Month Outlook

Grand Ballroom (Lobby Level)
Cameron Blackwood, Angelina Lagana and Costa Koutsis (Corrs Chambers Westgarth), Jasmine Leonard (Rio Tinto), Stephen Southon (NAB)

12:30 PM

LUNCH – MODE Restaurant (Lobby Level)

Guest speaker: Stephen Walters (Optimal Economics)

Sponsored by Corrs Chambers Westgarth

2:00 – 2:55 PM

BREAKOUTS | SESSION 1

BREAKOUT 1 – Residential Suite (Level 2) – Strategies for Managing Tax Litigation

Hugh Paynter (Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer) and Kristen Deards SC (Banco Chambers)

BREAKOUT 2 – Grand Ballroom (Lobby Level) – The New Thin Cap Regime and Debt Deduction Creation rules: Operating in Practice

Luke Imbriano and Simon Mifsud (Corrs Chambers Westgarth)

BREAKOUT 3 – Studio 2 & 3 (Level 2) – Who’s Who in the ATO – stakeholder management, escalation points and other administration issues (repeats on Tuesday)

Adrian Varrasso and Stephen Chen (MinterEllison)

3:00 – 3:55 PM

BREAKOUTS | SESSION 2

BREAKOUT 4 – Grand Ballroom (Lobby Level) – Beyond the Judgment: Practical Implications of Recent Tax Cases

Hamish Wallace and Elissa Romanin (MinterEllison)

BREAKOUT 5 – Residential Suite (Level 2) – Transfer pricing controversy: Strategies to avoid, manage and resolve disputes in an AI world

Dritton Jemmalay, Ben Lannan and Brad Edwards (TP advisory + benchmark)

BREAKOUT 6 – Studio 2 & 3 (Level 2) – Indirect Tax clauses – Practical Issues

Janet Cho and Rhys Jewell (Corrs Chambers Westgarth)

4:00 PM

CLOSE OF DAY ONE DRINKS & CANAPES – GRAIN Bar (Lobby Level)

Sponsored by MinterEllison

6:00 PM

CONVENTION DINNER

Luna Lu
Bays 4 & 5, Ground Level, Campbell’s Cove, 7-27 Circular Quay W, The Rocks

Sponsored by PwC

8:30 AM

REGISTRATION

Foyer (Lobby Level)

Arrival tea and coffee

9:00 – 9:55 AM

BREAKOUTS | SESSION 3

BREAKOUT 7 – Grand Ballroom (Lobby Level) – Structures, Deals and Decisions – M&A and Capital Management in a Pillar Two World

Jayde Thompson and Hang Vo (Alvarez & Marsal)

BREAKOUT 8 – Residential Suite (Level 2) – What have we learnt about signing settlement deeds with the ATO?

Martin Fry (Allens)

BREAKOUT 9 – Studio 2 & 3 (Level 2) – Tax & Accounting Update

Patrice Farmer (BDO)

10:00 – 10:55 AM

BREAKOUTS | SESSION 4

BREAKOUT 10 – Grand Ballroom (Lobby Level) – Managing the Myriad of Transparency Measures including Corporate Tax Transparency, Public CbC and the Voluntary Tax Transparency Code

Chris Vanderkley and Georgie Hockings (PwC), Adele Raj-Manning (Endeavour Group)

BREAKOUT 11 – Residential Suite (Level 2) – Who’s Who in the ATO - stakeholder management, escalation points and other administration issues (repeat session)

Adrian Varrasso and Stephen Chen (MinterEllison)

BREAKOUT 12 – Studio 2 & 3 (Level 2) – A new era of employment taxes: Payday Super, FBT and other things you need to know

Amanda Spinks and Alston Kam (Alvarez & Marsal)

11:00 AM

MORNING TEA

11:30 AM

PLENARY 4 – A prognosis for Part IVA and anti-avoidance

Grand Ballroom (Lobby Level)

Joanna Black and Shahzeb Panhwar (Alvarez & Marsal)
Chloe Burnett SC (Sixth Floor Selborne Wentworth Chambers)
Mark Friezer (ATO GAAR Panel External Consultant)

12:30 PM

LUNCH – MODE Restaurant (Lobby Level)

Guest speaker: Jana Pittman (Olympian)

Sponsored by Alvarez & Marsal

2:00 PM

PLENARY 5 – Global trends in GST

Grand Ballroom (Lobby Level)
Andrew Sommer (Mallesons)

3:00 PM

PLENARY 6 – The Tax System We Have, The Tax System We Need

Grand Ballroom (Lobby Level)

Hon David Bradbury (Chair, Board of Taxation)
Professor Miranda Stewart (New York University School of Law)
Michael Brennan (Chief Executive Officer, E61)

4:00 PM

Closing Address

Grand Ballroom (Lobby Level)
Darren Day (Woolworths)