Global IFA Travelling Lectureship Programme 2025

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Daniel Gutmann (France)

Opening words:
Prof. Dr. Guglielmo Maisto, Global IFA President
Prof. Dr. Xaver Ditz, IFA Germany President

Moderation and introduction to the scientific programme:
Prof. Dr. Robert J. DANON, Chair of IFA's Permanent Scientific Committee

Panel discussion:
Dr. Nadia Altenburg, Lawyer/Tax Advisor, Managing Partner Bluebird Legal & Tax
Dr. Jan Rieck, Tax Policy Officer, German Federal, Ministry of Finance
Dr. Hella Schmidt-Naschke, Head of Tax, DB Group; CFO of Deutsche Bahn Foundation gGmbH

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Daniel Gutmann (France)

Opening words:
Prof. Dr. Guglielmo Maisto, Global IFA President
Bernard Peeters, IFA Belgium President
Prof. Daniel Garabedian, ULB

Moderation and introduction to the scientific programme:
Prof. Dr. Robert J. DANON, Chair of IFA's Permanent Scientific Committee

Keynote speech:
Benjamin Angel (EU)

Panel discussion:
Dennis Beyers (Head Of Tax, UCB)
Angie Clocheret (FPS Finance) 
Tom Jansen (Fiscal Counsellor of the Belgian Delegation at the OECD

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Joachim Englisch (Germany)

Opening words:
Prof. Dr. Guglielmo Maisto, Global IFA President
Michael Kandev, IFA Canada President

Moderation and introduction to the scientific programme:
Prof. Dr. Robert J. DANON, Chair of IFA's Permanent Scientific Committee

Panel discussion:
Patrick Marley, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Sue Wooles, Bank of Montreal

Location:
EY
100 Adelaide Street West
Toronto,ON M5H 0B3

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Joachim Englisch (Germany)

Opening words:
Prof. Dr. Guglielmo Maisto, Global IFA President
Peter Glicklich, IFA USA President
Dirk Suringa, IFA USA Vice President

Scientific agenda:
Prof. Dr. Robert J. DANON, Chair of the Global IFAPermanent Scientific Committee

Panel discussion:
Patrick Brown, Co-Leader of PwC's Washington National Tax Services Practice
Chip Harter, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, US Treasury Department
Tom Roesser, Tax Policy Council, Microsoft

Location: 
Holland & Knight 
800 17th Street N.W. 
Suite 1100 
Washington, DC

Lecturer: Dr. Giammarco Cottani (United Arab Emirates/ The Netherlands)

Opening words:
Prof. Dr. Guglielmo Maisto, Global IFA President
Mr. PVSS Prasad, IFA India President

Moderation and introduction to the scientific programme:
Prof. Dr. Robert J. DANON, Chair of IFA's Permanent Scientific Committee

Panel discussion:
Mr. Himanshu Parekh, KPMG
Mr. Shyam Nori, Head of Tax - ROW and India, MYLAN Laboratories Ltd
Mr. Chetan Rao IRS, CIT Transfer Pricing, Delhi

Lecturers: Dr. Giammarco Cottani (United Arab Emirates/ The Netherlands), Prof. Dr. Christian Kaeser (Germany)

Opening words:
Prof. Dr. Guglielmo Maisto, Global IFA President
Vikna Rajah, IFA Singapore President

Moderation and introduction to the scientific programme:
Prof. Dr. Robert J. DANON, Chair of IFA's Permanent Scientific Committee

Panel discussion: 
Darren Koh, Associate Professor, Vice Dean and Head - Master of Taxation Programme at Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS)
Luis Coronado, Partner, EY Global Tax Controversy Leader and Global Transfer Pricing Leader
Joanne Tan, Tax Director at Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS)

Lecturer: Christian  Kaeser (Germany)

Opening words:
Prof. Dr. Guglielmo Maisto, Global IFA President
Mr. Seok Hwan Kim, IFA Korea President

Moderation and introduction to the scientific programme:
Prof. Dr. Robert J. DANON, Chair of IFA's Permanent Scientific Committee

Panel discussion
Ms. Moon Kyun Cho, Ministry of Economy and Finance
Mr. Kyu Dong Kim, Tax Partner, Yulchon LLC
Ms. Mi Jung Lee, Director of International Tax, Coupang

Language: Spanish

Lecturer: Andrés Sánchez Iglesias (Spain)

Opening words:
Prof. Dr. Guglielmo Maisto, Global IFA President
Alejandro E. Messineo, IFA Argentina President

Moderation:
Prof. Dr. Adolfo Martín Jiménez, Vice-Chair of IFA's Permanent Scientific Committee

Panel discussion:
Claudia Balestrini, Ministry of Economy of Argentina, Undersecretary of Public Revenue
Maria Sol Gutierrez, Grupo Techint, Pillar II team
Carlos Protto, Ministry of Economy of Argentina, Director of International Tax Relations
Gabriela Rigoni, Lisicki, Litvin & Abelovich, Partner

Location:
Auditorio AAEF
Av. Julio A. Roca 751, planta baja
Buenos Aires 

Lecturer: Andrés Sánchez Iglesias  (Spain)

Opening words:
Prof. Dr. Guglielmo Maisto, Global IFA President
Gustavo Brigagão, IFA Brazil/ ABFD Honorary President
Marcos Catão, IFA Brazil/ ABFD

Carlos Adolfo Teixeira Duarte, IFA Brazil/ ABFD, Member of the Board

Moderation:
Prof. Dr. Adolfo Martín Jiménez, Vice-Chair of IFA's Permanent Scientific Committee

Panel Discussion:
Sergio André Rocha, Vice President of the Brazilian IFA Branch (ABDF), Tax Advisor 
Daniel Prates, Coordinator of International Taxation at the Brazilian Federal Revenue Service

Location: 
Anne Frank Theater | Hebraica Club
SP R. Hungria, 1000 - Pinheiros

Lecturer: Andrés Sánchez Iglesias (Spain)

Opening words:
Natalia Quiñones, Global IFA Vice President
Juan Carlos Vidal, IFA Peru President

Moderation:
Prof. Dr. Adolfo Martín Jiménez, Vice-Chair of IFA's Permanent Scientific Committee

Panel discussion:
Javier Barrios, PWC
Verónica Febres, Tax Director, Alicorp
Tania Quispe, +Value, Senior Partner, Former Superintendent at the Peruvian Tax Administration (SUNAT)

Location:
PwC, Av. Santo Toribio 143
San Isidro, 15073

Time: 17:00-19:30, local time
Language: English

Lecturer: Prof. Stephen Shay

Opening words:
Prof. Dr. Guglielmo Maisto, Global IFA President
Prof. Johann Hattingh, IFA South Africa President

Opening Scientific Agenda:
Prof. Dr. Adolfo Martín Jiménez, Vice-Chair of IFA's Permanent Scientific Committee

Moderation:
Prof. Johann Hattingh, IFA South Africa President

Panel members:
Dr. Emil Brincker, Director and Head of Tax & Exchange Control, Cliffe Decker Hofmeyr Inc.
Ms. Karen Gale, Head of International Tax, FirstRand Group.
Mr. Franz Tomasek, South African Revenue Service, Head of Legislative Policy

Location:
Webber Wentzel
90 Rivonia Road 
Sandton, Johannesburg

Time: 17:00-19:30, local time
Language: English

Lecturer:
Prof. Stephen Shay

Opening words:
Prof. Dr. Guglielmo Maisto, Global IFA President
Mr. Dapo Ladimeji, IFA Nigeria President

Moderation:
Prof. Dr. Adolfo Martín Jiménez, Vice-Chair of IFA's Permanent Scientific Committee

Panel members:
Mr. Dapo Ladimeji
Mrs. Ifueko Okauru
Mr. Theophilus Emuwa

Location:
The Radisson Blu Anchorage Hotel
Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue,
Victoria Island, Lagos