Agenda Day 2, November 19, 2026: (see Agenda Day 1) (back to Event Summary)
09.00 – Tax Risk Management in the Age of AI – a Tax Administration Perspective
· Use of AI in risk analysis and control planning
· Automated decision-making in low risk cases
· Utilisation of AI in tax payer data analysis and in audit process
· Importance of digitalized, machine-readable data
Sami Koskinen, Director, Stakeholder Relations, Finnish Tax Administration
09.40 – Transforming the Tax Function
· Preparing systems/processes for automation
· Fixing masterdata (fighting with garbage-in-garbage-out) and remapping tax
· Structuring your tax teams towards digitalization and e-invoicing
Ingeborg Bosman-Molenaar, VP Tax, Global Tax Operations Lead, Cargill
10.20 – Operational Excellence of a Tax Function
· Tax Function plan; Knowing your objectives and the processes and assets you need to accomplish those
· Tax Strategy; More than just a quote on the view towards compliance and/or tax planning, but your short and long time view on reaching your objectives
· Setting the scene; What is your tax landscape, a first step in your ‘Tax Control Framework’
Julian Oldaker, Chief Tax Officer, Medtronic
11.00 – Morning Coffee and Networking
11.30 - Tax Department Transformations to Stay Ahead of the Global Tax Developments
· Objectives and benefits
· Central/de-central model
· Outsourcing/co-sourcing and insourcing
· Technology and automation aspects
Michel Maenen, Managing Director Tax, Fedex
12.10 – Digitalisation of Taxation & Tax Department Operations
· Road to automated tax processes
· Impact on reporting
· Operationalizing and automating tax controls
· Enhanced collaboration based on mutual benefits with the internal and external stakeholders of in-house tax
· Improve tax compliance processes for data collection and reporting requirements
Michael Ludlow, Head Group Tax, Lloyd’s
12.50 – AI and Automation Implementation
· Current use cases of AI and Agentic AI in our tax departments
· Practical examples of usage in your day-to-day work
Tim Mathey, Sr Dir International Tax, Electronic Arts (EA)
Jonathan Lacey, Director of International Tax Affairs, Microsoft
Charif Guemmout, Senior Director Tax, Uber
Nurten Ozbas, International Tax Director EMEA, Uber
13.30 – Lunch Break
14.30 - Upcoming Tax Policy Changes Post De-Globalization and in Midst of Fiscal Deficit Spiral
Lukasz Kubicki, Head of Group Tax, Selecta Group
15.00 – Successful Cooperation Procedures for Increasing Tax Certainty with Tax Authorities
· Bilaterial APAs as a strategy for obtaining certainty
· Unilateral APAs and the current risks involved
· Strategies and advice for a quicker and successful
· APA process
Aaron Meneghin, Head of Group Tax, Valentino
Charif Guemmout, Senior Director Tax, Uber
Nurten Ozbas, International Tax Director EMEA, Uber
15.30 – Brief Coffee and Networking
15.40 – panel: M&A Tax and Tax Structuring Challenges and Risk Management
Krishna Gupta, Global Head of Transfer Pricing, DSM Firmenich
Ravid Barzilay, VP Global Tax, Teva Pharmaceuticals
Dalton Hirata, Head of Corporate Tax Governance and M&A, RHI Magnesita
Rishi Gainda, Senior Director Tax Transformation and Technology, Unilever
Guillermo De Alba, Group Head of Tax and Transfer Pricing, Sarens
16.20 – What We have Learned from Pillar 2 Filings in June and How to do December Better?
Johann Muller, Senior Transfer Pricing Expert
16.50 – Closing Remarks from the Chair and End of Forum