Agenda Day 2, November 19, 2026: (see Agenda Day 1) (back to Event Summary)
09.00 – Opening Remarks from the Chair
Michael Graf, Partner, Dentons
09.00 – 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
Antonio Carlos Erbalato Jr., Global Tax Director – Indirect Tax, Reckitt
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 – Successful Cooperation Procedures for Increasing Tax Certainty with Tax Authorities
Massimo Mojana, Head of Tax Life Tech Platform, IMI
Nurten Ozbas, International Tax Director EMEA, Uber
Sandra Hazan, Tax Partner, Dentons (moderator)
Dennis Kamps, Global Direct Tax & Transfer Pricing Leader, Ayden
12.10 – panel: M&A Tax and Tax Structuring Challenges and Risk Management
Linda Pfatteicher, Partner, Dentons (moderator)
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
Guillermo De Alba, Group Head of Tax and Transfer Pricing, Sarens
12.50 – Lunch Break
13.50 - 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
Charif Guemmout, Senior Director Tax, Uber
Rafael Melo, Tax – Transfer Pricing Director, WPP
Dennis Kamps, Global Direct Tax & Transfer Pricing Leader, Ayden
Hawras Bapeer, Global Transfer Pricing & Transformation Manager, Adyen
14.30 – Implications of the updated OECD Model Tax Convention and its Commentary on Home Office Permanent Establishments
Daniel Felderer, VP Group Tax, Borouge International
15.10 – What We have Learned from Pillar 2 Filings in June and How to do December Better?
Johann Muller, Senior Transfer Pricing Expert
15.50 – Closing Remarks from the Chair and End of Forum