Agenda Day 1, March 13th, 2025: (see Agenda Day 2) (back to Event Summary)
(time zone used is Central European Time)
08.30 – Registration and Coffee
09.00 – Opening Remarks from the Chair
Suzanne den Breems, Principal, Practice Leader, VAT Consulting and Recovery, Ryan
09.20 – Keynote Presentation: e-Billing and Real Time VAT Reporting
Usage of e-invoicing and the Peppol 5-Corner Model for Continuous Transaction Controls
Gerard Soisson, Coordinator for Programmes, Ministry for Digitalisation, Luxembourg
10.00 - Managing ESG in Indirect Taxes
· Responsible tax and increased tax transparency
· Tax’s role in a sustainable supply chain
· Publishing a comprehensive report that shows a responsible approach to tax:
· Paying a fair amount of tax (visually presenting the taxes incurred) including indirect taxes
· Engaging with stakeholders (to demonstrate transparency)
· Managing tax risks and compliance challenges
Miodrag Antonijevic, Senior Indirect Tax Manager Switzerland, Swiss Re
10.40 – Sponsor session
11.20 – Morning Coffee and Networking
11.50 – The Human Challenge in Indirect Tax: Skills, Change and Agility
· Training and retaining people with the right skills
· Embedding change management in the skillsets of tax teams, and helping them to be change agents
· How tax managers can get plugged into the knowledge and fast pace of regulatory and technological change
· Transforming people’s roles in ITX
· Talent development and retention
Greta Gerardt, Head of Indirect Tax, Evonik
12.30 – Sponsor Session
13.10 – Lunch Break
14.10 – Practical Implications of a Move Toward e-compliance and Continuous Transaction Control (CTC) with Authorities Today
· Main barriers to compliance for tax teams with a changing taxation landscape
· The importance of data quality and accuracy in tax compliance
Oliver Sachtleben, Head of Indirect Taxes, BAUHAUS (topic to be re-confirmed)
14.50 – Industry Adoption of e-Invoices and e-Reporting Challenges
· Dealing with Tax Authorities having a Better View of your Company’s Data via e-Reporting and e-Invoicing than your own Tax Function
· IT infrastructure of the tax authorities
· Solution assessments ( New tool, AI applications and empowering enterprises current ERP systems)
· e-invoicing for Intercompany invoices
· Progress of experiences with implementing e-invoicing
· Structuring your indirect tax teams towards e-invoicing
Daniela Schroeder, Global Business Process Owner, Tax Technology & Projects, Henkel
Hazel Ang, International Tax Manager, Tax Technology Team, Henkel
15.30 – How to Deploy a Tax Engine: a Corporate Perspective
· This session is an unbiased and frank presentation on a multinational enterprises journey towards implementing a tax engine: What led to the decision, what where the struggles in the deployment, and what are the lessons learned going forward
Juergen Wendel, FSSC Global Transaction Tax Process and Design Owner, HP
Gorka Echevarria, Global VAT Leader, Lexmark
16.10 – Afternoon Coffee and Networking
16.40 – Tax Engine Implementation in 60 Countries and Lessons Learned
Keiko Iwakawa, Global Indirect Tax Practice Lead, Hitachi Energy
17.20 – The Use of S4 HANA to Improve our VAT Reporting and Face the Challenges of New Country Real Time Reporting
Helena Crombez, Global Product Owner Indirect Tax, BASF
Shravan Sampath, Senior Manager – Indirect Tax Reporting, Zalando
18.00 - Closing Remarks from the Chair and End of Day 1
Drinks Reception and Networking
19.00 - 3-Course Dinner (included for all delegates and speakers)