| Day 1 |
| 09.00 – 10.00 |
Registration & Coffee |
| 10.00 – 10.15 |
Roy Rohatgi (Conference Director), Welcome to the conference |
| Session One |
| 10.15 – 13.00 |
SUBJECT: INTERNATIONAL TAX PRINCIPLES |
| Chairman |
Sohrab Dastur, Senior Advocate, India |
| 10.15 – 11.45 |
Special Speaker
Professor Arvid Skaar, Professor at the Norwegian School of Management The Role of Permanent Establishment in the International Community(Presentation & Questions)
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| 11.45– 12.25 |
Pinakin Desai, Partner, P D Desai & Co., India Permanent Establishment under Indian Tax Laws and Practices
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| 12.25 – 12.45 |
Panel Discussion and Questions |
| 12.45 – 13.00 |
Chairman’s Remarks |
| 13.00 – 14.00 |
Lunch |
| Session Two |
| 14.00 – 18.00 |
SUBJECT: OVERSEAS TAXATION |
| Chairman |
Shailesh Haribhakti, Partner, Haribhakti & Co., India |
| 14.00 – 14.40 |
John Esther, Director (Business Development), Seychelles International Business Authority International Tax Planning through Seychelles
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| 14.40 – 15.20 |
Christiano Medori, International Tax Manager, Intrust Limited, United Kingdom United Kingdom as a Base for International Holding Companies
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| 15.20 – 16.00 |
Deborah Annells, CitiGroup Private Bank, Hong Kong International Tax Planning for Private Wealth in Asia |
| 16.00 – 16.30 |
Panel discussion and questions |
| 16.30 – 17.00 |
Tea |
| 17.00 – 17.40 |
The Use of Mauritius Trusts in International Tax Planningies |
| 18.30 – 22.00 |
Cocktails and Dinner (Sonsored by The Financial Services Promotion Agency, Mauritius) |
| Day 2 |
| Session Three |
| 10.30 – 13.00 |
SUBJECT: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS |
| Chairman |
Dinesh Kanabar, Partner, RSM & Co, India |
| 10.30 – 11.10 |
Cancelled |
| 11.10 – 11.50 |
Carol Dunahoo, Director, International Taxation, Internal Revenue Service, United States (no slide presentation) The Role of the Competent Authority in International Taxation |
| 11.50 – 12.30 |
David Partington, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris (France) Recent OECD Developments in International Taxation
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| 12.30 – 13.00 |
Discussion and Questions |
| 13.00 – 14.00 |
Lunch |
| Session Four |
| THE USE OF TAX TREATIES |
| 14.00 – 18.30 |
SUBJECT: PERMANENT ESTABLISHMENT |
| Chairman |
Nawshir Mirza, Director, Ernst & Young Private Limited, India |
| 14.00 – 14.40 |
Bart Kosters, Head of Asia-Pacific Research Team, International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation, The Netherlands The Independent/Dependent Agent as a Permanent Establishment
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| 14.40 – 15.20 |
Walter Raineri, Partner, Fenwick & West, United States Attribution of Income to a United States Permanent Establishment
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| 15.20 – 16.00 |
Edmund Leow, Baker McKenzie Wong & Loew, Singapore Permanent Establishment Issues in Electronic Commerce
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| 16.00 – 16.30 |
Panel Discussion and Questions |
| 16.30 – 17.00 |
Tea |
| 17.00 – 18.30 |
Discussion – Does Permanent Establishment have a Future? A panel discussion led by Professor Arvid Skaar and other conference speakers. |
| 18.15 – 18.30 |
Concluding Remarks |
| End of Conference |
