| Time | Session | Speaker | Description |
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8:30 - 9:20
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Registration & Coffee | ||
| 9.20 - 9.30 | Welcome | Why Europe, Why Now: Europe at the Heart of Global Tax Innovation |
Laura Clayton McDonnell, President, Corporates, Thomson Reuters |
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| 9:30 - 10:10 | Reuters News Panel | Trade, Tax, and the Re‑Wiring of Global Power |
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10:10 - 10:30
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Designing the Rules of the Game: The Next Generation of Tax Control Frameworks | Eduardo Jimenez, VAT Policy Adviser, OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration | |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | Refreshment Break | ||
| 10:50 - 11:30 | From “We’re Fine” to Future‑Ready: A ViDA Benchmark & Fix‑It Session |
Matthew Snoding, EU Commission: DG TAXUD
Michelle Nesbitt-Burrell, Thomson Reyters Institute Laurence Pollinsky, Thomson Reuters
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Interactive session: benchmark your ViDA readiness based around TRI ViDA readiness survey insights and Laurence Pollinsky gives practical advice to businesses looking to ‘tool up’ |
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11:30 - 11:50 |
Touchless. Intelligent. Connected. Embedded: How AI-Powered Tax Automation is Transforming Tax Compliance |
Ray Grove, Thomson Reuters
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11:50 - 12:00 |
Room changeover for Breakouts | ||
| 12:00 - 12:30 |
BREAKOUT SESSION
From 3 Days to 1: How JLL Achieved 60% Tax Workload Reduction Through Strategic Automation
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Kevin Escott, - Senior Director, Corporate Functions Technology, Jones Lang LaSalle
Lianne Bowker, Thomson Reuters
Kirsty Kerr, Thomson Reuters
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| 12:00 - 12:30 |
BREAKOUT SESSION
Driving Efficiency; Reducing Risk; Embracing Governance: How Customers are Making Strategic Automation Pay
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Andrew Hay, Thomson Reuters
Richard, GE Healthcare
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How automation supports the direct tax and stat reporting compliance journey followed by an interview with GE Healthcare
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| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch break | ||
| 14:00 - 14:25 | The Road to 2029: HMRC on the UK’S E-invoicing Mandate |
Rachel Stirrat, HMRC
Phil Bailey, Thomson Reuters
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| 14:25 - 14:50 | All Eyes On Ireland: Europe’s Early Test Case for Tax, Finance, and IT Alignment |
Karen Dunne, Ireland Revenue Authority
Stephen Tucker, Thomson Reuters
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| 14:50 - 15:00 | Room changeover for Breakouts | ||
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
BREAKOUT SESSION The IDC's View: Managing Complexity Across Global E-Invoicing Mandates |
Bo Lykkegaard, IDC
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| 15:00 - 15:30 |
BREAKOUT SESSION
Global Minimum Tax: From Compliance Pressure to Strategic
Readiness |
Josh Allen, Thomson Reuters
Jeroen, Orbitax
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Panel discussion on how leading companies are responding, from governance and data readiness to process design, technology enablement, and the path to scalable compliance.
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| 15:30 - 15:45 | Room changeover for plenaries | ||
| 15:45 - 16:10 | Reinventing the Single Market: Europe’s Digital Blueprint for Business | Carmen Ciciriello, EU Commission: DG GROW | |
| 16:10 - 16:45 | Keynote | ||
| 16:45 - 19:00 | Networking reception | Product demos etc. |
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