2011 IFA International Tax Seminar
Thursday May 19-Friday May 20, 2011
Meeting Room 206, North Building
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 255 Front Street West, Toronto ON
Co-Chairs:
Steve Suarez, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Toronto
Terry McDowell, Ernst & Young LLP, Toronto
| Emerging Issues in Tax Treaties | ||
| Moderator: | Albert Baker, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Vancouver | |
| Panel: | Shawn Porter, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Toronto | |
| Angelo Nikolakakis, Couzin Taylor LLP (allied with Ernst & Young LLP), Montreal | ||
| Working with Partnerships in a Cross-Border Context | ||
| Moderator: | Brian Mustard, KPMG LLP, Montreal | |
| Panel: | Marc Ton-That, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Toronto | |
| Michael McLaren, Thorsteinssons LLP, Vancouver | ||
| Tax Issues in Developing Economies (Brazil, Chile) | ||
| Moderator: | Terry McDowell, Ernst & Young LLP, Toronto | |
| Panel: | Michael W. Colborne, Thorsteinssons LLP, Toronto | |
| Ricardo Escobar, Ernst & Young LLP, Santiago Chile | ||
| Antonio Abreu, Di Blasi, Parente, Vaz e Dias, São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| OECD Update and U.S. Developments | ||
| Moderator: | Brian Bloom, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Montreal | |
| Panel: | Steve Ruby, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Toronto | |
| Dennis Metzler, Deloitte & Touche LLP | ||
| Government Roundtables | ||
| Department of Finance | ||
| Moderators: | Robert Raizenne, Osler, Hoskins & Harcourt LLP, Montreal | |
| Brian Mustard, KPMG LLP, Montreal | ||
| Panelists: | Brian Ernewein, Director, Tax Legislation Division, Department of Finance Canada | |
| Alain Castonguay, Department of Finance Canada | ||
| Canada Revenue Agency | ||
| Moderators: | Ronald K. Durand, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Toronto | |
| Stephen W. Bowman, Bennett Jones LLP, Toronto | ||
| Panelists: | Shelley Lewis, Senior rulings Officer, International and Trusts Division, CRA | |
| Jackson MacGillivray, Senior Rulings Officer, International and Trusts Division, CRA | ||
| Current Cases | ||
| Moderator: | Kathleen Penny, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Toronto | |
| Panelists: | John Lorito, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Toronto | |
| Clifford Rand, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Toronto | ||
| Information Management | ||
| Moderator: | Sandra E. Jack, Felesky Flynn LLP, Calgary | |
| Panelists: | Andrew H. Kingissepp, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Toronto | |
| Peter van Dijk, TD Bank, Toronto | ||
| Philip R. West, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington DC | ||
| Outbound Developments | ||
| Moderator: | Steve Suarez, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Toronto | |
| Panelists: | Ken Buttenham, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Toronto | |
| Penny Woolford, KPMG LLP, Toronto | ||
| Current Issues in Transfer Pricing for the Financial Services Industry | ||
| Moderator: | Brian Schneiderman, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Montreal | |
| Panelists: | Tom Tsiopoulos, Ernst & Young LLP | |
| Tom Akin, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Toronto | ||
