conference_presentation_2003

INTERNATIONAL TAXATION CONFERENCE
ANNUAL CONFERENCE – PROGRAMME AND PRESENTATIONS

This page contains copies of the slide presentations of conference speakers and handout materials provided by them. An audio/video CD recording of the entire conference is sent to each delegate after the conference.

2003 CONFERENCE – DECEMBER 5 – 6, 2003 – MUMBAI

Day 1
09.00 – 10.00	Registration & Coffee
10.00 – 10.15	Welcome to the conference
	Devender Nath (President, BMA) Roy Rohatgi (Conference Director)
Session One
INTERNATIONAL TAX PRINCIPLES
Chairman	Sohrab Dastur, Senior Advocate, India
10.15 – 11.45	Special Speaker- Professor Jacques Sasseville, Head of Tax Treaty Unit, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, France *Interpretation of International Tax Treaties* (Presentation & Questions) *Click Here to view the Presentation*
11.45– 12.15	Conference Chairman Professor Klaus Vogel, University of Munich, Germany Tax Treaty Interpretations – Some Current Issues *Click Here to view the Presentation*
12.15 – 12.45	Discussion and Questions
12.45 – 13.00	Session Chairman’s Remarks Vote of Thanks : Porus Kaka, Practising Tax Lawyer, India
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch
Session Two
OVERSEAS TAX PLANNING
Chairman	Nishith Desai, Nishith Desai Associates, India
14.00 – 14.40	Roger Wheeler, Chief Tax Officer, General Motors Corporation, United States International Tax Planning Issues in a Large Multinational Company *Click Here to view the Presentation*
14.40 – 15.20	Ludovic Verbist, Managing Director, A.A.M.I.L. Ltd, Mauritius Luxembourg as a Base for International Tax Planning *Click Here to view the Presentation*
15.20 – 16.00	Shanker Iyer, Managing Partner, Shanker Iyer & Company, Singapore International Tax Planning under Singapore Domestic Law and Treaties *Click Here to view the Presentation*
16.00 – 16.30	Discussion and Questions Vote of Thanks : R K Chopra, Executive Director, Bombay Management Association, India
16.30 – 17.00	Tea
17.00 – 17.40	Uday Gujadhur, Association of Offshore Management Companies, Mauritius Mauritius as a Base for International Mutual Funds *Click Here to view the Presentation*
17.40 – 18.45	Presentations on Mauritius Global Business organized by the Financial Services Promotion Agency in the presence of Hon. Sushil Khushiram, Minister for Economic Development, Financial Services and Corporate Affairs, Government of Mauritius
18.45 – 22.00	Cocktails and Dinner (Sponsored by the Financial Services Promotion Agency, Mauritius)
THE CONFERENCE PROGRAMME – 2003 December 6, 2003
Day 2
9.00 – 10.00	Special Session – Panel Discussion Recent India-Mauritius Supreme Court Ruling – Dinesh Kanabar
10.00– 10.30	Coffee
Session Three RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
Chairman	Dinesh Kanabar, Partner, RSM & Co., India
10.30 – 11.10	David Partington, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris (France) Recent OECD Developments in International Taxation *Click Here to view the Presentation*
11.10 – 11.50	William Byrnes, Director, St. Thomas University School of Law, United States Information Sharing and Tax Information Exchange Agreements in the United States *Click Here to view the Presentation*
11.50 – 12.30	Rashmin Sanghvi, Partner, Rashmin Sanghvi Associates, India. Relevance of the Vienna Convention on the Interpretation of Treaties in Taxation *Click Here to view the Presentation*
12.30 – 13.00	Discussion & Questions Vote of Thanks : Mr. Sanjay Grover, Partner, Ernst & Young Private Limited, India
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch
Session Four TAX TREATY INTERPRETATIONS
Chairman	Vijay Mathur, Director General – International Taxation, Government of India
14.00 – 14.40	Mukesh Butani , Country Tax Partner, Ernst & Young Private Limited, India Tax Treaty Interpretations in India *Click Here to view the Presentation*
14.40 – 15.20	Ronald Haigh, International Tax Partner, Deloitte & Touche, United Kingdom *Tax Treaty Interpretations in the United Kingdom* *Click Here to view the Presentation*
15.20 – 16.00	Walter Raineri, Partner, Fenwick & West, United States *Tax Treaty Interpretations in the United States* *Click Here to view the Presentation*
16.00 – 16.30	Discussion and Questions Vote of Thanks: T P Ostwal, Partner, Ostwal, Desai & Kothari, India
16.30 – 17.00	Tea
17.00 – 18.30	Discussion – Domestic Law or International Law – What should prevail in tax treaty interpretations? A panel discussion chaired by the conference chairman, Professor Klaus Vogel and led by the special speaker, Jacques Sasseville, along with other conference speakers
18.30 – 18.45	Concluding Remarks – Roy Rohatgi (Conference Director) Vote of Thanks – Kewal Handa (Vice President, BMA)
19.00 – 21.00	Dinner (Sponsored by ITC Grand Maratha Sheraton Hotel)