10.00 - 10.30 | Registration & Networking
10.30 - 10.45 | Welcome by the moderators
- Tim Zech, Partner, WTS Germany
- Jeff Soar, CEO, WTS UK
10.45 - 11.30 | Keynote speech: The Heart of Tax: Building Trust, Certainty and a Thriving Business Environment - Exploring the cultural and behavioral aspects of tax administration and the role of tax departments in bridging the gap between business and government.
- Andrew Ogutu, LL.M. International Tax, BA, ACMA, CGMA., World Bank Group
11.30 - 11.45 | Q&A
11.45 - 12.15 | Coffee Break
12.15 - 13.00 | AI Agents in the Tax Department – beyond the AI hype: what’s working, what’s failing, and what’s next?
- Jenny Köppe-Karkutsch, Director, WTS Germany
- Florian Güttler, Director Global Tax, Flix SE
- Michael Schneider, Manager MuA & Tax Transformation, Mercedes Benz Group AG
- Tim Zech, Partner, WTS Germany
13.00 - 14.15 | Lunch
14.15 - 15.15 | The Controversy Decade – defending positions in an era of automated audits and public CbCR
- Koen Morbée, Partner, Tiberghien (WTS Global in Belgium)
- Stephanie Makin, Partner, Machado Associados Advogados e Consultores (WTS Global in Brazil)
- Maja Seliga-Kret, Partner, WTS&SAJA (WTS Global in Poland)
- Thorsten Vogel, Head of Tax, Daimler Truck AG
15.15 - 15.45 | Coffee Break
15.45 - 16.45 | Tax in the Boardroom – what we think you will be briefing your CFO on twelve months from now
- Jeff Soar, CEO, WTS UK
- Raymond Wynman, Managing Director, Global Tax Management (WTS Global in the US)
- Robert Loos, Managing Director, EQT
16.45 - 17.00 | Closing remarks
19.00 - 22.00 | Dinner reception at WTS Villa
