Pacific Rim Tax Conference 2023 | Pacific Tax Policy Institute | 18 May 2023 | Bay Hotel, 128 Jones St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA

The Twelfth Annual Pacific Rim Tax Conference is a two-day conference bringing international tax policy and management issues to the forefront of corporate tax leaders and tax professionals, focusing on the Pacific Rim arena.

The audience comprises high level corporate tax directors, tax counsels and tax managers as well as international and U.S. government personnel.

• To provide a venue for Pacific Rim countries to share their current important tax issues and developments with OECD tax officials, multinational tax officers and practitioners interested in these important issues.
• To encourage constructive dialogue between the corporate tax community and tax administrators and to improve a mutual understanding and more effective compliance with the participating countries' tax rules.
• To enhance the relationships between tax professionals and country tax administrators.

2023 Speakers

Neil Richmond
Senior Manager, International Tax and Transaction Services, EY

Dr. Stewart Karlinsky
Executive Director, Pacific Tax Policy Institute

Kirsten Nordlof
Co-Chair, Silicon Valley Tax Directors Group

Sri Nagarajan
Partner/Principal, EY [Moderator]

Robin Hart
Principal, Charles River Associates

Alistair Pepper
Managing Director, KPMG

Will Skinner
Partner, Fenwick & West

Bob Stack
Managing Director, Deloitte

Gary Sprague
Tax Partner, Baker McKenzie

Robb Chase
Tax Partner, Eversheds-Sutherland

Andrew Jensen
Partner, PwC

Aurelio Massimiano
Partner, Maisto e Associati

Danielle Rofles
Tax Partner, KPMG

Jason Yen
Principal, EY

David Bradbury
Deputy Director of the Centre for Tax Policy and Administration

Wade Owen
Vice President – Global Head of Transfer Pricing, Visa

Jennifer L. Best
Director, Deputy Commissioner (Acting), LB&I, Internal Revenue Service

Mark Roche
Partner, Baker McKenzie

Elizabeth Stevens
Member, Caplin & Drysdale

Julia Ushakova-Stein
Partner, Fenwick & West

E. Miller Williams, Jr.
Senior Counsel, Eversheds Sutherland

Amanda Leon
Associate, Caplin & Drysdale

Lars Haverkamp
Partner, Eversheds Sutherland

Nicole Welch
Director, Treaty and Transfer Pricing Operations Practice Area (Acting), LB&I, Internal Revenue Service

Moiz A. Shirazi
Principal Economist, Baker McKenzie

Ivan Tsios
Director Economist, Baker McKenzie

Liz Chien
Chief Tax Counsel, Formattic Labs and Adjunct Professor of International Tax, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco

Angela Evans
Tax Partner EY

Gabe Gartner
Principal National Tax Services, PwC

Greg Hartker
Partner, Morgan Lewis

Gary Wilcox
Partner, Mayer Brown

Sharon Heck
Vice President, Global Tax, Intel Corporation

Michael Jennings
Competent Authority Service Director, Canada Revenue Agency

Jeffrey Shafer
Partner, Blakes

Mukesh Butani
Founder and Managing Partner, BMR Legal

Kamlesh Varshney
Joint Secretary, Tax Policy and Legislation, Ministry of Finance, Government of India

Michael Lennard
Chief International Tax Cooperation in the Financing for Development Office at United Nations

Michael Quigley
Partner, Kim & Chang

Stephen A. Bonovich
Vice President, Tax, Agilent Technologies, Inc.

Sunjoo Lee
Tax Attaché, Korean Consul General’s Office, New York

Evelyn Lio
Assistant Commissioner, International Tax and Relations Division, Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore

Jin-oog Suh
Senior Advisor, Kim & Chang

Simone Bridges
Partner, Baker McKenzie

Mark Konza
Tax Controversy Consultant, MinterEllison

Timothy McCarthy
Assistant Commissioner, Public Groups and International, Australian Taxation Office

John Stowell
Senior Vice President - Tax, Incentives & International Financial Reporting, The Walt Disney Company

Hector Thompson
Deputy Commissioner, International, Australian Taxation Office

2023 Sponsors

TITANIUM LEVEL:
• Baker & McKenzie LLP
• Caplin & Drysdale
• Covington & Burling LLP
• Eversheds Sutherland
• EY USA
• Fenwick & West LLP
• Kim & Chang
• KPMG LLP
• PwC LLP
• Silicon Valley Tax Directors Group

PLATINUM LEVEL:
• Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
• BMR Legal Advocates
• Charles River Associates
• Deloitte
• Larry R. Langdon
• Maisto e Associati
• Mayer Brown LLP
• MinterEllison
• Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

GOLD LEVEL:
• Alpen Partners International AG
• Cooley LLP
• International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation
• Moss Adams LLP
• Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

SUPPORTERS:
• International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD)
• International Fiscal Association (IFA)
• San Francisco Foreign Tax Club
• Silicon Valley Tax Directors Group (SVTDG)
• Tax Executives Institute Silicon Valley Chapter
• UC Law San Francisco
• United States Council For International Business (USCIB)