SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
IFA Cape Town 2024: Scientific Programme Summary
Subject 1: Finding the meaning of nexus for taxes – past, present and future
General reporters: Prof Dr Johann Hattingh (South Africa) and Prof Dr Peter Hongler (Switzerland)
Chair: Prof Dr Philip Baker KC (United Kingdom)
Subject 2: Practical approaches to international tax dispute prevention and resolution
General reporters: Prof Jan de Goede (Netherlands) and Samuel Maruca (USA)
Chair: Marlene Nembhard-Parker (Jamaica)
Seminar A: Nexus, new forms of taxes and double taxation.
Seminar B: Mobility, high net worth individuals: latest tax developments.
Chair: James Whitaker (South Africa)
Seminar C: The role of bilateral investment treaties in tax related disputes.
Chair: Liselott Kana (Chile)
Seminar D: Taxation issues for the oil & gas industry and the energy transition.
Chair: Stig Sollund (Norway)
Seminar E: IFA/OECD
Seminar F: IFA/Africa – Doing business in Africa: transfer pricing and other cross-border tax issues.
Chair: Belema Obuoforibo (Netherlands)
Seminar G: The relation of tax treaties with domestic law.
Chair: Shefali Goradia (India)
Seminar H: Recent developments in international taxation.
Chair: Prof Jonathan Schwarz KC (United Kingdom)
Seminar I: Judicial approaches to tax treaty interpretation.
Seminar J: IFA/EU
Chair: Prof Dr Georg Kofler (Austria)