Day 1 (June 18) | Day 2 (June 19) | Day 3 (June 20)
You can also download the program as a PDF file: 2014-tax-justice-symposium_program-18june2014.pdf
UPDATE: the speakers' videos are now posted on our Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCKqUPf889JgRI_5gXQMslrQ
Symposium hashtag on Twitter: #TJHR
Day 1: Emerging Scholars Symposium
Wednesday, 18 June
Time | Topic | Location |
08:30 – 09:00 | Registration & Arrival Tea/Coffee | Atrium |
09:00 – 09:30 | Welcome Remarks: Daniel Jutras (Dean, McGill Faculty of Law) | Room 316 |
Panel A | Samuel Singer (Associate, Stikeman Elliott), Moderator | Room 316 |
09:30 – 10:00 | Leyla Ates (PhD candidate, University of Wisconsin and Istanbul Kemerburgaz University), Developing Countries And Globalization of Tax Law Making: Turkısh Tax Law Reforms on Fighting Tax Evasion Steven Dean (Professor, Brooklyn Law School), discussant | |
10:00 – 10:30 | May Hen (Master's candidate, Simon Fraser University), Who runs the Cayman Islands? Field notes on elite tax discourse Lyne Latulippe (Professor, University of Sherbrooke), discussant | |
10:30 – 10:45 | Refreshment Break | Third floor lobby |
Panel B | William Stephenson (Editor in Chief, McGill Law Journal), Moderator | Room 316 |
10:45 – 11:15 | Regina Duarte (LLM Candidate, Federal Univ. of Minas Gervais, Brasil), Globalization, Tax Competition and Tax Base Erosion: a Matter of Human Rights Henry Ordower (Professor, Saint Louis Univeristy), discussant | |
11:15 – 11:45 | Martin Hearson (PhD candidate, LSE), Why Do Developing Countries Sign Tax Treaties? Lee Sheppard (Journalist, Tax Analysts), discussant | |
11:45 – 12:15 | Daisy Ogembo (Assistant Lecturer, Strathmore Law School, Nairobi), VAT Refunds and Tax Justice Andre Moreira (Associate Professor of Tax Law, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil), discussant | |
12:15 – 13:45 | Stikeman Chair’s Luncheon featuring a keynote talk by James A. Robb, Stikeman Elliott | Atrium |
Panel C | Sas Ansari (Phd Candidate, Osgoode University), Moderator | Room 316 |
13:45 – 14:15 | César Alejandro Ruiz Jiménez (LLM Candidate, Vienna University), Right to Property and Taxation Stephen Cohen (Professor, Georgetown University Law Center), discussant | |
14:15 – 14:45 | Juan Agustin Argibay Molina (LLM Graduate, McGill), Trade Mispricing in Argentina: A Case Study Neil Buchanan (Professor, George Washington University Law School), discussant | |
14:45 – 15:15 | Montano Cabezas (LLM Candidate, Georgetown University Law Center), Giving Credit Where it is Due: Rethinking the Corporate Tax Paradigm Kim Brooks (Dean and Weldon Professor of Law at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhouse University), discussant | |
15:15 – 15:30 | Refreshment Break | Third floor lobby |
Panel D | Sarah Blumel (Independent), Moderator | Room 316 |
15:30 – 17:00 | Incubator Session: Designing a Research Project, Methodology & Collaboration, and Publishing Adrienne Margolis (Founder and Editor, Lawyers 4 Better Business); Krishen Mehta (Senior Advisor, Tax Justice Network); Gabriel Monette (Réseau Justice Fiscale); and Shirley Pouget (Senior Program Lawyer, International Bar Association Human Rights Institute) | |
17:00 – 19:00 | Cocktail reception | Atrium |
19:00 – 20:30 | Roundtable on Tax Justice and Human Rights: Open to the Public Allison Christians (Stikeman Chair in Tax, McGill Faculty of Law), Moderator Featuring Alex Himelfarb (Director, School of Public and International Affairs, York University); Kate Donald (Adviser to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights); Attiya Waris (Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Nairobi); and Denise Byrnes (Executive Director, Oxfam Québec) | Moot Court (room 100) |
Day 2: Research Collaboration Symposium Part I
Thursday, 19 June 2014
Time | Topic | Location | |
08:30 – 09:00 | Registration & Arrival Tea/Coffee | Atrium | |
09:00 – 09:15 | Welcome remarks: Allison Christians (Stikeman Chair in Tax Law, McGill Faculty of Law); Dennis Howlett (Executive Director, Canadians for Tax Fairness); John Christensen (Director, Tax Justice Network); and Jean Symes (Program and Policy Analyst, Inter Pares) | Moot Court (room 100) | |
09:15 – 10:00 | 1. Setting the Stage William Stephenson (Editor in Chief, McGill Law Journal), Moderator - Kim Brooks (Dean and Weldon Professor of Law at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhouse University), Why Justice Matters for Tax Policy - Ignacio Saiz (Executive Director, Center for Human Rights in Economic Policy), The Evolving Norms and Standards of Human Rights - Allison Christians (Stikeman Chair in Tax, McGill Faculty of Law), Who Has Rights, What Rights, and Against Whom? | Moot Court (room 100) | |
10:00 – 11:15 | 2. Human Rights and Tax Justice Reports Aldo Caliari (Director, Rethinking Bretton Woods Project), Moderator - Lloyd Lipsett (President and Rapporteur, International Bar Association Task Force on Illicit Financial Flows, Poverty and Human Rights): IBA Human Rights Institute Task Force on Illicit Financial Flows, Poverty and Human Rights Report - Kate Donald (Adviser to the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights), UNHRC Report - Adrienne Margolis (Founder and Editor, Lawyers 4 Better Business), L4BB Report David Quentin (Senior Adviser, Tax Justice Network), and Shirley Pouget (Senior Program Lawyer, Int. Bar Assoc. Human Rights Institute), discussants | Moot Court (room 100) | |
11:15 – 11:30 | Refreshment Break | Atrium | |
11:30 – 12:45 | 3. Gender and Fiscal Justice Liz Nelson (Partnership Development and Resources Coordinator, Tax Justice Network), Moderator - Annick Provencher (Professor, Faculty of Law, Université de Montréal), From the Invisible Hand to the Invisible Woman - Rhys Kesselman (Professor, School of Public Policy, Simon Fraser University), Income Splitting and Alternatives for Family Tax Cuts in Canada - Kathleen Lahey (Professor, Queen's University Law School), Sex Equality and Tax Justice: Gender Impact of Tax, Benefit, and Other Fiscal Policies Kate Donald (Adviser to the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights), Attiya Waris (Senior Lectrurer, Faculty of Law, Univ. of Nairobi), discussants | Moot Court (room 100) | |
12:45 – 14:15 | Lunch, Keynote Speaker Thomas Pogge (Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs, Yale University) VIA SKYPE | Thomson House | |
14:15 – 15:45 | 4. Fiscal Justice: Regional Challenges and Initiatives May Hen (Master's candidate, Simon Fraser University), Moderator - Savior Mwambwa (Policy and Advocacy Manager, Tax Justice Network - Africa), The Reform of the Global Tax System: Keys Issues and Lessons from Africa - André Mendes Moreira (Associate Professor of Tax Law - Federal University of Minas Gerais), Indirect Taxes and Tax Justice - Misabel Machado Derzi (Professor of Tax Law, the Federal University of Minas Gerais), Guerre fiscale, Bourse Famille et Silence - Renaud Fossard (Latindad), Latin American Countries: Local Issues and International Influences Lyne Latulippe (Professor, University of Sherbrooke), John Christensen (Director, Tax Justice Network), discussants | Moot Court (room 100) | |
16:45 – 16:00 | Refreshment Break | Atrium | |
16:00 – 17:30 | 5. Reducing Inequality: International Corporate Tax Reform Jo Marie Griesgraber (Executive Director, New Rules for Global Finance Coalition), Moderator - Erika Siu (Tax Research Consultant, International Centre for Taxation and Development), BEPS Monitoring Group Activities: An Update - Michael Knoll (Theodore K. Warner Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School), Competitive Neutrality and the EU Model - Lee Sheppard (Journalist, Tax Analysts), OECD Initiative on BEPS - Robert Fox (Executive Director, Oxfam Canada), Business Among Friends: Why corporate tax dodgers are not yet losing sleep over global tax reform Samuel Singer (Associate, Stikeman Elliott), discussant | Moot Court (room 100) | |
17:30 – 17:45 | Announcements | Moot Court (room 100) | |
17:45 – 18:30 | Refreshment Break: Atrium | Breakout Session: IBAHRI Update on Tax and the Millennium Development Goals, Moot Court (room 100) |
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18:30 | Film Screening | Moot Court (room 100) |
Day 3: Research Collaboration Symposium Part II
Friday, 20 June 2014
Time | Topic | Location |
08:30 – 09:00 | Registration & Arrival Tea/Coffee | Atrium |
09:00 – 10:30 | 6. Reducing Inequality: Tax Avoidance and Capital Flight Ofer Sitbon (PhD candidate, College of Law & Business, Tel Aviv), Moderator - James Henry (Senior Economic Advisor, Tax Justice Network), Kleptocracy and Human Rights - Steven Cohen (Professor, Georgetown University Law Center), Does Swiss Bank Secrecy Violate International Human Rights? - Brigitte Alepin (Partner, Agora Fiscalité), The Foundation - Steven Dean (Professor, Brooklyn Law School), A Tax Regime to Catalyze Social Enterprise Crowdfunding Lee Sheppard (Journalist, Tax Analysts), John Christensen (Director, Tax Justice Network), discussants | Moot Court (room 100) |
10:30 – 10:45 | Refreshment Break | Atrium |
10:45 – 12:00 | 7. Reducing Inequality: Tax Avoidance and Progressive Taxation Neil Buchanan (Professor, George Washington University Law School), moderator - Chris Odinet (Associate Professor of Law, Southern University Law Center), Taxing Property Owners - Jean-Pierre Vidal (Associate Professor, Dept of Accountancy, HEC Montreal), Ethics in Taxation: what is it, and why should a tax specialist care? - Niko Lusiani, (Senior Researcher, Center for Economic and Social Rights), A Post-2015 Fiscal Revolution: Human Rights in the Struggle to Finance Sustainable Development James Henry (Senior Economic Advisor, Tax Justice Network), Attiya Waris (Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Univ. of Nairobi), discussants | Moot Court (room 100) |
12:15 – 14:00 | Lunch, Keynote Speaker Attiya Waris (Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Nairobi) | Thomson House |
14:00 – 15:30 | 8. Justice in Labour and Capital Migration Samuel Singer (Associate, Stikeman Elliott), Moderator - Aldo Caliari (Director, Rethinking Bretton Woods Project), Unleashing the Potential of Human Rights Standards to Demand Tax Justice - Lynne Latulippe (Professor, University of Sherbrooke), Tax Competition and Paradigm Shift in International Law - Krishen Mehta (Senior Advisor, Tax Justice Network, New York), Can Developing Countries Attract Investment and Still Get a Fair Deal on Tax Justice? - Henry Ordower (Professor, Saint Louis University), Retreat from Progressive Taxation in the Swedish Welfare State: Does Immigration Matter? John Christensen (Director, Tax Justice Network), Neil Buchanan (Professor, George Washington University Law School), discussants | Moot Court (room 100) |
15:30 – 15:45 | Refreshment Break | Atrium |
15:45 – 17:00 | 9. Environmental Tax Justice Jessica Magonet (BCL/LLB candidate, McGill Faculty of Law), Moderator - Toby Sanger (Senior Economist, Canadian Union of Public Employees), Tax Justice and Climate Change - Tracey Roberts (Visiting Assistant Professor, Seattle University School of Law), Tax – A Better Mechanism to Protect Rights in the Global Commons - Rodolfo Salassa Boix (Professor, National University of Cordoba), Distribution of Ecological Costs Through Environmental Taxes Stéphane Dion (MP for Saint Laurent-Cartierville), Jim Henry (Professor, Saint Louis University), discussants | Moot Court (room 100) |
17:00 – 18:00 | 10. Roundtable on Tax Justice Campaigns and CSO Actions Imad Sabi (Head of Global Partners Program, Oxfam Novib), Moderator - Dennis Howlett (Executive Director, Canadians for Tax Fairness) - Duncan Wigan (Researcher, Copenhagen Business School) - Victoria Harnett (Campaigns & Communications Advisor, Aid & Development Finance at Oxfam International) | Moot Court (room 100) |
18:00 – 18:15 | Wrap Up and Closing Remarks, Allison Christians (Stikeman Chair in Tax Law, McGill Faculty of Law) | Moot Court (room 100) |
18:15 – 20:00 | Closing Cocktail | Atrium |