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CICA Commodity Tax Symposium
OCTOBER 1-2, 2012 (Optional Workshops September 30 and October 3) • WESTIN OTTAWA HOTEL • OTTAWA, ON
Symposium TimeTable
PRE-SYMPOSIUM – SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
1:00 – 2:00 • WORKSHOP REGISTRATION
2:00 – 5:00 Workshop: Customs and Transfer Pricing – Improving Supply Chain Performance
Alfred Zorzi and Sylvain Golsse, Ernst & Young LLP
4:30 – 7:00 • EARLY-BIRD REGISTRATION Registration Sponsored by:
• OPENING WELCOME RECEPTION
DAY 1 – MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012
Reception Sponsored by:
7:30 – 8:30 • REGISTRATION • CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST Registration Sponsored by:
• EXHIBITS OPEN
8:30 – 9:30 Keynote Address: The Insiders – CBC Political Panelists
David Herle, Kathleen Monk and Jaime Watt
9:30 – 10:30 QST Harmonization Panel
Moderated by: Shelley Smith, BDO Canada LLP and featuring Jean-Hugues Chabot, Ernst & Young LLP
and Martin Gilbert, Bell Canada
10:30 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK • EXHIBITS OPEN Sponsored by:
11:00 – 12:00 Hot Topics in HST/GST Update on Financial
Services
John Bain, KPMG LLP
It’s All Greek to Me:
Managing EU Indirect
Tax Considerations
Ulrika Laurence, PwC LLP
12:00 – 1:15 NETWORKING LUNCH Sponsored by:
Presentation of the Normand Guérin Award by Deloitte & Touche LLP
and Update on GST Leaders’ Forum with Rosemary Anderson, Thorsteinssons LLP
1:15 – 2:15 GAAR: A Sales Tax Perspective
David Robertson, Couzin Taylor LLP
2:15 – 2:30 CHANGE BREAK
2:30 – 3:30 Update on ITC Entitlement
As Determined by the
Courts
Brent Murray,
Wilson & Partners LLP
Cloud Computing: Indirect
Tax Implications
Mark Worrall, KPMG LLP
Energy Trading
Alan Kenigsberg,
Stikeman Elliott LLP
3:30 – 4:00 COFFEE BREAK • EXHIBITS OPEN Sponsored by:
4:00 – 5:15 The Annual CRA Roundtable
Moderated by: Audrey Diamant, PwC LLP
5:15 Networking Reception Sponsored by:
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Register online at: www.cpd.cica.ca/CTS