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Thursday, October 6th

08:15-09:00Registration
09:00-09:45Opening Remarks

  • Keynote Speaker: Ingrid Fiskaa, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
  • Raymond Baker, Task Force on Financial Integrity & Economic Development

Salle des fêtes, Cercle National des Armées

09:45-10:45Session I – Beneficial Ownership

  • Anthea Lawson, Global Witness (chair);
  • Jean Pesme, World Bank;
  • Raymond Baker, Global Financial Integrity
10:45-11:00Coffee/Tea
11:00-12:00Session II – Country-by-Country Reporting

  • Antoine Heuty, Revenue Watch Institute (chair);
  • Mathilde Dupré, CCFD-Terre Solidaire;
  • Richard Murphy, Tax Research LLP
12:00-13:00Lunch

  • Keynote Speaker: Jon Lomøy, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Salon d’Honneur

13:00-14:00Breakout IFATF 40+9 Review: A Task Force Assessment

  • Heather Lowe, Global Financial Integrity (chair);
  • Valerie Schilling, FATF
  • Robert Palmer, Global Witness

Salon de Turcos

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Socially Responsible Investing and Country-by-Country Reporting

  • Giuseppe van der Helm, EuroSIF (chair);
  • Heidi Finakas, KLP Kapital ForvaltningAS;
  • David McNair, Christian Aid

Salle des fêtes

14:00-14:30Reports from Breakout ISalle des fêtes
14:30-15:30Session III – Automatic Exchange of Information

  • John Christensen, Tax Justice Network (chair);
  • Christian Chavagneux, Alternatives Economiques;
  • Malcolm Couch, Isle of Man Treasury Department;
  • Grace Perez-Navarro, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
15:30-15:45Coffee/Tea
15:45-16:45Breakout IIPreview: 2011 update of the Tax Justice Network’s Financial Secrecy Index

  • John Christensen, Tax Justice Network (chair);
  • Markus Meinzer, Tax Justice Network;
  • Alex Cobham, Christian Aid

Salle des fêtes

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Illicit Financial Flows and Media Messaging

  • Dietlind Lerner, Task Force (chair);
  • Alice Powell, Publish What You Pay;
  • Monique Perry Danziger, Global Financial Integrity

Salon de Turcos

16:45-17:15Reports from Breakout IISalle des fêtes
17:15-18:30BREAK
17:15-18:15Side Event – “Africa’s Odious Debts: How Foreign Loans and Capital Flight Bled a Continent”

  • James Boyce, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Léonce Ndikumana, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Salon de Turcos

18:30-21:00Dinner

  • Keynote Speaker: Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University

Salon d’Honneur, Cercle National des Armées

Friday, October 7th

09:00-09:15Registration
09:15-09:45Day 2 Opening Remarks

  • Keynote Speaker: Phillipe Meunier, French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs

Salle des fêtes, cercle national des armées

09:45-10:45Session IV – AML Predicate Crimes: The Case for Tax Evasion

  • Jacques Terray, TI-France (chair);
  • Harry Roodbeen, Netherlands Ministry of Finance;
  • Monty Raphael QC, Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP;
  • Heather Lowe, Global Financial Integrity
10:45-11:00Coffee/Tea
11:00-12:00Breakout IIICorrupt Dictators and the Arab Spring: Implications for Banks and Anti-Money Laundering Rules

  • Daniel Brennan, Matrix Chambers (chair);
  • Jermyn Brooks, Transparency International;
  • Maud Perdriel-Vaissière, SHERPA;
  • Robert Palmer, Global Witness

Salle des fêtes

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Illicit Financial Flows and Inequality: A Human Rights Imperative

  • Aldo Caliari, Center of Concern (chair);
  • Branko Milanovic, World Bank;
  • Maylis Labusquière, Oxfam-France;
  • Nuría Molina, Eurodad

Salon de Turcos

12:00-12:30Reports from Breakout IIISalle des fêtes
12:30-13:30Lunch

  • Keynote Speaker: Abdalla Hamdok, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

Salon d’Honneur

13:30-14:30Session V – Trade Mispricing

  • Sanjay Mishra, Indian Ministry of Finance (chair);
  • Krishen Mehta, Global Financial Integrity;
  • Rebecca Wilkins, Citizens for Tax Justice;
  • Alex Cobham, Christian Aid

Salle des fêtes

14:30-14:45Coffee/Tea
14:45-15:45Breakout IVIUU Fishing: Consequences for the Environment, Conflict and Human Rights

  • Gunnar Stølsvik, Norwegian National Advisory Group against Organized IUU-Fishing (chair);
  • David Higgins, Interpol;
  • Meggan Engelke-Ros, U.S. Commerce Department

Salle des fêtes

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Trafficking in Illicit Goods and Services: Measuring the Financial and Social Costs

  • Robin Hodess, Transparency International (chair);
  • Léonce Ndikumana, University of Massachusetts Amherst;
  • Harald Tollen, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Salon de Turcos

15:45-16:15Reports from Breakout IVSalle des fêtes
16:15-16:45Closing Remarks