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Welcoming Remarks and Keynote Address
MASATSUGU ASAKAWA
President and Chairperson
Board of Directors, ADB

Moderator
Xiaohong Yang
Chief Thematic Officer
Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department (SDCC)
ADB

Opening Remarks
VITOR GASPAR  
Director, Fiscal Affairs Department
International Monetary Fund


Opening Remarks
INDERMIT GILL
Vice President
Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions
World Bank

Opening Remarks
PASCAL SAINT-AMANS
Director, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development


Session 1: Operational and organizational matters of the Asia Pacific Tax Hub


Presenters



BRUNO CARRASCO
Director General concurrently Chief Compliance Officer
Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, ADB



JOHN VERSANTVOORT
Head
Office of Anticorruption and Integrity, ADB

Session 2: Tax policy and administration options to address the emerging challenges from the digital economy

Moderator
YOUNGNOH KIM
Head of Tax Programme
OECD Korea Policy Centre and Director General, Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF) Republic of Korea


Presenter
RUUD de MOOIJ
Assistant Director
Fiscal Affairs Department
International Monetary Fund


Presenter
HUEY MIN CHIA-TERN
Deputy Commissioner (International, Investigation & Indirect Taxes Group) Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore

Presenter
GRACE PEREZ-NAVARRO
Deputy Director
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Panelist
ESTHER A.P. KOISIN
Director
Department of International Taxation
Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia

Panelist
PONLAPAT KAEWSAMRI

Senior Tax Economist
Revenue Department
Ministry of Finance of Thailand

Panelist
NAIRUHI AVETISYAN
Head
Transfer Pricing and Tax Cooperation Division State Revenue Committee Republic of Armenia


Concluding Remarks
KONI RAVONO
Head of Secretariat
Pacific Islands Tax Administrators Association



Session 3: Country presentations

Opening remarks
MARCELLO ESTEVÃO
Global Director
Macroeconomics, Trade, and Investment
World Bank

Moderator
CHIARA BRONCHI
Practice Manager
Fiscal Policy and Sustainable Growth Unit
Macroeconomics, Trade, and Investment Global Practice
World Bank Group

Presenter
ANTONETTE TIONKO
Undersecretary
Revenue Operations Group and the Corporate Affairs Group
Department of Finance, Philippines

Presenter
ASAD AZIZ
Secretary (Revenue-Operations)
Federal Board of Revenue, Pakistan 

Presenter
ULZIIBAT MOLOMJAMTS
Head
Tax Administration and International Tax Department General
Department of Taxation Mongolia

Presenter
ANDREW OAEKE
Deputy Secretary
Department of Treasury
Papua New Guinea

Presenter
NILUSHA ABEYSEKARA
Deputy Director
Department of Fiscal Policy
Ministry of Finance, Sri Lanka

Presenter
YON ARSAL
Assistant to The Minister
Tax Compliance Affairs
Ministry of Finance, Indonesia



Session 4: Breakout sessions: Subregional group discussion on challenges and possible areas of engagement with the Tax Hub

Chairperson
YEVGENIY ZHUKOV
Director General
Central and West Asia Department, ADB

Chairperson
M. TERESA KHO
Director General
East Asia Department, ADB

Chairperson
LEAH GUTIERREZ
Director General
Pacific Department, ADB

Chairperson
MANMOHAN PARKASH
Deputy Director General
South Asia Department, ADB

Chairperson
RAMESH SUBRAMANIAM
Director General
Southeast Asia Department, ADB







Session 5: Plenary Session: Way forward – what support and practical approach should be provided?

Moderator
SHIGETO HIKI
Deputy Commissioner (International Affairs)
National Tax Agency, Japan







Concluding Remarks and Closing the Conference
BAMBANG SUSANTONO
Vice-President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, ADB