Conference Schedule

**Note: Topics and Speakers subject to change

Thursday, May 1, 2008
Friday, May 2, 2008

Thursday, May 1, 2008

8:45 AM - 9:00 AM           Welcome speech

Hon David Laro, U.S. Tax Court. Visiting Professor
University of San Diego School of Law.

Kevin Cole, Dean and Professor of Law
University of San Diego School of Law.

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM General Aspects of Mexico's New Fiscal Tax Reform

Moderator

Enrique Hernández, Esq.
Procopio

Speakers

TBC

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM The New Return Preparer Penalty Regime - Don't Think You're a Preparer? Think Again!

Moderator

Abel Mejia, Esq.
Procopio

Speakers

Erick Swenson, Esq.
Procopio

Burgess J.W. Raby, Esq.
Raby Law Office

Lic. Christian Natera
Natera y Espinosa, S.C.

Lic. Reynaldo Gomez Valencia
Administrador Local de Auditoria Fiscal Federal de Tijuana
SAT

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM Break

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Dissecting US, Canadian and Mexican Tax Case Law: Recent cases and comparative analysis

Moderator

Hon David Laro, U.S. Tax Court. Visiting Professor
University of San Diego School of Law

M. Carr Ferguson, Visiting Professor
University of San Diego School of Law

Speakers

Ginny Chung, Attorney Advisor
Attorney Advisor - U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of International Tax Counsel

Lic. Gabriel Ortiz
Ortiz, Sainz y Erreguerena, S.C.

Magistrado Jorge Aveldino Castañeda, Ph.D., University of Tulane
ITESM & Tribunal Federal de Justicia Fiscal y Administrativa

Michael W. Colborne, Esq.
Thorsteinssons LLP

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM U.S.-Mexican Complex Trust Taxation Considerations
(Mexico's new REFIPRE regime and new U.S. tax regulations)

Moderator

Speakers

Jack Brister, Director of Tax & International Private Client Services
LLP

Patrick W. Martin, Esq.
Procopio

Grace Fleeman, Esq.
Office of the Associate Chief Counsel (International) - Internal Revenue Service

Lic. Mauricio Bravo
Turanzas, Bravo & Ambrosi, S.C.

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Key Note Speaker (Lunch)

Jack Anderson, Esq.,
International Tax Attorney - E&Y (Paris)

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Cross Border Tax Planning Strategies for Real Estate:
How to structure Private and Public Real Estate Holdings.

Moderator

Enrique Hernandez, Esq.
Procopio

Speakers

Patrick W. Martin, Esq.
Procopio

John Merrick, Special Counsel to the Associate Chief Counsel ( International )
U.S. Department of the Treasury

Lic. Luis Gerardo del Valle
Jauregui, Navarrete Y Nader

Dr. Alejandro Reynoso del Valle
Bolsa Mexicana de Valores

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM International Ethics and Policy in Cross-Border Investment and Tax Planning

Moderator

Lizbeth Rivera
Procopio

Speakers

John Forry, Esq., Professor-in-Residence and Director of International Programs
University of San Diego School of Law

Daniel Alvarez, Esq., Duke Center for International Development
Duke University

3:15 PM - 3:45 PM Break

3:45 PM - 5:00 PM FIN 48 and International Transactions

Moderator

Jon P. Schimmer, Esq.
Procopio

Speakers

Enrique Rayon, Esq., Director of Transfer Pricing
Grant Thornton LLP

Michael McDermott, Esq.
Tax Partner - PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Lic. Raul Sicilia
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

3:45 PM - 5:00 PM International Aspects of Mexico's New Tax Reform:
The tax nature of IETU and availability of foreign tax credits.

Moderator

Enrique Hernandez, Esq.
Procopio

Speakers

Karen Jacobs
Chair of the AICPA Proposed Foreign Tax Credit Regulations Comment Letter Committee - Internal Revenue Service

Ginny Chung
Attorney Advisor - U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of International Tax Counsel

Lic. Alejandro Calderon Aguilera
Capin, Calderon, Ramirez y Gutierrez-Azpe

CPA. Oscar Castañeda
PricewaterhouseCooper LLP

Friday, May 2, 2008

8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Taxing Cross Border Athletes and Entertainers:
Central Withholding Agent Agreements, (Misguided?), Tax Treaty Exemptions

Moderator
Lic. Liliana Sandoval
Procopio

Speakers

MJ Moran,
International and Insular Compliance Program Manager - Internal Revenue Service

Peter Stratos, Senior Tax Manager
Goodman & Co

Jeffrey Gold,
Associate Area Counsel, SBSE - Internal Revenue Service

Lic. Alberto Reyes Párraga
Head of International Tax Area - Corporación Interamericana de Entretenimiento (CIE)

8:00 AM - 9:15 AM US-Canada New Tax Treaty Protocol: Significant Impacts and Planning Opportunities

Moderator

Professor Richard Pugh
Distinguished Professor of Law - University of San Diego School of Law

Speakers

Joseph Calianno, Esq.
Grant Thornton LLP

Paul Schmidt, Esq.
Baker Hostetler

Ginny Chung,
Attorney Advisor - U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of International Tax Counsel

Joseph Sardella
Evans Martin LLP

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM US Local Taxation of International Operations (California, Texas and Florida tax regimes)

Moderator

Phil Jelsma, Esq.
Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP

Speakers

Christopher Parker, Esq.
Tax Counsel, California Franchise Tax Board

Carl E. Koller, Esq.
Paras, S.C.

9:15 AM - 10:30 PM International Aspects of Mexico's New Tax Reform: Consequences for the Maquiladora Industry.

Moderator

Manuel Rajunov, Esq.
Thompson & Knight LLP

Speakers

C.P. Daniel Cano Falomir
Gossler, S.C.

Lic. Luis Carbajo
Baker & McKenzie Abogados S.C.

Lic. Roberto Schattan, Central Administrator for Internal Criteria of Large Tax Payers
SAT

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Break

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Foreign Informational Reporting Requirements - A Preparer's Primer

Moderator

Jon P. Schimmer, Esq.
Procopio

Speakers

Carolyn Turnbull, Esq., Senior Tax Manager
Grant Thornton, LLP

CPA. Neil Sullivan
Chair of the AICPA Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts Reporting (FBAR) Task Force - International Tax Compliance Group, LLC

Grace Fleeman,
Office of the Associate Chief Counsel (International) - Internal Revenue Service

Lic. Edgar Klee Müdespacher
Turanzas Bravo y Ambrosi S.C.

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM International Aspects of Mexico's New Tax Reform:
Consequences for the Capital Markets

Moderator

Abel Mejia, Esq.
Procopio

Speakers

Claudia F. Caffuzzi, Managing Director
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Lic. Julio Ysusi
Ortiz, Sosa, Ysusi y Cía, S.C.

Dr. Alejandro Reynoso del Valle
Bolsa Mexicana de Valores

12:15 PM - 2:15 PM Key Note Speaker (Lunch)
Lic. Jorge Estefan Chidiac
Presidente de la Comisión de Hacienda de la Cámara de Diputados del Congreso de la Unión de México

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM International Audits - Current Enforcement Concerns and Common Issues

Moderator

M. Carr Ferguson, Visiting Professor
University of San Diego School of Law

Speakers

Steven Toscher, Esq.
Hochman, Salkin, Rettig, Toscher & Perez

Alan M. Astengo CPA, CFE, Team Manager LMSB
Foreign Residency Compliance International

Sanford Blaze
International Tax Specialist - Internal Revenue Service

Bettie N. Ricca
Deputy Associate Chief Counsel (International) - Internal Revenue Service

Lic. Alejandro Santoyo
Chevez, Ruiz, Zamarripa y Cia, S.C.

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM Expatriating - A comparison of Tax Consequences When Individuals and Entities Decide to Leave NAFTA Home

Moderator

Rufus Rhoades, Professor at Law
Univeristy of San Diego School of Law

Speakers

Gretchen Sierra, Esq., Attorney Advisor in the International Tax Counsel's Office
U.S. Treasury Department

Patrick W. Martin, Esq.
Procopio

John Merrick,
Special Counsel to the Associate Chief Counsel ( International ) - Internal Revenue Service

Lic. Carlos Martínez
Creel y García-Cuéllar, S.C.

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM Cross Border Transfer of Intangibles: Migration from and to the US, Canada and Mexico

Moderator

Enrique Hernandez, Esq.
Procopio

Speakers

Fred Adam, Esq.
Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Gretchen Sierra, Esq., Attorney Advisor in the International Tax Counsel's Office
U.S. Treasury Department

Lic. Alejandro Barrera Fernández
Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C.

Lic. Roberto Schattan, Central Administrator for Internal Criteria of Large Tax Payers
SAT