09.30 – 09.40 - Welcome address
- Jacek KRAWCZYK, President of the Employers' Group
09.40 – 09.50 - Introductory speech: "The effects of Corporate Taxes on SMEs"
- Violeta JELIĆ, Vice President of the Employers' Group
09.50 – 10.10 - Keynote speech
- Valère MOUTARLIER, Director Direct taxation, Tax coordination, Economic analysis and Evaluation, DG TAXUD
10.10 – 10.45 - Presentation of the study "The role of taxes on investment to increase jobs in the EU – An Assessment of Recent Policy Developments in the Field of Corporate Taxes"
- James WATSON, co-author of the study
10.45 – 11.00 - Coffee Break
11.00 – 12.30 - Panel: Economic impact of corporate taxation – how to promote investment, growth and job creation
Panellists:
- David BRADBURY, Head of the Tax Policy and Statistics Division, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD
- Vanessa DE SAINT BLANQUAT, European and International Tax Policy Director MEDEF
- Scott HODGE, President of the Tax Foundation, Washington, D.C
- Milena MATHÉ, economic analyst, DG TAXUD
- Chiara PUTATURO, EU Inequality and Tax Policy Advisor at Oxfam EU
- James WATSON, Director of Economics, BusinessEurope
Moderator: Michael SMYTH, Member of Group III, former Vice President of the EESC
Q&A
12.30 – 12.45 - Concluding remarks
- Krister ANDERSSON, Vice-President of the Employers' Group, Chair of BusinessEurope's Tax Policy working group