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Agenda
All times are in Eastern Standard Time.
Pre-Symposium
Sunday, October 27, 2024
Early bird registration & welcome reception
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Day 1
Monday, October 28, 2024
Registration and breakfast
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Welcome remarks
8:30 am - 8:40 am
Keynote Address: Becoming AI First: Six Steps to Augmenting Your Business with Artificial Intelligence
8:40 am - 9:40 am
Presentation of the Normand Guérin Award
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Session change break
9:50 am - 10 am
Audit Powers - How Much is Too Much?
10 am - 11 am
Refreshment break
11 am - 11:20 am
New Proposed Joint Venture Election Rules In Section 273.01: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
11:20 am - 12:20 pm
Concurrent Session
11:20 am - 12:20 pm
Networking lunch
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm
Financial Institutions Update
1:20 pm - 2:20 pm
Session change break
2:20 pm - 2:30 pm
Grants and Transfer Payments – Free Money? Maybe Not
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Buying/Selling your business? Diligence Reviews can be your best friend or your worst enemy!
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Refreshment break
3:30 pm - 4 pm
Plenary Session
4 pm - 5 pm
Networking reception
5 pm - 8 pm
Day 2
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Breakfast
7 am - 8 am
Real Property
8 am - 9 am
Session change break
9 am - 9:10 am
What Sales Tax Professionals Need to Know about Customs and International Trade
9:10 am - 10:10 am
Indirect Tax Treatment in the Indigenous Economy
9:10 am - 10:10 am
Networking coffee break – exhibits open
10:10 am - 10:30 am
Digital Services Tax
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Carbon Tax Update
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Networking lunch
11:30 am - 12:20 pm
Plenary Session
12:20 pm - 1:20 pm
Session change break
1:20 pm - 1:30 pm
Case Law Update
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Networking coffee break – exhibits open
2:30 pm - 3 pm
Plenary Session
3 pm - 4 pm
Conference adjourns
4 pm
Virtual workshop
November 21, 2024
Ethics for the Indirect Tax Practitioner
12 pm - 3 pm