Place: Ceylan Intercontinental Taksim-Istanbul
Time: 09:00-14:00
Programme
09:00–09:30 Welcome Coffe
09:30–10:00 Welcoming Remarks
Umran İnan, President, Koç University
Ümit Boyner, President of the Board of Directors, TÜSİAD
The presentation of the “Best Young Lawyer” Award
10:00–11:00 The Mirrlees Review: Tax by Design and Lessons for Turkey
Paul Johnson, Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
11:00–11:45 Tax and Pension Policy in Latin America
David Phillips, Senior Research Economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
11:45–12:15 Coffee Break
12:15–13:00 Fiscal Policy, Pensions and Informality: The Case of Latin America
Angel Melguizo Esteso, Lead Specialist (Labor Markets and Social Security),
Inter American Development Bank (IADB)
The Tax System and Tax Institutions in Mexico
John Scott, CONEVAL and CIDE
13:00–14:00 Panel Discussion
Laura Abramovsky (Panel moderator
Orazio Attanasio, University College London (UCL) and Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
Paul Johnson, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
Dr. Ali Şanver, Tax Working Group, TUSİAD and Founder, Taşman&Şanver
Ünal Zenginobuz, Boğaziçi University
*There will be simultaneous translation throughout the conference.