Various speakers of international standing will address future changes in indirect taxation, such as the reform of the Union Customs Code, including the creation of an EU Customs Data Hub and Customs Authority. Collecting and reporting data in the field of indirect tax becomes increasingly important and these developments have an important impact on international trade supply chains for businesses and governmental agencies.

The following main topics will be discussed: the future of indirect taxation, the latest state of play on the reform of the Union Customs Code and the impact of digitalisation for customs and VAT. Speakers:

• Prof. dr. Ad van Doesum (PwC / Maastricht University)
• dr. Emma van Doornik (Loyens & Loeff / Maastricht University)
• Matthias Petschke (Director of Customs at the European Commission, Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union (TAXUD))
• Marjan Loopstra (Senior Advisor of the Dutch Customs Authorities)
• Frank Heijman (Counsellor Customs at the Permanent Representation of The Netherlands to the EU)
• Rebecca Pehlivan (Deloitte)
• Romy Beekers (AkzoNobel)
• Cosimo Monda (Director of the European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity of Maastricht University).