ICAB members will earn 4.5 CPD hours for attendance

PROGRAMME

IFCs IN A BORDERLESS DIGITAL ECONOMY

HILTON BARBADOS RESORT BARBADOS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Session Coordinator: Mr. Preet Banerjee, Broadcaster, Business Writer/Globe & Mail Columnist, Personal Finance Advisor

7:30 a.m. Registration and Refreshments

9:00 a.m. Introduction The Hon. Don Oliver, Q.C. Consultant to the Government of Barbados

9:10 a.m. Opening Remarks Dr. DeLisle Worrell, Governor

Central Bank of Barbados

9:25 a.m. Feature Address The Right Honourable Freundel Stuart, Q.C., M.P. Prime Minister of Barbados

9:45 a.m. The Advantages of IFCs: Case Study Canada

Professor Walid Hejazi, Associate Professor Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Canada

10:05 a.m. Q & A

10:15 a.m. Coffee Break

10:50 a.m. Role of Nation States in Protecting the Efficacy of IFCs Mr. Michael Horgan, Former Deputy Minister of Finance Government of Canada

11:20 a.m. Q & A 11:30 a.m. Solutions to Challenges to IFCs in Borderless Digital Economies Mr. Andrew Sellgren, Partner

McKinsey & Company, USA

12 noon Q & A

12:15 p.m. Luncheon

2:00 p.m. Selecting an IFC—The Corporate Perspective Ms. Connie Smith President Barbados International Business Association (BIBA)

2:20 p.m. Q & A

2:30 p.m. Safeguarding IFCs from Non-Resident Global Giants Professor Avinash Persaud, Chairman Elara Capital PLC Emeritus Professor, Gresham College, UK

2:50 p.m. Q & A

3:00 p.m. New Standards for DoubleTaxation Treaties: Including Transfer Pricing Rules Mr. Dale Hill Partner, Tax Services

Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, Canada

3:30 p.m. Q & A

3:40 p.m. Panel: Modernising Global Standards While Protecting the Integrity of IFCs

Mr. Dale Hill, Partner, Tax Services, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, Canada

Professor Avinash Persaud, Chairman, Elara Capital PLC., UK

Mr. Michael Horgan, Former Deputy Minister of Finance, Canada

4:15 p.m. Significance of Double Taxation Treaties in Creating Global Trade Mr. Albert Essien, Group Chief Executive Officer

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, Togo

4:45 p.m. Q & A

4:55 p.m. Closing Remarks Mr. Andrew Alleyne 1st Vice President Barbados International Business Association (BIBA)