12.00 – 12.30 Arrival of participants at Erasmus University Rotterdam

12.30 – 13.30 Lunch at Erasmus Pavilion

13.30 – 13.45 Opening and welcome address
Prof. Madeleine Merkx and John Gruson 

13.45 – 14.45 Update European Commission on Future of VAT
Cristian Largeanu

14.45 – 15.00 Coffee/tea break

15.00 – 16.00 Implications of EU SME scheme for start-ups and other (small) businesses
Fernando Matesanz

16.00 – 17.00 New place of supply rules and VAT rates for entertainments services
John Gruson

17.00 – 17.15 Coffee/tea break

17.15 – 18.00 New place of supply rules and VAT rates for entertainments services
Erwan Loquet

19.30 Dinner at Restaurant Amarone, Rotterdam

Day 2: Thursday 26 September 2024

09.00 – 10.30 Increasing importance of defining the role of the middle man in VAT
Prof. dr. Herman van Kesteren

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee/tea break

11.00 – 12.30 VAT in Web 3.0
Aleksandra Bal

12:30 – 13.30 Lunch at the Erasmus Pavilion

13.30 – 15.00 Tax payers’ rights in relation to reporting obligations
Marta Papis-Almansa

15.00 – 15.30 Coffee/tea break

15.30 – 17.00 Panel session – Reporting Obligations – DAC7, DAC8, CESOP and ViDA
Marta Papis-Almansa

Panel members:
Prof. Felix Desmyttere
Gilles Barbabianca
Karina Ozer
Juan Manuel Vazquez

18.30 Boat trip in the port of Rotterdam for drinks and dinner with speakers

Day 3: Friday 27 September 2024

09.00 – 10.30 Functioning of the CJEU: ‘How to read the CJEU case law and the conclusions of the Advocate General’
Prof. David Hummel 

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break

11.00 – 12.30 The Court of Justice and VAT: recent judgments, opinions and pending cases (I)
Prof. Madeleine Merkx and Prof. Marie Lamensch

12.30 – 13.30 Lunch at Erasmus Pavillion

13.30 – 15.30 The Court of Justice and VAT: recent judgments, opinions and pending cases (II)
Prof. Madeleine Merkx and Prof. Marie Lamensch

15.30 – 15.45 Certificates awarded to participants
Prof. Madeleine Merkx and John Gruson 

16.00 Closing and drinks at Erasmus Pavilion