DigiTax events and presentations of Digitax members in 2020


  • Digital Taxation, Sustainable Investment and Green Economy
    • Interdisciplinary workshop on December 3, 2020, president: Prof. Tarcisio Magalhaes, for invited research partners, online
  • Big data and artificial intelligence: the challenges for (tax) authorities 
    • webinar, joint organisation Dig4Fed and DigiTax (59 participants)(November 27, 2020)
  • Big data, artificial intelligence and tax payers' rights 
    • presentation by prof. Anne Van De Vijver and prof. Sylvie De Raedt for a major accountancy firm (November 24, 2020)(63 participants) 
  • Bias and Fairness in AI
    • Workshop on 14-18 september 2020 of The European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECML-PPKD 2020) (60 participants)
    • Chair: Prof. Toon Calders (and others)
    • Recordings of the workshop 
  • Can IT Consultant qualify as PE?
    • Presentation of Prof. Anne Van de Vijver on the Online Conference Tax Treaty Case Law Around The Globe 2020, organised by the European Tax College of the Fiscal Institute Tilburg, in joint venture with the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law,  on May 15, 2020 
  • International Transfer Pricing and Management Controls: A Post-BEPS Case Study
    • Prof. Ann Jorissen planned to present her paper (co authors: Hellman Niclas, Konradsdottir Olivia, Appelkvist Michaela) on this topic for the European Accounting Congress, 27-29 Mei 2020 in Bucharest (annuled due to Covid-19)
  • Meeting International Scientific Advisory Board 
    • The supervisors of DigiTax met the International Scientific Advisory Board on June 25 in order to design the research priorties and the future research agenda of DigiTax. 
  • Meeting Societal Impact Reflection Group 
    • The supervisors of DigiTax met the Societal Impact Reflection Group and got important feedback on ongoing research project and future research plans.   
  • Fishing in the data lake for tax purposes
  • The digital exchange of information by the (tax) authorities, privacy and data protection
    • Presentation given on March 12, 2020 by Prof. Sylvie De Raedt, Liesa Keunen and Prof. Eva Lievens (UGhent) on the occasion of the Willy Delva lecture series on Digitalisation   
  • Coding for lawyers
    • Introductory course in Python code language. Participants learned to develop own legal tech solutions (decisions trees, smart contracts). More information on the website of Antwerp Tax Academy
    • Organised on February 10, 11, 13 and 14, 2020 (9 - 12 am and 1-4 pm).