Presentations of Digitax members in 2023 | DigiTax

DigiTax events and presentations of Digitax members in 2023

Conference "Fixing the EU VAT system with technology?: Towards a contemporary, fraud-proof and legitimate VAT in the Digital Age"
- Alessia Tomo and David Hadwich were present and gave a presentation at the conference "Fixing the EU VAT system with technology?: Towards a contemporary, fraud-proof and legitimate VAT in the Digital Age" hosted by the University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Law on 16-17 November 2023.
Dutch Workshop on Corporate Taxation
- Michiel Van Roy was present and gave a presentation at the Conference "Dutch Workshop on Corporate Taxation" hosted by the Erasmus University of Rotterdam at the Tax and Customs Museum Rotterdam on 27 October 2023.
Conference "La trasformazione digitale del sistema tributario" ["The digital transformation of the tax system"]
- Alessia Tomo was present and gave a presentation at the Conference "La trasformazione digitale del sistema tributario" ["The digital transformation of the tax system"] hosted by the University of Chieti-Pescara "G. D'Annunzio" in Pescara, on 24-25 October 2023.
PhD Seminar "Perspectives on Tax Fairness: Reflections and Actions"
- Sharon Waeytens participated and gave a presentation at the PhD Seminar entitled "Perspectives on Tax Fairness: Reflections and Actions" organised by Leiden University, on 12-13 October 2023.

Lecture "GDPR and AI"
- Sylvie de Raedt and Alessia Tomo gave a lecture on "GDPR and AI" for the Lecture series "Business Law & Artificial Intelligence" organized by the Faculty of Law, University of Antwerp, on 6 October 2023.

Tax Research Network 32nd Annual Conference 2023
- Anne Van de Vijver, Alessia Tomo and Tarcísio Magalhães Diniz were present at the 32nd Annual Tax Research Network Conference that took place on 5-7 September 2023 at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge. The program can be found here.

EUFIN Workshop 2023: The 18th Workshop on European Financial Reporting
- Michiel Van Roy was present at the Biennial Conference of the Standing Group on Regulatory Governance "Regulatory governance in times of turbulence, disruptive technologies and crises of trust" that took place on 31 August-1 September 2023 at the University of Piraeus (Athens, Greece) and gave a presentation on "Tax Transparency of Listed Companies in Europe: Do corporate stakeholders have an influence?".
PhD Global Tax Symposium 2023
- Débora Ottoni Uébe Mansur was present at the PhD Global Tax Symposium 2023 organized by Stockholm University and presented the paper entitled “Sustainable Value for International Tax Allocation” on 31 August 2023.
Conference "Regulatory governance in times of turbulence, disruptive technologies and crises of trust"
- Alessia Tomo and Tarcísio Magalhães Diniz were present at the Biennial Conference of the Standing Group on Regulatory Governance "Regulatory governance in times of turbulence, disruptive technologies and crises of trust" that took place on 12-14 July 2023 at the University of Antwerp. The program can be found here.
Workshop "Writing well in Law" with Professor Allison Christians
- The young researchers from the Faculty of Law at the University of Antwerp have been invited to participate in the interactive workshop entitled "Writing well in Law" with Professor Allison Christians organized by DigiTax reseachers that has been held in Stadcampus, R-building, on the 6th of July 2023.
Summer School "Companies crossing Borders"
- Débora Ottoni Uébe Mansur gave a lecture on "Aggressive tax planning in cross-border context" on Tuesday, 27 June 2023 during the Summer School "Companies crossing Borders", organised by the University of Antwerp. More information can be found here.
Redefining Global Governance: A tax, trade and investment perspective in the EU and beyond
- .Tarcísio Magalhães Diniz and Sharon Waeytens were present at the workshop "Redefining Global Governance: A tax, trade and investment perspective in the EU and beyond" organized by the University of Leiden, on 26-30 June 2023. The program can be found here.
AI in Tax, Audit and Fintech
- Sylvie De Raedt and David Hadwick were present at the workshop "AI in Tax, Audit and Fintech" co-organized by Queen Mary University of London (Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Institute of Tax Law), University of Exeter (Tax Administration Research Centre (TARC)) and the University of Surrey (Surrey Institute for People-Centred Artificial Intelligence, Surrey Law and Technology Hub, Sustainable and Explainable Fintech Centre, Surrey Business School) on 22-23 June 2023.
13^th Doctoral Seminar on International and EU Tax Law
- Christophe Malenga Divava was present and give a presentation on "A SAFE Tax Model for a digitalising mining sector" at the "13^th Doctoral Seminar on International and EU Tax Law" organized by the University of Bergamo, Italy, on 22-23 June 2023.
Conference "New high tech weapons for the tax administration. Data mining and artificial intelligence in taxation"
- Sylvie De Raedt and David Hadwick were present at the conference "New high tech weapons for the tax administration. Data mining and artificial intelligence in taxation", organized by the "Belgian Journal on Investment Taxation" (Tijdschrift Beleggingsfiscaliteit/Revue Fiscalité des Placements) and their publisher, “Knops publishing”. The conference took place on June 16, between 1 and 6 pm in the offices of VBO/FEB in Brussels. The program can be found here.
Kromann Reumert Tax Conference 2023
- Tarcísio Magalhães Diniz was present at the 2023 Kromann Reumert Tax Conference in Copenhagen to give a presentation on "Windfall Taxation: Externalities as Excess Profits" (Panel 2: EU, Tax and the Environment) on 8-9 June 2023. The program can be found here.
Conference "Global Tax Governance at a Crossroads" - ICTD
- Tarcísio Magalhães Diniz was present and moderated the panel on Environmental Taxation at the the conference "Global Tax Governance at a Crossroads" organised by the International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD), University of Nairobi, Strathmore University, and Kenya School of Revenue Administration (KESRA). The Conference will take place on 5-7 June 2023. The program can be found here.
EAA 45th Annual Congress
- Michiel Van Roy was present at the "EAA 45th Annual Congress" organized by the EAA- European Accounting Association to give a presentation on "Tax Transparency of Listed Companies in Europe: Do corporate stakeholders have an influence?", on 24-26 May 2023.
Lecture on "The use of new technologies by tax administrations: new challenges for taxpayers' data protection"
- Alessia Tomo has been invited to give a lecture on "The use of new technologies by tax administrations: new challenges for taxpayers' data protection" at the University of Liège - HEC, on 9th May 2023.
Ghent Conference on International Taxation
- Michiel Van Roy was present at the "Ghent Conference on International Taxation" organized by the University of Ghent to give a presentation on "Tax Transparency of Listed Companies in Europe: Do corporate stakeholders have an influence?", on 27-28 April 2023.
Lecture series: Business law & sustainability
- Anne Van de Vijver and Tarcísio Magalhães Diniz gave a lecture on "Sustainability and tax law: from an ethical and economic perspective" within the Lecture series on "Business Law & Sustainability", organized by the Research group "Business and Law" (University of Antwerp), on 25 April 2023.
UCSIA academic workshop on "European solidarity and just financing"
- Bruno Peeters, Anne Van de Vijver and Sam Van der Vlught gave a presentation at the UCSIA academic workshop on "European solidarity and just financing" at the University of Antwerp, on March 29th – 31st, 2023 (more information can be found here).
38th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium On Applied Computing
- Daphne Lenders was present at the Conference "38th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium On Applied Computing", in Tallinn (Estonia), to give a presentation on "Real-Life Performance of Fairness Interventions - Introducing A New Benchmarking Dataset for Fair ML", on March 27th - 31st, 2023.
Artificial Intelligence Systems and EU Law Enforcement – Between Effectiveness and the Rule of Law
- David Hadwick was present at the Conference "Artificial Intelligence Systems and EU Law Enforcement – Between Effectiveness and the Rule of Law" organized by the University of University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) in Toledo (Spain) to give a presentation on "Slipping through the cracks: The carve-outs for AI tax enforcement systems in the EU AI Act" on 23-24 March 2023.
EELISA spring school "Ethos + Tekhne: a new generation of AI researchers"
- Daphne Lenders was present at the Spring School "Ethos + Tekhne: a new generation of AI researchers" organized by the University Sant'Anna of Pisa from March 6 to March 10, 2023.

Towards eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) in Taxation: The Future of Good Tax Governance
- Dieter Brughmans was present at the CPT Conference "Towards eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) in Taxation: The Future of Good Tax Governance" organized by the University of Amsterdam to give a presentation on "Explainable Techniques to Contribute to More Fair and Transparent Tax AI" on March 10, 2023 (more information can be found here).
Academic Expert Training Tax and Technology
- training for professionals on tax and technology on Friday January 2023 (in Amsterdam) and Monday January 2023 (in Antwerp). The program in Antwerp is entirely research based.