Conference Programme

• Pre-Conference Dinner - Wednesday 5 November (6.30pm - 9.00pm)
• Day 1 - Thursday 6 November (8.15am - 6.00pm)
• Day 2 - Friday 7 November (9.00am - 6.00pm)

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Day 2 - Friday 7 November

08.30am	Concorde Ballroom Plenary Session 2 The Use of Taxation in Transportation Management Chairperson: Prof Koh Kheng Lian, APCEL, NUS Assoc Prof Hope Ashiabor (joint paper with Rosiati Ramli), Department of Business Law, Macquarie University, Australia, “Managing the Shift towards Sustainable Transportation in the Southeast Asian Countries: Do Taxes and other Market-based Instruments play a Role?” Prof Stephen Potter Dept of Design, Development, Environment and Materials, Faculty of Maths, Computing and Technology, England, “Using Environmental Taxation for Transport Demand Management” Assoc Prof Lye Lin Heng Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, Singapore, “Environmental Taxation in the Management of Transportation in Singapore”
10.15am	Refreshments
10.30am	Concurrent Panel Session C
	Panel 7 Transportation & Congestion Management I Venue: Concorde I Chairperson: Mr Jean-Francois Lefebvre, Lecturer, Department of Urban Studies at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada Prof Giorgio Panella (jointly with Prof Andrea Zatti), Department of Public and Territorial Economics, University of Pavia, Italy, “Traffic and congestion management in Italian urban areas: is pricing manoeuvring?” Jean-Francois Lefebvre Lecturer, Department of Urban Studies, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada, (jointly with Prof Georges A Tanguay, Prof Florence Junca-Adenot and Mr Juste Rajaonson), Canada, “Rising to the Occasion: How Eco-Taxes in the Transportation Sector can create Double-Dividends for Quebec” Prof Ana Yábar (jointly with Assoc Prof Pedro M Herrera, Assoc Prof PabloChico and Dr Carlos Rossello) Environmental Sciences Institute, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, “Taxes & Charges as a Means of Reducing Transport GHG Emissions in the Urban Environment Proposals for Megacities based on the Spanish Experience”	Panel 8 Energy Venue: Concorde II Chairperson: Assoc Prof Hope Ashiabor, Department of Business Law, Macquarie University, Australia Mr Kris Bachus Research Manager, Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development, Unversity of Leuven, Belgium, “Environmentally Harmful Energy and Transport Subsidies” Prof Mona L Hymel Faculty of Law, University of Arizona, USA, “Tax Credits for Nuclear Energy – To be or Not to be?” Ms Nur Cahyonowat Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Diponegoro University, Indonesia, (jointly with Indah Susilowati), “Taxation in Indonesia and Environmental Costing: How Much Do Tax Payers Pay for Natural Exploration?” Assoc Prof Hope Ashiabor Department of Business Law, Macquarie University, Australia, “Environmentally Related Taxes in the Context of High Energy Prices: Challenges and Prospects for the Developing and Emerging Economies of Asia”	Panel 9 Case Studies I Venue: Studio II Chairperson: Assoc Prof Shreekant Gupta, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS Ms Gao Li PhD student, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, “Exploring the “Real” Obstacle to Implementation of Polluter Pays Principle: Taking Hong Kong Case as a Touchstone” Prof Monika Boehm Faculty of Law, Philipps University Marburg, Germany, “Environmental Impact of Local Taxes and Fees in Germany” Assoc Prof Margaret McKerchar School of Business Law and Taxation, University of New South Wales, Australia, “Fostering Green Innovation: Can Australia’s Research and Development Tax Concessions be More Effective?” Assoc Prof Shreekant Gupta Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore, “Fiscal Implications of Environmental Taxes in India – An Exploratory Analysis”
12.15pm	Concorde III & Studio I Lunch
01.30pm	Concurrent Panel Session D
	Panel 10 Transport & Congestion Management II Venue: Concorde I Chairperson: Assoc Prof Lye Lin Heng, APCEL, NUS Mr John Mutua Assistant Policy Analyst, Infrastructure and Economic Services Division, Kenya Institute for Public Policy, Africa, (jointly with Prof Thomas Sterner and Mr Martin Borjesspn-Chalmers), “Transport Choice, Elasticity and Distributional Effects of Fuel Taxes in Kenya” Assoc Prof Maria Amparo Grau Ruiz Financial & Tax Law, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, “Spanish Municipal Parking Fees: the Case of Madrid”. Prof Fumiaki Toudou Faculty of Economics, Niigata University, Japan, “Rebuilding Public and Private Transport and Budget Structure in Local Cities, case lessons in Japan”	Panel 11 Case-Studies II Venue: Concorde II Chairperson: Assoc Prof Jesuthason ‘Dodo’ Thampapillai, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS Ms Chen Ping LLM student, School of Law, Wuhan University, People’s Republic of China, (jointly with Assoc Prof Qin Tianbao), “The Environmental Fee for Tax Reform in China: A ‘One-size for all’ Solution for Environmental Problems?” Ms Zhou Yanfang (jointly with Prof Wang Xi), PhD student, School of Law, Wuhan University, People’s Republic of China, “Greening the Taxation System and Reforming Pollution Fees in China” Mr Daniel Montoya Head, Institutional Affairs and Cooperation, Buenos Aires Tax Agency, Argentina, “Managing EcoTax Funds in a Federal Framework: Institutional Issues, Argentina” Prof Natalie P Stoianoff Director, Master of Industrial Property Programme, Faculty of Law, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, (jointly with Andrew H. Kelly), “Environmental Stewardship and the Philanthropic Sector: The Role of Taxation Policy”	Panel 12 Case Studies III Venue: Studio II Chairperson: Dr Anselm Görres, Green Budget, Germany Dr Sven Rudolph Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Kassel, Germany, “Making the Patient Follow the Doctor’s Order: Lessons from Implementing Market-Based Instruments in Germany” Mr Sunil Agarwal PricewaterhouseCoopers, Singapore (jointly with Mr Killian Pattwell), “Tax and the Environment – a Threat or an Opportunity to Singapore's Competitiveness?” Mr Ronald Kaggwa Environment Economist, National Environment Management Authority, Uganda, “The Impacts of Fiscal Policies and Market- based Instruments (Uganda)” Mr Lalin Kovudhikulrungsri (jointly with Ms Krittika Lertsawat), Graduate Student, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University, Canada, “Legal Aspects of Aircraft Noise Charges Mechanisms in Developing Country—A Case Study for Noise Charges in Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand”
03.00pm	Refreshments
03.15pm	Concorde Ballroom Plenary Session 3 Chairperson: Prof Janet Milne, Vermont Law School, USA Keynote speaker Prof Akio Morishima Special Research Advisor, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan “Emission Trading System and Environmental Tax as a Policy Measure to Realize Low Carbon Society” Assoc Prof Jesuthason ‘Dodo’ Thampapillai Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore, “Environmental Taxes, Cumulative Pollution Loads and Fiscal Balance” Prof Roberta Mann Faculty of Law, Widener University, USA, “Crouching Lobbyist, Hidden Subsidy? How to Overcome Politics and Find Our Green Destiny”
04.30pm	Concorde Ballroom Plenary Session 4 Reflections and Comments Chairperson: Prof Janet Milne, Vermont Law School, USA Panelists – Mr Chas Roy-Chowdhury; Mr Hafiz Chowdhury; Dr Anselm Görres; Emeritus Prof Lawrence Kreiser; Prof Koh Kheng Lian, Prof Nicholas Robinson and Assoc Prof J Dodo Thampapillai.
05.15pm	Concluding Comments Prof Janet Milne, Vermont Law School, USA: Announcement for the 10th Global Conference on Environmental Taxation, Portugal. Closing Remarks
05.30pm	Conference Closes

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Note: The speakers, titles of papers and order of speakers are subject to change.