11:00 - 11:10

Joint welcome

Helen Whiteman, Chief Executive, CIOT

Susan Ball, President, CIOT

11:10 - 11:40

Keynote Address

Dr Daniel Susskind, Research Professor in Economics, King's College London

Dr Daniel Susskind is a Research Professor in Economics at King's College London, and a Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Ethics in AI at Oxford University. He is the co-author of the best-selling book, The Future of the Professions (2015) and the author of A World Without Work (2020), described by The New York Times as "required reading for any potential presidential candidate thinking about the economy of the future”. His TED Talk, on the future of work, has been viewed more than 1.6 million times. Previously he worked in various roles in the British Government - in the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit, in the Policy Unit in 10 Downing Street, and in the Cabinet Office. He was a Kennedy Scholar at Harvard University.

11:40 - 12:10

Panel session: The Diploma in Tax Technology: Opening the door for a tax digital future

Facilitator: Susan Ball, President, CIOT

Panelists:

• Ian Hayes, Consultant Tax Adviser and Chair, Tax Technology Committee CFE Tax Advisers Europe
• Shan Sun, Tax Technology Lead, Deliveroo
• Paul Aplin OBE, Board Member at Office of Tax Simplification & HMRC Admin Burdens Advisory Board

12:10 - 12:25

Creating content for the CIOT Syllabus: Coefficient and Lexis Nexis

Jonathan Scriven, Director of Tax Markets, Lexis Nexis UK & Ireland

John Sandall, Founder & Principal Data Scientist, Coefficient

12:25 - 12:40

Questions

Facilitator: Helen Whiteman, Chief Executive, CIOT

12:40 - 12:45

Closing remarks

Helen Whiteman, Chief Executive, CIOT