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Ken Alderfer
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Mary Alexander
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Barbara Angus
Ernst & Young LLP
Greg Armstrong
KPMG US LLP
Nita Asher
PwC US Group LLP
Brian Barrett
Internal Revenue Service
General Attorney (Tax), Branch 1
Tom Barthold
Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on Taxation
Lily Batchelder
New York University School of Law
John Bates
Deloitte Tax LLP
Beth Bell
PwC US Group LLP
Christopher Bello
U.S. Department of the Treasury (Invited)
David Bergman
U.S. Department of the Treasury (Invited)
Jack Bernstein
Aird & Berlis LLP
Meghan Biss
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Kathryn Bjornstad Amin
Groom Law Group
Devon Bodoh
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Stephen Bonovich
OpenAI
Nikki Bossert
Internal Revenue Service (Invited)
Patrick Browne, Jr.
Marsh USA LLC
Silke Bruns
German Ministry of Finance (Invited)
Rebecca Burch
U.S. Department of the Treasury (Invited)
William Burhop
Internal Revenue Service (invited)
Michael Caballero
Covington & Burling LLP
Colin Campbell
PwC US Group LLP
Justin Campolieta
Jones Day
Le Chen
Internal Revenue Service (Invited)
Erik Christenson
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Lindsay Clayton
U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division (invited)
Sean Clerget
Chief Tax Counsel, Republican Staff, House Committee on Ways and Means
Alan Cole
Tax Foundation
Manal Corwin
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (Invited)
Paul Crispino
U.S. Department of the Treasury (Invited)
Attorney Advisor
Jack Cummings
Alston & Bird LLP
Robert Daily
U.S. Department of the Treasury (Invited)
Attorney
Andrew Davis
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Dominic DeMatties
Thompson Hine LLP
Will Dixon
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Ligeia Donis
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Maria Dooner
U.S. Department of the Treasury (Invited)
Attorney-Advisor, Office of Tax Policy
Missy Duce
Internal Revenue Service (Invited)
Andy Duehren
The New York Times
Justin Du Mouchel
Internal Revenue Service (invited)
Shay Dvoretsky
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Tijana Dvornic
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Lily Faulhaber
Georgetown Law
Arlene Fitzpatrick
Ernst & Young LLP
Keith Fogg
Harvard Law School
David Foster
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Tadd Fowler
Procter & Gamble
David Friedline
Deloitte Tax LLP
Fred Goldberg
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (Invited)
Jared Goldberger
Mayer Brown LLP
Ethan Goldman
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Daren Gottlieb
Internal Revenue Service
Attorney, Office of the Chief Counsel (International)
Kyle Griffin
Internal Revenue Service (invited)
Danielle Grimm
Internal Revenue Service (Invited)
Itai Grinberg
Georgetown Law
Andrew Grossman
Chief Tax Counsel, Democratic Staff, House Committee on Ways and Means
Betsy Grossman
Trister, Ross, Schadler & Gold PLLC (Invited)
Seth Hanlon
New York University School of Law Tax Law Center
Julie Hanlon Burton
Internal Revenue Service (invited)
Sarah Haradon
PwC US Group LLP
Heather Harman
U.S. Department of the Treasury (Invited)
George Hatzigeorgiou
Center for Taxpayer Rights
Jared Hermann
U.S. Department of the Treasury (Invited)
Attorney
Randy Herndon
Deputy Chief Tax Counsel, Republican Staff, Senate Finance Committee
Mindy Herzfeld
Professor of Practice, University of Florida Levin College of Law
Rochelle Hodes
Crowe LLP
James Holmes
Internal Revenue Service (Invited)
Corey Husak
Center for American Progress
Courtney Hutson
U.S. Department of the Treasury (Invited)
Kevin Jacobs
Alvarez & Marsal Tax, LLC
Jud Judkins
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Michael Kaercher
New York University School of Law Tax Center
Zeb Kelley
Internal Revenue Service (Invited)
Branch Chief, IRS Chief Counsel, International Branch 6
Kenneth Kies
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Martin Klam
French Ministry of Finance Tax Legislation Directorate (Invited)
Kevin Knopf
Internal Revenue Service
Senior Technician Reviewer
John Koskinen
Former IRS Commissioner
James Kostura
Internal Revenue Service (Invited)
Attorney
Jonathan Kushner
Internal Revenue Service (Invited)
Kurt Lawson
U.S. Department of the Treasury (Invited)
Associate BTC
Rebecca Lee
Dechert LLP
Ben Leff
American University, Washington College of Law
Rachel Leiser Levy
Deloitte Tax LLP
Shelley Leonard
U.S. Department of the Treasury (Invited)
Deputy Tax Legislative Counsel, Office of Tax Policy
Scott Levine
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Matt Litton
U.S. Department of the Treasury (Invited)
Attorney-Advisor
Raj Madan
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
John McDonald
PwC US Group LLP
Shira McKinlay
Thompson Hine LLP
Grace Melton
Deloitte Tax LLP
Mallory Mendrala
Internal Revenue Service (Invited)
Lee Meyercord
Holland & Knight LLP
Zorka Milin
The FACT Coalition
Kelley Miller
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Marie Milnes-Vasquez
Ernst & Young LLP
Helen Morrison
U.S. Department of the Treasury (Invited)
Benefits Tax Counsel
Huzefa Mun
U.S. Department of the Treasury (Invited)
Erika Nijenhuis
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Michael Novogradac
Novogradac & Company LLP
Jorge Obén-Cuadros
Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
Joshua Odintz
Holland & Knight LLP
Doug O'Donnell
KPMG US LLP
Nina Olson
Center for Taxpayer Rights
Catherine O'Meara Matheson
Matheson (Invited)
Lisandra Ortiz
Miller & Chevalier Chartered
Ricky Ownes
Internal Revenue Service (Invited)
Joe Pari
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Dan Penrith
U.S. Department of the Treasury (Invited)
Carolina Perez-Lopez
Johnson & Johnson
Juan Carlos Pérez Peña
Pérez Góngora & Asociados
Michael Plowgian
KPMG US LLP
Kyle Pomerleau
American Enterprise Institute
Tim Power
HM Treasury of the United Kingdom (Invited)
Achim Pross
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (Invited)
Natalie Punchak
U.S. Department of the Treasury (Invited)
Attorney-Advisor
Elinor Ramey
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Alex Reid
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Danielle Rolfes
KPMG US LLP
Nancy Rossner
The Community Tax Law Project
Gil Rothenberg
American University Washington College of Law
Richard Rubin
The Wall Street Journal (Invited)
Kelly Rubin
Jones Day
Angela Russo
Winston & Strawn LLP
Kevin Salinger
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Monisha Santamaria
KPMG US LLP
Natasha Sarin
Yale Law School
Gary Scanlon
KPMG US LLP
Sarah Schaefer
Chief Tax Advisor, Democratic Staff, Senate Finance Committee
Steve Schaeffer
Former IRS Office of Chief Counsel, Division Counsel (Taxpayer Services) (Invited)
Christoph Schelling
Counselor, Swiss Embassy, Washington D.C.
Steven Schneider
Hogan Lovells
Mark Schneider
Alvarez & Marsal Tax, LLC
Jason Schwartz
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
Amish Shah
Holland & Knight LLP
Tim Shuman
McDermott Will & Schulte LLP
Gretchen Sierra
Deloitte Tax LLP
Julia Skubis Weber
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Eric Sloan
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Eric Solomon
Ivins, Phillips & Barker, Chartered
Gary Sprague
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Lilia Stamm
Internal Revenue Service (Invited)
Senior counsel
Adam Strait
U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division
Wade Sutton
PwC US Group LLP
Stephen Tackney
KPMG US LLP
Deborah Tarwasokono
U.S. Department of the Treasury (Invited)
Attorney-Advisor
Alice Thomas
Howard University School of Law
Gerassimos Thomas
Director-General in the Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union at the European Commission
Shamik Trivedi
U.S. Department of the Treasury (Invited)
Attorney-Advisor, Office of Tax Policy
Francesca Ugolini
SouthBank Legal
Amanda Varma
Steptoe LLP
Tracy Villecco
Internal Revenue Service (Invited)
Senior Technical Reviewer
Elena Virgadamo
U.S. Department of the Treasury (Invited)
Jim Wang
U.S. Department of the Treasury (Invited)
Deputy International Tax Counsel
Laura Warshawsky
Internal Revenue Service (Invited)
Deputy Associate Chief Counsel (EEE)
Jason Weinstein
Amazon
Laura Weiss
Punchbowl News
Mark Weiss
Internal Revenue Service (invited)
Danny Werfel
Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy
Tom West
Capitol Tax Partners
Terry West
U.S. Department of the Treasury (Invited)
Andrea Whiteway
Ernst & Young LLP
Melissa Wiley
Kostelanetz LLP
Chris Williamson
U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division (invited)
Isaac Wood
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Attorney-Advisor
Chris Wrobel
Internal Revenue Service (Invited)
Special Counsel
Brett York
PwC US Group LLP
Brenda Zent
U.S. Department of the Treasury (Invited)
Special Advisor to the International Tax Counsel
Libin Zhang
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP