Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. hosts a conference today in Washington, D.C. on Business Taxation and Global Competitiveness from 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.  A webcast is available here.  See the schedule of speakers below the fold.  For the Treasury Department’s background paper released in advance of the conference, see here.

9:00 a.m.:  Opening Remarks:  Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr.

9:05 a.m.: Plenary Session Panel — Framing the Issue: Business and Economic Perspectives:

• Moderator: Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
• Panelists:
  • Michael J. Boskin (T.M. Friedman Professor of Economics, Stanford University; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; Former Chairman, President’s Council of Economic Advisers (1989-1993))
  • Safra A. Catz (President & CFO, Oracle Corporation)
  • Martin Feldstein (Professor of Economics, Harvard University; President, National Bureau of Economic Research; Former Chairman, President’s Council of Economic Advisers (1982-1984))
  • Alan Greenspan (President, Greenspan Associates, LLC; Former Chairman, U.S. Federal Reserve Board of Governors (1987-2006); Former Chairman, President’s Council of Economic Advisers (1974-1977))
  • James W. Owens (Chairman & CEO, Caterpillar, Inc.)
  • Frederick W. Smith (Chairman, President & CEO, FedEx Corporation)

10:15 a.m.: Roundtable Discussion I — Framing the Issues: Economic Distortions Created by our Current Business Tax System

• Moderator: Edward P. Lazear (Chairman, President’s Council of Economic Advisers)
• Speakers:
  • Alan J. Auerbach (University of California, Berkeley)
  • Michael J. Boskin (Stanford University)
  • William Gale (The Brookings Institution)
  • William Gentry (Williams College)
  • Kevin Hassett (American Enterprise Institute)
  • Kenneth L. Judd (Hoover Institution)
  • Laurence J. Kotlikoff (Boston University)
  • James Poterba (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
  • John Satagaj (Small Business Legislative Council)
• Contributors:
  • Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
  • Mary Bennett (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)
  • Robert Carroll (Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury)
  • Mihir A. Desai (Harvard Business School)
  • Fred T. Goldberg, Jr. (Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP)
  • Michael Graetz (Yale Law School)
  • James R. Hines, Jr. (University of Michigan)
  • Peter Merrill (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP)
  • Nanci Palmintere (Intel Corporation)
  • Ronald A. Pearlman (Georgetown University)
  • John M. Samuels (General Electric Company)
  • Eric Solomon (Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury)
  • Robert Steel (Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, U.S. Department of the Treasury)

11:30 a.m.: Roundtable Discussion II — Framing the Issue: The Impact Our Current International Tax System Has on Competitiveness

• Moderator: Fred T. Goldberg, Jr. (Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP; Former Commissioner, IRS; Former Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy)
• Speakers:
  • Mary Bennett (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)
  • Mihir Desai (Harvard Business School)
  • Michael Graetz (Yale Law School)
  • James Hines (University of Michigan)
  • Peter Merrill (PricewaterhouseCoopers)
  • Nanci Palmintere (Intel Corporation)
  • Ronald A. Pearlman (Georgetown University)
  • John Samuels (General Electric Company)
• Contributors:
  • Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
  • Alan J. Auerbach (University of California, Berkeley)
  • Robert Carroll (Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury)
  • William G. Gale (The Brookings Institution)
  • William Gentry (Williams College)
  • Kevin Hassett (American Enterprise Institute)
  • Kenneth L. Judd (Hoover Institution)
  • Laurence J. Kotlikoff (Boston University)
  • Edward P. Lazear (Chairman, President’s Council of Economic Advisors)
  • John Satagaj (Small Business Legislative Council)
  • Eric Solomon (Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury)
  • Robert Steel (Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, U.S. Department of the Treasury)

12:45 p.m.:  Closing Remarks — Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr.