TRN 24 Keynote speakers
August 1, 2024
We are really pleased to have two, world reknown, keynote speakers booked for TRN 24:
Nina Olson

Executive Director and Founder,
Treasurer, Member,
Board of Directors
Center for Taxpayer Rights
Nina E. Olson is the Executive Director of the Center for Taxpayer Rights. From March 2001 to July 2019, Nina served as the National Taxpayer Advocate of the United States, an independent organization within the Internal Revenue Service , dedicated to assisting taxpayers resolve their problems with the IRS and making administrative and legislative recommendations to mitigate those problems systemically. She has submitted 39 annual reports to Congress, and testified before congressional committees over 60 times. Before serving as the National Taxpayer Advocate, Nina founded and directed The Community Tax Law Project, the first independent Low Income Taxpayer Clinic in the US. She also maintained a private legal practice, representing taxpayers in disputes with the IRS.
Nina has received many awards and recognitions, including the American Bar Association Section of Taxation’s Distinguished Service Award for Lifetime Service, Pro Bono Award, and Jules Ritholz Memorial Merit Award for Outstanding Dedication, Achievement, and Integrity in the Field of Civil and Criminal Tax Controversies; the Tax Foundation’s Public Sector Distinguished Service Award; and Pro Bono Awards from the Virginia State Bar, the Virginia Bar Association, and the City of Richmond Bar Association. In 2016 she was recognized by Tax Analysts as one of the Top 10 Outstanding Women in Tax (internationally).
Nina received her LLM in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center, her JD from North Carolina Central University School of Law, and her AB (in fine arts) from Bryn Mawr College.
Prof. Erich Kirchler

Prof. Erich Kirchler graduated in psychology and human anthropology at the University of Vienna, Austria, and received his habilitation in psychology in 1989 from the University of Linz, Austria.
He is professor of economic psychology at the University of Vienna, guest professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and senior fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS).
He was guest professor at various European universities (e.g., France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland) and was visiting scholar at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA, and ANU, Canberra, Australia.
His research focus is on financial decision making and taxpayer behaviour. Most of his over 400 scientific publications are dedicated to these research fields.
Recent books include The Economic Psychology of Tax Behaviour (Cambridge University Press, 2007), Economic Psychology, with Erik Hoelzl (Cambridge University Press, 2018), and Psychology in Times of Crises, with Julia Pitters and Barbara Kastlunger (Springer, 2022).
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