Workshop A1

Implementation and application of competitive dialogue

• Use of competitive dialogue in the EU: an analysis from the Official Journal
  Richard Craven, PhD candidate, PPRG, University of Nottingham, UK
  
  
• Implementation in the UK; key legal issues
  Professor Sue Arrowsmith, Professor of Public Procurement Law, PPRG, University of Nottingham, UK
  
   
• Implementation in the UK: the practical experience
  Rob Hann, Director, Legal Services at Local Partnerships LLP, UK
  
  
• Implementation and experiences with
  competitive dialogue in Poland,
  Dr. Anna Gorczynska, University of Lodz, Poland

Workshop B1

Remedies systems

• Design of remedies systems
  Peter Trepte, Barrister, Littleton Chambers and Special Professor, PPRG, University of Nottingham, UK
  
  
• Enforcement of procurement law in China - challenges and possible solutions
  Dr. Xinglin Zhang, Associate Professor, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, China
  
  
• Enforcement of procurement law from a Southern African perspective
  Professor Geo Quinot, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Workshop C1

The GPA - coverage and accession: general issues

• Coverage of the GPA: gaps and challenges for the future
  Robert Anderson, Counsellor, Intellectual Property Division, WTO
  
  
• Accession: current prospects, procedural issues, costs and benefits
  Kodjo Osei-Lah, Counsellor, WTO

Workshop A2

Implementation and application of the new competitive dialogue, continued

• Implementation of competitive dialogue -
  Danish legislation and case law: the experience so far
  Professor Steen Treumer, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  
  
• Spain and Portugal: law and practice
  Pedro Telles, PPRG, University of Nottingham, UK
  
  
• Experience in Germany
  Professor Martin Burgi, Research Institute for Modernisation of Administrative Law and Government Procurement Law, University of Bochum, Germany
  
• Experience in Italy
  Dr. Dario Casalini, Assistant Professor in Public Law, Faculty of Economics, University of Turin, Italy and
  
  Gabriella M. Racca, Professor in Administrative Law, Faculty of Economics, University of Turin, Italy 

Workshop B2

Interim measures

• Interim measures in selected Member States of the EU
  Professor Roberto Caranta, Law Faculty, University of Turin, Italy
  
  
• The Romanian experience with interim measures and automatic suspension
  Serban Filipon, PPRG, University of Nottingham, UK
  
  
• Interim measures - a developing country perspective
  Peter Trepte, Barrister, Littleton Chambers and Special Professor, PPRG University of Nottingham, UK
  
  
• Danish experiences with Interim measures
  Martin Dittmer, Partner, Gorrissen Federspiel, Denmark

Workshop C2

The Accession of China and India to the GPA

• Discussion by panel including key national policy makers and WTO officials
  
• Audience discussion

Panel:
Prof. Fuguo Cao, Central University of Finance and Economics, P.R. China

Dr. Ping Wang, PPRG, University of Nottingham, UK

Robert Anderson, Counsellor, Intellectual Property Division, WTO

Diane De-Marliave, European Commission

Sandeep Verma, IAS Commissioner, IGNP, India

Dr. Sangeeta Khorana, Aberystwyth University, UK

Prof. Shaoyu Zheng, Academy of Equipment Command and Technology, China

Director: Ping Wang, University of Nottingham

Workshop A3

Competitive dialogue: discussion of key issues

• Panel remarks and audience discussion
  
  In this session there will be general audience discussion of key issues in competitive dialogue arising from the presentations.
  
  Panel:
  Professor, dr.jur. Jens Fejø, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, Denmark
  
  Jonathan Davey, Partner and Head of Commercial Group, Addleshaw Goddard, UK
  
  Michael Burnett, European Institute of Public Administration, Netherlands 

Workshop B3

Approaches to penalties

• Approaches to penalties in selected Member States
  William Timmermans, Partner, Altius, Belgium
  
  
• A country's existing experience with penalties: the Norwegian experience
  Arnhild Dordi Gjønnes,  Attorney-at-law, NHO, Norway

Workshop C3

Current issues for the GPA

• Special and Differential Treatment and other special measures for developing countries under the GPA: the current text and new provisions
  Anna Caroline Müller, Associate, Clifford Chance, Germany.
  
  
• Regionalism/multilateralism debate in the area of public procurement
  Robert Anderson, Counsellor, Intellectual Property Division WTO

Workshop A4

Treaty obligations for contracts outside the public procurement directives

• Scope of the Treaty requirements: which arrangements are covered?
  Andrea Sundstrand, Advokat and PhD candidate,  University of Stockholm, Sweden
  
  
• Practical requirements arising from the Treaty principles: advertising, procedures and remedies
  Carina Risvig Hansen, Head of Section in the Danish Competition Authority and PhD candidate, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
  
  
• The Norwegian experiences and debate on the practical requirements arising from the Treaty principles
  Professor em. Kai Krüger, Norway
  
  
• The Regulation of Contracts below the EU Thresholds and in Areas not Covered by the Detailed Rules in the EU Directives
  Peter Bennett, Senior Adviser, OECD

Workshop B4

Ineffectiveness of contracts under the new Remedies Directive

• The German perspective:
  The EU rules and Member State Practice
  Hans-Joachim Priess, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhuas Deringer, Germany
  
  
• The French perspective
  Joel Arnould, Member of the Administrative Court of Lyon, France
  
  
• The UK perspective
  Dr. Totis Kotsonis, Lawyer, Norton Rose, UK
  
  
• The Danish perspective
  Professor Steen Treumer, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  
  
• The Lithuanian perspective
  Dr. Deividas Soloveicikas, Practising Lawyer and Reader in public procurement law, Vilnius University, Lithuania

Workshop C4

International procurement rules in times of crisis

• Implications of the global financial crisis for the GPA and FTAs
  Professor John Linarelli, University of La Verne College of Law, USA
  
  
• Sale of contacts after bankruptcy from an EU perspective
  Professor Mario Comba, University of Turin, Italy