Public Procurement Conference – centralization and new trends

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This public procurement conference – centralization and new trends aims to address new developments, innovation and sustainability as well as emerging issues in public procurement. The two-day Conference will bring together both practitioners and researchers working in the field from all around Europe, especially from Scandinavia.

The first day of the Conference is divided into three panels:

  • CPBs in Scandinavia - trends and challenges
  • Framework Agreements
  • Dynamic Purchasing Systems

The second day of the Conference is divided into two panels followed by Danish and International Tracks: 

  • Public Procurement for a Green Transition
  • The Future of Centralization
  • International Track (held in English) / Danish Track on framework agreements (held in Danish)

Some of the presentations will be based on papers, which will be published as a book by Djøf Publishing autumn 2023 (editors: Carina Risvig Hamer, Kirsi-Maria Halonen and Magdalena Socha).

 

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Click here to see the slides from the conference

 

 

1) A. H. Gebremichael - Ensuring Transparency in the call-off award with reopening of competition

2) J. Virtanen, S. Baulia, J. Tukiainen & J. Jääskeläinen - The effects of centralized public procurement on prices and competition

3) A. Sanchez-Graells - Competition Implications of Procurement Digitalisation and the Procurement of Digital Technologies by Central Purchasing Bodies

4) R. Lombardi & S. Rossa - Joint Cross-Border Procurement, between Normative Complexity and Implementation Difficulties

 

 

Fee:             

  • Conference fee: 500 DKK*
  • Conference dinner: 500 DKK

* Participation in the conference (without dinner) is free of charge for students, Ph.D. students, and post-docs.

Registration:

Please sign up using this form - no later than 19 April 2023, 10:00 (CET).

Location:

University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Law, room, South Campus, Njalsgade 76, DK-2300 Copenhagen S

Conference dinner:

On Tuesday April 25 we invite participants and speakers for a Conference dinner on Campus. Separate registration is required.

PhD Conference:

The Conference is followed by the PhD Conference in Public Procurement & Competition Law that will take place on 27 April 2023. Click here for more information.

Contact:

For registration inquiries please contact michelle.kjaerulff@jur.ku.dk 

For any other inquiries, please contact Carina Risvig Hamer at carina.hamer@jur.ku.dk or Magdalena Socha at magdalena.socha@jur.ku.dk

 

The Conference is part of CPB-project, founded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark (Sapere Aude: DFF-Starting Grant, case number: 0167-00031A).

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