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Join us in wonderful Copenhagen – or in cyberspace – for the 16th edition of the leading procurement event in Northern Europe!
We offer you a breath-taking mix of exciting conferences, workshops & networking opportunities with other passionate public procurement peers in safe surroundings!
EARLY BIRD PRICE UNTIL THE 24TH OF JUNE 2021!
+ REGISTER 3 – AND PAY ONLY FOR 2! EXPIRES AUGUST 4TH!
JOIN US IN COPENHAGEN OR LIVE-STREAM THE EVENT
– FROM HOME OR FROM DLA PIPER OFFICES IN SCANDINAVIA!
You can participate remotely via online live-streaming – same prices as Early Bird prices! You can live-stream from anywhere; your home, your office, or you can even join other PP professionals at your local DLA PIPER HQ, in Oslo, Stockholm and Helsinki.
5 GOOD REASONS FOR ATTENDING – YOU WILL GET:
- Thorough insight on the implications of the EU Public Procurement Directives
- Access to the latest important research within public procurement law and design
- Knowledge and inspiration through relevant case experiences
- An update on recent developments in case law of the Court of Justice in the field of PP
- A great opportunity to strengthen your network and improve your career opportunities
HIGHLIGHTS:
SUE ARROWSMITH • GREEN PROCUREMENT • RECENT CASE LAW • COVID-19 & PROCUREMENT • FRAMEWORK AGREEMENTS • EUROPEAN COMMISSION • HEALTH PROCUREMENT • CATEGORY MANAGEMENT • JUDGE MARC STEINER • CONTRACT MANAGEMENT – AND LOTS MORE!
KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS BY:
- Sue Arrowsmith, Professor Emerita, School of Law, University of Nottingham, UK
- Judge Marc Steiner, Swiss Federal Administrative Court, CH
- Dr Isabell Koepfer, LL.M., Lead Legal Counsel, Directorate General Legal Services, EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
- Dr Iur Mari Ann Simovart, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Tartu, EE
- Jan Telgen, emiritus professor of Public Procurement, University of Twente, and Public Procurement Research Center (PPRC), NL
- Marta Andhov, PhD, Associate professor, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, DK
- Dr Kirsi-Maria Halonen, Docent, Senior Lecturer, University of Lapland, Faculty of Law, FI; Member of European Commission’s Stakeholder Group on Public Procurement
- Roxana Vornicu, Co-Managing Partner Sirbu & Vornicu Law Firm, RO and Research Associate King´s College London
- René Franz Henschel, Professor, University of Aarhus, DK
PROGRAM OVERVIEW:
Combine your own package – pick the days you want to attend.
7/9 WORKSHOPS, DANISH DAY, BIM CONFERENCE AND CATEGORY MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL COURSE
Workshop on contract award in EU Public Procurement: practical issues in determining the best bid 2021
Program
9:45 | Registration and morning coffee |
10:00 | Welcome
Moderator: Jan Telgen, Professor Emeritus of Public Procurement at University of Twente and and Co-Director of the Public Procurement Research Centre |
10:05 | Introduction to contract award methods
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11:15 | Coffee break |
11:30 | Criteria and scoring: Practical exercises
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12:30 | Lunch |
13:30 | Relative scoring
Minimum quality levels |
15:00 | Coffee break |
15:15 | My favorite method: Awarding on Value
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16:30 | Q & A |
16:45 | Thank you for the day
We reserve the right to make changes |
Workshop on Framework Agreements 2021
Program
9:45 | Registration and morning coffee |
10:00 | Welcome
Moderator: Marta Andhov, Ph.D. and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law at University of Copenhagen |
10:05 |
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11:15 | Coffee break |
11:30 |
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12:30
| Lunch |
13:30 | What are the types of framework agreements and methods of call off award?
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15:00 | Coffee break |
15:15 |
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16:30 | Q & A |
16:45 | Thank you for participating
We reserve the right to make changes |
Danish Day: Udbudsloven for specialister 2021
Program
08:45 09:00 | REGISTRERING OG MORGENKAFFE |
09:00 12:00 | SENESTE NYT FRA KFLU I en spændende dialog bliver du grundigt opdateret på aktuelle skelsættende afgørelser og får bredt fortolkningsgrundlaget ud, så du får en solid forståelse for fortolkningen af vigtig retspraksis til brug for dit daglige arbejde. Undervejs i dialogen lægger vi op til debat og erfaringsudveksling. De store udbudssager 2020/2021 bliver således taget under kærlig behandling med særligt fokus på faldgruber, tendenser og nyskabelser. Tina Braad, Partner, Bech Bruun og Peter Dann Jørgensen, Partner, Two Birds |
12:00 13:00 | FROKOST |
13:00 13:45 | UDELUKKELSESGRUNDE: ORDREGIVERS PLIGT TIL AT PÅSE OVERHOLDELSEN AF DISSE Programtekst kommer snart Asbjørn Dalum Andersen, Partner, Honoré, Fallesen & Andersen |
13:45 14:00 | KAFFEPAUSE |
14:00 15:00 | EVALUERING AF UDBUDSLOVEN Programtekst kommer snart Kenneth Skov Jensen, Head of Division og Rasmus Horskjær Nielsen, Chefkonsulent, Konkurrence- og Forbrugerstyrelsen |
15:00 15:15 | KAFFEPAUSE |
15:15 16:00 | HENSYNSTAGEN TIL KØNSMÆSSIG LIGESTILLING I UDBUD På trods af, at det er en erklæret strategi fra EU-kommissionen at der skal indføres 100 % kønsmæssig ligestilling i EU-landene, og selvom vi i Danmark har en ligestillingslov, der forpligter offentlige myndigheder til inden for deres område arbejde for ligestilling og indarbejde ligestilling i al planlægning og forvaltning, så indtænkes kønsmæssig ligestilling på ingen måde i dansk offentligt indkøb. Hvorfor skal man inddrage hensyn til kønsmæssig ligestilling i offentlige indkøb? Hvordan kan man inddrage hensyn til kønsmæssig ligestilling i forbindelse med offentligt indkøb? Er der hindringer i udbudsloven for inddragelse af den slags hensyn? Anja Piening, Administrerende direktør og Partner, NP Advokater ApS |
16:00 | FARVEL OG TAK FOR I DAG! |
Workshop on BIM and public procurement – friends or foes? 2021
Program
10:00 | Welcome Moderator: Roxana Vornicu, Co-Managing Partner Sirbu & Vornicu Law Firm, Bucharest Romania and Research Associate King´s College London Roxana Vornicu is a Managing Partner at a boutique law firm in Bucharest, Sirbu & Vornicu, dealing with procurement and construction law. She is an international academic having published scholarly works in the fields of public procurement law, EU law and administrative law. She currently holds a position of Research Associate at King´s College London, Centre of Construction Law and Dispute Resolution. Whilst at King´s, Roxana deals with digital technologies in the field of construction law and procurement and contractual collaborative techniques. |
10:05 | An Introduction to BIM and the European status quo. Comparative lens on policies and initiatives aiming to foster the adoption of BIM in public procurement |
11:15 | Break |
11:30 | EU public procurement directives and regulations and BIM. Drafting and complying with the tender documentation in a BIM project |
12:30
| Lunch |
13:30 | BIM and construction contracts. From FIDIC to collaborative construction contractual techniques. A comparative assessment |
14:30 | Break |
14:45 | BIM and the sustainability agenda |
15:45 | Q & A |
16:00 | Than you for the day We reserve the right to make changes |
Category management international course – Category thinking for public and private buyers
Program
08:45 | Morning coffee and registration |
09:00 | Introduction to the course and the program of the day Moderator: Morten Munkgaard Møller, cand.merc. and Ph.D. in supply chain management, Associate Professor, Aalborg University, DK |
09:15 | What is category management? Where does it come from? What does the term cover? + Exercise |
10:30 | Short break |
10:45 | How to develop a category strategy? How to use Kraljic Portfolio Matrix as a starting tool? + Exercise |
12:00 | Lunch |
12:45 | The potential as well as the pitfalls of using category management + Exercise |
13:30 | Short break |
13:45 | How to implement category management? + Exercise |
15:15 | Project Charter – How to start category management in your own organization + Exercise |
15:45 | Summary of the day and goodbye
We reserve the right to make changes |
8/9 CONFERENCE DAY 1
Nordic Public Procurement Forum day 1 2021
Program
09:30 | Registration and morning coffee |
10:00 | Welcome to the conference
Chairman – Martin Trybus, Professor of European Law and Policy, Birmingham Law School, UK |
10:10 | Latest news from the European Commission and other key issues related to Public Procurement
Speaker to be announced |
11:00 | Coffee break |
11:15 | General Trends and Challenges of Low Carbon Public Procurement in Europe Haiping Yu, Individual Sustainability Consultant |
12:00 | Lunch |
13:00 | The interplay between competition based on quality and green award criteria The speaker was called 2011 as an expert during the Heide Rühle strategy process when the ideas of the European Parliament on the procurement directives 2014 were forged. He will recall those ideas and demonstrate that the Swiss (new Federal Act on Public procurement [PPA] of 21 June 2019) behave perfectly European in this context. Judge Marc Steiner, Swiss Federal Administrative Court, CH |
14:00 | Coffee break |
14:15 | The internal appeal procedure under the ECB procurement rules Dr. Isabell Koepfer LL.M., Lead Legal Counsel, Directorate General Legal Services, European Central Bank (ECB) |
15:00 | Making sustainability possible in public procurement. European examples of sustainable requirements Tim Stoffel, Project Manager, Global Nature Fund (GNF), DE |
15:45 | Coffee break
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16:00 | Get insight into Denmark’s initiatives and tools for green public procurement – what are the lessons learned? Rikke Dreyer, Chief Consultant Public Procurement and Chairman of the Sustainable Procurement Forum, DK |
16:30 | Case of health procurement Erik Gadman, Counsel, Gernandt & Danielsson, SE |
17:00 | End of conference Day 1
We reserve the right to make changes |
9/9 CONFERENCE DAY 2
Nordic Public Procurement Forum day 2 2021
Program
08:30 | Registration and morning coffee |
09:00 | Welcome to the conference day 2 Chairman – Martin Trybus, Professor of European Law and Policy, Birmingham Law School, UK |
09:10 | New case law Sue Arrowsmith, Achilles Professor, School of Law, University of Nottingham, UK |
09:55 | Where are all the bids? Analysing empirical evidence from Sweden and Finland Janne Tukiainen and Kirsi-Maria Halonen have made a profound report for the Swedish Competition Board. In this presentation they share their findings on how to get more bids. Kirsi-Maria Halonen, Adjunct Prof., University of Lapland, FI |
10:25 | Contract Management Rene Franz Henschel, Professor, Aarhus University, DK |
10:55 | Coffee break |
11:15 | COVID-19 and procurement Sue Arrowsmith, Achilles Professor, School of Law, University of Nottingham, UK |
12:00 | Lunch |
13:00 | Topic to be announced soon Sue Arrowsmith, Achilles Professor, School of Law, University of Nottingham, UK |
14:10 | Disclosure of award criteria and evaluation models Christina Melson, Senior lawyer, Haavind and Anne Hesjedal Sending, Partner, Haavind, NO |
14:45 | Coffee break |
15:00 | Public procurement and Information security in practice Andreas Estrup Ippolito, Partner, DK |
16:00 | Joint cross-border public procurement in the security sector – introducing iProcureNet Dr. Iur Mari Ann Simovart, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Tartu, Estonia, EE |
17:00 | Thank you for participating
We reserve the right to make changes |
10/9 NORWEGIAN DAY AND PROCURETECH CONFERENCE
Special Day for Norwegian Public Procurement Professionals 2021
Program
08:45 | Registrering og morgenkaffe |
09:00 | Velkomst Nohrcon |
09:05 | Offentlige anskaffelser under og etter koronaepidemien Marianne H. Dragsten, partner i Vaar Advokat AS |
09:50 | Vilkåret om gjensidig bebyrdende avtale – typetilfeller og fallgruver Ronny Rosenvold, assosiert partner i Kluge Advokatfirma AS |
10:35 | Kaffepause |
10:50 | Kan oppdragsgiver stole på tilbudene? Kristian Jåtog Trygstad, partner i Advokatfirmaet Mageli ANS |
11:30 | Lunsj |
12:30 | Det vanskelige valget – kan denne feilen rettes innen rammen av gjeldende konkurranse eller må konkurransen avlyses? Trine Friberg, partner i Wahl-Larsen Advokatfirma AS |
13:15 | Krav, skal-krav, minstekrav og absolutte krav i offentlige anskaffelser Silje Grimseth Ullebust, partner i Advokatfirmaet Grette AS |
14:00 | Kaffepause |
14:15 | De nyeste og mest interessante KOFA-avgjørelsene Kristian Jåtog Trygstad, partner i Advokatfirmaet Mageli ANS |
15:00 | Avslutning
Vi forbeholder oss retten til å gjøre endringer |
Procuretech as a Tool for Digitalization 2021
Program
08:45 | Registration and morning coffee |
09:00 | Welcome & an introduction to procuretech Chairman — Carina Risvig Hamer, PhD and Assistant Professor at University of Southern Denmark, DK |
09:10 | Software procurement: Legal aspects and challenges in purchasing IT-Systems Juhani Puisto, senior specialist in Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (FCCA), FI |
10:00 | Blockchain and public procurement: Aspects of integrity, transparency, efficiency and security of data in procuerement Aris Georgopoulos, Asst. Professor in European and Public Law – Advocate at University of Nottingham, UK |
10:50 | Coffee break |
11:05 | Implementation of GDPR in procurement — Challenges and lessons learned from Norway Espen Bakjord, Partner at Law Firm Vaar, NO |
12:00 | Lunch |
13:00 | Debate session: How can advantages in procurement technologies make purchasing processes smoother in the future? |
13:15 | Electronic auctions in procurement and their impact on competition Kristoffer Sällfors, Expert in public procurement at Law Firm Vinge, SE |
14:00 | The use of ESPD: Gains and challenges for digitalization of procurement Lene Moe Blom, Senior Attorney at Law Firm Grette, NO |
14:45 | Coffee break |
15:00 | Procurement of public cloud services in the Nordic countries The relationship between the contract chosen by the contracting authority and standard terms and conditions for the public cloud services. Espen Bakjord, Partner at Law Firm Vaar, NO |
15:45 | Q & A |
16:00 | Thank you for the day
We reserve the right to make changes |
PRACTICAL INFORMATION:
Conference venue
Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel
Amager Boulevard 70
2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark
Special offer: Book accommodation at the hotel via nohrcon.com before 6th of August 2021 for DKK 1445 pr. night (approx. € 195), incl. breakfast. Limited rooms available. Instructions will follow after registration.
The location and travel instructions to the hotel
Parking at the venue
Price: DKK 25,- per hour (daytime), after 6 pm: DKK 18,-. 24-hour ticket: DKK 200,-
How to get from the airport to Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel
By bus: Take bus 5C towards Husum Torv and get off at Ørestads Boulevard. The trip will take approximately 30 minutes from the airport.
By metro: Enter the metro station from Terminal 3. Take the M2 to Kongens Nytorv Station, where you’ll change to the M1. Get off at Islands Brygge Station. The hotel is a 400-meter walk away.
By taxi: Private taxis are widely available right outside the airport. The trip by taxi takes approximately 15 minutes but allow more time during rush hour.
Our hotel has a 24-hour front desk team if you’d like a taxi arranged.
By car: Drive via Amagerbrogade for a 5.4-kilometer trip or via Røde Mellemvej for a 6.8-kilometer trip to the hotel.
How to get from Copenhagen Central Station to Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel
On foot: The hotel is only a 2-kilometer walk from Copenhagen Central Station (København H). Take Langebro across the canal.
By bus: Take bus 5C toward Kastrup St and get off at the Klaksvigsgade (Amager Boulevard) stop. The hotel is just 250m from here.
Nordic Public Procurement Forum 2021 Conference dinner
Dinner info will be announced soon.
Separate registration required.
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