Registration and morning coffee

Welcome

Moderator: Marta Andhov, Ph.D Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law at University of Copenhagen

Unveiling Green Public Procurement: A Deep Dive

• Exploring its Role in Environmental Conservation, Climate Change Mitigation, and Biodiversity etc.
• Contrasting GPP with Traditional Public Procurement.
• GPP’s Position within EU Public Procurement Legislation.

Coffee break

Beginning Your Journey: Strategizing, Prioritizing, and Operationalizing GPP

• Case study examples

Lunch

Exploring the Tools and Constraints of GPP within Public Procurement Directives

Case law impacting GPP

Coffee Break

Paradigm Shift: From Voluntary to Mandatory minimum GPP Criteria.

An overview of various new sectoral legislations impacting GPP.

Q & A

Registration and morning coffee

Welcome

Moderator: Marta Andhov, Ph.D. and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law at University of Copenhagen

Introduction to framework agreements:

• what they are?
• what are their characteristics
• who can use them and under which circumstances?

Coffee break

Types of framework agreements and methods of call off award

• single vs multisupplier frameworks
• off shelf vs mini competition

Lunch

New case law developments on framework agreements

Coffee break

Can you call off a Framework agreement from a framework agreement?

Case law on the difference between public contract and framework agreements

Q & A

Thank you for participating

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Registration and morning coffee

Welcome

Moderator: Jan Telgen, Professor Emeritus of Public Procurement at University of Twente and and Co-Director of the Public Procurement Research Centre

Introduction to contract award methods

• General overview of existing methods
• Legal background
• Weights and scores

Coffee break

Criteria and scoring:

Practical exercises

• Defining award criteria
• Determining score graphs
• Interpolation

Lunch

Relative scoring

• Impact and consequences
• Avoiding negative consequences

Minimum quality levels

Coffee break

My favorite method:

Awarding on Value

• Theory
• Practical training

Q & A

Thank you for the day

We reserve the right to make changes

REGISTRATION AND MORNING COFFEE

WELCOME TO THE CONFERENCE DAY 1

First, a warm welcome and some practical information from the founder of Nohrcon and Nordic Public Procurement Forum, Jesper Nøhr Kjærsig. Afterwards, our brilliant moderator, Susie Smith, will give you an introduction to today’s program.

OPENING TOPIC AND SPEAKER WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON!

COOPERATIVE LEARNING: Round table discussions among conference participants

NET ZERO INDUSTRY AND PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

This discussion aims to present insights into the procurement implications and considerations associated with the Net-Zero Industry Act and the Critical Raw Materials Act. We’ll explore the interrelationship between procurement, the energy transition, sustainability goals, and ensuring a consistent and secure supply chain.

Dr. Ignacio Herrera-Anchustegui, LL.M., Associate Professor, Energy and Competition Law, University of Bergen (NO)

COOPERATIVE LEARNING: Round table discussions among conference participants

COFFEE BREAK

A NOBEL PRIZE WINNER’S IDEA ABOUT SCORING BIDS

Jan Telgen, Professor Emeritus, University of Twente and Public Procurement Research Centre (NL)

COOPERATIVE LEARNING: Round table discussions among conference participants

LUNCH BREAK

PANEL DISCUSSION: PERFORMING THE PUBLIC CONTRACTS

– the Opaque Interplay Between Public Procurement and National Contract Laws

While the process of concluding public contracts is relatively harmonised thanks to the EU Public Procurement Directives, the laws ruling the awarded public contracts vary depending on where in Europe we are. In Nordics, public contracts are largely treated as any other private commercial contract to which national contract law is applicable. However, certain principles of contract law do not apply or have limited application to public contracts. For example, even if both contracting parties agree, they cannot modify the contract in a manner that would contradict the national equivalent of Article 72 Directive 2014/24/EU. Within this panel, we will have a roundtable discussion on the fundamentals of public procurement and contract law tensions, placing it in the context of contemporary challenges’ impacts on public contracts. We will share our views on the recent developments in Swedish case law and the possibility of applying the hardship clause to public contracts.

The panel is organized under Research Project “Purchase Power – Sustainable Public Procurement through Private Law Enforcement“, carried out at the University of Copenhagen.

Panelists:

Marta Andhov, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen (DK)

Michal Kania, Senior Researcher, University of Copenhagen (DK)

Kristoffer Sällfors, Public Procurement expert / Lawyer, Vinge Law firm (SE)

COFFEE BREAK

CASE: THE DANISH PARLIAMENT

The Danish Parliament has taken over the historical buildings of the The Danish National Archives. This offers a unique opportunity to shape the parliament of the future during the coming years. Which elements are taken into consideration regarding their procurement strategy? How has the process been towards it? How far along are they? And what can other countries learn from it?

Ane Elmose, Chief Program Office, The Danish Parliament and Lisa Sørensen, Project Manager, Danish Building and Property Agency (DK)

COOPERATIVE LEARNING: Round table discussions among conference participants

THE POTENTIAL USE OF AI IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCESSES

• Opportunities and potentials of AI in public procurement.
• Risks, downsides and space for further development
• Global outlook – examples, best practices, current AI initiatives in the pipeline
• Thoughts for future considerations

Veronika Kovács, Senior Counsel, Co-ordinator of the CEE Public Procurement Practice, CMS-CMNO (HU)

COOPERATIVE LEARNING: Round table discussions among conference participants

COFFE BREAK

COMMON PITFALLS IN A NEW WORLD OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

Dorit McCann, Partner, Mason Hayes & Curran (IE)

COOPERATIVE LEARNING: Round table discussions among conference participants

END OF CONFERENCE DAY 1. THANK YOU FOR TODAY!

DINNER AT RESTAURANT HØST (separate registration required)

REGISTRATION AND MORNING COFFEE

WELCOME TO THE CONFERENCE DAY 2

First, a warm welcome and some practical information from the founder of Nohrcon and Nordic Public Procurement Forum, Jesper Nøhr Kjærsig. Afterwards, our brilliant moderator, Susie Smith, will give you an introduction to today’s program.

RECENT CASE LAW OF THE EU COURT OF JUSTICE (SESSION 1)

These sessions will give an overview and critique of the key case law of the last year. Topics covered will include:

– Exemptions from the Directives based on security considerations

– Exclusion of economic operators: practical application and issues relating to Member States’ powers

– Framework agreements: maximum values (again!)

– Disclosure of confidential information

– Width of contracting authorities’ discretion in applying award criteria

– Requirements to subcontract

– Transparency in selection criteria

– Use of hyperlinks in tenders

– Contracting authority mistakes in the tender documents

– Use of supplier lists

– Remedies: standing to bring proceedings; scope of remedies; and time limits for bringing proceedings

Sue Arrowsmith, Professor Emerita, University of Nottingham (UK)

COFFEE BREAK

THE EU FOREIGN SUBSIDIES REGULATION: PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES

Charlotte Brunlid, Special Counsel, DLA Piper Law Firm (SE)

COOPERATIVE LEARNING: Round table discussions among conference participants

COFFEE BREAK

RECENT CASE LAW OF THE EU COURT OF JUSTICE (SESSION 2 )

Sue Arrowsmith, Professor Emerita, University of Nottingham (UK)

LUNCH

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF EU PROCUREMENT LAW: A CRITIQUE

This session will introduce some of the arguments to be presented in the author’s forthcoming book, co-authored with Professor Luke Butler. This book, The Fundamentals of EU Procurement Law: Towards Coherent Foundations, is targeted for publication in 2024 by Cambridge University Press. In it the authors identify and explore several key related themes which they argue contribute to difficulties in developing the EU procurement rules and applying them in practice and make some proposals to place the regime on a sounder conceptual footing for the future.

Sue Arrowsmith, Professor Emerita, University of Nottingham (UK)

QUICK AFTER-LUNCH COFFEE BREAK

BENEFITS AND LIMITATIONS OF eFORMS AND THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT DATA SPACE

COOPERATIVE LEARNING: Round table discussions among conference participants

COFFEE BREAK

“DYNAMIC PURCHASING SYSTEMS” – A WAY TO INCORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY?

Carina Risvig Hamer, Professor, Faculty of Law Research Center, University of Copenhagen (DK)

COOPERATIVE LEARNING: Round table discussions among conference participants

CASE: EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY SPENDS AROUND 90% OF THEIR BUDGET WITHIN PROCUREMENT – WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THEM?

The presentation with focus on the specificities of ESA’s procurement framework. ESA as an international organization, is not subject to the provisions of the EU Procurement Directives, to the national procurement framework of its Member States, or to the Agreement on Government Procurement of the World Trade Organisation. As such, ESA has put in place a specific procurement framework, based on the principle that all member States participate in an equitable manner, having regard to their financial contribution, in implementing the European space programme and in the associated development of space technology. Another specificity of ESA’s procurement framework is the three-tier review system to address claims by economic operators: a first claim for reconsideration of the decision by the Agency, a second claim to the Industrial Ombudsman, and a final claim for review by the Agency’s Procurement Review Board.

Ioana Costin, Legal Officer, The European Space Agency (ESA)

COOPERATIVE LEARNING: Round table discussions among conference participants

COFFEE BREAK

A LOOK INTO THE CRYSTAL BALL: WHERE ARE WE NOW – AND WHERE ARE WE GOING?

Dr. Florian Wolf, Lawyer, Blomstein (DE)

END OF CONFERENCE DAY 2. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!

Registrering og morgenkaffe

Velkomst

Dialog- og avklaringsadgangen under anskaffelsesregelverket

Ronny Rosenvold, assosiert partner i CMS Kluge

Revisjon av anskaffelsesregelverket som gjør det bedre for bedrifter og oppdragsgivere

Gro Amdal, partner i Arntzen de Besche Advokatfirma AS

Kaffepause

Avlysing av konkurranser

Marianne H. Dragsten, partner i Vaar Advokat AS

Tolkningsreglers betydning ved vurderingen av om et tilbud inneholder et reelt avvik

Trine Friberg, partner i Wahl-Larsen Advokatfirma AS

Lunsj

De nyeste og mest interessante KOFA-avgjørelsene

Kristian Jåtog Trygstad, partner i Advokatfirmaet Mageli ANS

Tilstramming av kravene til miljø i offentlige anskaffelser

Anne Buan, partner i CMS Kluge

Elise Tveiten, advokatfullmektig i CMS Kluge

Kaffepause

De nye EU standardene

Julie Kristiansen, advokatfullmektig i Vaar Advokat AS

Kunstig intelligens og offentlige anskaffelser – dagens utvikling i Norge

Marie Braadland, partner i Advokatfirmaet Grette AS

Silje Grimseth Ullebust, partner i Advokatfirmaet Grette AS

Takk for i dag.

Välkommen

Den 6:e upphandlingsprincipen – vad behöver du som upphandlare eller upphandlingsrättsjurist egentligen veta om den nya konkurrensprincipen?

Robert Moldén, Jur.dr. i upphandlings- och konkurrensrätt från Handelshögskolan i Stockholm samt EU-advokat och partner vid Front Advokater

Miljökrav vid offentlig upphandling – aktuell utveckling

Dagne Sabockis, Jur.dr. i upphandlingsrätt från Handelshögskolan i Stockholm samt associate vid Advokatfirman Vinge

Överblick över de viktigaste överprövningsdomarna från Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen under 2022 och 2023

Helena Rosén Andersson, Advokat och counsel vid advokatfirman Vinge samt f d justitieråd vid Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen (presentation)

Lars Henriksson, professor vid Handelshögskolan i Stockholm (analys)

Artificiell intelligens och offentlig upphandling – vart är vi på väg?

[Talare kommer att tillkännages inom kort]

Påtalandeskyldighet, preklusion och andra aktuella processuella upphandlingsrättsliga frågor med stor praktisk betydelse

Johan Liden, advokat vid Front Advokater

Säkerhetsskydd och säkerhetsskyddad upphandling – vad behöver du som upphandlare eller upphandlingsjurist känna till?

Christoffer Stavenow, advokat och partner vid Stavenow advokatbyrå samt författare till den ledande boken i ämnet (”Säkerhetsskydd och säkerhetsskyddad upphandling”, Jure, 2022)

Konkurrens och offentlig upphandling – aktuell utveckling

Per Karlsson, Advokat och partner vid advokatfirman Per Karlsson & Co samt f d chefsjurist vid Konkurrensverket

Anders Asplund, counsel vid advokatfirman Per Karlsson & Co samt f d chefsjurist vid Upphandlingsmyndigheten

Registration and morning coffee

Welcome:

DEFENCE PROCUREMENT: IS THERE AN INTERNAL MARKET FOR THAT AND HOW DOES NATO AFFECT IT?

Moderators:

Carri Ginter, Ph.D. and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law at University of Tartu, Partner at Sorainen Law firm

Katrine Plavina-Mika, Senior Associate at Sorainen Law firm, Chair of the Public Procurement Committee at the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and a former representative of the Eurochambres at the European Commission’s Stakeholder Group on Public Procurement

Mario Sorm, Senior Associate at Sorainen law firm

Introduction to defence procurement:

• what does the Directive say?
• what are the special rules?
• who can use them and under which circumstances?

Exemptions

Coffee break

Examples of transposition of the Defence directive to national laws in light of the war in Ukraine

Essential security interests versus the internal market

Can we exclude Chinese components and companies from public procurement?

Lunch

Workshop: Local components in defence procurement – when can we invoke security of supply?

Issue spotting exercise with additional twists and turns.

Coffee break

Workshop: The NATO dimension of national defence procurement

Issue spotting exercise regarding NATO standards, qualification criteria and other items used in national public procurement.

Q & A

Thank you for participating