11th CMS Public Procurement Forum
Event details
Programme
16 Oct 2025 Past event
We are delighted to invite you to our 11th Global Public Procurement Conference taking place in Budapest this year. We will be discussing keyopportunities and challenges when doing business with the public sector. Among the topics on the agenda: AI and digitalisation, innovations in the life sciences sector, procuring infrastructure projects, and bid rigging vs. right bidding.
Please join us for an insightful and practical business-focused session where we will explore trends and experiences in public procurement law across various jurisdictions in Europe and beyond. This is a unique opportunity to share and learn from diverse experiences, fostering innovation and digitalisation in public procurement.
The conference will conclude with a cocktail reception, at which you will have the opportunity to network with our experts, guest speakers, colleagues and other practitioners.
The event will be held in English and is free of charge.
There will be the possibility to participate remotely for anyone interested in these topics, but unable to attend in person.
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Agenda
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Registration and lunch |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Welcome and Keynote Guest speakers: Tünde Tátrai, Professor of Economics at Corvinus University of Budapest; Kenza Khachani, Economist & Policy Analyst, OECD CMS lawyers: Veronika Kovacs; Virginie Dor |
| 14:00 - 14:40 | Bid rigging risks and recent case law of public procurement cartels Guest speaker: Kenza Khachani, Economist & Policy Analyst, OECD; Dániel Kázmér, In House Counsel & Head of Legal Department, Strabag Hungary CMS lawyers: Szabolcs Szendrő, Marquard Christen, Bernt Elsner |
| 14:40 - 15:10 | Legal and practical perspectives on exclusion risks in public procurement: Who gets left out? Guest speakers: Tünde Tátrai, Professor of Economics at Corvinus University of Budapest; Andras Busch, General Counsel Hungary, Siemens Energy Hungary CMS lawyers: Graeme Young, Youri Musschebroeck, Christian Scherer |
| 15:10 - 15:45 | Procurement practices in the era of AI and digitalisation Guest speaker: Szabolcs Németh, the Head of Digital Transformation and Strategic Projects, Roche Diagnostics |
| 15:45 - 16:15 | Coffee break |
| 16:15 - 16:45 | Shaping tomorrow’s procurement: Directive 2014/24/EU reimagined CMS lawyers: Isabelle de Jong; Emma Blundell; Youri Musschebroeck; Elise Vos |
| 16:45 - 17:15 | Fostering innovation in the Life Sciences and Healthcare sector procurements - best practices and challenges Guest speakers: Adrienn Kiss, Head of Commercial Department, Roche Diagnostic Division; Natalia Lojko, Legal Director Poland & CE, AstraZeneca CMS lawyers: Veronika Kovacs; Virginie Dor |
| 17:15 - 17:45 | Procuring large infrastructure projects: opportunities and challenges Guest speaker: Wolfgang Kainzmeier, Head PPP/Holdings/Concessions, PORR Beteiligungen und Management GmbH CMS lawyers: Bernt Elsner; Petra Heemskerk; Lenka Krutáková |
| 17:45 - 18:45 | Close and cocktail reception |
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