Past event
Event ·
16 Oct 2025, 12:30 -
18:45
GMT
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Hungary
11th CMS Public Procurement Forum
Public procurement law in transition: innovation, digitalisation, and emerging trends
CMS Budapest
We are delighted to invite you to our 11th Global Public Procurement Conference taking place in Budapest this year.
Event details
Programme
16 Oct 2025 Past event
12:30 - 18:45 GMT
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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.
Panel discussions:
The conference will be structured as six focused and interactive panel discussions covering the following subjects:
- Bid rigging risks and recent case law of public procurement cartels
- Legal and practical perspectives on exclusion risks in public procurement: Who gets left out?
- Procurement practices in the era of AI and digitalisation
- Shaping tomorrow’s procurement: Insights from across Europe: Directive 2014/24/EU reimagined
- Fostering innovation in the Life Sciences and Healthcare sector procurements - best practices and challenges
- Procuring large infrastructure projects: opportunities and challenges
The panels will feature a diverse mix of CMS lawyers offering comparative views on procurement practices, alongside guest speakers from organisations such as AstraZeneca, Roche, PORR Group, the OECD, and many others who will share their experiences.
We are also excited to announce that Tünde Tátrai, renowned economist, lawyer, and Professor of Economics at Corvinus University of Budapest and Kenza Khachani, economist and policy analyst at OECD, will open the conference as our keynote speakers.
The conference will conclude with a cocktail reception, at which you will have the opportunity to network with our experts, guest speakers, and colleagues.
The event will be held in English and is free of charge. For those interested in the topics but unable to attend in person, remote participation will be available.
Agenda
| Time | Session | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 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 digitalization | Guest speaker: Szabolcs Németh, the Head of Digital Transformation and Strategic Projects, Roche Diagnostics CMS lawyers: Veronika Kovacs; Anne Buan; Márton Domokos |
| 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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