Fórum de Public Procurement em Lisboa

8:45 a.m.

Registration & coffee

9:00 a.m.

Welcome & introduction

Bernt Elsner, Head of the CMS Public Procurement Group

Gonçalo Guerra Tavares, CMS Portugal

9:15 a.m.

Innovation in public procurement

Jaroslav Kračún, European Commission

Panel discussion with Virginie Dor, CMS Belgium, and Petra Heemskerk, CMS Netherland

10:45 a.m.

Coffee break

11:15 a.m.

E-procurement and strategic public procurement

Luís Valadares Tavares, professor from the Technical University of Lisbon

11:40 a.m.

Modifications to existing contracts and avoidance of a new tender

Gonçalo Guerra Tavares, CMS Portugal

12:00 p.m.

Procurement of concessions:

Special sectors and privatized concession contracts

Monica Carneiro Pacheco, CMS Portugal

12:15 p.m

Procurement of concessions:

Quality assurance in procurement of concessions

Kawthar Ben Khelil, CMS France and Thomas Hamerl, CMS Austria

12:45 p.m.

Closing remarks

Bernt Elsner, Head of the CMS Public Procurement Group

13:00 p.m.         

Business lunch