5th Public Procurement PhD Research Conference
Conference Programme
Monday, 12 September, 2011
9:30 am to 9:45 am
Registration
Room B55, Law and Social Sciences Building, University Park Campus
9:45 am to 10:00 am
Welcome address by Prof. Sue Arrowsmith
GROUP A: Public Procurement in a Global Context
Chair: Prof. Sue Arrowsmith
Discussant: Dr. Ping Wang
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Mehmet Bedii Kaya, “The correlation between public procurement and
development: the case of Turkey”
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Dr. Baudouin Heuninckx, “How an Analysis of the Procurement Rules of
International Organisations can lead to Improvements of European
Union Public Procurement Law”
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Zeija Flavian, “Public-private partnership corruption in corporate
governance: Directors’ behavior in public procurement in Uganda”
10:00 am to 11:00 am
11:00 am to 11:20 pm
Tea and coffee break
GROUP B: Public Procurement outside the EU Directives
Chair: Dr. Albert Sánchez Graells
Discussant: Prof. Sue Arrowsmith
11:20 pm to 12:00 pm
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
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Andrea Sunstrand, “Public procurement: the third regime”
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Carina Risvig Hansen, “Cross-border interest”
Lunch
GROUP C: The EU Procurement Law Principle of Transparency
Chair: Dr. Ping Wang
Discussant: Dr. Sylvia de Mars
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
2:00 pm to 2:15 pm
2:15 pm to 3:15 pm
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Simone Terbrack, “The principle of transparency in the law of public
procurement with an emphasis on the hierarchy of the procedures”
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Irena Georgieva, “Transparency – origination: the Bulgarian approach”
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Pierre Bourdon, “Essay on the public procurement law principle(s)”
Tea and coffee break
GROUP D: Issues under the EU Procurement Directives
Chair: Dr. Sylvia de Mars
Discussant: Dr. Albert Sánchez Graells
6:30 pm
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Matteo Pignatti, “Aggregate models of public procurement”
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Paula Faustino, “Public Procurement Award Criteria in the EU Member
States: A Comparative Case Study”
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Serbon Filipon, “Framework Agreements, Qualification Systems and
Supplier Lists”
Conference Dinner
Tuesday, 13 September, 2011
GROUP E: Remedies
Chair: Dr. Pedro Telles
Discussant: Dr. Ama Eyo
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Dr Juhász Ágnes, “Invalidity of public procurement contract in the
Hungarian law”
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Hanna Schebesta, ”EU Law Requirements on Damages for Breaches of
Public Procurement Law”
Drd. Mircea Valentin Cârlan, “The analysis of the legal responsibility
regulated by Government Ordinance no 79/2003 regarding the control
and recovery of the community funds and the related national cofinancing funds inadequately spent, modified and completed”
9:30 am to 10:30 am
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10:30 am to 10:40 am
Tea and coffee break
GROUP F: Horizontal Policies
Chair: Dr. Ama Eyo
Discussant: Dr. Aris Georgopoulos
10:40 am to 12:00 pm
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
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Maria Corvaglia, “Labour Standards in Public Procurement in the light of
the GPA and WB guidelines”
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Erik Sandin, “The use of environmental criteria in public procurement
and the internal market of the EU”
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Luke Butler, “Considering the External Implications of Internal
European Defence Procurement Regulation: The Practice of ‘Offsets’”
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Georgios Sampanis, “A first approach on the provisions of the Directive
2009/81/EC regarding subcontracting”
Lunch
Group G: PPP Procurement
Chair: Dr. Aris Georgopoulos
Discussant: Dr. Pedro Telles
1:00pm to 2:00 pm
2:00 pm to 2:10 pm

Robert Ågren, “A research design for investigating competitive dialogue
as a tool for reducing risk premiums in the construction industry”
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Richard Craven, “Procurement procedures under PFI: the operation of
the new legal framework”
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Angela Vodden, “Material changes: how many?”
Tea and coffee break
Group G: PPP Procurement and Subcontracting (continued)
2:10 pm to 3:30 pm
7:30 pm
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Marta Andrecka, “The Institutionalized Public Private Partnership as a
mixed contract”
Evening meal and drinks (cost not covered by PPRG)
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