That was the 22nd Procurement Conference in Berlin
On 15 and 16 November 2021, the 22nd Procurement Conference – the original of all procurement events – took place at the Hotel de Rome in Berlin, in cooperation with the Procurement Office of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, forum vergabe e.V. and the University of the German Armed Forces in Munich.
180 procurement professionals, public procurement law experts, political decision-makers and representatives from academia and industry discussed current developments in public procurement as well as practical challenges faced in day-to-day procurement at federal, state and local government levels.
You can find highlights from the 22nd Procurement Conference at this link.
There was a lively exchange on the following topics:
- Germany after the election: a new beginning for public procurement too?
- Update on public procurement law 2021/22: Current developments and requirements at EU, federal and state levels
- Procurement Insider: Academic study on sustainable procurement in Germany
- Digital sovereignty in Germany and the EU: What does this mean strategically for ICT procurement?
- Climate protection and sustainability: How can public procurement make its carbon footprint fit for the future?
- Lessons from the pandemic: Tasks for public procurement & logistics in normal and crisis situations
- Towards strategic procurement: Standard-based digitalisation of the public purchasing and procurement process
- Public cloud and new delivery and payment models in the tech sector: Solutions for IT procurers and budget managers
- The current award decision and its consequences
- Life cycle and better quality versus a lower price: A call for greater boldness in awarding contracts
- Laboratories, hubs & co.: How procurement departments can turn their processes on their head
- The Supply Chain Act, compliance and transparency: How to properly safeguard your organisation when making procurement decisions
- ‘Management’ requirements and ‘administrative’ classification: Is the role of the ‘procurement officer’ changing?
- ‘Bidders desperately sought’: A debate on how public procurement can once again become attractive to the (broader) economy
- Procurement & Logistics in the ‘Public Authority 2022’: Functions and responsibilities from the perspective of procurement and public authority management
The next – and 23rd – Procurement Conference will take place on 29–30 September 2022 once again at the Hotel de Rome.