1. How to Enhance Competition in Public Procurement

Moderator: GIUSEPPE FRANCO FERRARI, Professor Emeritus of Constitutional Law at Bocconi University, Milan; he was Vice President of IACL - International Academy of Comparative Law from 2014 to 2022

• How to expand the bidder list to maximize the effects of competition
• Engaging SMEs and startups: opportunities, challenges, and implications
• Promoting competition among suppliers, ensuring fair evaluation processes, and preventing anti-competitive practices
• Towards more strategic public procurement to promote effective and participatory competition

Enhancing competition in public procurement
MILDRED MAINA, Ag. Manager, Supply Chain Management at the Media Council of Kenya

The principles of result, trust and competition in the Italian law on public contracts
GIANFRANCESCO FIDONE, Attorney and Professor of Administrative Law, Sapienza University of Rome

The perspective of the economic operator in public tender procedures
UMBERTO ROSATELLA, CEO of Ale Consulting Srl

From Efficiency to Sustainability: Redefining Strategic Goals in Green Public Procurement
FABIO IANNONE, Researcher of Management, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa

2. P.P. Performance Management: A Framework for Measuring Efficiency, Compliance and Planned Targets

Moderator: DAVIDE VANNONI, Full Professor of Applied Economics, Director of the School of Management and Economics, University of Turin

• Importance of performance measurement & evaluation and most commonly used indicators
• Tools and methods for performance analysis: balanced scorecard and capability maturity models
• OECD indicators and identified weaknesses
• Systemic issues and inefficiencies in public procurement in Europe (European Court of Auditors)

Data and KPIs for a more strategic procurement
FEDERICA DALLANOCE, Vice President of ADACI and Member of IFPSM Board

Should Cost Analysis as the Basis for Performance Analysis
STEVE ROBINSON, Business Development Executive UK

Measurement Targets for Public Procurement in Kenya and Challenges to be Overcome
CHRIS OANDA, President of IFPSM

3. Enhanced Professionalism and Discretion of P.P. Operators *

Moderator: IVO LOCATELLI, Former Senior Expert at European Commission and Public Procurement Policy Unit

Specific subjects discussed during the round table:

• Giving frontline staff the power to make exceptions and improve outcomes.
• Focus on compliance, but also on performance and effective interests of the community.
• Enhancing professionalism to unleash PP full potential through training and education, improved skills and competences, certification, incentives and career development, technology.
• The role of the Marketing Decision Support System (MDSS).

Risk Management 4.0 – Proactive Procurement in the Public Sector
GIL ZEFONI, CEO IPLMA
Transforming procurement from a technical function into a strategic driver of value, resilience, and innovation.

“The Bright side of Bureaucracy - The dilemma of the fair balance: reach objectives in a timely manner, respecting rules”
ENZO GELATI, Procurement Director of the Italian Institute of Technology

Transforming the role of procurement and buyers as a result of the AI revolution
ERRICO GIALLONARDO, Head of Procurement Cassa Depositi e Prestiti
FRANCESCO RIZZI, Associate Professor of Management, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa

Experience of a major corporate group from Morocco
SAID ENNEMS, Directeur des Achats et de la Logistique au sein du Pôle Capital Humain, RSE et Transformation Groupe (MAROC)

4. Green Procurement and ESG

Moderator: PASQUALE PANTALONE, Associate Professor of Administrative Law, Department of Italian and Supranational Public Law, University of Milan

Co-moderator: XIMENA LAZO VITORIA, Associate Professor, University of Alcalá (Madrid)

• Are environmental targets still a priority?
• Are ESG and circular economy truly sustainable businesses?
• How to assess the carbon footprint at the company and product level?
• Detailed sustainability reporting or due diligence process?
• Do ESG requirements constitute barriers to trade?
• ESG and the role of suppliers

Adoption of ISO 20400 by Indonesia Public Procurement
VIVI HERLIANI, Central Management Board IAPI Indonesia, Vice Chairman IAPI Banten

Sustainable procurement: a value-creation engine
FEDERICA DALLANOCE, Vice President of ADACI and Member of IFPSM Board

How to adopt a circular approach in public procurement: a concrete use case
RICCARDO BINI, Partner Bip Consulting Group

5. Automation and AI to Improve Efficiency, Transparency and Productivity in Public Procurement *

Moderator: MAURIZIO PETRONZI, Head of Procurement & Operations, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti

• From basic e-procurement to artificial intelligence applications
• The importance of data and interoperability of public administration platforms
• Prerequisites, risks, and benefits of traditional and generative AI
• Positive and negative experiences in designing and implementing AI projects

From Automation to Autonomy: Integrating AI in Modern Procurement
MARINA LINDIČ, Vice President of Purchasing Association Slovenia, Secretary General IFPSM

Overview of the Italian public procurement digitalization system
MAURO DRAOLI, Responsible for coordinating AGID's activities in public procurement sector, Adjunct Professor of Digital Government at Guglielmo Marconi University

On AI Utilization Possibilities in Public Procurement Processes
JYRI VILKO, Academic Director of the Innovation and Logistics Master’s Program, LUT University Finland, CEO of Logy

AI and Data Quality: from Hallucination to Active Intelligence for Procurement
MAICOL VERZOTTO, Co-founder and CEO, Soource startup

Data and processes enabling AI in SAP’s vision
NICOLA BUSETTI, Senior Account Executive SAP Finance & Spend

Digital Transformation of Public Procurement: The End-to-End Journey from Strategy to Payment
FILIP TONČIĆ, Director of Executive Center InfoDom Ltd.

6. Goals and Principles of Modern Public Procurement

Moderator: ROBERTO CARANTA, Full Professor of Administrative Law, Department of Law, University of Turin, Coordinator of SAPIENS Network

Specific subjects discussed during the round table:

Basic principles guiding public procurement:

• principle of results (effectiveness and efficiency)
• safeguarding competition
• transparency and traceability
• equal treatment/fairness and integrity
• proportionality and social utility

Does "best value for money" justify forms of regulatory flexibility?

Public procurement as a trigger for innovation under high uncertainties
FRANCESCO RIZZI, Associate Professor of Management, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di Pisa

The logic of the principles and their validity also in the private sector
GIOVANNI ATTI, Former President ADACI, Member of IFPSM Board

Rules or Results? The Legal Design of Sustainable Food Procurement in the EU
CHIARA FALVO, Professor and Researcher in Sustainable Public Food Procurement, University of Turin

Key principles in the award of international public procurements: convergence and divergence with the Italian legal system
SIMONE FRANCARIO, Lawyer, Ph.D. in Administrative Law – LL.M.

7. Innovation to Drive the Adoption of New or Improved Solutions to Public Needs

Moderator: NADER SABBAGHIAN, Adjunct Professor, Department of Management and Technology, Bocconi University Milan, Partner @ 360 Capital

• What does innovation mean in public procurement and why is it necessary?
• Innovation in procurement regulations and procedures
• Product and service innovation and the role of suppliers
• Preliminary investigations in public procurement (pre-tender marketing)
• The OECD model for the effective use of innovative procurement

Transforming Public Procurement for a Smarter Future
MIRELA SENICA, President of the Croatian Purchasing Association (PAC), President of IFPSM Europe

Innovation as a public procurement strategy
MAURO DRAOLI, Coordinator of AGID's activities in public procurement sector, Adjunct Professor of Digital Government at Guglielmo Marconi University

New solutions = new products, SOA for services and supplies
DESIDERIO BERDINI, Chief Innovation Officer CQOP SOA Spa

The importance of innovation and the progressive adoption of private sector best practices in public procurement
GIOVANNI ATTI, Former President ADACI, Member of IFPSM Board

8. Governance and Organisation of Contracting Authorities

Moderator: MARIO COMBA, Lawyer and Full Professor in Comparative Economic Law and Comparative Public Law, Department of Law, University of Turin

• Balancing and synergies between national, regional, and local contracting authorities
• Central coordination or centralized procurement?
• Clear definition of roles and responsibilities and greater integration between roles
• Collaborative approaches and open dialogue with suppliers
• More flexible processes and automation enhanced by AI
• Evolution of the profession and importance of human capital

Qualification of contracting authorities in parallel with the qualification of economic operators
DESIDERIO BERDINI, Chief Innovation Officer CQOP SOA Spa

Centralization or distribution of responsibilities: an organizational or ego issue? – Core competencies in the process automation era
ENZO GELATI, Procurement Director of the Italian Institute of Technology

Transformation of work, impacts of new technologies, and importance of continuous training to support the required skills
MARCO CARLOMAGNO, Journalist, Secretary General of FLP (Federation of Public Workers and Public Functions), Expert in Law and Lecturer, Member of the Monitoring Committee of the Development and Cohesion Plan