Friday, 28 March 2025
Department of Management “Valter Cantino,” University of Torino, Corso Unione Sovietica 220, Torino (Italy)
The symposium, hosted by Professor Gabriella Racca of the University of Turin and co-chaired by Professor Racca and Professor Christopher Yukins of George Washington University Law School (Washington, DC), focused on parallel digital transformations in public procurement in Europe and the Americas. The symposium tracked key developments in both hemispheres: in Europe work has begun on revamping the EU procurement directives, while in the Americas critical changes are underway in both North and South America. The reforms have common themes, drawn together by an ongoing book project headed by the conference chairs: a focus on digital transformation and emerging technologies, and on improved outcomes in public contracting.
The individual panelists’ presentations are linked below; combined program slides are here.
Introduction – h. 9.30
Gabriella M. Racca – University of Torino, Italy
Christopher R. Yukins – George Washington University, USA
Welcome and Introductions
Session I – h. 10.30: “DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION FOR INTEGRITY AND EFFICIENCY”
Paulo Magina – Head of Infrastructure and Public Procurement Division, OECD – “AI in Procurement for Integrity and Efficiency”
Patricia Valcárcel –Universidad de Vigo, Spain – “Buying AI” (book reference)
Tunde Tatrai – Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary – “The Power of Data Analysis in Public Procurement”
Sope Williams – Stellenbosch University, South Africa – “Fighting Corruption with AI and Digital Tools”
Genoveva Ferrero – Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina – “AI and Platforms in the Argentinian Public Procurement”
Session II – h. 14.00: “AI AND EVOLUTION OF THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS: INTEROPERABLE PLATFORMS AND DATA ANALYSIS”
Laurence Folliot-Lalliot – Université Paris Nanterre, France – “Digital Transformation for SMEs Participation in Public Procurement”
Jessica Tillipman – George Washington University, USA – “AI and the Qualification System in Public Procurement in the US”
Désirée Klingler – University of St. Gallen, Switzerland – “Amazon.gov: Opportunities and Risks of Disintermediation in Public Procurement through E-marketplaces”
Andrea Sundstrand – Stockholm University, Sweden – “Swedish Platforms for Public Procurement”
Conclusion
Jean-Bernard Auby – Émérite de Droit Public, Université de SciencePo, France
Interventions
Eliza Niewiadomska – European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Anna Romeo – University of Messina
Organizational Committee: Manuela Consito, Silvia Ponzio, Mara Demichelis, Gloria Sdanganelli, Francesco Gorgerino – University of Torino
For further information on the book being based in part on the materials from this conference, please feel free to contact Professor Racca (gabriella.racca@unito.it) or Professor Yukins (cyukins@law.gwu.edu)