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IPPC6: Wednesday 14th – Friday 16th August 2014
Dublin, Ireland
Public Procurement remains a key focus for policy makers in this time of global downturn and austerity. As such both academics and practitioners have a desire to share their research and practice in and open and transparent environment. In Dublin, August 2014, the Sixth International Public Procurement Conference (IPPC6) will take place. The IPPC is the largest international public procurement conference globally dedicated to academic discussion and practitioner engagement. Over the last 10 years having built its profile in attracting partcipants from over 60 countries, it is hoped that the conference in Dublin will exceed this. . more
Best Paper Awards:
There are three best paper awards, with $3,000 for the 1st best paper, $2,000 for the 2nd best paper, and $1,000 for the 3rd best paper. In addition, there are awards for students� and practitioners� best papers. Following are three best papers from IPPC5. more
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Advisory Council
The Advisory Council consists of invited public procurement executives of national procurement agencies and procurement associations as well as prominent public procurement scholars. The Council will help set the strategic plan for IPPC in research and publications and help find ways to advance global public procurement.
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Bernard A. Becq, ABD, is Chief Procurement Policy Officer, and Head of the Procurement Policy and Services Sector Board, The World Bank. |
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Bernard Becq
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| Domenico Casalino, graduated in Economic Sciences from the “La Sapienza” University in Rome, is Chief Executive Officer of Consip S.p.A. (Italy), a joint-stock company owned by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance, which develops IT and Public Procurement processes for the Ministry itself and for the entire Italian Public Administration. |
Domenico Casalino |
| Paul Buades, MS, is Director, UN Procurement Division (UN/PD), New York since 2006. Responsible for planning, developing, managing and directing the UN/PD in the implementation of a coherent and effective vision, strategy, policy, programmes to support all procurement activities at HQs, peacekeeping missions and Office Away from HQs (OAH). Ensure procurement activities (+$ 3 B/year - 400 staff) are carried out in a timely and cost effective manner while seeking best value for money. |
Paul Buades |
| Guy Callender, PhD, is Foundation Chair and Professor of Strategic Procurement at Curtin University of Technology, Perth Australia. His broad research interests include strategic procurement, public policy and organizational behavior, with specialist interests in supply risk, procurement spend analysis and efficiency. |
Guy Callender |
| Kyung-Soon Chang, Ph.D. in construction management at University of Colorado, is Chief Officer, Incheon Regional Office, Public Procurement Service, South Korea. Started as a specialist in construction contract and management at the year of 1987. Now becoming a chief manager in not only contracting public construction, but also procuring public goods and service. Main concerns are optimizing construction cost through holistic life-cycle, balancing between quality and cost in public procurement, and structuring instruments for saving budget |
Kyung-Soon Chang |
| Gerard Chick, (MSc.), is Head of Business Intelligence and Product Development, at the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply, in the UK. He leads the CIPS Product Development Team where he is responsible for gathering the latest thinking from academia and practice in P&SM and understanding its relationship to the wider business agenda. Much of his work has been to describe key trends, to challenge orthodoxy and consider future possibilities in pushing the boundaries of procurement. |
Gerard Chick |
| Sally Collier, Executive Director of Policy and Capability, Office of Government Commerce, UK. Sally’s current portfolio includes leading a programme of Procurement Capability Reviews (PCRs) in central government to assess and benchmark capability and effectiveness. She is also responsible for the development and application of UK public procurement policy, and her team of policy experts represents the UK on public procurement at the European Commission and World Trade Organisation. Sally is responsible for OGC’s leadership across government to develop a consolidated approach to the use of public procurement in the furtherance of the UK Government’s wider policy goals – environment, social and economic. |
Sally Collier |
| David Drabkin, JD, is the Deputy Associate Administrator for Acquisition Policy and Senior Procurement Executive, Office Governmentwide Policy, US General Services Administration. He has received numerous awards recognizing his performance. Most recently he was awarded the Meritorious Presidential Rank Award. |
David Drabkin |
| Michael Essig, PhD, is a Professor and chair for purchasing and logistics at Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany. He co-heads the Research Center for Law and Management of Public Procurement as well as the Transfer Center for Defense Supply Chain Management. |
Michael Essig |
| Felipe Goya Goddard, MBA (Universidad Católica de Chile), MSc (University of Bath, UK), is the CEO of ChileCompra which is a B2G market place in Chile with transactions over USD 6.0 billion per year. Previously he has worked as procurement director in the same agency, as international consultant and in the banking industry. |
Felipe Goya Goddard |
| Rick Grimm, CPPO, CPPB, MPA, has served the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing, Inc. (NIGP) as its Chief Executive Officer since 1998. He has been a driving force in professionalizing public procurement, not only in US and Canada but also internationally. |
Rick Grimm |
| Sven-Eric Hargeskog, Senior Purchaser, CISilf, Senior Procurement Advisor at the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems, Vinnova, responsible for Public Procurement Policy, currently on Public Procurement for Innovation. Has established new public procurement functions within Swedish government. Chairman of Swedish Association of Public Purchasers for 6 years. Senior Advisor in OECD and EU projects |
Sven-Eric Hargeskog |
| Christine Harland, PhD, is a Professor, University of Bath School of Management, and Director of the Centre for Research in Strategic Purchasing and Supply, University of Bath. Her research interest is supply strategy, and how public procurement can be used as a lever for government reform. |
Christine Harland |
Charles Holden; Director General of the International Federation
of Purchasing and Supply Management, the international body that brings together, currently, some 45 national member associations from around the world, which represent in excess of 250,000 procurement practitioners, to create a forum of development. Previously the CEO of the UK procurement association CIPS |
Charles Holden |
| George Jadoun is the Head of the Sustainable Development and Governance Program of the International Labor organization’s International Training Centre (ITC) in Turin, and the Assistant of the Director of the Centre for the Postgraduate Programs. In addition Mr. Jadoun is the Scientific Director of the Master Program on Procurement Management for Sustainable Development jointly organized with the University of Turin in collaboration with other European Universities and professional bodies. |
George Jadoun |
| Clifford P. McCue, PhD, is an Associate Professor, School of Public Administration, and Director, Public Procurement Research Center. His research interest include public budgeting and finance, public procurement, and public policy. |
Clifford P. McCue |
| Gustavo Piga, Ph. D., is a Professor of Economics, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, where he is director of the Master in Procurement Management and Coordinator of the Center for Procurement Economics, Law and Management. He has been for 3 years the Chairman of Consip Ltd., the Central Purchasing Body of the Italian Government. His research interest is in procurement management and procurement economics. |
Gustavo Piga |
| Colleen Post, BA, is Senior Director, Procurement, Materiel Management & Real Property Community Management Office, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. She is responsible for leading initiatives and programs for the federal government PMMRP Community in the areas of capacity building, recruitment and branding, professional development and certification. |
Colleen Post |
| Margaret Rose, attorney at law, is Executive Director, Caribbean Procurement Institute (CPI), with offices in Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica. CPI is the premier resource for specialist procurement training, education and research in the Caribbean. |
Margaret Rose |
| Hamid L. Sharif, Barrister, LL.M (Cantab) is Principal Director, Central Operations Services Office, Asian Development Bank. He leads the planning, implementation and supervision of vision, strategy and work plan for procurement management in support of overall ADB goals; oversees the modernization of ADB’s procurement and consulting services policies and procedures; and manage a range of strategic procurement and project performance issues with long term implications for the direction and performance of ADB. |
Hamid L. Sharif |
| Wouter Stolwijk, Msc, is Director of PIANOo. A division within the Ministry of Economic Affairs, PIANOo is committed to public procurement professionalization in The Netherlands by setting up research groups, develop IT, and organizing an annual congress. |
Wouter Stolwijk |
| Jan Telgen, PhD, is Professor of Applied Operations Research and the NEVI Professor of Purchasing Management at the University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands. In addition, he is founder and former CEO of the consulting firm Significant. |
Jan Telgen |
| Khi V. Thai, PhD, is Professor, School of Public Administration, Florida Atlantic University, USA. His research interest is in public financial management and public procurement. |
Khi V. Thai |
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