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The Conference on Innovation Procurement took place under the Estonian EU presidency on 17th and 18th of October 2017 in Tallinn, Estonia. The Conference also served as the 3rd annual Major eafip Event.
The conference programme included:
- Innovation procurement experiences in Europe
- EU Member States’ policy and support framework for innovation procurement
- Economic impact of innovation procurement
- HORIZON 2020 calls supporting innovation procurements
- 2017 Procura+ Awards Ceremony on Sustainable and Innovation Procurement
The target audience for the two-day conference was policy makers, public procurers and innovators. Its aims were capacity building, experience sharing and networking about major ICT-related innovation procurement initiatives across Europe and to facilitate networking between stakeholders to discuss new ideas, initiatives and funding opportunities.
The event was co-organised by the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications (MEAC) and the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT) of the European Commission (EC). The conference was supported by the European Union Regional Development Fund. The 2017 Procura+ Awards were supported by the EU’s Horizon 2020 Programme, and co-ordinated by ICLEI.
Below you will find the complete agenda of both conference days, including links to presentations given during the conference:
17 October 2017
Welcoming words
Urve Palo, Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technologie, Estonia – No slides
Keynote – How to mainstream innovation procurement in Europe?
Gerard de Graaf, Director, Digital Single Market Directorate, DG CNECT, European Commission – No slides
Public procurement of innovation – the policy logic behind the strategic use of procurements
Veiko Lember, Senior Research Fellow, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
e-solutions in Estonia – Living proof of innovation procurements
Andres Kütt, Former advisor, Information System Authority, Estonia
Panel discussion: Innovation procurement as key driver for economic growth and address societal challenges
Gaynor Whyles, Director, JERA Consulting Ltd – Moderating
Andreas Nemec, Managing Director, Federal Procurement Agency BBG, Austria
Evelin Pärn-Lee, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Kalev Pihl, CEO, SK ID Solutions, Estonia – No slides
Three Little Procurers, Innovation Procurement Conference 2017, EU2017EE
Session: Innovation procurement experiences
(Examples and analysis of procurements across Europe)
Gaynor Whyles, Director, JERA Consulting Ltd – Moderating
Innovation methods for award procedures of ICT learning in Europe, IMAILE
Ellinor Wallin, IMAILE Project Manager, Sweden
Teemu Laitinen, CEO Almerin, Finland
Sweden’s electric roads for heavy vehicles pre-commercial procurement
Anders Bylund, Head of Rail and Road Electrification, Siemens Mobility, Sweden
London underground PROLITE lighting PPI procurement, winner of the PROCURA+ Award Innovation Procurement of the Year 2016
Leon Smith, Manager technology and innovation Transport for London, UK
David Bide, Commercial Director, ArmadilloLED – Evolution In Lighting, UK
Telemedecine for Intensive Care Units procurement, THALEA
Guernot Marx, University Hospital Aachen, Germany
Panel discussion: Benchmarking the progress on innovation procurement across Europe: EU member states (Austria, Finland, Estonia, and European Commission) policy and measurement framework for innovation procurement
Gaynor Whyles, Director, JERA Consulting Ltd, UK – Moderating
Eva Buchinger, Policy Advisor, Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
Networking reception and 2017 PROCURA+ Award Ceremony on Sustainable and Innovation Procurement with support of ICLEI and European Commission
18 October 2017
Panel discussion: Bottlenecks and incentives in the implementation of innovation procurements – Lithuanian, Dutch and German examples
Gaynor Whyles, Director, JERA Consulting Ltd, UK – Moderating
Sigute Stankeviciûté, Expert, Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology, Lithuania
Doris Scheffler, Competence Centre for Innovative Procurement (KOINNO), Germany
Presentation: HORIZON 2020 funding instruments for innovation procurement
Parallel Sessions: On thematic domains in which there are HORIZON 2020 calls with innovation procurement funding in the draft 2018-2020 work programmes
1- Interactive session on innovative health and care services: diagnosis and integrated care
Sasa Jenko, DG Research & Innovation & Jean-Luc Sanne, DG RTD, European Commission
Dr. Alexander Pimperl, OptiMedis AG, Germany
Andy Blaeden, Funding and Programmes Manager Stockport, United Kingdom
2- Interactive session on open call for any area of public interest requiring ICT-based solutions
3- Innovation Procurement in the Energy Sector – case examples and lessons learned (EU and national PCPs and PPIs)
Stephan Corvers, Corvers Procurement Services, The Netherlands – Moderating
Philippe Segers, PRACE 3IP project, France
Gaynor Whyles – Learning and insights from the CEPPI project, Director, JERA Consulting Ltd., UK
Parallel Sessions: On thematic domains in which there are HORIZON 2020 calls with innovation procurement funding in the draft 2018-2020 work programmes
1- Interactive session on innovative health and care services: ICT for health and active ageing
Jaakko Aarnio, DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology, European Commission
Ann Williams, Commissioning and Contract Manager, Liverpool City Council, UK
Frank Weber, HealthCareCoCreation, Germany
2- Interactive session on Security
Paolo Salieri, DG Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission
Pantelis Michalis, KEMEA, EWISA project, Greece
3- eafip toolkit and how to implement a PCP or PPI in a hands-on way
Oana Voda, Corvers Procurement Services, The Netherlands
Panel discussion: Link between innovation and green procurement
Stephan Corvers, Corvers Procurement Services, The Netherlands – Moderating
Hugo-Maria Schally, Head of Unit, Sustainable Production, Products and Consumption, DG Environment, European Commission – No slides
Marcin Kautsch, PPI coordinator, Sucha Beskidzka hospital PPI procurement, Poland
Kaupo Heinma, Head of Environmental Management Department, Ministry of the Environment, Estonia
Diego Macchiella, Viveraqua, and Sara Bedin, expert, Smart.met PCP project, Italy
Parallel session: Health sector networking session
Jaakko Aarnio, DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology, European Commission – Moderating
Conference conclusions
Paul Jaakson, Innovation procurement policy expert, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonia
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