Public Procurement

Public contracts and COVID-19 online colloquium March 24

Pedro Telles

23 Mar 2020

My good friend Chris Yukins from George Washington University is running an online colloquium on the challenges raised by COVID-19 in public procurement for this coming Wednesday at the following times:

Pacific US – 9:00
Mountain US – 10:00
Central US – 11:00
Eastern US – 12 noon
United Kingdom/Ireland – 16:00
Central European – 17:00

Speakers are going to be:

Mario Comba (U. Turin/Piedmont Regional Purchasing Authority)
Gian Luigi Albano (CONSIP – Rome – centralized purchasing agency)
Michelle Coleman (Crowell & Moring – on preparations and workforce)
J. Ryan Frazee (Wiley – on work stoppages and delays)
Kristen Ittig (Arnold & Porter – on claims and supply chain impacts)
Ellen Bonner (Epstein Becker – on healthcare and grants)

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