June sees Brussels Open standards for ICT procurement conference
If you work in public sector ICT procurement and can be in Brussels from 10.00 a.m. onwards on Friday 12th June this year, then there’s a forthcoming event that may be of interest to you.
It’s entitled Open Standards for ICT Procurement: Saving While Reducing ICT Lock-In and is being organised by DG Connect, otherwise known as the European Commission Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology.
Under the EU’s Digital Agenda, the European Commission is committed to providing guidance on the link between ICT Standardisation and Public Procurement to help public authorities use standards to promote efficiency and reduce lock-in.
Using ICT open standards results in:
- Higher savings when procuring ICT;
- An increased level of competition among suppliers;
- Compliance with EU Public Procurement directives.
The preliminary agenda (which is subject to change) is set out below.
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10.00 |
Registration of participants and coffee |
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10.30 |
Introductory greetings Speaker: Viorel Peca, Head of Unit F2 “Innovation” – DG CONNECT |
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10.45 |
Practice 1 – The Estonian Interoperability Framework: an innovative approach to the adoption of open standards Speaker: Aet Rahe, Head of ICT Policy Department (State Information Systems Department), Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications |
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11.15 |
Practice 2 – A Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) dependent on Open Standards Speaker: Tomas Gustavsson, CEO/CTO, PrimeKey Solutions AB |
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11.45 |
COFFEE BREAK – NETWORKING – BRAINSTORMING |
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12.15 |
Practice 3 – The Common Assessment Method for Standards and Specifications (CAMSS): a framework for assessing interoperability standards and specifications Susanne Wigard, Programme Manager, ISA Unit, EC DG Connect |
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12.45 |
Practice 4 – Quantifying the impacts of PCP procurements in Europe based on evidence from the ICT sector Speaker: Sara Bedin, European Independent Expert on Innovation Procurement (PCP and PPI) |
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13.15 |
LUNCH BREAK – NETWORKING – BRAINSTORMING |
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14.30 |
Practice 5 – Saving up to 70% of your costs in a move: from Proprietary to Open Source Speaker: TBC |
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15.00 |
Practice 6 – The Economic Impact of migrating ICT systems to Open Standards: exit & migration costs Speaker: TBC, EC DG Connect |
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15.30 |
Preliminary results from the ICT Procurement Survey Speaker: Giovanna Galasso, Senior Manager, PwC Italy – Information Technology and Services |
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15.45 |
FINAL DISCUSSION – Q&A – EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE |
The event will be held at Avenue de Beaulieu, 25 in Brussels (map) and is free to attend, but subject to availability. Attendees will have to register in advance
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