Straight Talk: Emergency Procurement in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Thu, 2 April, 2020 12:00pm

Governments’ procurements of critically needed supplies for COVID-19 – such as ventilators, masks, and other protective equipment – are collapsing in the face of a worldwide pandemic and global shortage. Join the Government Procurement Law Program for this webinar to discuss the emerging economic, business, political, and legal aspects of what may well be the biggest procurement challenge of our time, with private and public experts from Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas.

Topics

What critical supplies are needed
Where are those supplies, and how are they being sourced
How are procurement systems coping
What business and legal strategies work
Will more international cooperation be needed

Participants

Moderators

Laurence Folliot Lalliot, University of Paris
Christopher R. Yukins, Lynn David Research Professor in Government Procurement Law; Co-Director of the Government Procurement Law Program, GW Law

Panelists

Gian Luigi Albano, Consip
Simon Evenett, University of St. Gallen
Cao Fuguo, Central University of Finance and Economics
Ben Koberna, EASiBUY
William E. Kovacic, Global Competition Professor of Law and Policy; Director, Competition Law Center, GW Law