PROGRAMME

November 12, 2026

Trg Republike Hrvatske 3, Zagreb (University of Zagreb Faculty of Law)

Lecture room III

08.30 - 09.00      

Registration

09.00 - 09.15     

Welcome 

09.15 - 10.45     

PANEL 1 - STATE OF PLAY IN THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REVISION PROCESS

Moderator: Marko Turudić — Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Jana Jíchová — European Commission, Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry and SMEs

”Revising the EU Public Procurement Framework: Draft Commission Proposal”

Willem Janssen — Endowed Professor of Public Procurement Law, Utrecht University School of Law, Netherlands
"I want it all, and I want it now" — the Public Procurement Act's approach to solving the world's major challenges

Nuno Cunha Rodrigues — President, Portuguese Competition Authority (Autoridade da Concorrência); Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon, Portugal
The tension between competition and transparency in public procurement: the case of Competition Law

10.45 - 11.15

Coffee Break

11.15 - 12.45

PANEL 2 — COLLUSION (OR COMPETITION) IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

Moderator: Danijela Antolković — Vice-President, State Commission for the Control of Public Procurement Procedures (DKOM), Croatia

Mirta Kapural — President of the Competition Council, Croatian Competition Agency (AZTN)
Bid rigging — the greatest harm of all: characteristics, cases and how to fight it

Siniša Petrović — Professor of Competition and Company Law, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Am I a bid rigger, or am I only (wrongly) perceived as a bid rigger? A different perspective

Mario Rašić —Economic and Policy Counsellor, European Commission
Competition in construction works — a comparison between Croatia and Ireland before and after the 2014 Directives

12.45 - 13.45

Lunch

13.45 - 15.15

PANEL 3 — CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Moderator: Maja Kuhar — President, State Commission for the Control of Public Procurement Procedures (DKOM), Croatia

Piotr Bogdanowicz — Professor, University of Warsaw; Counsel, Clifford Chance, Poland
How should modifications to contracts be interpreted? The 'rule versus exception' dilemma

Miguel Assis Raimundo — Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon; President, Portuguese Public Markets Association (APMEP), Portugal
Arbitration in public procurement contract execution: the case for a proper institutional framework and specific rules

Kristina Ozimec Škof — Head of Sector, Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds, Croatia
When contract modifications become irregularities: insights from EU funds management and control systems

Karlo Kožina — Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia
The winner takes it all? Legal protection of unsuccessful tenderers

15.15 - 15.30

Closing remarks