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SUMMARY:Sustainability and Procurement: The SAPIENS Network Conference
UID:www.birmingham.ac.uk/208336
DESCRIPTION:This final conference of the EU Horizon 2020 funded SAPIENS (Sustainability in International, European, and National Systems) Network will address a multitude of the legal, economic, political, and management issues around procurement and sustainability, from the protection of the environment to labour rights, fair trade, and women empowerment. \n
 Topics include: \n

Sustainability and procurement solutions at Global level
Industry 4.0 for sustainable procurement
Sustainability in the procurement chapters of third generation trade agreements
Delivering sustainable procurement through collaboration
Sustainability, procurement, and the circular economy
Measuring lifecycle costing in public procurement
Enforcing sustainable procurement in contract performance
Gender-smart procurement systems
Empowering SMEs through public procurement
Measuring the impact of sustainable award criteria in public procurement
Sustainable procurement tools to fight climate change
Fostering sustainable procurement in construction
Sustainable procurement tools for circular textiles  
Buying sustainability for the collective table

 Speakers include: \n

Steve Schooner and Chris Yukins (George Washington University)
Lucien Cernat inv. (European Commission)
Nicole Darnall (Arizona State University)
Martin Burgi (LM University of Munich)
Eliza Niewiadomska (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development)
Marta Andov (University of Copenhagen)
Albert Sanchez-Graells (University of Bristol)
Anna Maria La Chimia (University of Nottingham)
Dacian Dragos and Bogdana Neamtu (Babes Bolyai University of Cluj)

 Details and registration:\n
 The SAPIENS Network Conference | SAPIENS Network\n
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 This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 956696.\n
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
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