II International Public Procurement Conference
September 21-23, 2006
Rome, Italy

CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

Gustavo Piga, Professor, Co-Chair, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Khi V. Thai, Professor, Co-Chair, Florida Atlantic University
Dominique Alhéritière, Director, Administrative Services Division, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Hugh Barrett, CEO, UK Office of Government Commerce
Emilio Bartezzaghi, Professor, Politecnico di Milano
Ugo Bassi, Head of Unit, “Public Procurement”, DG Internal Market, European Commission
Guy Callender, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Leadership of Strategic Procurement, Curtin
Business School, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
David Drabkin, U.S. General Services Administration
Ferruccio Ferranti, CEO, Sviluppo Italia
Luigi Fiorentino, Italian Antitrust Authority
Rick Grimm, CPPO, CPPB, Chief Executive Officer, National Institute of Governmental
Purchasing, U.S.A.
Christine Harland, Professor, University of BathRobert Hunja, World Bank
Orlando Mason, Coordinator of the Government Procurement Program and Chief of the Tourism and Small Enterprise Section, Organization of American States, USA
Gustavo Olivieri, Professor of Competion Law, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Luigi Paganetto, Dean of the Faculty of Economics, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Steven L. Schooner, Professor, George Washington University
Giancarlo Spagnolo, Ph.D., Head of Research Unit Consip (Italian Public Procurement Agency) and Visiting Associate Professor, Stockholm School of Economics
Vito Tanzi, Inter American Development Bank
Jan Telgen, Ph.D., Professor, School of Management and Governance, University of
Twente, The Netherlands
Tommaso Valletti, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy, and Imperial College London, UK

Scientific Committee

Gustavo Piga, Professor, Co-Chair, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Khi V. Thai, Professor, Co-Chair, Florida Atlantic University
Guy Callender, Professor,Curtin University of Technology
Christine Harland, Professor, University of Bath
Cliff McCue, Associate Professor, School of Public Administration, Public Procurement Research Center, Florida Atlantic University.
Gustavo Olivieri, Professor of Competion Law, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Lucio Picci, Associate Professor, University of Bologna
Eric Prier, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, and Senior Research Fellow, Public Procurement Research Center, Florida Atlantic University, USA.
Giancarlo Spagnolo, Consip (Italian Public Procurement Agency) and Stockholm School of Economics
Jan Telgen, Professor, University of Twente
Tommaso Valletti, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy, and Imperial College London, UK

Organizing Committee

Gustavo Piga, Professor, Co-Chair, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Alessandro Ancarani, Associate Professor of Business and Managerial Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Catania, Italy
Magnus Arnek, Ph.D., Advisor, Swedish Agency for Public Management, Sweden
Michele Bagella, Director, Department ofEconomics, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Danilo Broggi, CEO, Consip, Italian Public Procurement Agency
Giancarlo Del Bufalo, Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance
Alberto Majocchi, President, ISAE
Pia Marconi, Italian Ministry of Public Administration
Marco Meneguzzo, Professor, University of Rome"Tor Vergata"