INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CONFERENCE

GOVERNANCE

IPPC is a network which consists of an Advisory Council and a part-time, voluntary manager.

	Advisory Council The 1st Advisory Council consists of the following invited practitioners and scholars:
	Bernard Becq (World Bank) Guy Callender (Curtin University of Technology David Drabkin (U.S. General Services Administration) Kirsten R. Ejlskov-Jensen (United Nations Development Program) Rick Grimm (National Institute of Governmental Purchasing, Inc.)	Christine Harland (CRiSP, University of Bath) Sven-Eric Hargeskog (Swedish Association of Public Purchasers) Gustavo Piga (University of Rome “Tor Vergatta” Margaret Robinson (DIF) Jan Telgen (University of Twente).
	Representatives of major institutional and individual sponsors shall be invited to join the Advisory Board. Currently, the International Public Procurement Conference includes the following sponsors:
	National Institute of Governmental Purchasing, Inc. Public Procurement Research Center	Ministero dell’Economia e delle’Finanz World Bank

	Management:
	Khi V. Thai (Florida Atlantic University)