ObjectiveThis conference will provide practitioners with an overview of future trends in the modernisation of the EU legislative framework for public procurement and discuss the most recent developments affecting public-private partnerships and service concessions.  Key topicsPublic procurement in law and policy Latest CJEU case law European Commission initiatives to modernise public procurement rules Members States’ experiences of implementation Electronic public procurement Public-private partnerships and concessionsReforms concerning public-private partnerships Risk treatment Financing of infrastructure investments via project bonds Concessions in the water and waste sectors Concessions in transport services