Read the follow-up report and view the presentations from the 27th Procurement Conference on the VdZ website now

The 27th Procurement Conference brought together around 300 representatives from politics, public administration, business, academia, consultancy and the legal sector at the Hotel de Rome in Berlin on 14 and 15 September 2026. The focus was on how public procurement can become faster and more strategic, dealing with geopolitical dependencies and crises, the digitalisation of procurement processes, and the use of artificial intelligence. The conference materials for the event and the results of the studies presented are available for download here: https://www.vdz.org/vergabe-beschaffung-nachhaltigkeit/die-27-beschaffungskonferenz-auf-einen-blick