Implementing eProcurement with PEPPOL, 9-11 February 2010, Malmö, Sweden

Program Schedule

*subject to change


Tuesday, 9 February | PEPPOL Executive Day
8:30 Registration
9:30 WELCOME AND OPENING PLENARY

  • Welcome to PEPPOL  |  Dag Strømsnes, Chairman of  PEPPOL
  • Introductory Remarks  |  Marie Munk, Danish IT and Telecom Agency
  • Welcome to Sweden  | Sören Pedersen, National Financial Management Authority, Sweden
  • Welcome to Malmö  |  Carl-Johan Rasch, Project Leader eProcurement, Malmö
  • Borderless eProcurement - Lets Make it Happen |  Andre Hoddevik, Project Director, PEPPOL
  • Barriers for eProcurement for European SMEs  |  Vincent Tilman, Eurochambres EC
10:30 Break / Networking / Exhibits
11:00 OPENING PLENARY CONTINUES

  • Implementing eProcurement with PEPPOL  |  Tim McGrath, Technical Coordinator, PEPPOL
  • Smarter Procurement:  The Next Genergation of eProcurement Solutions  |  Dr. Keith Newman, IBM Government Leader, EU
  • Creating More Efficiency in Health Care Procurement  |  Lars-Johan Frøyland, Director Healthcare, PEPPOL
  • Why Europe Needs PEPPOL?  |  Marco Tardioli, DG MARKT, European Commission
12:45 Lunch / Networking / Exhibits
14:00 PARALLEL TRACKS

  • Stakeholder Roundtable for Buyers
    The PEPPOL solution offers opportunities and challenges to Contracting Authorities and buyer organizations both in its pre- and post-award scenarios.  This is the opportunity to learn and discuss these issues as well as see demonstrations of software and services that support buyer participation in PEPPOL. PEPPOL beneficiaries and Operational Reference Group members will also gain an appreciation of their agencies' issues in pilot participation.

    • Facilitator Introduction  |  Lars-Johan Frøyland, Director Healthcare, PEPPOL
    • The Value of Open ePrior |  Joao Frade and Tanya Chetcuti, DIGIT, European Commission
    • Demonstration of PEPPOL Services  |  Sven Rasmussen, Lunox
    • IBM PEPPOL Demonstrator  |  Mark Mattingley-Scott, IBM Germany
    • Open Source Pre-Award Solutions for eProcurement  |  Pierre Fau, ATEXO
    • Issues for Healthcare  |  Harald Johnsen, Project Director, Helseforetakenes Innkjøpsservice, Norway
    • Buyer's Roundtable Wrap-up Discussion

  • Stakeholder Roundtable for Suppliers/SMEs/Industry Associations
    The PEPPOL solution offers opportunities and challenges to suppliers (especially small to medium enterprises) both in its pre- and post-award scenarios.  This is the opportunity to learn and discuss these issues as well as see demonstrations of software and services that support supplier participation in PEPPOL.

    • Facilitator Introduction  |  Vincent Tilman, Eurochamers EC
    • Requirements for SME Starter Kit  |  Klaus Vilstrup Pedersen, Deputy Project Director, PEPPOL
    • Presentation of PEPPOL Demonstrator Client  |  Kenneth Bengtsson, Alpha1lab
    • IBM PEPPOL Demonstrator |  Mark Mattingley-Scott, IBM Germany
    • Demonstration of PEPPOL Services  |  Sven Rasmussen, Lunox
    • Supplier's Roundtable Wrap-up Discussion

  • Stakeholder Roundtable for VANs, Middleware, ERP Software, Banks and Other Service Providers
    The PEPPOL solution offers opportunities and challenges to the business service industries such as banking and ICT.  This is the opportunity to learn and discuss these issues as well as see demonstrations of software and services that are being used within the PEPPOL pilots.

    • Facilitator Introduction  |  Pieter Breyne, Pricewaterhouse Coopers
    • Presentation from Network Providers 
    • The CBI Consortium and its Value in the National and International Landscape  |  Giacomo Paci, CBI
    • Legal Issues for Service Providers  |  Tim McGrath, Technical Coodinator, PEPPOL
    • Independent Access Point Software Providers  | Roberto Cisternino, Javest
    • Presentation from Software Providers
    • ICT Roundtable Wrap-up Discussion
15:50 Break / Networking / Exhibits
16:10 PLENARY SUMMARY - FACILITATOR BRIEFINGS
16:30 CLOSING REMARKS
16:40 Reception and Exhibits (pending)
17:40 End of Executive Day


Wednesday, 10 February | PEPPOL Architecture Day
8:30 Registration
9:30 PLENARY SESSION

  • Welcome  |  Andre Hoddevik, Project Director, PEPPOL
  • ICT Standardisation Policy: State of Play and the Way Forward  |  Antonio Conte, EC DGENT 
  • OASIS: Open Standards for the Global Information Society  |  Pim van der Eijk, OASIS Europe
  • Removing European Trade Barriers through Standardization  |  Alain Dechamps, CENELEC Management Centre
  • Standards for PEPPOL  |  Jostein Fromyr, EDISYS
10:30 Break / Networking / Exhibits
11:00 PARALLEL TRACKS

  • The PEPPOL Infrastructure
    The document transport infrastructure for PEPPOL is known as BusDox. This session will cover the transport,  security and trust mechanisms used in PEPPOL.

    Target group: IT architects, programmers and project coordinators

    • Facilitator Introduction  |  Jens-Jakob Andersen, Technical Director, PEPPOL
    • Architectural Overview
    • Business Document Transport Profiles
    • PEPPOL Validation Infrastructure and Its Use with the VCD
    • Smart Business Process Management in PEPPOL  |  Margarete Donovang-Kuhlisch, IBM
    • Service Metadata and its Publication
    • Security and Trust for the START and LIME Protocols
  • Business Interoperability Interfaces for Public procurement in Europe – Phase 2 Kick Off Meeting
    The objective of the BII2 workshop is to continue the work initiated by CEN WS/BII to support interoperable public electronic procurement and business (e-Procurement and e-Business) solutions.

    Target group: Procurement domain experts, standards experts, IT architects and PEPPOL ORG members

    • Facilitator Introduction  | Alain Dechamps, CEN-CENELEC Management Centre
    • Agenda:  This session is a formal CEN workshop meeting. Separate registration is required

  • Pilot Implementations Workshop
    PEPPOL Beneficiaries, members of the PEPPOL Operational Reference Group and other parties wishing to be involved in Pilots can learn about the requirements and processes for implementation.

    Target group: PEPPOL participants and beneficiaries, ORG members, buyers and suppliers

    • Facilitator Introduction  |  Tim McGrath, Technical Coordinator, PEPPOL
    • Objectives of PEPPOL Pilots
    • Identifying Pilots, Participants, and Processes
    • PEPPOL Business Profiles  |  Georg Birgisson, Eykur
    • Roles and Responsibilities for Pilot Participants
    • Plugging into PEPPOL
    • Connecting the Dots
12:30 Lunch / Networking / Exhibits
14:00 PARALLEL TRACKS CONTINUE

  • The PEPPOL Infrastructure
  • Business Interoperability Interfaces for Public procurement in Europe – Phase 2 Kick Off Meeting
  • Pilot Implementations Workshop
16:00 Break / Networking / Exhibits
16:30

INTEREST GROUP FOR AN OASIS BusDox TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

CLOSING SESSION FOR TWO OF THE PARALLEL TRACKS 

  • Business Interoperability Interfaces for Public procurement in Europe – Phase 2 Kick Off Meeting
  • Pilot Implementations Workshop
17:00 End of Architecture Day


Thursday, 11 February | Technology Day
09:30 Registration
10:00
 PARALLEL TRACKS
  • PEPPOL Implementation Presentations 
    Presentations of solutions and experiences from suppliers implementing the PEPPOL specifications.

    • Facilitator Introduction  |  Anders Kingstedt, Document Engineering Services
    • PEPPOL Demonstrator Client  |  Kenneth Bengtsson, Alpha1lab
    • Implementing PEPPOL in Open Source with WSO2  |  Paul Fremantle, WSO2
    • Implementing a Service Metadata Publisher
    • Implementing an Access Point |  Roberto Cisternino, Javest
    • The Unimaze Experience  |  Markus Gudmundsson, Unimaze
    • Technical Components of the Solution as Seen by IBM  | Mike Edward, IBM
  • PEPPOL Infrastructure Workshop
    Technical workshop describing the protocols and principles together with examples of implmentation code used in the BusDox, START and LIME specifications. Learn from the designers themselves.

    • Facilitator Introduction  |  Jens-Jakob, Thomas Gundel, Thomas Ravnholt, and Phillip Helger
    • Using the BusDox Libraries
    • Building an Access Point
    • Configuration Issues for .NET and Java Applications
    • Interoperability Testing with Access Points

  • PEPPOL BII Workshop
    A technological focus on implementing the CEN BII specifications.  Learn from the designers themselves.  The workshop uses the concept of a common BII Invoice as a Case Study.

    • Facilitator Introduction  | Georg Birgisson, Eykur and Peter Borresen, Document Engineering Services
    • BII Architecture and Artifacts
    • Relevance and Limitations of BII Profiles
    • Mapping Business Requirements to Syntax
    • Looking to BII2
12:00 Lunch Break

13:30

 

PARALLEL TRACK CONTINUE
  • PEPPOL Implementation Presentations
  • PEPPOL Infrastructure Workshop
  • PEPPOL BII Workshop
15:00 Break
15:30 PARALLEL TRACK CONTINUE
  • PEPPOL Implementation Presentations
  • PEPPOL Infrastructure Workshop
  • PEPPOL BII Workshop
16:30
 End of Hands-on Day