Lisbon, September 18 - 19, 2025

R. Yukins Christopher

George Washington University

Professor in the United States’ leading public procurement law program.  Teaches both law and masters of studies of law students on anti-corruption strategies, contract formations, bid protests, contract claims, information technology procurement, international and comparative public procurement law, and state and local procurement; writes regularly on procurement policy; comments and speaks on U.S. regulatory reform; participates with legal scholars internationally on emerging issues of procurement policy and anti-corruption in colloquia and online webinars chronicled at publicprocurementinternational.com.  Joined the faculty August 2002; program co-director, 2005-2021; named to research professorship (2013 - ).  Researcher, Acquisition Innovation Research Center, Stevens Institute of Technology (2021- ).  Visiting Professor, University of Paris - Nanterre (appointed as occasional lecturer, 2016 - ); Visiting Lecturer, University of Turin, Italy (2021 – ); Fellow, Acquisition Innovation Research Center (Stevens Institute of Technology, 2021 - ); occasional lecturer, King’s College, London and Stockholm University; UN ILO Masters in Sustainable Procurement (Turin, Italy) (annual lecturer and masters thesis advisor); International Anti-Corruption Academy (Vienna, Austria) (course lecturer and masters thesis advisor).  Faculty Advisor, Public Contract Law Journal.  Member, Editorial Board, European Procurement & Public-Private Partnership Law Review.  Advisor, U.S. Delegation, Working Group on Reform of United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Procurement Law (Mar. 2004-2012). Taught annual week-long course on anti-corruption in procurement, International Anti-Corruption Academy (Austria) (2013-2018).  Member, Scientific Committee, International Masters Degree in Public Procurement Management, University of Tor Vergata, Rome (2012- ).  Member, Scientific Committee, Polish Public Procurement Law Review (2018- ).  Member, Board of Advisors, PubKLaw (2018- ).  Member, Board of Advisors, The Government Contractor (Thomson Reuters/West, 2006-).  Member, Council, American Bar Association - Public Contract Law Section (2008-2011).  Member, Procurement Roundtable (senior members of U.S. procurement community) (2011- ); repeatedly named to International Who’s Who of Public Procurement Lawyers and Who’s Who Legal: Public Procurement.

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