This session was delivered by Beatriz Gómez Fariñas (PhD), Senior Legal Procurement Consultant at Corvers Procurement Services. Previously she was a lecturer at the University of Vigo, Spain, and was involved as a researcher in different European institutions (including Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, German Research Institute for Public Administration, University of Nottingham, and Nottingham Trent University). She has wide experience in the field of public procurementlaw, where she has published several articles and contributed to edited volumes, as well as participating in international conferences. Since August 2021, Beatriz has been involved in several EU-funded innovation procurement projects that CORVERS supports, including the EAFIP initiative, SPIN4EIC, PREVENT PCP, Procure4Health, PROTECT, IMPRESS PCP and Shield4Crowd, among others. In addition, she advises different contracting authorities across Europe on this topic.