Incentive Regulation and Overseas Developments Conference 1999

Location

Holiday Inn, Coogee Beach, Sydney, Australia.

Conference details

The conference attracted a wide range of interested parties from government agencies, international regulatory bodies and the private sector.

• the two day conference canvassed overseas and Australian regulatory approaches, as well as exploring specific industry issues
• the conference discussed developments in best practice regulation, including the changing face of United States regulation and "incentive regulation" in the UK and Australia
• the conference focussed on specific industry issues such as promoting competition in gas supply through upstream reform, benchmarking and regulation in the electricity industry; unbundling the "local loop" in telecommunications and the experience of price caps in airport regulation.