The 7th ACCC/AER Regulatory conference was held on Thursday 27th and Friday 28th July 2006 at the Marriott Hotel Gold Coast, Queensland Australia. The theme for the conference was the 'International Experience with Regulation'.
International speakers included:
Professor George Yarrow, Visiting Professor at Newcastle University; Emeritus Fellow, Hertford College, Oxford and Director of the Regulatory Policy Institute, Oxford
Professor Jerry Hausman, John and Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Dr James Bushnell, Research Director, University of California Energy Institute
Professor Martin Cave, Director, Centre for Management under Regulation, University of Warwick
Dr Dimitri Ypsilinti, Head of the Telecommunication and Information Policy Section at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Dr Ulrik Stridbaeck, Senior Policy Adviser, International Energy Agency
Professor Kevin Cullinane, Chair in Marine Transport & Management, University of Newcastle UK
Topics discussed included:
Market structure and deregulation
The economic issues surrounding the regulation, or non-regulation, of energy networks. Comparison of different approaches in different parts of the world (especially North America and Europe)
Alternative approaches to regulating energy infrastructure
International trends in shipping and logistics, focusing on the implications for Australia, the role of port reform, and changes in the international shipping regulation and Part X of the TPA
Local loop unbundling – discussion of the economic issues surrounding the regulation, or non-regulation, of local access networks in telecommunications.
International experiences in broadband development and services
Lessons from Liberalised Electricity Markets in IEA member countries
Different approaches to regulating access to airports
The European Regulatory Jigsaw
Telecommunications Regulation: Current Approaches with the End in Sight
