The eighth ACCC/AER Regulatory conference was held on Thursday 26th and Friday 27th July 2006 at the Hyatt Sanctuary Cove, Gold Coast, Queensland Australia. The theme for the conference was the Evolution of Regulation.
International speakers included:
Professor David Newbery, University of Cambridge
Professor Roger Noll, Stanford University
Dr Simon Cowan, University of Oxford
Professor Richard Green, University of Birmingham
Dr Andy Banerjee, Analysis Group, USA
Ewan Sutherland, former executive director, International Telecommunications Users Group
Dr John Small, COVEC, New Zealand
Topics discussed included:
Where we have been and where we are going – lessons from many countries
Alternative Approaches to Regulation?
What is 'regulatory risk'?
Assessing the impact of Competition Policy
Transport: Regulatory challenges in the emergence of logistics chains.
Communications: Fixed to mobile substitution and the lessons for broadband
Energy: Transmission Pricing
Water: Water market regulation, infrastructure access and governance.
