Speeches

ACCC policy on accepting speaking engagements

Senior ACCC staff are frequently invited to speak at national and international events. The ACCC policy on accepting speaking engagements outlines the process the ACCC uses when considering those invitations. It includes details of our cost-recovery policy.

Speeches from the past 6 months

• ACCC chairman outlines priorities in enforcing competition law
  5^th May 2012
  Mr Rod Sims, Chairman
  2012 Competition Law Conference
• Ombudsmans' 50th anniversary
  1^st May 2012
  Mr Rod Sims, Chairman
  Australian and New Zealand Ombudsman Association annual conference
• National Consumer Fraud Week 2012
  19^th March 2012
  Mr Rod Sims, Chairman
  National Consumer Fraud Week
• Consumer Rights 50 Years on
  15^th March 2012
  Mr Rod Sims, Chairman
  Keynote address, ACCC Forum
• Children and young people as vulnerable consumers – the ACCC’s role
  9^th March 2012
  Sarah Court, Commissioner
  Australian Council on Children and the Media conference
• Global Competition Review
  2^nd March 2012
  Mr Rod Sims, Chairman
  Keynote address, Law Leaders Asia-Pacific 2012 Conference
• Infrastructure: why, when and how to regulate
  23^rd February 2012
  Mr Rod Sims, Chairman
  SMART Facility, University of Wollongong
• Enduring Perspectives and 2012 Objectives
  20^th February 2012
  Mr Rod Sims, Chairman
  Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce, Melbourne
• Achieving truth in advertising: the regulator's hope for the future
  16^th February 2012
  Sarah Court, Commissioner
  Australian Association of National Advertisers, Sydney
• Australian Consumer Law – Reflections on the First Anniversary of the ACL
  9^th February 2012
  Mr Rod Sims, Chairman
  The Law Society of New South Wales, Corporate Lawyers' Committee: General Counsel Group
• Building More Effective Links Between Academic Researchers and Regulators
  29^th January 2012
  Dr Michael Schaper, Deputy Chair
  Presentation to the Small Enterprises Assoc. of Australia and New Zealand at the SME Policy Forum, University of Notre Dame, Fremantle