The 7th ACCC/AER Regulatory conference International experience with regulation was held on Thursday 27 and Friday 28 July 2006 at the Marriott Hotel Gold Coast, Queensland Australia. 

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Conference program

2006 Regulatory Conference program ( PDF 355.68 KB )

Conference proceedings

Day one: Thursday 27 July 2006

Sessions Presentations
Session 1: Keynote presentation: The European regulatory jigsaw Presentation by Professor George Yarrow, Regulatory Policy Institute, Oxford ( PDF 17.01 KB )
Session 2: Telecommunications regulation: current approaches with the end in sight

Presentation by Professor Jerry Hausman, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts ( PDF 123.74 KB )

Presentation by Professor Joshua Gans, University of Melbourne ( PDF 51.29 KB )

Session 3: International developments

Presentation by Dimitri Ypsilanti, OECD ( PDF 77.55 KB )

Presentation by Ulrik Stridbaeck, International Energy Agency (IEA) ( PDF 197.15 KB )

Breakout session 1: Energy: alternative approaches to regulating energy infrastructure

Professor James Bushnell, University of California Energy Institute ( PDF 67.48 KB )

Presentation by Professor James Bushnell, University of California Energy Institute - paper ( PDF 84.23 KB )

Presentation by Sharon Henrick, Mallesons Stephen Jaques ( PDF 191.66 KB )

Presentation by Sharon Henrick, Mallesons Stephen Jaques - slides ( PDF 38.49 KB )

Breakout session 1: Shipping: trends in shipping, logistics and port reform

Presentation by Professor Kevin Cullinane, University of Newcastle, UK ( PDF 359.21 KB )

Presentation by Professor Kevin Cullinane, University of Newcastle, UK - paper ( PDF 80.03 KB )

Presentation by Professor Kevin Cullinane,University of Newcastle, UK - paper ( PDF 78.78 KB )

Presentation by Professor Kevin Cullinane,University of Newcastle, UK - paper ( PDF 211.5 KB )

Presentation by Professor Kevin Cullinane,University of Newcastle, UK - paper ( PDF 440.48 KB )

Presentation by Professor Ross Robinson, University of Melbourne - slides ( PDF 171.41 KB )

Presentation by Professor Ross Robinson, University of Melbourne - paper ( PDF 198.98 KB )

Presentation by Professor Ross Robinson, University of Melbourne - paper ( PDF 182.9 KB )

Presentation by Steve Meyrick, Meyrick and Associates Pty Ltd ( PDF 203.62 KB )

Day two: Friday 28 July 2006

Sessions Presentations
Breakout session 2: Telecommunications: local network access

Presentation by Professor Martin Cave, University of Warwick - slides ( PDF 221.75 KB )

Presentation by Professor Martin Cave, University of Warwick - paper ( PDF 245.35 KB )

Breakout session 2: Airports: approaches to regulating access to airports

Presentation by Dr Harry Bush, Civil Aviation Authority, UK ( PDF 63.05 KB )

Presentation by Dr Philip Williams, Frontier Economics ( PDF 96.9 KB )

Session 4: Integration, performance and investment

Presentation by Professor James Bushnell, University of California Energy Institute ( PDF 244.48 KB )

Presentation by Professor James Bushnell, University of California Energy Institute ( PDF 789.91 KB )

Presentation by Steven Boulton, Babcock & Brown Infrastructure ( PDF 2.69 MB )

Presentation by Jeff Balchin, The Allen Consulting Group ( PDF 84.82 KB )

Session 5: Regulation: the way forward and reflections on the conference Roger Beale, AO, Chairperson of the Expert Panel on Energy Access Pricing/ The Allen Consulting Group ( PDF 60.94 KB )