The tenth ACCC/AER Regulatory conference Regulation of infrastructure in a time of transition was held on Thursday 30 and Friday 31 July 2009 at the Holiday Inn, Gold Coast, Queensland Australia.
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Conference program
2009 Regulatory Conference program ( PDF 504.64 KB )
Conference proceedings
Day one: Thursday 30 July 2009
| Session | Presentations |
|---|---|
| Session 1: Infrastructure challenges: responding to change, particularly technological change, in the early part of the twenty-first century |
Welcome address by Graeme Samuel Chairman ACCC ( PDF 50.13 KB ) |
| Session 2 : Regulation incentives for investment and technological change |
Presentation by Ingo Vogelsang, Boston University ( PDF 392.43 KB ) Comments on Vogelsang presentation by Stephen King, Monash University ( PDF 108.76 KB ) |
| Session 3: Are there substitutes for traditional economic regulation of monopoly infrastructure? | |
| Breakout session 1: Energy—The challenges of climate change for energy markets |
Presentation by Tim Brennan - paper ( PDF 373.43 KB ) |
| Breakout session 1: Communications—Lessons from US wireless spectrum auction | |
| Conference dinner | Dr Cento Veljanovski, Managing Partner, Case Associates |
Day two: Friday 31 July 2009
| Session | Presentations |
|---|---|
| Breakout session 2: Legal—Economic experts: how necessary are they? |
Presentation by Simon Uthmeyer - paper ( PDF 190.17 KB ) |
| Breakout session 2: Water—The role of markets and rural-to-urban water trade |
Presentation by Gary Libecap - paper ( PDF 912.5 KB ) Presentation by Gary Libecap - slides ( PDF 77.64 KB ) Presentation by Lin Crase - paper ( PDF 170.48 KB ) ACCC/AER 2009 Regulatory Conference - Presentation by Lin Crase - slides ( PDF 625.97 KB ) |
| Session 4: 100 years of government control over utilities |
Presentation by Chris Decker, Regulatory Policy Institute, Oxford ( PDF 367.04 KB ) Presentation by Leslie Hannah, London School of Economics ( PDF 33.8 KB ) |
| Session 5: A hypothetical—Logjam at the port | No papers |