"Innovation and adaptation in competition and regulatory policies" - 2008 Conference

The 2008 conference was held at Merton College, Oxford, in partnership with the Centre for Competition and Regulatory Policy, City University, London. Presentations are available where possible.

 

New Challenges in Competition Law:

'Developments in the enforcement of the Articles 81 & 82' - Jim Venit, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

'The new shipping guidelines' (slides) - John Pheasant, Hogan and Hartson

 

New Challenges in Competition Law: the Economic Issues

'Damages actions: the relationship with and effect on enforcement' - (slides) Robin Noble, Oxera

Economics assessments in merger cases' (slides) - Dr Mark Williams, NERA Economic Consulting Ltd.

 

Pharmaceuticals: Is Public Policy Chilling Innovation and Entry?

'Product regulation issues' - Linda Horton, Hogan and Hartson

'The new PPRS and how we got to it' - Adrian Towse, Office of Health Economics

'EU competition policy and healthcare services' (slides) - Diane Dawson, University of Cambridge

 

Prospects for Competition in Water Services

'Competition in water and wastewater services' (slides) - Phillip Dixon, Ofwat

'The experience of market opening in Scotland' - Alan Sutherland, Water Industry Commission for Scotland

'Abstractions trading and access issues' - Prof George Yarrow, Regulatory Policy Institute

 

Environmental Policy and Energy Markets

'Environmental priorities, transmission access issues, and implications for wholesale market competition' (slides) - Steve Smith, Ofgem

'Developments in energy and environmental policy: and alternative energy perspective' (slides) - Thomas C. Briggs, BP Alternative Energy

'The German wind power experience' (slides) - Christian Schneller, E.ON Netz

 

Developing policy for next-generation networks in telecoms: three company views

Richard Feasey, Vodafone (slides)

Richard Budd, BT (slides)

Marcus Weinkopf, Deutsche Telekom (slides)