Events
The flagship Hertford Seminars in Regulation are held about three times a year at Hertford College, Oxford. Following an initial talk or presentation by a distinguished guest speaker, these seminars provide an opportunity for expert, lively and informal discussion of major public policy issues, both during the seminar itself and over food and drink afterwards. Participation levels are restricted to encourange interchanges across the table under the Chatham House rule. The mix of attendees typically reflects the diversity of the RPI's members and supporters in government, business, the professions and academia.
During the summer, the Institute usually organises the Competition Policy Conference, also held in Oxford. In addition, the Institute organises occasional seminars, and conferences on particular areas of interest. For more information about the 2007 Conference 'Competition Policy in Regulated Sectors' click here.
For further information about our seminars please contact the RPI Administrator (karin.cheetham@rpieurope.org)
Previous seminars
2007-08
Nicholas Green QC, Brick Court Chambers - "Reflections on current tendencies in Competition Law"
Sir Ian Byatt, Chair, Water Industry Commission for Scotland - Is the Scottish model exportable?' (slides)
Sir John Mogg, Chair, Gas and Electricity Markets Authority - 'European Energy regulation: threat or challenge?'
Prof. George Yarrow, Tim Keyworth, Regulatory Policy Institute - 'Climate change, policy institutions and discovery: developing new approaches to tackle environmental externalities'
2006-07
Peter Freeman, Chair, Competition Commission - 'Developments in Competition Law since 1991'
Dr Harry Bush, Group Director, Economic Regulation, Civil Aviation Authority - 'Issues in Airport Regulation' - (slides)
Stephen Littlechild, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge: 'Negotiated settlements - a role for American practice in UK regulation?' (slides)
Jitinder Kohli, Better Regulation Executive, discussed 'Revising the Regulatory Impact Assessment: The BRE consultation'
2005-06
Gordon Edge, BWEA, Paul Spence, British Energy, Sean Sutcliffe, BioFuels, George Yarrow, RPI:
'The UK's energy supplies: Tomorrow's potential sources & today's policy issues' (slides)
Brian Williamson, Indepen: 'Options for strategic regulatory reform in the communications sector' (slides)
William Sargent, Better Regulation Executive, introduced the Better Government Programme's Risk Report
Sir Ian Byatt, Mr Alan Sutherland, Water Industry Commission for Scotland, Sarah Chambers, Richard Moriarty, Postcomm presented 'Regulating Publicly Owned Utilities' (slides)
Mr Boaz Moselle, Brattle Group, introduced "Prospects for Nuclear Power: the regulatory issues"
2004-05
Mr. William Moyes, Chairman, Monitor (Independent Regulator of the NHS Foundation Trusts)
Mr. Becket McGrath, Director - Media, Sport and Information Industries, Office of Fair Trading
Mr. Chris Bolt, Chairman of the Office of Rail Regulation
2003-04
Lord Haskins, Former Chairman of the Better Regulation Taskforce
Mr. Gavyn Davies, Former Chairman , BBC
Mr. Vincent Smith, Director - Competition Enforcement Division, Office of Fair Trading
Lord Currie, Chairman, Ofcom
2002-03
Mr. Bruno Lescoeur, Vice-President, Electricité de France
Sir Christopher Bellamy QC, President, Competition Commission Appeal Tribunal
Mr. Robert Webb QC, General Counsel, British Airways
Mr. Martin Stanley, Chief Executive, Postcomm
2001-02
Mr. Philip Fletcher, Director-General of Water Services
Vice-Minister Lu Zhiqiang, Ministry of Development Affairs, PRC State Council
Mr. Tom Winsor, The Rail Regulator, Office of the Rail Regulator
Ms. Patricia Hodgson CBE, Chief Executive, Independent Television Commission
Mr. John Frank, Associate General Council for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Microsoft
2000-01
Andrew Whittaker, General Counsel, FSA
Sir Christopher Bellamy QC, President, Competition Commission Appeal Tribunals
Professor Paul Klemperer, Edgeworth Professor of Economics, Oxford University
John Hayes CBE, Chairman, OPRA
Mike Alexander, Managing Director, British Gas Trading
Douglas Andrew, Group Director, Economic Regulation, Civil Aviation Authority
1991-2000
Dr David Clark Senior Research Scientist, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
Peter Rogers, Chief Executive, Independent Television Commission
Roger Urwin, Managing Director, Transmission, National Grid
Howard Davies, Chairman, Financial Services Authority
John Smith, Head of Regulatory Affairs, Railtrack plc.
Professor Richard Whish, Kings College, London
Callum McCarthy, Director General of Electricity and Gas Supply
David Edmonds, Director General, Oftel
Mark Addison, Director, Better Regulation Unit
R Giordano, Director, British Gas plc.
Lord Gordon Borrie, former Director of Fair Trading
Professor Alan Fels, Chairman of Australia's Competition and Consumer Commission
Dr Chris Towler, Direcotr, International & Manufacturing Regulatory Affairs, Glaxo Wellcome
Christian Babusiaux, Director General of France's Competition Authority
Claire Spottiswoode, Director General of Gas Supply
Dr Mark Williams, Exeter College, University of Oxford
John Temple Lang, European Commission, DGIV
John Bridgeman, Director General of Fair Trading
Sir Alan Peacock
Jonathan Rickford, British Telecommunications plc.
John Palmer, Special Advisor to the Chairman, British Rail
Christopher Jones, Cabinet of Sir Leon Brittan, European Commission
Professor Malcolm Grant, Professor of Land Economy, University of Cambridge
Professor Stephen Littlechild, Director General of Electricity Supply
Professor Michael Waelbroeck, University of Brussels
Nigel Shaw, British Gas
Peter Adams, Agas
Sir Kenneth Berrill, former Chairman of the Securities and Investment Board
Ian Byatt, Director General, Office of Water Services
Dr Martin Howe, Director of Competition Policy, OFT
Seminar Attendance
| HERTFORD | ||
| Corporate members | free | |
| Individual members | £29.38 (£25 + VAT) | |
| Academic/Student | free | |
| Non-members | £58.75 (£50 + VAT) | |
| Dinner in College | £35.25 (£30 + VAT) | |
Previous conferences
The Oxford Competition Policy Conference has been held in one of the Colleges of Oxford University, for the last few years, and extends over two days. About ten to twelve papers are presented by distinguished speakers on a range of legal and economic matters and, as with the seminars, numbers are restricted so as to promote substantive discussion among those attending.
More information:
2005 Competition Policy Conference ...............................Earlier Conferences
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