Hertford Seminars in Regulation
2009-10
Regina Finn, Chief Executive, Ofwat - "Sustainable Water: Regulating for an Uncertain Future"
George Yarrow, Chairman, RPI, and Simon Less, Head of the Environment & Energy Unit, Policy Exchange - "The genesis of security of supply problems in the energy sector"
Reinald Krueger, Head of Unit, Information Society and Media Directorate- General, European Commission - "Options for future interconnection charging for the mobile industry"
2008-09
David Kennedy, Chair, Committee on Climate Change - "Building a low carbon economy" (slides)
Philip Collins, Chair, Office of Fair Trading - "Competition law and policy - life beyond the abyss"
Prof. Gordon Hughes, Edinburgh University (slides) (paper), Kieran Donoghue, Ofgem (slides), Gavin Knott, Postcomm (slides), Simon Carne, Actuary and Regulatory Advisor (slides) - Working Session on Pensions and the Regulated Industries
Richard Meddings, Group Finance Director, Standard Chartered Bank (slides), Prof Alan Morrison, Professor of Finance, Said Business School, University of Oxford (slides)- "Causes of the financial crisis and the implications for financial services regulation"
Gareth Davies, Competition Policy Director, Ofcom - "Next Generation Telecoms Regulation" - (slides)
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 | £25 + VAT | |
| Academic/Student | free | |
| Non-members | £50 + VAT | |
| Dinner in College | £30 + VAT | |