Annual Competition and Regulation Conference 2025

Registrations are now closed for our Annual Competition and Regulation Conference 2025. If you wish to enquire about attending Conference, please email seminars@rpieurope.org for further assistance. The RPI cannot guarantee registrations made now will be successful.

With the theme “Regulation and Productivity Growth“, the Conference will consist of a range of panels discussing, amongst other topics, The Future of Energy, The Critical Role of Infrastructure in Driving Productivity Growth, Regulation and Economic Growth, and Regulatory Lessons for the Future.

We are assembling a distinguished lineup of speakers, including:

Charles Hendry, Former Minister of Energy, and Honorary Professor, University of Edinburgh Business School,

Sarah Chambers, Former Chief Executive of the Postal Regulator, and Director of Consumer & Competition Policy at the Department of Business,

Steve Smith, Chief Strategy and Regulation Officer, National Grid and President, National Grid Partners,

Kathryn Porter, Energy Consultant, Watt-Logic,

John Ivory, Director of Economics, Ofcom,

Ben Gough, Infrastructure & Regulatory Economics Lead, PwC UK,

Chris Bennet, Director of UK Regulation, National Grid,

Iain McGuffog, Director of Regulatory Finance, South-West Water,

Stephen Gilbert, former member, House of Lords Communications Committee and current member, Board of the Electoral Commission,

Chris Bennett, Director of UK Regulation, National Grid,

Katherine Beard, Director of Future Road Investment Strategy, National Highways,

James Earl, CEO, Future Energy Networks,

Stephen Gibson, Chair, Regulatory Policy Committee,

Gavin Knott Chief Economics Adviser, Ofcom,

David Stallibrass Deputy Chief Economist, FCA,

Tony Ballance Chief Strategy & Regulation Officer, Cadent Gas.

Our Zeeman Lecture will be given by Andrew Sentance CBE, former member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Council (MPC), Chief Economist at British Airways and Director of Economic Affairs at the CBI. An inflation hawk, Andrew’s book “Rediscovering Growth: After the Crisis” is a thorough analysis of the “new normal” of disappointing growth figures in western economies post the 2008 financial crisis, and how to escape this phase of sluggish economic growth.

The Conference will take place on the 15th-16th of September at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. The Conference will open at 1pm on the 15th, closing at approximately 4:30pm on the 16th.

The cost of a standard ticket is £300+VAT (which includes the food and drink costs of the Distinguished Fellows Dinner), with a special concessionary rate of £125+VAT for students, retirees and academics. Accommodation is also available at the college, provided at cost price of £90+VAT.

Further details about the Conference will be released in due course, including more information on speakers, panels, and the draft agenda.

Registrations can be made for both the conference and accommodation via filling out the form below and are on a first come first served basis. You can also email seminars@rpieurope.org for a booking form to be sent to your email address to complete and send back. Once you have registered, you will receive an email confirming your registration, with payment instructions to follow.

The RPI looks forward to seeing you there

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Annual Competition and Regulation Conference 2025