Past Events

Regulatory Policy Institute events are back!

For two days in September, we will pool collective experiences on the question of ‘rethinking regulation’ with those working in Government, regulatory bodies, regulated companies, their legal and economic advisers, as well as those from the academic community in order to see whether we can draw out any principles that could be applied in the design of UK regulatory policy in a post-Brexit, post-Covid world.

We will ask ourselves: what do we need to do to rethink regulation?

The Regulatory Policy Institute is delighted to announce that John Penrose MP will be presenting his independent report on UK competition policy to an RPI

Chair:Dr Tony Balance, Director of Strategy and Regulation, Severn Trent Water Ltd.Contributions fromMorgan Wild, Senior Policy Researcher at Citizens AdviceTom Kibasi, Director of Institute for

Chair:Steve Smith, Lloyds Banking Group Contributions from:Laura Sandys, Challenging IdeasSian Jones, XoservePhil Jones, Northern Powergrid

Our Westminster Conference brought these themes together to examine the central question of the new social licence to operate. The conference included contributions from international experience as well as policy makers, regulated companies and advisors across the utility sector

Delivered by:Kersti Berge, Director for Energy and Climate Change, Scottish Government. with remarks from Professor George Yarrow, Chairman Emeritus and founder, RPI

Chair:Dr Tony Ballance, Director of Strategy and Regulation, Severn Trent Water Contributions from:Jason Mann, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting;Emily Clark, Chief Economist, BT Group;Lewis Dale,

Chair:Ed Humpherson (UK Statistics Authority) Contributions from:Siobhan Carty, ORR;David Black, Ofwat; andJason Dorsett, Chief Finance Officer, Oxford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

This year’s conference had a single theme: the use of evidence in decisions taken by regulatory agencies and competition law enforcement bodies. It is motivated