The Beesley Lectures are a series of eight annual lectures covering the regulated industries of the UK. Now in their eighteenth year, the lectures are held in memory of Professor Michael Beesley, who founded the series in 1991 and organized them until his death in 1999. He was a leading architect of the British system of utility regulation and a Managing Trustee of the Institute of Economic Affairs.
Each evening will begin at the Institute of Directors at 6.30pm. Delegates are encouraged to network over refreshments until 7pm, when the lecture will commence. An industry-leading speaker will give a one hour lecture and a specialist will give a short response before handing over to the audience for further discussion. Each lecture will end at 8.45pm with refreshments.
Thursday 25th September 2008
European telecoms regulation: The value of a decentralised approach
Speaker: Matthias Kurth, President, The Federal Network Agency
Commentator and Chair: Lord David Currie, Chairman, Ofcom
The other lectures in the series:
Thursday 2nd October 2008:
RPI-x at 20: is it still fit for purpose?
Speaker: Alistair Buchanan, Chief Executive, Ofgem
Commentator and Chair: Stephen Littlechild, Senior Research Associate, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
Thursday 9th October 2008:
Airports regulation: A case of destructive engagement?
Speaker: Mike Toms, Former Group Director, Planning and Regulatory Affairs, BAA
Commentator and Chair: David Starkie, Case Associates
Thursday 16th October 2008:
The OFT's market studies
Speaker: John Fingleton, Chief Executive, Office of Fair Trading
Commentator and Chair: Tom Sharpe, QC, One Essex Court
Thursday 23rd October 2008:
Discovering the value of water
Speaker: Professor George Yarrow, General Director, Regulatory Policy Institute
Commentator and Chair: Sir Ian Byatt, Chairman, Water Industry Commission for Scotland
Thursday 30th October 2008:
Climate change policy: a tangled web?
Speaker: Dieter Helm, Professor of Energy Policy, University of Oxford
Commentator and Chair: Colin Robinson, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Surrey
Thursday 6th November 2008:
Can EU competition policy create competition in the energy sector?
Speaker: Philip Lowe, Director General for Competition, European Commission
Commentator and Chair: Sir Christopher Bellamy, Senior Consultant, Linklaters
Thursday 13th November 2008:
Regulation, politics and the changed dynamics
Speaker: Tom Winsor, Partner, White & Case
Commentator and Chair: Paul Plummer, Director, Policy & Regulation, Network Rail
