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Chair: Gina Cass-Gottlieb

Jenny Wilkinson PSM, Secretary to the Treasury

Cross-sectoral resilience in an age of crisis and emergencies: regulators, are you ready?

Chair: Angela Woo, General Manager, Gas Markets, ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´

Keynote presentation and speaker: Vera Eiró, CEO and President of the Board of Directors of the Portuguese Water and Waste Services Regulation Authority (ERSAR), President of the Association of European Water Regulators (WAREG) and Professor of Public Law at NOVA School of Law

Speakers:

• Anna Brakey, Commissioner, ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´
• Janine Young, Ombudsman, Energy and Water Ombudsman of NSW

Chair: Jarrod Ball, Board Member, AER

Speakers:

• Chua Shun Loong, Assistant Chief Executive for Energy Policy, Singapore’s Energy Market Authority
• Anthea Harris, Fuel Supply Taskforce Coordinator
• Kerry Schott AO
• Tony Wood, Grattan Institute

Chair: Kate Symons, Board Member, AER

Speakers:

• Gerard Brody, Chairperson Essential Services Commission Victoria
• David Coombe, General Manager Customer, Community and Engagement, SA Water
• Catherine Fitzpatrick, CEO & Founder, Flequity Ventures
• Ciara Sterling, CEO and Director, Thriving Communities Australia

Chair: Kate Reader, General Manager, Digital Identity, ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´

Keynote presentation and speaker: Howard Shelanski, Professor of Law at Georgetown University and Co-head of Davis Polk's Antitrust & Competition practice

Speakers:

• Friso Bostoen, Associate Professor of Competition Law and Digital Regulation, Tilburg University
• Kathryn McMahon, Associate Professor of Competition Law, University of Warwick

Economic regulation – electricity networks in contestable markets: what are the strains in the current framework and how might the framework need to evolve? 

Chair: Stephanie Jolly, Executive General Manager, Consumers & Markets, AER

Speakers:

• Stephanie Bashir, Chief Executive Officer, Nexa Advisory
• Marc England, Chief Executive Officer, Ausgrid
• Tim Jordan, Commissioner, Australian Energy Market Commission
• Justin Oliver, Deputy Chair, AER

Intelligent systems, uncertain rules: what we can — and can't — see in AI-driven markets

Chair: Ian Oppermann, Commissioner, ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´

Speakers:

• Ranil Boteju, Chief AI Officer, Commonwealth Bank
• Lee Hickin, Executive Director of the Australian National AI Centre
• Katharine Kemp, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney

Economic resilience and the inter-generational bargain: is it possible to regulate for growth for the next generation?

Keynote presentation: Danielle Wood, Chair, Productivity Commission

• Vera Eiró, CEO and President of the Board of Directors of the Portuguese Water and Waste Services Regulation Authority (ERSAR), President of the Association of European Water Regulators (WAREG) and Professor of Public Law at NOVA School of Law
• Amy Auster, CEO, Policy Institute Australia

Space, spectrum and statutes: regulating amid technological disruption

What should monopoly network regulation look like when advancements in technology threaten monopoly status? With a focus on the rapid deployment and uptake of low earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband services, we will hear regulator, consumer, industry and analyst perspectives on the challenges and opportunities for regulation and consumer outcomes.

Speakers:

• Luke Coleman, CEO, Australian Telecommunications Alliance
• Daniel Featherstone, Board Member, Australian Communications Consumer Action Network and Associate Professor at RMIT University
• Tristan Gilbertson, Telecommunications Commissioner, New Zealand Commerce Commission
• Affandy Johan, Industry Analyst, Ookla Research

Chair: Lynne Gallagher, Board Member, AER

Speakers:

• Ezra Beeman, Managing Director, Energeia
• Puan Siti Safinah binti Salleh, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Commission (Suruhanjaya Tenaga), Malaysia
• Linda McGrath, Division Head, National Energy Transformation Division, Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
• Darren Cleary, Managing Director, Sydney Water