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Upcoming Events 2012
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The Next Communications Bill – Special Roundtable on the DCMS Green Paper:
22 May 2012
The Government’s Green Paper ahead of a Communications Bill suggests that a number of key communications policy issues will be on the agenda during 2012. We are delighted that Professor Ian Hargreaves, Professor of Digital Economy at Cardiff University, formally a distinguished regulator at Ofcom, Editor and Director of News at the BBC, has agreed to lead discussion on these and other issues arising from the Green Paper.
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The Rt Hon Francis Maude: Minister for the Cabinet Office:
31 May 2012
We are delighted that The Rt Hon Francis Maude MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office, will be joining us for a dinner discuss on infrastructure policy and current issues.
Francis Maude responsibilities include public sector efficiency and reform and resilience. He has pioneered reform of the public sector approach to procurement, including informal pre-contractual discussions and forward looking resource pipelines giving a much clearer picture of the contracting landscape across Government.
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Events already held in 2012
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Water White Paper: Special roundtable with Richard Benyon MP:
20 February 2012
The Infrastructure Forum in association with Water UK, held a special roundtable to discuss the Water White Paper with Richard Benyon MP, Minister for Natural Environment and Fisheries. The roundtable allowed participants to exchange ideas and perspectives, look at priorities, and set the scene for the discussions which follow before the preparation of legislation.
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The Infrastructure Forum special dinner discussion with Michael Fallon MP:
23 January 2012
We awere pleased Michael Fallon MP, Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party lead a discussions to examine ideas on growth and infrastructure issues as they applied to different Departments of Government.
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Current Issue in World Energy with Lord Browne:
12 January 2012
Lord Browne lead a special roundtable discussing perspectives on energy markets and international policies.
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Events held in 2011
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Financing Infrastructure - Europe's new Project Bonds:
8 December 2011
The Infrastructure Forum was delighted that its Director General, Mr Pierluigi Gilibert, could join us to present and discuss the new project bonds as the EIB starts preparing a pipeline of eligible projects to be supported by the initiative.
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Advisory Council meeting: Guest of Honour Rt Hon Lord Howell of Guildford:
30 November 2011
We were especially pleased to be joined by Rt Hon Lord Howell of Guildford, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. David Howell is admirably placed in the Foreign Office to share his perspectives on current UK foreign and security policy, international economic issues and international energy policy.
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Cumberland Lodge:
Financial Regulation and the Dynamics of Saving and Investment Markets:
Thursday 3 to Friday 4 November 2011
The conference featured sessions with the chairs of the three new European Supervisory Authorities. We were joined by Andrea Enria, Chairman, European Banking Authority (EBA), Steven Maijoor, Chair, European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), Gabriel Bernardino , Chair, European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), Michel Barnier,
European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services and Jean-Baptiste de Franssu, Chief Executive Officer of INCIPIT are amongst other top level speakers.
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Beyond Self-Regulation: Underpinning Self-Regulation with Statutory Backing:
31 October 2011
We were delighted to bring together the leaders of a number of bodies using regulatory models in different sectors to exchange ideas, experiences and perceived best practice. Leading our discussion will be:
David Edmonds , Chair of the Legal Services Board;
Lord Smith of Finsbury , Chair of the Advertising Standards Authority;
Sir Alistair Graham , Chair of PhonepayPlus;
Baroness Hogg , Chair of Financial Reporting Council;
Lord Hunt of the Wirral , Chair of the Lending Standards Board; and
Baroness Pitkeathley , Chair of the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence
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London First Infrastructure Commission Review:
5 September 2011
Martin Stanley, Global Head of Macquarie Infrastructure & Real Assets, led a special roundtable on the London First Infrastructure Commission - achievements and challenges.
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Far reaching changes in Consumer Policy Special roundtable with Sarah Chambers:
21 July 2011
Following the Government's consultation on radical changes to the competition policy landscape it has now moved to formal consultation on new measures to empower and protect consumers.
We were very pleased that Sarah Chambers, Director of Competition and Consumer Policy at BIS agreed to lead this roundtable, to set out Government thinking and exchange ideas with our network.We were delighted that Colette Bowe, Chair of Ofcom, also agreed to initiate the response to the discussion.
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Special roundtable with Sir Michael Pitt, Chair of the Infrastructure Planning Commission and Chief Executive, Planning Inspectorate:
21 June 2011
Sir Michael Pitt, Chair of the Infrastructure Planning Commission and Chief Executive of the Planning Inspectorate led discussion at the Forum on the latest state of play on town and country planning issues affecting infrastructure projects.
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European Taxation and the Financial Services Sector
Special Roundtable with Philip Kermode, Director of Tax Policy,
European Commission:
23 May 2011
Taxation of the financial services sector is at the top of the policy agenda with important new European proposals for a financial activities tax and a financial transactions tax under discussion. At the same time the European Commission has relaunched its proposal for a common consolidated corporate tax base for corporate taxation. These measures will have far reaching consequences and are of high importance to the UK, its businesses and, in particular, the financial services sector. We were delighted, therefore, that Philip Kermode, Director of Tax Policy at the European Commission, could join us for a special roundtable to discuss the Commission's plans and hear feedback from the financial services sector representatives in our network.
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Infrastructure Funding Debate:
17 May 2011
The Infrastructure Forum and KPMG explored how best to access capital market funding for new UK infrastructure. The discussion was part of a series which has included successful looks at new financing techniques with the National Audit Office, and roundtables with the Infrastructure Planning Commission and the different Government departments collaborating on resilience of critical national infrastructure.
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EU's Financial Re-Regulation Package with Jonathan Faull, Director General for “Internal Market and Services” at the European Commission:
10 May 2011
This series of events, was held in association with Credit Suisse, brought Jean-Claude Trichet of the ECB, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India and other distinguished figures to a London audience.
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Streamlining the Competition Authorities: Special Roundtable with
Ed Davey MP, Competition Minister, Department for Business:
22 March 2011
Ed Davey MP, Minister for Competition at the Department for Business joined the European Policy Forum for a special roundtable on Streamlining Britain's Competition Authorities.
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Special Roundtable on the Government's new Principles for Economic Regulation:
16 Feb 2011
We were delighted that Sarah Chambers, Director of Competition and Consumer Affairs at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, agreed to lead a special roundtable to discuss the Principles as the call for evidence period comes to an end. Ofcom, Ofgem and Ofwat also set out their thoughts. This was an excellent opportunity for regulatory bodies and market participants to discuss the key issues.
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Special Lecture and Discussion by Dr Andrew Sentance
Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee:
24 Jan 2011
European Policy Forum and the City of London Corporation were pleased Dr Andrew Sentance could join us for a special lecture and discussion. His address looked at the lessons arising from his service as a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England since 2006.
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Events held in 2010
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Advisory Council meeting: Guest of Honour Lord Adonis:
7 Dec 2010
We were delighted that our guest of honour for EPF Advisory Council meeting was Lord Adonis, Director of the Institute for Government.
Lord Adonis served twelve years in the last government, as Secretary of State for Transport, Minister for Schools, Head of the Number 10 Policy Unit and Senior Number 10 Advisor on education, public services and constitutional reform.
He was responsible for many key public service reforms; he is also of course an academic, a former journalist at the Financial Times and has written six books.
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Energy- Europe and the UK:
6 December 2010
Philip Lowe, the new EC Director General for Energy, joined the Forum's autumn programme for a special roundtable on energy supply, security, financing and regulatory issues. He will look at both EU and UK issues. He is the former Director General for Competition in the Commission.
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Europe's Single Market Act Special Discussion with Mario Monti :
2 December 2010
Commissioner Barnier's plans for a new Single Market Act will have far-reaching consequences for the development of the single market across a range of sectors and policies and for consumer rights.
European Policy Forum and Istituto Bruno Leoni held a special discussion with Professor Mario Monti, whose report to President Barroso preceded the announcement of the Single Market Act.
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Resilience of Uk Telecoms, Energy and Water. Special Roundtable with Sir David Omand GCB and leading officals:
23 November 2010
The Infrastructure Forum was delighted to have arranged a special roundtable with S ir David Omand GCB, the former Intelligence and Security Co-ordinator and Permanent Secretary at the Cabinet Office, who has been responsible for the development of much resilience policy.
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Special Roundtable with Paul Skinner:
17 November 2010
The Infrastructure Forum had great pleasure in welcoming guests to a special roundtable in the second of the series focusing on national infrastructure planning.
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Regulatory Reviews:
15 November 2010
EPF's Regulatory Best Practice Group has been active in the debate over approaches to regular reviews of the functions of economic regulators. Although an over-arching framework for reviews has yet to appear, since the election Departments have announced reviews of Ofgem and Ofwat.
We were delighted therefore that Regina Finn, Chief Executive of Ofwat could join Iain Osborne, Chief Executive of the Utility Regulator, the Northern Ireland regulator for electricity, gas and water, to discuss these issues in our Regulatory Best Practice Group.
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Wilton Park 2010 Capital Markets Conference:
Financial Supervision: A New Decade – A New Beginning:
28 – 30 October 2010
The Wilton Park series of conferences has now reached its 13th annual event and was held under the title of “ Financial Supervision: A new decade – A new beginning ” . It is supported by Paris Europlace in addition to EFAMA and Deutsches Aktieninstitut and is widely acknowledged as an important annual opportunity for high level policy exchange. The 2010 event waschaired by Daniel Zuberbühler, Vice Chairma n of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)
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Scrutinising New Regulations – The Regulatory Best Practice Group Roundtable with Michael Gibbons, Chair, Regulatory Policy Committee:
14 October 2010
Michael Gibbons OBE, the Chair of the powerful Regulatory Practice Committee examined the work of the Committee and the up coming regulations.
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Is Financial Regulation Still Fostering Unnecessary Risks?
Mark to Market Approaches to CVA may be Worsening Volatility and Sovereign Debt Risks:
20 July 2010
Withthe concern about the sovereign debt market continuing at a high level, European Financial Forum held a seminar to discuss mark to market valuation approaches which may be creating serious risk issues in the area of Counterparty Valuation Adjustments.
We were delighted that Dr Jon Gregory, the author of "Counterparty Risk: The next challenge for the Global Financial Markets" lead discussions.
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Financing UK Infrastructure: EPF Regulating Best Practice Group and National Audit Office Special roundtable :
Special roundtable discussion to explore the way ahead. Experts from the NAO, Infrastructure UK, the European Investment Bank, European Partnerships leading investors and financial services advisors together with market participants attended.
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Telecom Summit
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23 June 2010
The fourth special Telecom Summit was held in Brussels on telecoms regulatory reform on Wednesday 23rd June 2010. The conference brought together regulators, market participants and, in particular, Members of the European Parliament at a critical stage in the EU’s preparation for i-2020.
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Roundtable with Dr Alexander Italianer, Director-General for Competition:
18 May 2010
The forum was pleased to have Dr Alexander Italianer, Director-General for Competition from the European Commission join us for a roundtable discussion.
Prior to becoming Director-General for Competition in February 2010, Alexander Italianer was Deputy Secretary General in charge of the Better Regulation Agenda and Chairman of the Impact Assessment Board from 2006.
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Advisory Council meeting guest speaker: David Wright:
21 April 2010
David Wright, Deputy Director of Internal market & Services for the European Commission joined the EPF Council.
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Regenerating Critical National Infrastructure – Forward Plans and Recent Lessons: Special Roundtable with Paul Skinner, Chair, Infrastructure UK and colleagues:
25 March 2010
Our recent discussions in the Infrastructure Forum have shown how market participants, regulators and investors attach high priority to ‘joining up’ infrastructure policy across the sectors and providing effective means for government to clear the way for major projects. Against this background I am delighted that Paul Skinner, the newly appointed Chair of Infrastructure UK joined us at a special roundtable of the Forum. Paul was accompanied by James Stewart, Chief Executive of Infrastructure UK. Also taking part, was the Northern Ireland Utility Regulator, Iain Osborne and Robert Watt from the Ministry of Finance in Dublin who will be contributing their expertise in the recent development of approaches to strategic infrastructure in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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Special roundtable with John Fingleton :
22 March 2010
EPF’s Regulatory Best Practice Group were particularly pleased to have the opportunity to explore with John Fingleton, the OFT’s Chief Executive, latest and upcoming developments in public policy and the OFT’s work in competition, consumer protection and self-regulation. It gave us the opportunity to look at emergent policy and issues arising; the role of regulators and the competition authorities; issues relevant across sectors; legal developments and matters relevant to market participants.
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European Policy Forum and National Audit Office seminar: Regulatory reform – the lessons learned:
18 March 2010
With a general election imminent in Britain and a new European Commission about to take office in Brussels it was a timely moment to examine the better regulation initiatives at UK and EU level.
- How impact assessments worked?
- What the state of play on programmes to reduce administrative burdens?
- How risk based approaches developed?
- Could we improve the way in which legislation is reviewed after implementation to foster lesson learning?
EPF and the National Audit Office arranged an afternoon seminar to explore these questions with experts in the field.
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Special roundtable with Ed Vaizey MP:
8 March 2010
A special roundtable was held with Ed Vaizey MP, Shadow Minister for Culture, Media and Sport.Ed Vaizey is one of the Conservative Party’s brightest and liveliest Shadow Ministers with a wide range of policy interest and experience. As part of the Shadow DCMS Team his comments were of interest to all our supporters with a focus on broadcast, media, communications, telecoms and regulatory questions. More broadly Ed Vaizey’s assessment of policy and regulatory developments and current thinking is always well-informed, stimulating and worthwhile. We were especially pleased that he agreed to join us and talk on current responsibilities and policies of interest to our network.
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Special roundtable with Lord Davies of Abersoch:
13 January 2010
We were pleased that the Minister responsible for infrastructure in the Department for Business, Lord Davies of Abersoch could join us for a special roundtable. The aim was to provide an opportunity for Lord Davies to update regulators, market participants, experts and advisers on the latest developments in government infrastructure policy.
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Events held in 2009
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Special roundtable with John Penrose MP:
16 December 2009
Before the summer break John Penrose MP joined us at the Regulatory Best Practice Group to take soundings on the Conservative Party’s approach to economic regulation, competition and consumer policy. The results surfaced at the Party conference in the paper Regulation in a Post-Bureaucratic Age which was declared to be “firm policy” by the Shadow Business Secretary, Rt. Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP. The gathering will provide an excellent opportunity to inject particular ideas, proposals and approaches into the policy formation process and look at measures which would work or alternatively which would be unlikely to succeed in achieving the policy aims of the document.
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Special roundtable with Ed Richards, Chief Executive of Ofcom:
26 November 2009
We were delighted that Ed Richards, the Chief Executive of Ofcom could join EPF’s Regulatory Best Practice Group to give his perspectives on topical regulatory issues.
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Infrastructure Forum:
5 November 2009
EPF's new Infrastructure Forum held a special roundtable with Sir Michael Pitt, Chair of the Infrastructure Planning Commission, on 5th November 2009.
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Jacques de Larosiere is keynote at Wilton Park financial summit:
30 – 31 October 2009
Jacques de Larosiere, Chairman of the EU high level expert group on supervision delivered its major report on remodelling financial regulation. He was the keynote speaker at the Wilton Park summit organised by European Financial Forum. The event brought together regulators and market participants from around the world. It took place October 30-31, 2009.
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Advisory Council meeting guest speaker: Most Reverend Vincent Nichols Archbishop of Westminster:
14 October 2009
The new Archbishop of Westminster joined the EPF Council to discuss Pope Benedict’s latest Encyclical Caritas in Veritate.
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Ofcom discusses mobile regulation:
8 October 2009
EPF's work on mobile telephone regulation and Ofcom's Mobile Sector Assessment was discussed with Stuart McIntosh and David Stewart of Ofcom at an EPF roundtable on 8th October 2009.
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Green Paper author meets RBPG:
14 July 2009
John Penrose MP, who drafted the Conservative Party's green paper on regulatory issues, joined EPF's Regulatory Best Practice Group on 14 July 2009 to exchange ideas on the green paper.
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Which kind of regulation? discussion with Rt. Hon Oliver Letwin MP:
18 June 2009
As policies begin to firm ahead of a general election in 2010, Oliver Letwin, the Chairman of the Conservative Policy Review and the Conservative Research Department discussed approaches to regulation with EPF. |
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Swedish Presidency of EU explored with finance minister:
11 June 2009
Swedish minister for financial markets Mats Odell explored the approach of the forthcoming Swedish Presidency of the EU to financial market issues at an EPF dinner discussion kindly hosted by UBS, on 11 June 2009.
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Maude discusses current issues with EPF Council:
6 May 2009
Rt Hon Francis Maude MP, head of David Cameron's transition team preparing for the possibility of a Conservative government, discussed current policy and departmental issues with EPF's Council, chaired by Lord Tugendhat, at its meeting on 6 May 2009. |
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Energy security is focus of special roundtable:
2 April 2009
Rt Hon Malcolm Wicks MP, the former energy minister who is the Prime Minister's special envoy on global energy security issues, reported on his work in this field at an EPF roundtable on 2 April 2009. Paul Hallas of Centrica gave an up-to-date market perspective, Giles Chichester MEP, Chairman of the European parliament’s influential Energy Committee gave a view from the European Parliament and David Halldearn, Advisor to the Council of the European Energy Regulators gave a European regulatory perspective. |
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Shadow Environment Secretary addresses water policy at EPF:
23 March 2009
Nick Herbert MP, who recently became the Conservative Shadow Environment Secretary, delivered a major policy speech on water issues at EPF on 23 March. Ofwat Chair Philip Fletcher, government reviewer Professor Martin Cave, and chair of the Consumer Council for Water Dame Yve Buckland took part in the subsequent discussion with sector representatives.
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Pre-G20 roundtable addressed by top EU official:
11 March 2009
Ahead of the G20 London summit the top official handling the European Union's response to the credit curnch, David Wright, Deputy Director General for Financial Services, addressed a special Forum discussion on 11 March 2009. The discussion, held at 135 Bishopsgae by kind permission of RBS, brought together City organisations, market participants, HM Treasury, FSA and other representatives. |
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Leading financial services experts address audit future:
10 February 2009
The chairman of Germany's financial regulator BaFin, Jochen Sanio, was among leading financial services experts who explored opening up the market in audit and strengthening its independence at a meeting organised by EPF and the Financial Reporting Council at the European Parliament. The roundtable on 10 February 2009 was hosted by Vice Chairman of the EMAC Committee John Purvis MEP. The Chairman of CESR, the President of FEE and Pierre Delsaux, European Commission Director for corporate governance and company law, were among the participants. |
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Water sector meet to discuss competition options:
27 January 2009
Professor Martin Cave led a discussion on the introduction of further competition into the water sector at EPF on Tuesday 27 January 2009. Participants included the Chair of Ofwat, Philip Fletcher, Sir Ian Byatt and Alan Sutherland of the Water Industry Commission for Scotland, Dr Tony Ballance, Director of Regulation and Competition at Severn Trent Water, and Ronan Palmer, Chief Economist of the Environment Agency, departmental officials and sector participants. The new Shadow Environment Secretary Nick Herbert MP also took part.
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Events held in 2008
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Competition chiefs focus on new situation:
11 December 2008
The leaders of Britain's competition authorities focused on the way ahead for competition policy and their organisations at a special EPF roundtable on Thursday 11 December 2008. Sir Gerald Barling, the new President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal, joined Peter Freeman, the Chairman of the Competition Commission to set out their perspectives on an environment in which the consequences of financial turbulence are already changing the way in which competition law and practice operate. |
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Telecoms triumvirate at EPF address:
12 November 2008
BT Chairman Sir Michael Rake delivered a special address to EPF on Thursday 13 November 2008 at the Forum's new Whitehall meeting room. Setting out his perspective on market and regulatory issues facing the sector, he was be joined by key European policymaker, Director General of DG Information Society in the European Commission Fabio Colasanti, and the leading UK official handling telecoms issues David Hendon of DBERR. |
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Packed gathering debates future EU and OECD taxation policy
Tax experts packed EPF's special roundtable in the margins of the International Fiscal Association Congress in Brussels to debate upcoming OECD and EU tax issues. Professor Christopher Heady of the OECD explained OECD's new work pointing towards a shift away from income and corporate to consumption and property taxes in support of economic growth. EPF presented a new study on the taxation of income from capital across the EU by Dr Sandra Svaljek (left). It emphasises the role of flat taxes low tax rates and efficient operation of withholding taxes.From the European Commission, Jean-Pierre De Laet and Kerstin Malmer, the heads of economic analysis of taxation and direct tax legislation, looked at key areas of their work including the review of the Savings Tax Directive. Delegates took part in lively discussions with the speakers. |
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India's Central Bank Governor at EPF Credit Suisse discussion:
17 July 2008
The Governor of India's Reserve Bank, Dr Y V Reddy, deliveried a special address in the second of EPF's series of events with Credit Suisse at Canary Wharf. Dr Reddy addressed international economic and financial market issues as well as focusing on key economic data, trends and policy issues in the economy of India. The discussion took place on Thursday 17 July 2008 under the chairmanship of Costas Michaelides, COO EMEA of Credit Suisse and Lord Tugendhat, Chairman of EPF's Council.
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