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Next Steps on Better Regulation: Getting the Balance Right:

2nd Annual Regulatory Reform Conference
 

Thursday 22 October 2009, Central Hall Westminster, LondonSW1H 9NH. A Joint conference organised by the National Audit Office, the Better Regulation Executive, the Risk and Regulation Advisory Council and Civil Service World

 

Regulatory reform is perhaps more important now than ever; in the current economic climate businesses, the third sector and the public sector are increasingly seeking ways to improve efficiency and cut costs.  But the debate around regulation is shifting in the light of the financial crisis.  There is growing recognition of the important protections regulation can offer and of regulation’s benefits as well as its costs. 

 

Our theme, Next Steps on Better Regulation – Getting the Balance Right, is intended to facilitate a debate among regulators on the best means to secure regulatory objectives without unnecessarily burdensome regulation. This conference will pull together the work of many key professionals working in regulation, assessing policies and progress at a time when the sector is working to keep up with a fast-changing environment and a new set of emerging challenges.

 

Why attend?

 

This conference will be of particular interest to: 

  • UK Regulators
  • Departmental Better Regulation champions
  • Policy makers
  • Professional bodies
  • Trade and national representative organisations
  • Local authority regulatory staff
  • Academics and think tanks
  • Regulators from the European Union

The benefits of attending this conference include the opportunity to:

 

  • Discuss the critical issues facing regulators with our panel of expert speakers
  • Debate how to ensure inspection regimes are effective and proportionate
  • Examine the impact of regulation on business, the consumer and those delivering regulatory services
  • Understand how the changing better regulation agenda affects you
  • Appreciate the issues associated with risk and regulation
  • Learn from best practice examples from across the UK
  • Network with your peers and counterparts across Government in this unique gathering of UK regulators  

 

Speakers include:

 

  • Ian Lucas MP, Minister for Regulatory Reform
  • Sir Gus O’Donnell, Cabinet Secretary
  • Andrew Miller MP, Chair, Regulatory Reform Select Committee
  • Heather Stewart, Economics editor, Observer
  • Amyas Morse, Comptroller and Auditor General, National Audit Office
  • Ed Humpherson, Assistant Auditor General, NAO
  • Lord Whitty, Chair, Consumer Focus
  • Richard Lambert, Director General, Confederation of British Industries
  • Kate Marshall, Deputy Director, Better Regulation Executive
  • Graham Russell, Chief Executive, LBRO
  • Derek Allen, Executive Director, LACORS

 

Conference details

 

Thursday 22 October 2009

Central Hall Westminster

London

SW1H 9NH

09:00-17:30 followed by a drinks reception

 

To book a place, please contact 020 7811 5024 or visit the website: www.regulatoryreformconference.co.uk/