Tickets are now on sale for the 2026 ACCC/AER Regulatory Conference to be held in Brisbane on 6–7 August 2026.
The conference brings together regulators, industry leaders, policy makers and academics from Australia and around the world to discuss emerging issues in regulatory theory and practice.
This year's theme, Delivering the Generational Bargain, will explore topics including economic resilience, energy security, digital competition, artificial intelligence, consumer protection and technology disruption.
Visit the ACCC website for conference details, the full speaker program and ticket information.
The speaker list includes:
| Amy Auster | CEO, the Policy Institute of Australia |
| Stephanie Bashir | CEO, Nexa Advisory |
| Ezra Beeman, | Managing Director, Energeia |
| Friso Bostoen, | Associate Professor of Competition Law and Digital Regulation, Tilburg University |
| Ranil Boteju, | Chief AI Officer, Commonwealth Bank |
| Gerard Brody | Chair and Commissioner, Essential Services Commission, Victoria |
| Chua Shun Loong | Assistant Chief Executive, Energy Market Authority of Singapore |
| Darren Cleary | Managing Director, Sydney Water |
| Luke Coleman | CEO, Australian Telecommunications Alliance |
| David Coombe | General Manager Customer, Community and Engagement, SA Water |
| Nina Davidson | Deputy Director-General Intelligence, Office of National Intelligence |
| Vera Eiró | CEO and President of the Board of Directors of ERSAR, the Portuguese Water and Waste Regulatory Entity |
| Marc England, | CEO, Ausgrid |
| Daniel Featherstone | Board Member, Australian Communications Consumer Action Network and Senior Research Fellow at RMIT University |
| Catherine Fitzpatrick | CEO & Founder, Flequity Ventures |
| Tristan Gilbertson | Telecommunications Commissioner, New Zealand Commerce Commission |
| Anthea Harris, | Fuel Supply Taskforce Coordinator |
| Lee Hickin | Executive Director of the Australian National AI Centre |
| Affandy Johan | Industry Analyst, Ookla Research |
| Tim Jordan | Commissioner, Australian Energy Market Commission |
| Katharine Kemp | Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney |
| Linda McGrath | Division Head, National Energy Transformation Division, Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water |
| Kathryn McMahon | Associate Professor of Competition Law, University of Warwick |
| Kerry Schott AO | |
| Howard Shelanski | Professor of Law at Georgetown University and Co-head of Davis Polk’s Antitrust & Competition practice |
| Puan Siti Safinah binti Salleh | CEO, Energy Commission (Suruhanjaya Tenaga), Malaysia |
| Ciara Sterling | CEO and Director of the Thriving Communities Australia |
| Jenny Wilkinson PSM | Secretary to the Treasury |
| Danielle Wood | Chair, Productivity Commission |
| Tony Wood | Senior Fellow of the Energy Program at Grattan Institute |
| Janine Young | Ombudsman, Energy and Water Ombudsman NSW |