NRCoP 2025 National Conference

We are pleased to announce that the NRCoP 2025 National Conference – Regulation 2025 to 2050: Disruption, Change and Continuity will be held on 27-28 August 2025 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Meanjin Brisbane.

The 2025 conference will be delivered in-person, with a virtual option giving access to live-streamed plenary sessions. An optional Conference Dinner will be held on the evening of Wednesday, 27 August 2025 from 7:00PM to 10:30PM in the Whale Mall at the Queensland Museum.

Coming together as a community of practice has long been an important activity for NRCoP and we are delighted that we were able to resume the strong tradition of National Conferences!

Hear from international and local speakers from both regulatory practitioner and academic backgrounds as they focus on new regulatory designs and approaches for adapting to disruption and change in an evolving and increasingly complex regulatory environment. The conference program will provide a mix of inspirational speakers and interactive activities, providing you with a range of opportunities to hear new ideas, contribute views and network with your regulatory peers.

Key themes to be explored, include:

Building trust and cooperation: is this the answer to delivering better regulatory outcomes in a complex world?

What does AI hold for the future of regulation?

First Nations Voices – in, out and around regulatory practice

Bridging policy and practice: what do regulatory stewardship and better regulation mean in practice?

When things go wrong:  is it regulator “failure”, unreasonable expectations?

From crisis to confidence: Navigating turbulent times with the global push for regulatory reform to boost efficiency

International guest speakers

Professor Cary Coglianese, Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science; Director, Penn Program on Regulation, University of Pennsylvania

Cary Coglianese specializes in the study of administrative law and regulatory processes, with an emphasis on the empirical evaluation of alternative processes and strategies and the role of public participation, technology, and business-government relations in policymaking. The author of more than 300 articles, book chapters, reports, and essays on a broad range of administrative law and regulatory policy issues, Coglianese served as a founding editor of the international peer-reviewed journal, Regulation & Governance. He also founded and serves as the faculty advisor of The Regulatory Review, a global online publication that covers a full range regulatory law and policy issues. He previously served as the Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania’s law school

Prior to joining the Penn faculty, he spent a dozen years on the faculty at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government where he founded and chaired the school’s Regulatory Policy Program and was an affiliated scholar at the Harvard Law School. He also has served as a visiting law professor at Stanford University and Vanderbilt University.

Professor Christopher Hodges OBE is Emeritus Professor of Justice Systems, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford

Professor Christopher Hodges OBE is a Supernumerary Fellow of Wolfson College Oxford. He is Chair of the Regulatory Horizons Council, which advises HM Government (DSIT) on regulation of innovative science and technology; Chair of the Horizon Compensation Advisory Board advising HM Government (DBT) on compensation for Post Office workers; and Chair of the Housing and Property Redress Group, comprising judges, ombudsmen and redress schemes in those sectors. He is co-founder of the International Network for Delivery of Regulation (INDR), and a member of the Commonhold Council, which advises HM Government (DLUHC) on transition to commonhold. He is a Scientific Advisor, Dialogue Through Conflict Foundation (2023-).

Local guest speakers

• Julie Inman Grant, eSafety Commissioner
• Baethan Mullen, CEO of The Superpower Institute
• Anna Booth, Fair Work Ombudsman
• Tim Beresford, Chief Executive, Australian Financial Security Authority
• Meena Singh, Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People (VIC)
• Jim Dodds, CEO for Safe Food (QLD)
• Rachel Chay, Chief Biosecurity Officer (QLD)
• Adam Wilson, CEO for Essential Services Commission (SA)
• Iain Anderson, Commonwealth Ombudsman
• Anna Cronin, Commissioner and CEO for Victorian Building Authority
• Justin Oliver, Deputy Chair Australian Energy Regulator
• Carly Kind, Australian Privacy Commissioner
• Jenness Gardner, CEO for Economic Regulation Authority (WA)
  
• Catherine Myers, Deputy Commissioner for National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
• Grainne Moss, CEO for Ministry for Regulation (NZ)
• and more!

The conference will also host a live podcast from The Westminster Tradition, Danielle Elston, Caroline Crosser-Barlow and Alison Lloydd-Wright.

Conference dates: 27 – 28 August 2025 

Duration: 2 days (9:00AM to 5:00PM AEST)

Location: Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre (BCEC), Meeanjin Brisbane

Tickets: 

Registration numbers are strictly limited so we encourage you to jump online and get tickets early!

* Virtual admission will provide you with access to the live-streamed plenary sessions *

** In keeping with the NRCoP ethos of returning value to our community, places at the conference are provided at a discounted rate for our corporate members. Find out if your organisation is a corporate member of NRCoP here. **

*** Participation in NRCoP activities is for the purpose of connecting and building the regulatory profession and not for undertaking any form of commercial activity. Any person who obtains information because they are a participant in a NRCoP activity must not improperly use the information to gain an advantage for themselves, any other person or for any organisation and may be excluded from NRCoP activities if found in breach of this requirement. ***

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Conference enquires

For all question related to NRCoP, registration, payments the conference program or the conference app, please email Ms Shannon Tucker – Senior Engagement Coordinator at regulators@anzsog.edu.au

Media enquiries

For questions related to media, please email Mr Ben Ruse – Media Advisor at b.ruse@anzsog.edu.au

Once registered for the conference, you will receive an auto acknowledgement that you are registered to attend. Prior to the conference commencement you will receive access to a central event app providing key conference information including program schedule, speakers, conference resources and enabling you to interact with session content, speakers, and other conference attendees.

To download a PDF version of the conference program, please click here