IP: TPRC 98. Call for Papers

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

CALL FOR PAPERS
The Twenty-Sixth Annual
TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH CONFERENCE


http://www.si.umich.edu/~prie/tprc/


October 3-5, 1998
Radisson Mark Plaza, Alexandria, Virginia


The Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (TPRC) is an annual
forum for dialogue among scholars and decision-makers from the public
and private sectors engaged in communication and information policy.
The purpose of the conference is to acquaint policymakers with the
best of recent research and to familiarize researchers with the
knowledge needs of policymakers and industry.  The TPRC program is
assembled from submitted abstracts, invited papers and proposals for
complete sessions.


TPRC is now soliciting research papers or session proposals for
presentation at its 1998 conference.  Papers should be based on
current theoretical and/or empirical research relevant to the making
of communication and information policy, and may be from any
disciplinary perspective.  TPRC welcomes national, international, or
comparative studies.  Subject areas of particular interest include,
but are not limited to:


*       1996 Telecom Act                        
*       Universal Service
*       Wireless Services                       
*       Unintended Consequences of Regulation
*       Unbundling the Local Loop               
*       State Regulation
*       Convergence:  Technological Developments and Regulatory
        Implications
*       Privacy (Crypto, Anonymity, Personal Data)
*       Intellectual Property           
*       Content Control
*       Information Infrastructure Security             
*       Taxation of Internet Services
*       Antitrust, Concentration and Mergers            
*       Household Information Environments
*       Internet and Telephone Numbers and Names                
*       Internet Jurisdiction
*       Software Competition                    
*       Internet/Intranet Effects on Organizations
*       Electronic Commerce                     
*       Communication Reform in Developing Countries
*       Spectrum Allocation and Auctions                
*       New Satellite Systems
*       Infrastructure Investment               
*       Pirate Broadcasting
*       Transition to Digital TV                
*       Competitive Models of Mass Media


Submissions must be sent electronically to Dawn Higgins at
tprc () ei com and should consist of an abstract of a paper or
session proposal in ASCII text.  If a paper is available, it
should be sent as an attachment in MS Word or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
format.  In addition, it would be helpful to the Program Committee
to submit with your abstract a one page CV which includes citations
of relevant work.  Submissions are due no later than March 27, 1998.


Selected papers will be required to be no more than 30 pages and
will be due to TPRC by September 7, 1998.  TPRC intends to provide
access to all accepted papers either through publication on our web
site or through a link to its publisher.


Inquiries may be made to  Dawn Higgins:  (202) 452-9033
Telecommunications Policy Research Conference


P.O. Box 19203
Washington, DC  20036




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