*CALL FOR PAPERS*
*TPRC Presents*
*The 38th Research Conference on Communication, Information, and Internet
Policy*
*Hosted by the Center for Technology and the Law, George Mason University
Law School, Arlington, Virginia*
*Friday, October 1 through Sunday, October 3, 2010*
*www.tprc.org*
TPRC is an annual conference on communication, information and internet
policy that convenes international and interdisciplinary practitioners and
researchers from academia, industry, government, and nonprofit organizations
together with policymakers. The purpose of the conference is to acquaint
policymakers with the best of recent research and to familiarize researchers
with the knowledge requirements of policymakers and industry. The conference
agenda will consist of papers selected from reviewed, submitted abstracts,
student papers and selected panel submissions.
TPRC is now soliciting abstracts of papers, panel proposals, and student
papers for presentation at the 2010 conference. Proposals should be based on
current theoretical or empirical research relevant to communication and
information policy, and may be from any disciplinary perspective. TPRC seeks
submissions of disciplinary, comparative, multidisciplinary or
interdisciplinary excellence. Subject areas of particular interest include,
but are not limited to the following: (Click on topic below for topic
descriptions.)
1. Network Competition, Policy and
Management
2. Broadband Deployment, Adoption and
Measurement
3. Spectrum Policy
4. Societal Issues: Universality and Affordable
Access
5. The Transformation and Future of
Media
6. The Transformation and Future of Intellectual Property and Digital
Rights
7. Privacy, Security, Identity and
Trust
8. Internet Governance and Institutional Strategies for Information
Policy
9. Advanced Mobile Services: Broadband, Video and New
Applications
10. The Internet
Ecosystem
11. Other Emerging Topics are highly
encouraged
Submissions are due by *March 31, 2010. *Abstracts and panel proposals must
be submitted electronically at http://www.tprc.org. Abstracts are not to
exceed 500 words. For paper abstracts, please identify the methods, central
ideas, and outcomes (obtained or expected) of the research. Responses will
be made by *May 15, 2010*. Selected papers will be due to TPRC on *August
15, 2010 *and one author of the paper is expected to present the accepted
submission.
Students are encouraged to submit papers for the student paper
competition (Click
Here for Student Papers CFP). *Full Student papers must be submitted by
April 30, 2010*.
We also welcome theme and industry-specific but not vendor-specific panel
proposals. These should include the Panel topic, a brief abstract, the name
of the Panel Moderator and an initial list of proposed panelists. The Panel
proposals should be submitted by *March 31, 2010*.
*Thank you to our current 2010 TPRC Sponsors*: Comcast, Google, Verizon,
George Mason University School of Law, Time Warner Cable, NextGenWeb.org,
Sprint, T-Mobile
Academic sponsors: Georgetown University, Michigan State University Quello
Center for Telecommunications Management and Law, University of Florida
PPRC, University of Colorado Silicon Flatirons Center, University of
Colorado Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program, University of
Michigan School of Information, University of Texas Telecommunications and
Information Policy Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Law
Center for Telecommunication Management & Law
For sponsorship information, please contact Syd Verinder,
sverinder@hotmail.com.
