TPRC 2009 - The 37th Research Conference on Communication, Information, and Internet Policy TPRC 2009

The 37th 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, September 25, 2009 through Sunday, September 27, 2009
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 posters, and selected
panel submissions.

TPRC is now soliciting abstracts of papers, panel proposals, student
papers and posters for presentation at the 2009 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. Next Generation all-IP Networks: Policy, Regulatory,
Architectural and Societal Issues
3. Spectrum Policy
4. Societal Issues: Universality and Affordable Access
5. The Transformation and Future of Media in an Age of User- and
Community-Produced Content
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. International and Jurisdictional Issues
10. The Mobile Phone and its Impacts
11. Other Emerging Topics are highly encouraged

Submissions are due by March 31, 2009. Abstracts, panel proposals and
poster submissions must be submitted electronically at
http://www.tprc.org . Abstracts are not to exceed 500 words. For posters
and paper abstracts, please identify the methods, central ideas, and
outcomes (obtained or expected) of the research. Responses will be made
by May 15, 2009. Selected papers will be due to TPRC on August 15th and
authors are expected to present the accepted submission.

Students are encouraged to submit papers for the student paper
competition. Full Student papers must be submitted by April 30, 2009.
Poster sessions will be available to enable the display of current
student work.

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, 2009.

2009TPRC Sponsors: Host: George Mason University School of Law; Gold:
Comcast, Verizon; Silver: AT&T, Google, Microsoft, NextGenWeb.org;
Bronze: CTIA, NCTA, T-Mobile Academic Sponsors: Georgetown University,
University of Florida PURC and PPRC, Michigan State University Quello
Center, Syracuse University, University of Colorado Silicon Flatirons
Center and the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program
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Rahul Tongia, Ph.D.
Senior Systems Scientist

Program in Computation, Organizations, and Society (COS)
School of Computer Science (ISR) /
Dept. of Engineering & Public Policy

Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
tel: 412-268-5619
fax: 412-268-2338
email: tongia-AT-cmu.edu
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rtongia