The 35th Research Conference on
Communication, Information and Internet Policy

Held at
The National Center for Technology & Law,
George Mason University School of Law
Arlington, Virginia

Friday, September 28, 2007 through Sunday, September 30, 2007

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The 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 the industry.

The TPRC offers the Student Paper Award to support and encourage excellence in telecommunications research and writing at the graduate level. All aspects of communication, information, and Internet policy are eligible for the award.

The results of the competition will be notified to all participants by June 15, 2007. Award recipients will be invited to attend and present their papers at the TPRC to be held September 28 - 30, 2007 at the George Mason University Law School, Arlington, Virginia. Award recipients (one per paper) will be exempt from the conference registration fee, receive free meals at the conference, two nights’ lodging at the conference hotel, and up to $500 towards travel costs. Some papers submitted to the student competition, but not awarded prizes, may be selected for presentation at the TPRC as regular papers. Authors of these papers will be offered two nights’ free lodging at the conference hotel.

This year we are particularly interested in papers addressing the following themes:

Track A:	Network Competition Policy and Management: Current and Future Battles
Track B:	Next Generation and All-IP Networks
Track C:	Spectrum Policy and Wireless Applications: Anywhere, Anytime Connectivity and its Implications
Track D:	Societal Issues: Universality, Affordable Access, and ICTs for Development and Growth
Track E:	The Future of Media Content: Living with YouTube in a Peer-to-peer World
Track F:	Intellectual Property and Digital Rights
Track G:	Privacy & Security: Building a Culture of Trust in an Online World

The competition is open to all persons who were graduate or law students on October 1, 2006. Thus, first-year faculty members, industry, and government professionals may be eligible. Papers may be based on research undertaken for a Master’s thesis, a Ph.D. dissertation, or other supervised analytical writing. Papers with multiple student authors all meeting these requirements are also eligible. Papers that are co-authored with a faculty member are not eligible for the Student Paper Award but may be submitted as regular conference papers. Faculty co-authors may not be added after a Student Paper Award has been granted.

Students wishing to participate in this competition should submit a nomination letter from their faculty advisor. The letter should include the name of the student, the program of study followed, and a short description of the paper. The letter should be sent by e-mail to Johannes M. Bauer (bauerj@msu.edu) and Björn Wellenius (wellenius@attglobal.net).

All papers and nominating letters are due by May 1, 2007. No papers will be accepted after this date. The papers should be double-spaced and no longer than 30 pages. Papers must be submitted via the TPRC web site (use link below). The site contains a form to submit the papers.      

Please address inquiries to Johannes M. Bauer (bauerj@msu.edu) or Björn Wellenius (wellenius@attglobal.net).