The 28th Research Conference on
Communication, Information and Internet Policy

September 23-25, 2000
Alexandria, Virginia

TPRC hosts this 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 and invited abstracts.

TPRC is now soliciting proposals for papers for presentation at its 2000 conference. Proposals 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 the following. Click on a topic for a description.

• Privacy

• Universal Service (Social and Economic perspectives)

• International Governance (e.g. WIPO, WTO, ITU, ICANN, IETF, W3C)

• Pricing Structure

• User Studies

• Infrastructure (e.g. Broadband Development)

• Mass Media and the Internet (e.g. Streaming Media)

• Intellectual Property (e.g. Deep Linking and Copyright)

• Wireless Policy Challenges (e.g. 3G, Bluetooth, Spread Spectrum, WAP)

• Sustainable Open Source Models

• Network Reliability (e.g. Y2K, 2036, NRIC)

• Real Options and Investments

• Access, Pinch Points and Antitrust

• Accessibility Issues

• Community Networking

• Internet and Human Rights (e.g. Culture, Gender and Censorship)

• IP Telephony (e.g. Settlement and QOS)

• Internet Service Quality Economics & Policy

• Value Sensitive Design of Cyberspace

• Regulation of Online Activity (e.g. Taxation, Gambling, Protection of the Vulnerable, Grey Markets)

• Civil Society, Political Participation and the Internet

• E-Commerce (e.g. Trust, Security, Liability and Dispute Resolution)

• Bandwidth and Spectrum Markets

• Regulatory Design for Economic Growth and Development

• Globalization of the Knowledge Economy

• Statistical Studies

• Critical Infrastructure, Cyberwar and Law Enforcement

• Internet Appliances

• Evolution of Industry Structure

Abstracts should be certain to contain a clear statement of the central ideas and outcomes of the research, in addition to a description of the topic being addressed. All submissions must be submitted via the TPRC web site at http://www.tprc.org. The site contains a form that you can use to submit your contact information, a 500 word abstract, and a brief CV. In addition, if you have already written a full paper, you may post that online and submit the URL.

Submissions are due by March 24, 2000. No submission will be accepted after this date.

Selected papers will be required to be no more than 30 pages and will be due to TPRC by August 18, 2000. Papers not received by that date will be removed from the program. TPRC intends to provide access to all accepted papers either through publication on our web site or through a link to its publisher.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT ABSTRACT 
AND PAPER SUBMISSIONS AND YOUR PRESENTATION 

Please plan your presentation so that all of these people will be able to understand and appreciate it. Minimize the use of jargon, mathematics, and tables of econometric or other statistical results. Use of visual aids, such as graphics and an outline of your main points, is encouraged. Please design visual aids so that they will be readable in a room with 100-200 seats. 

Inquiries may be made to Dawn Higgins: 202-452-9033 or tprc@ei.com.