Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 17:27:05 -0500
From: "Lorrie Cranor" <[log in to unmask]>
CALL FOR PAPERS
TPRC2001: The 29th Research Conference on
Communication, Information and Internet Policy
http://www.tprc.org/
October 27-29, 2001
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
2001 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. More information about these areas is available from
the TPRC web site at http://www.tprc.org/TPRC01/sessions01.htm .
Accessibility for the Disabled
Antitrust and Networks
Bandwidth and Spectrum Markets
Community Networking
E-Commerce
Economic Growth and Development
Electronic Political Participation and E-Government
Evolution of Industry Structure
Globalization and Regulation
Infrastructure (e.g. Broadband Development)
Intellectual Property (e.g. Copyright, Trademark, Patent and Domain Name)
Interconnection, Peering and Settlements
Internet and Human Rights (e.g. Culture, Gender and Free Speech)
Internet Governance
Internet Quality of Service and Architecture
IP Telephony
Mass Media
Network Reliability, Critical Infrastructure and Security
Open Access
Open Code Policy
Peer to Peer Networking
Pricing Structure
Privacy
Proprietary Ownership of Internet Space
Regulation of Online Activity
Standards Setting
Statistical Studies
The Telecom Act 5 Years Later: Is Competition Working
Universal Service (Social and Economic perspectives)
User Studies
Value Sensitive Design
Wireless Policy Challenges
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/submit/.
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 31, 2001. No submission will be accepted
after this date.
Inquiries may be made to the members of the Program Committee (contact
info available from http://www.tprc.org/TPRC01/prog-comm01.htm):
Lorrie Faith Cranor - Chair, AT&T Labs-Research
Andrew Blau, Flanerie Works
Jean Camp, Harvard University
Robert Cannon, Federal Communications Commission
Rob Frieden, Pennsylvania State University
Neil Gandal, Tel Aviv University and University of California - Berkeley
Hudson Janisch, University of Toronto
Mark Lemley, University of California - Berkeley
Lee McKnight, Tufts University
Michael Niebel, European Commission
Sharon Strover, University of Texas
Theresa Swinehart, WorldCom
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