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Telecommunications Policy Research Conference 1996

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The Twenty-Fourth Annual

Telecommunications Policy Research Conference

October 5 - 7, 1996
Solomons, Maryland, USA

http://www.spp.umich.edu/tprc/
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Call for Papers
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The Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (TPRC) is an annual forum
for dialogue among scholars engaged in publishable research on
policy-relevant telecommunications issues and public and private sector
decisionmakers engaged in making telecommunications policy. The purpose of
the conference is to acquaint policymakers with the best of recent research
in telecommunications, and to familiarize researchers with the knowledge
needs of policymakers. The TPRC program is assembled from submitted
abstracts and papers, invited papers, and in some cases, proposals for
complete sessions. TPRC ordinarily pays expenses of those individuals
chosen as presenters.

TPRC is now soliciting research papers or other proposals for presentation
at its 1996 conference. Papers should be based on current theoretical
and/or empirical research relevant to the making of telecommunications
policy, and may be from any disciplinary perspective. TPRC welcomes
national, international, or comparative studies that are U.S. and non-U.S.
in origin. Subject areas of particular interest include, but are not
limited to:

                    Cable/telco/internet competition

                              Internet pricing

            Political economy of telecommunications policymaking

       Compatibility, network interoperability, and standards issues

                Policy barriers to infrastructure investment

                        Universal service and access

                  Speech on-line: legal and social issues

                    Cost structure of the local exchange

                            Electronic commerce

  Network architecture: content, service quality, and policy implications

              Regulation of network interconnection and access

                     Governance of the virtual society

                            Spectrum management

                       Alternative regulatory regimes

        Common voice and video delivery: experience outside the U.S.

                    Media ownership and diversity issues

Selected papers must be no more than 30 pages and will be due to TPRC by
September 9, 1996.

Submissions should consist of an abstract of the proposed paper, and if
available, the paper should also be submitted. Submissions must be received
no later than March 29, 1996. Abstracts may be submitted either
electronically or by regular mail. Complete papers must be submitted by
regular mail. Please address submissions to: Conference Coordinator, TPRC,
Inc., P. O. Box 19203, Washington, DC 20036.

If you have any questions, please call Dawn Higgins at (202) 452-9033 or
e-mail her at TPRC@ei.com

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For further information visit the TPRC homepage:
http://www.spp.umich.edu/tprc
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