Dear Colleague (forwarded) I thought you might be interested in the TPRC Call for Papers. It is the 40th anniversary of the conference, which will be appropriately celebrated with engaging sessions and keynote speakers. As you know, TPRC is an annual conference on communication, information and internet policy that convenes international and interdisciplinary researchers and policy makers from academia, industry, government, and nonprofit organizations. Its purpose is to present original research relevant to policy making, share information about areas where research is needed, and engage in discussion on current policy issues. The conference program consists of presentations selected from submitted paper abstracts, student papers, and proposals for panels, tutorials, and demonstrations.   TPRC is now soliciting abstracts of papers, proposals for panels, tutorials and demonstrations, and student papers for presentation at the 2012conference, to be held September 21-23, 2012 at the George Mason University Law School, in Arlington, Virginia. These presentations should report current theoretical or empirical research relevant to communication and information policy.   Contributions may be from any disciplinary perspective – the sole criterion is research quality. Topic areas in previous conferences have included competition, antitrust, and other market issues; broadband deployment and adoption; spectrum and wireless application policy; media, old and new; intellectual property, technology, and Internet law; privacy, security, identity and trust; governance and institutions; innovation and entrepreneurship; and distributional outcomes and social goals.   Submission opens on March 1, 2012 at  http://www.tprc.org. The deadlines are:   March 31, 2012: Main conference abstracts, and proposals for panels, tutorials and demonstrations. Acceptances/rejections will be provided by May 31, 2012. Complete papers for accepted abstracts will be due to TPRC on August 15, 2012.   April 30, 2012: Student papers. The student paper competition requires submission of completed papers rather than abstracts.  Acceptances/rejections will be provided by June 30, 2012.   Details about submission requirements and review criteria can be found on these web pages:   Conference Papers Panels and Tutorials Demonstrations Student Paper Competition   The journals Telecommunications Policy and Journal of Information Policy will both invite papers for special issues from this year’s conference.   Please address inquiries to info@tprc.org. With best regards, Johannes M. Bauer Johannes M. Bauer Professor, Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media Director of Special Programs, Quello Center for Telecommunication Management & Law Michigan State University, 409 Communication Arts and Sciences East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1212, USA Fixed +1.517.432.8003, mobile +1.517.944.4154, Fax +1.517.355.1292 Web http://www.msu.edu/~bauerj and http://quello.msu.edu _______________________________________________ its-l site list its-l@lists.sjsu.edu http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/its-l