Dear AoIR list members, The Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) will host its 40th Anniversary conference on January 21–24, 2018 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The conference will offer two awards for excellence in research: the *Meheroo Jussawalla Research Paper Award* for the the best conference paper of PTC '18, and the *Yale M. Braunstein Award* for the best student paper. For submission details and additional information please go to PTC.ORG <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.ptc.org_ptc18_research-2Dawards_-23research-2Dawards&d=DwMFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=sNb1yBMib8kHpkslov8NHqFEsvoDNbsxbB-ei5SIbBg&m=utKFwyrfI_OoOa2C-qHgaBqBoKJP_zWuQYLBGjHgx48&s=QmRiRqiJ3WCEYHv-fAhk4IukrEwOppR7cJX-RoD0UQQ&e=> and the CFP submission site <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.xcdsystem.com_PTC2018&d=DwMFaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=sNb1yBMib8kHpkslov8NHqFEsvoDNbsxbB-ei5SIbBg&m=utKFwyrfI_OoOa2C-qHgaBqBoKJP_zWuQYLBGjHgx48&s=cyM4FOLotMUGzKrcI5a-OCqowMi7bZWniX6UJiydQy8&e=> . The *Yale M. Braunstein Award* for best student paper Submission Deadline: Sept. 1, 2017 The *Meheroo Jussawalla Research Paper Award* for best conference paper Proposal Deadline: July 26, 2017 Paper Deadline: Sept. 29, 2017 The winner of each prize will receive: · US$1,000 cash award · Conference registration waiver · Speaking opportunity to present winning paper at PTC'18 · Stipend of up to US$1,500 for travel and accommodation (prize winner arranges own accommodation) · Certificate presented at the PTC'18 Awards Ceremony Papers for PTC'18 are welcome on a range of telecom and information and communications technologies topics including: Mobile/Wireless, Satellite, Subsea Cables, Network Architectures and Technologies, New Business Models, Cloud, Colo and Data Centers, Emerging Markets, ICT4D, Security, Privacy and Data Protection, Policy and Regulation. Research topics may be interdisciplinary or grounded in a specific discipline (economics, political science, business, communications, public policy) and may reflect regional and/or cross-regional perspectives. Aloha, Jenifer Jenifer Sunrise Winter, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Graduate Chair, School of Communications Co-Director, Pacific ICTD Collaborative University of Hawaii at Manoa 2550 Campus Road, Crawford Hall 325 Honolulu, HI 96822