About TPRC
Mission
TPRC is an annual conference on communications, information, and Internet policy that brings a diverse, international group of researchers from academia, industry, government, and nonprofit organizations together with policy makers. It serves two primary goals: (1) dissemination of current research relevant to current communications policy issues around the world; and (2) promotion of new research on emerging issues.
TPRC covers the full range of legal, economic, social, and technical issues on national and international information and communications policy, including: wireline and wireless telephony, radio and television broadcasting, cable- and satellite-delivered communication, Internet communication, technological convergence and its regulatory implications, intellectual property, electronic commerce, communications privacy and security, computer crime, and economic development. The breadth of coverage, connections between researchers and policy makers, and diversity of conference participants make TPRC unique. TPRC aims to remain the premier venue for innovative and influential communications policy research.
History
In 1972, a small group of researchers from the government and academic communities met at the first Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (subsequently renamed TPRC) organized by Bruce Owen, then with the Office of Telecommunications Policy in the White House. As communications policy grew in importance, the conference evolved both in scope and structure. Beginning in 1986, in an effort led by Professors Roger Noll of Stanford University and Henry Geller of Duke University, TPRC was reorganized and given a more formal institutional structure. It is now constituted as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, organized by a succession of volunteer Boards of Directors and Program Committees drawn from TPRC's diverse constituencies.
- Read about the TPRC in the paper: A Novel Conference: The Origin of TPRC , by Bruce M. Owen from the book: TELEPHONY, THE INTERNET, AND THE MEDIA Selected Papers from the 1997 Telecommunications Policy Research Conference. Edited by Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason, University of Michigan and David Waterman, Indiana University.
Acceptance Rate
The acceptance rate for 2008 was 31.7%.
Email Discussion List
Join a plethora of TPRC participants in a never ending discussion of federal policy initiatives and their impact on the Internet. This email discussion group is offered in cooperation with Cybertelecom. Information on how to subscribe can be found at Cybertelecom-1.
