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In The News: Call for Paper Proposals: Experts Workshop
Beyond Broadband Access: Data-Based Information Policy For a New Administration
A call for proposals is going out for a three-day day by-invitation Experts Workshop on approaches to developing data-based information policy. Abstracts are due by April 15, 2009. The deliverables are expected to be policy recommendations, a book and a new research agenda. The event is co-organized by Penn State, Michigan State University, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, and Rutgers University.
Submissions should be made to . Abstracts should not exceed 500 words and should be accompanied by a brief biographical statement.
The workshop will bring together a group of about twenty experts on information metrology from around the world. The event will take place in Washington, DC, where, during morning and afternoon sessions, they will make presentations, share research, hear guest experts, discuss concrete approaches and new theories, identify problems and challenges, and develop conclusions and a future research agenda.
September 22-24, 2009
The New America Foundation
1899 L Street NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
For more information, contact Richard Taylor at or Dr. Johannes Bauer at .
