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News From the International Telecommunications Society (ITS) Telecommunications Policy – The New ITS Membership Journal Effective January 1, 2010, Telecommunications Policy became the new ITS membership journal pursuant to a three year agreement struck between ITS and the journal’s owner and publisher, Elsevier. Telecommunications Policy is published 11 times a year. A copy of each issue is distributed by mail to every member of ITS in good-standing. Given that an individual membership in ITS still costs only $100 U.S. per year, it should be readily apparent that there is no better way to subscribe to Telecommunications Policy than to purchase an ITS membership. Other benefits of ITS membership include the opportunity to present, as well as to obtain access to, economic research and strategic policy papers at conferences, workshops or seminars hosted by ITS and to meet and interact with public policy decision-makers, corporate executives, students, academics and industry professionals at numerous ITS-sponsored events throughout the year. Membership benefits also include occasional discounts on ITS publications and a registration fee discount at all ITS Regional Conferences. Finally, all ITS members are automatically added to the ITS-L Listserv, which is used to notify members of upcoming ITS events and of publication of each new issue of the ITS newsletter, Interconnect. ITS members are entitled to send broadcast messages to the entire membership over the ITS-L Listserv following guidelines ITS has established. Meanwhile, the latest edition of Interconnect was published in May 2010. The May 2010 issue and all past issues of the ITS newsletter may be accessed on the ITS web site at www.itsworld.org. 2010 Schedule of ITS Conferences (a) 18th ITS Biennial Conference in Tokyo ITS holds a number of outstanding conferences each year, and this year will be no exception. Following the tradition of holding its largest and most dynamic conferences on different continents every two years, ITS is returning to Asia after holding its 17th Biennial Conference in Montreal in June 2008. The 16th Biennial was held in 2006 in Beijing and the 18th Biennial Conference will be held June 27–30, 2010 in Tokyo. ITS held its very first conference in Tokyo in 1986. The 2010 ITS Biennial Conference, the theme of which is ‘‘Culture, Communication and the Cutting Edge of Technology’’, is being held in Association with the 27th Annual Conference of the Japan Society of Information and Communication Research (JSICR). The Conference is being hosted by Waseda University and will be held at the University’s International Conference Centre. Further information about the Tokyo Biennial can be found at the Conference web site at http://www.its2010tokyo.com (b) 2010 ITS Regional Conferences in Wellington, New Zealand and Copenhagen, Denmark ITS also organizes one or more regional conferences each year in various parts of the world. The next ITS Regional Conference – the inaugural Asia-Pacific Regional Conference – will be held in Wellington, New Zealand, August 26–28, 2010. The theme of this conference which is being organized and hosted by the New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation (ISCR) is ‘‘Telecommunications: Ubiquity and Equity in a Broadband Environment’’. The Conference venue will be the Government Buildings, Pipitea Campus of Victoria University of
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Wellington. For complete information on the Conference program, featured speakers, hotel accommodations, and early bird registration, please visit the Conference web site at http://www.iscr.org.nz/n555.html Meanwhile, the next ITS European Regional Conference will be held in Copenhagen, September 13–15, 2010. The theme of the Conference is ‘‘Telecommunications at New Crossroads: Changing Value Configurations, User Roles and Regulations’’. The local organizer and conference host is the center for Communication, Media and Information technologies (CMI) – a research and teaching center at the Department of Development and Planning at Aalborg University in Copenhagen. The Copenhagen Conference will also feature the 1st ITS Ph. D. Seminar. The objective of this seminar is to allow leading academics, industry experts and researchers to share their knowledge and expertise with a select core of younger researchers in a highly focused learning environment. Up to 15 students will be selected from the responses to the Call for Papers for the PhD Seminar. Based on the topics to be presented by the winning candidates, experts from the ITS network will be chosen to discuss new ideas brought forward by PhD students in small groups. The focus will be on the discussion of ideas presented by the participants, rather than on the mere presentation of papers. A selection of papers presented at the seminar will be encouraged for refereed submission in Telecommunications Policy. The seminar will be linked to and held at the same venue as the ITS European Regional Conference. Access to both the Conference and the Ph. D. Seminar will be free of charge to seminar participants. Further details about the Copenhagen Conference, including the Ph. D. Seminar, and hotel and registration information (including deadlines for early bird registration), may be found at the Conference web site at http://itscopenhagen2010.net. (c) 2011 ITS Regional Conference in Taipei, Taiwan The 2nd Asia-Pacific Regional Conference is scheduled for June 26–28, 2011 in Taipei, Taiwan. The theme of this Conference is ‘‘Convergence in the Digital Age.’’ The Conference venue will be the Grand Formosa Regent Taipei. It will be organized and hosted by three academic institutions –National Chengchi University, National Chung Cheng University, and Shih Hsin University. For complete information on the Conference program, keynote speaker, hotel accommodations, and registration, please visit the Conference web site at http://www.its2011taiwan.com Additional information on these and other forthcoming conferences will also be posted on the ITS website at www.itsworld.org as they become available. In addition to announcements about upcoming conferences, the ITS web site contains information about past ITS conferences, the Society’s by-laws, ITS officers and Board members, the composition of various Committees, the Society’s corporate sponsors, as well as past issues of Interconnect which readers may be interested in reviewing.
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News From the International Telecommunications Society (ITS) Telecommunications Policy – The New ITS Membership Journal Effective January 1, 2010, Telecommunications Policy became the new ITS membership journal pursuant to a three year agreement struck between ITS and the journal’s owner and publisher, Elsevier. Telecommunications Policy is published 11 times a year. A copy of each issue is distributed by mail to every member of ITS in good-standing. Given that an individual membership in ITS still costs only $100 U.S. per year, it should be readily apparent that there is no better way to subscribe to Telecommunications Policy than to purchase an ITS membership. Other benefits of ITS membership include the opportunity to present, as well as to obtain access to, economic research and strategic policy papers at conferences, workshops or seminars hosted by ITS and to meet and interact with public policy decision-makers, corporate executives, students, academics and industry professionals at numerous ITS-sponsored events throughout the year. Membership benefits also include occasional discounts on ITS publications and a registration fee discount at all ITS Regional Conferences. Finally, all ITS members are automatically added to the ITS-L Listserv, which is used to notify members of upcoming ITS events and of publication of each new issue of the ITS newsletter, Interconnect. ITS members are entitled to send broadcast messages to the entire membership over the ITS-L Listserv following guidelines ITS has established. Meanwhile, the latest edition of Interconnect was published in May 2010. The May 2010 issue and all past issues of the ITS newsletter may be accessed on the ITS web site at www.itsworld.org. 2010 Schedule of ITS Conferences (a) 18th ITS Biennial Conference in Tokyo ITS holds a number of outstanding conferences each year, and this year will be no exception. Following the tradition of holding its largest and most dynamic conferences on different continents every two years, ITS is returning to Asia after holding its 17th Biennial Conference in Montreal in June 2008. The 16th Biennial was held in 2006 in Beijing and the 18th Biennial Conference will be held June 27–30, 2010 in Tokyo. ITS held its very first conference in Tokyo in 1986. The 2010 ITS Biennial Conference, the theme of which is ‘‘Culture, Communication and the Cutting Edge of Technology’’, is being held in Association with the 27th Annual Conference of the Japan Society of Information and Communication Research (JSICR). The Conference is being hosted by Waseda University and will be held at the University’s International Conference Centre. Further information about the Tokyo Biennial can be found at the Conference web site at http://www.its2010tokyo.com (b) 2010 ITS Regional Conferences in Wellington, New Zealand and Copenhagen, Denmark ITS also organizes one or more regional conferences each year in various parts of the world. The next ITS Regional Conference – the inaugural Asia-Pacific Regional Conference – will be held in Wellington, New Zealand, August 26–28, 2010. The theme of this conference which is being organized and hosted by the New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation (ISCR) is ‘‘Telecommunications: Ubiquity and Equity in a Broadband Environment’’. The Conference venue will be the Government Buildings, Pipitea Campus of Victoria University of
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Wellington. For complete information on the Conference program, featured speakers, hotel accommodations, and early bird registration, please visit the Conference web site at http://www.iscr.org.nz/n555.html Meanwhile, the next ITS European Regional Conference will be held in Copenhagen, September 13–15, 2010. The theme of the Conference is ‘‘Telecommunications at New Crossroads: Changing Value Configurations, User Roles and Regulations’’. The local organizer and conference host is the center for Communication, Media and Information technologies (CMI) – a research and teaching center at the Department of Development and Planning at Aalborg University in Copenhagen. The Copenhagen Conference will also feature the 1st ITS Ph. D. Seminar. The objective of this seminar is to allow leading academics, industry experts and researchers to share their knowledge and expertise with a select core of younger researchers in a highly focused learning environment. Up to 15 students will be selected from the responses to the Call for Papers for the PhD Seminar. Based on the topics to be presented by the winning candidates, experts from the ITS network will be chosen to discuss new ideas brought forward by PhD students in small groups. The focus will be on the discussion of ideas presented by the participants, rather than on the mere presentation of papers. A selection of papers presented at the seminar will be encouraged for refereed submission in Telecommunications Policy. The seminar will be linked to and held at the same venue as the ITS European Regional Conference. Access to both the Conference and the Ph. D. Seminar will be free of charge to seminar participants. Further details about the Copenhagen Conference, including the Ph. D. Seminar, and hotel and registration information (including deadlines for early bird registration), may be found at the Conference web site at http://itscopenhagen2010.net. (c) 2011 ITS Regional Conference in Taipei, Taiwan The 2nd Asia-Pacific Regional Conference is scheduled for June 26–28, 2011 in Taipei, Taiwan. The theme of this Conference is ‘‘Convergence in the Digital Age.’’ The Conference venue will be the Grand Formosa Regent Taipei. It will be organized and hosted by three academic institutions –National Chengchi University, National Chung Cheng University, and Shih Hsin University. For complete information on the Conference program, keynote speaker, hotel accommodations, and registration, please visit the Conference web site at http://www.its2011taiwan.com Additional information on these and other forthcoming conferences will also be posted on the ITS website at www.itsworld.org as they become available. In addition to announcements about upcoming conferences, the ITS web site contains information about past ITS conferences, the Society’s by-laws, ITS officers and Board members, the composition of various Committees, the Society’s corporate sponsors, as well as past issues of Interconnect which readers may be interested in reviewing.
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