The EuroCPR 2009 Conference welcomes papers that address the policy challenges of competitiveness, energy efficiency and the interaction between competitiveness and energy efficiency in the mobile communications sector.

The conference will take place on the 30th and 31st of March 2009 in Seville, at the Italian Pavilion in the Isla de la Cartuja.

The conference is hosted by the Regional Ministry for Innovation, Science and Enterprise of Andalusia, in collaboration with the Institute for Prospective Studies (IPTS), one of the seven scientific institutes of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC).

Abstracts should be no longer than 1000 words. The structure and content of the abstracts should include the research question, main results, policy relevance, theory and methodology.

CPRsouth3 will feature a special session with the participation of representatives from TPRC, EuroCPR and CPRsouth. The session will explore common themes and possibilites of colloboration.

Dr. Prabir Neogi, a special advisor to the Department of Industry, Government of Canada will be the TPRC represetative. EuroCPR will be represented by Dr. Jean-Paul Simon, founder and director of JPS public Policy.

The session will be chaired by Prof. William H. Melody. Prof Melody is the former Director of LIRNE.NET and World Dialogue on Regulation for Network Economies and was present at the creation of both TPRC and EuroCPR.