The liberalization process that has transformed network industries during the past decades is by no means limited to Europe or the United States. Emerging markets are undergoing a similar transition to more market-based forms of regulatory governance. In spite of notable differences across sectors, actors (governments, operators, regulators and other stakeholders) often find themselves faced with similar issues to tackle, such as regulation of monopolies, safeguarding of social service obligations, or definition of public values and national interests. Signification variations in institutional frameworks also impact the scope and speed of the reforms.
The conference takes a multi-disciplinary approach and explores the legal, economic, institutional and public policy aspects of this fundamental reform of network industries. In doing so, it highlights dominant current trends and issues affecting network-based and network-related industries in parallel sessions, including but not restricted to:
Challenges in network industry regulation
Inter/supra-nationalization of infrastructures
Investments and innovation in network industries
Liberalization models in network industries
Sector-specific issues (electricity, gas, railways, telecom, post, water, aviation, transport, Internet, ...)
Measuring network performance
Network industries in emerging markets
Urban network infrastructures
Keynote speakers (to be announced)
For questions, please contact Marc Laperrouza
Paper proposals should be between 600 and 1000 words long. The proposal should include:
Title of the paper
Name of the author(s) and full address of the corre-sponding author (postal, phone, fax and email)
The aim and methodology of the study
Results obtained or expected
A few keywords
We also encourage the submission of panel proposals.
Important dates
Deadline for panel submission: 1 May 2011
Deadline for paper proposals: 1 June 2011
Notification of acceptance: 1 July 2011
Final paper submission (guidelines): 1 October 2011
Deadline for registration and payment: 1 November 2011
Deadline powerpoint presentation: 21 November 2011
Fees
Member of academic/non-profit institution; EUR150.-
Member of business community: EUR 250.-
A number of fee waiver are available for students - please contact Marc Laperrouza
Venue
Residence Palace, Rue de la Loi 155, 1040 Brussels (how to get there)
Prize
The CRNI Award will be given to the best paper
Organizing Committee
Matthias Finger (EPFL), Editor-in-Chief
Rolf Künneke (Delft University of Technology), Editor-in-Chief
Marc Laperrouza (EPFL), Managing Editor
Daniel Scholten (Delft University of Technology), Assistant Editor
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