Invitation to the 8^th Conference on Applied Infrastructure Research

We would like to announce that the Workgroup for Infrastructure Policy (WIP) and the Center for Network Industries and Infrastructure (CNI) at Berlin University of Technology (TU Berlin), the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), and the Chair for Energy Economics & Public Sector Management (EE2) at Dresden University of Technology will hold the

8th Conference on Applied Infrastructure Research on 9-10 October, 2009.

It is a forum of debate among academia, practitioners, and policy makers. Next year’s topic is "Innovation in Liberalized Network Industries - Markets and Regulation, Pull and Push". The sectoral foci are transport, energy, telecommunication & internet, water, waste, and the health sector.

Paper submissions may be theoretical with respect to innovation, financing, regulation, planning, environmental or organizational issues in infrastructure policies or rather applied addressing the covered sectors.

Please find more details on the “Call for Papers”. For any inquiries about the conference, please do not hesitate to contact us under This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Looking forward to seeing you in Berlin,

Georg Meran (Scientific Coordinator DIW Berlin)
Christian von Hirschhausen (Scientific Coordinator EE2)
Kay Mitusch (Scientific Coordinator WIP)
Carl-Friedrich Elmer, Roman Mendelevitch (Conference Manager)