The International Telecommunications Society (ITS, see www.itsworld.org) is a global association of professionals in the information, communications, and technology sectors. ITS provides an independent forum where experts and decision makers from the private sector, government and academic meet to identify important emerging problems and issues, share research results, and form new relationships to address innovative issues. The goal of ITS is to promote a better understanding of the emerging global information society.

Among the numerous academic and networking activities of ITS international and regional conferences play are an important part. The organizers of the 16^th ITS European Regional Conference would like to invite you to submit abstracts in the field of telecommunications infrastructure, services, impacts and policy. Papers should be dealing with one (or several) of the following topics:

·        Regulatory Practice in Europe

·        Competition and Market Performance in Telecommunications

·        Improving Telecommunications Infrastructure

·        Structural Change in Telecommunications Industries

·        Internationalisation of Telecommunication Markets: the Enlarged EU and Beyond 

·        Broadband: Promises and Perspectives

·        Internet: Regulatory and Strategic Issues

·        Mobile Services: What next?

·        Information Society Issues: Winners and Losers

·        Broadcasting: Technology and Content