<div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="en-AU"><div style="text-align:center;margin:0px" align="center"><span><span><b>Swinburne Internet Policy Workshop</b></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align:center;margin:0px" align="center"><span><span><b>auIGF academic pre-event</b></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align:center;margin:0px" align="center"><span><span><b>Sunday 4</b></span><b>^th</b><span><b>
&amp; Monday 5</b></span><b>^th</b><span><b> October 2015</b></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align:center;margin:0px" align="center"><span><span><b>Melbourne, Australia</b></span></span></div>
<div style="margin:0px" align="justify"><span> </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px" align="justify"><span><b>Call for proposals</b></span></div>
<div style="margin:0px" align="justify"><span>Deadline: Friday 5^th June</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px" align="justify"><span>Notification of acceptance: Monday 29^th June</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px" align="justify"><span> </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px" align="justify"><span>We
 are pleased to announce the inaugural Swinburne Internet Policy 
Workshop, organised by the Swinburne Institute of Social Research’s 
Digital Society
group and generously sponsored by auDA. The workshop is organised in 
conjunction with auDA’s Australian Governance Forum (to be held in 
Melbourne on Tuesday 6^th and Wednesday 7^th
 October 2015).
This is an opportunity for scholars with a research interest in Internet
 policy to explore research aspects of the auIGF’s agenda and other 
Internet policy issues.</span></div>
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<div style="margin:0px" align="justify"><span>We
 are currently seeking submissions on the broad theme of Internet policy
 research and particularly welcome contributions which look at Internet 
policy
topics in Australia and the broader Asia Pacific region. Accordingly, 
authors are invited to submit abstracts on a broad spectrum of Internet 
policy topics that include, but are not restricted to: </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px" align="justify"><span> </span></div>
<div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt" align="justify"><span>·<span>         </span>Intellectual property and
the Internet</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt" align="justify"><span>·<span>         </span>The Internet economy</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt" align="justify"><span>·<span>         </span>Data retention, surveillance
and privacy</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt" align="justify"><span>·<span>         </span>Internet governance, domain
names</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt" align="justify"><span>·<span>         </span>Net neutrality</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt" align="justify"><span>·<span>         </span>Digital society</span></div>
<div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt" align="justify"><span>·<span>         </span>Digital inclusion</span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align:left"><br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="en-AU"><div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt" align="justify"><span></span></div></span></span></div><br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="en-AU"><div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt" align="justify"><span lang="en-AU"><span>



















</span></span></div></span></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-AU"><div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 6.24pt" align="justify"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><u><span lang="EN-AU">   Emerging Scholars stream</span></u></p></div></span></font></span><font size="2"><span lang="en-AU"><div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 6.24pt" align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-AU">   The first day of the workshop will be an opportunity for emerging
scholars (PhD candidates and recent doctoral graduates) to present a paper on
their current research on Internet policy themes, and receive feedback on their
work from a discussant. Emerging scholars will also have the opportunity to
engage with senior academics and other emerging scholars in a relaxed and
supportive environment.<span>  </span></span></span>





<span lang="en-AU"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span></span></font></span></div></span></font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span><br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="en-AU"><span>We
 encourage academic researchers from all relevant disciplines to send 
proposals of no more than 500 words and a short bio statement to Dr 
Angela
Daly (<a href="https://outlook.swin.edu.au/owa/redir.aspx?C=xE5eCSNzyk68xZjIdIIqmeiRHzKoVdIIRYCavSp5ky5drXInoRQv5ZBurp4xNNXJsV-8JoK4V7k.&amp;URL=mailto%3aacdaly%40swin.edu.au" target="_blank">acdaly@swin.edu.au</a>) by <b>Friday 5</b><b>^th</b><b> June</b>.
 If
applicants wish to be considered for the Emerging Scholars stream, 
please state this clearly. Please note that papers for the Emerging 
scholars stream will be due on <b>Friday 18</b><b>^th</b><b> September</b>. We intend to
publish selected papers from both days in a special edition of a highly ranked peer-reviewed journal.</span></span></span><font size="2"><span lang="en-AU"></span></font><span lang="en-AU"><div style="margin:0px 0px 0px 6.24pt" align="justify"><span lang="en-AU"></span></div></span><br><span lang="en-AU"></span></div>