The objective of the conference is to discuss recent scientific contributions to the economics of information and communication technologies (ICT) and the economics of ICT industries.

Keynote Speaker:

• Steve Tadelis (Amazon and University of California, Berkeley, USA)
• Hal Varian (Google and University of California, Berkeley, USA)

Topics of Interest:
Software and Internet industries · ICT and innovation · Telecommunication and new media · Internet services ·Electronic commerce · Competition policy and regulation of ICT · Digital markets and platforms · Intellectual property rights · Standards · ICT outsourcing · ICT, productivity and growth · ICT and the labour market · Social media · Digital divide.

Scientific Committee:
Avi GOLDFARB (University of Toronto, Canada), Mary O’MAHONY (King’s College London, UK), Catherine TUCKER (MIT Sloan School of Management, USA), Tommaso VALLETTI (Imperial College London, UK), Joel WALDFOGEL (University of Minnesota, USA), Kenneth WILBUR (University of California, San Diego, USA), Irene BERTSCHEK (ZEW and University of Mannheim, Germany), Martin PEITZ (University of Mannheim and ZEW, Germany), Florian STAHL (University of Mannheim and ZEW, Germany)