Trans-Atlantic INFRADAY
Conference on Applied Infrastructure Modeling and Policy Analysis

"Sustainability lnfrastructure: Modeling and Policy Issues in a Low-Carbon World"

Washington, DC (USA), Friday, 14 November, 2008

Call for Papers

Please send either a full paper or an extended abstract (one page, about 300 words) by 15 September 2008 as a pdf or MS word file to: transatlantic_infraday[at]ee2.biz.

Papers may be theoretical or applied, and may address the following issues:

I. Cross-sectional topics

- Infrastructure requirements in a low-carbon world: electricity, gas, CO₂, carbon storage, hydrogen, transportation, water, etc.

- Modeling of critical infrastructure networks: e.g. linear and non-linear optimization, equilibrium modeling (MPEC, EPEC, etc.), stochasticity, reliability, etc.

- “Optimal” infrastructure investment and pricing: e.g. congestion pricing, price differentiation, peak-load pricing measuring efficiency, different regulation regimes, etc.

- Institutional and policy aspects of regulating sustainability infrastructures:  regulation, restructuring and investment incentives,

- Correcting market failures: internalization of external costs, R&D and innovation policies, subsidies, etc.

II. Sectoral analyses and case studies

                - Energy (electricity, natural gas, renewable energies, oil, coal)

                - Transportation (roads, railways, air transport, shipping)

                - Telecommunications & Internet

                - Water (supply and waste water)

The complete call for papers can be downloaded here:

Call for Papers

 How to get to the conference location:

Resources for the Future (RFF)
1616 P Street NW,
Washington, DC 20036
How to get to RFF