SERCIAC 2026

2026 Annual Conference of the Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues

SERCI is pleased to announce the information regarding its 23rd Annual Conference.

Where: The congress will be held in Amsterdam (The Netherlands), and hosted by the Institute for Information Law (IViR), Amsterdam Law School, University of Amsterdam.
When: On Monday July 6 and Tuesday July 7 of 2026.
Local Organiser: Prof. Joost Port (University of Amsterdam).
Keynote Speaker: Imke Reimers (SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University).

Submissions of papers to be presented at the congress are hereby invited, and should be sent as an email attachment to congress@serci.org, with submission deadline 15th April 2026. Successful authors will be notified on or before 30th April. At submission stage, while completed papers are encouraged, a detailed abstract is sufficient. Early submissions are appreciated. Submissions may be on any topic that uses economic analysis (theoretical or empirical) to better understand any issue related to copyright. Relevant topics include, but are not restricted to, efficient use of copyright, models of copyright piracy, optimal copyright parameters, effects of copyright upon welfare, the law and economics of copyright, copyright and its alternatives, copyright and new technologies, and copyright policy generally.

There is no registration fee for this conference.

Please feel free to circulate this call for papers as widely as possible among your colleagues. The SERCI conference website (www.serci.org/annual_congress.html) will be updated periodically with further news about this event.