The Workgroup for Infrastructure Policy (WIP) at Berlin University of Technology (TU Berlin), the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), the Institute for Economic Policy Research (IWW) at University Karlsruhe and the Chair for Energy Economics & Public Sector Management (EE2) at Dresden University of Technology will hold the 9th Conference on Applied Infrastructure Research on 8-9 October, 2010. It is a forum of debate among academia, practitioners, and policy makers. This year's topic is "Sustainable Infrastructure - Theoretical and Policy Challenges". The sectoral foci are transport, energy, telecommunication & internet, water, waste, and the health sector.