9:15-10:00 am -- Continental breakfast, Schlegel Hall 207

10:15-11:45 am -- PANEL ONE, Schlegel Hall 207

Chair: Gerald Gamm (Department Chair, University of Rochester).
Paper: Harold Stanley (Southern Methodist University),
          "The One Thing You Need To Know about American Politics by the Numbers."
Paper: Herbert Weisberg (Ohio State University),
          "The One Thing You Need To Know about Voting in American Presidential Elections."
Discussant: Lynda Powell (University of Rochester)

12:00-1:30 pm -- Lunch for selected guests

1:45-3:15 pm -- PANEL TWO, Schlegel Hall 207

Chair: William Bianco (Indiana University).
Paper: John Aldrich (Duke University) and John Griffin (University of Notre Dame),
          "The One Thing You Need To Know about Political Parties."
Paper: C. Lawrence Evans (College of William and Mary),
          "The One Thing You Need To Know about Congress."
Discussants: David Primo (University of Rochester) and Valeria Sinclair-Chapman (University of Rochester)

3:15-4:00 pm -- Coffee and snack break, Schlegel Hall 207

4:00-5:30 pm -- PANEL THREE, Schlegel Hall 207

Chair: Jeffrey Hill (Northeastern Illinois University).
Paper: Jack Wright (Ohio State University),
          "The One Thing You Need To Know about Interest Groups."
Paper: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita (Hoover Institution and New York University),
          "The One Thing You Need To Know about American Foreign Policy."
Discussant: Stuart Jordan (University of Rochester)