Information for Attendees
 
Parking Information
 
Alumni Center Parking:
The keynote address on Thursday, April 11th will take place at the NDSU Alumni Center, which is located between 12th and 13th Avenues on University Drive in Fargo (see location map here).  Parking in the Alumni Center lot is available and free in the evening.
 
NDSU Memorial Union Parking:
All conference events on Friday, April 12th will take place in the NDSU Memorial Union (see map here).  Metered parking is available at the Memorial Union, but it is often difficult to find a spot during the day.
 
Parking in Visitor Lot E (see map) is free to all conference attendees displaying a parking permit.  Parking permits will be available at the conference registration desk (in the Memorial Union Room of Nations); these permits allow parking only in Lot E, and only on April 12th.
 
Tri-College attendees please note that if you have a valid MSUM or Concordia College parking permit in your vehicle, you are also entitled to park free of charge in Lots T and R (see map).
Previous Keynote Speakers
 
1986    Dr. Thomas Bouchard, University of Minnesota
1987    Dr. Mark Snyder, University of Minnesota
1988    Dr. John Chaves, Southern Illinois University
1989    Dr. Alice Eagly, Purdue University
1990    NDSU Alumni
1991    Dr. Herbert L. Pick, Jr., University of Minnesota
1992    Dr. Charles R. Honts, University of North Dakota
1993    Dr. Brenda Milner, McGill University and Montreal Neurological Institute
1994    Dr. Elizabeth Loftus, University of Washington
1995    Dr. Harry C. Triandis, University of Illinois
1996    Dr. Stephen Ceci, Cornell University
1997    Conference canceled due to flood
1998    Dr. David G. Myers, Hope College
1999    Dr. Sandra E. Trehub, University of Toronto
2000    Dr. Irving Kirsch, University of Connecticut
2001    Dr. Stephen J. Suomi, National Primate Laboratories, NIH
2002    Dr. Tom Dingus, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
2003    Dr. Roy Baumeister, Florida State University
2004    Dr. Patricia G. Devine, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2005    Dr. David Matsumoto, San Francisco State University
2006    Dr. Hart Blanton, Texas A&M University
2007    Dr. Janet Shibley Hyde, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2008    Dr. Laurel Trainor, McMaster University
2009    Conference canceled due to flood
2010    Dr. Morton Ann Gernsbacher, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2011    Dr. Wendy Rogers, Georgia Institute of Technology
2012    Dr. Blair Johnson, University of Connecticut
Luncheon Information
 
The conference luncheon will take place at 12:00 pm on Friday, April 11th, in the Prairie Rose room in the NDSU Memorial Union. Advance reservations are required in order to attend the luncheon. The luncheon address, which follows the luncheon at 12:45 pm in the Prairie Rose room, is free and open to the public; reservations are not required in order to attend the luncheon address.
 
Lunch will consist of a pasta buffet, with a choice of vegetarian or non-vegetarian sauces. The cost of the lunch is $9.00 per person.
 
Reservations for the luncheon must be made by Thursday, April 4th, in order to ensure a spot. To make a reservation, please send an email to Dr. Robert Gordon; indicate the number of people for whom you are requesting the reservation.  You will then receive instructions for submitting payment.