08:45~09:00  Welcoming Remarks 

                        Yu-shan Wu, Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica
                        Ian McAllister, Chair of the CSES Planning Committee
                        Yun-han Chu, Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica

09:00~10:30  Session I 

                      Moderator: Ian McAllister, Australian National University

                      Paper Presenters:

1. "Electoral Institutions and Satisfaction with Democracy,"  Jacques Thomassen and Kees Aarts, University of Twente, Netherland

2. "Identifying Sources of Democratic Legitimacy in Established and Emerging Democracies," Yun-han Chu, Academia Sinica, Ming-hua Huang, National Cheng-chi University and Yutzung Chang, National Taiwan University

                      Discussants:

                    1. Shiow-duan Hawang, Soochow University
                    2. Russell Dalton, University of California, Irvine

10:50~12:20  Session II

                      Moderator: Yu-shan Wu, IPSAS

                      Paper Presenters:

1. "Synergy and Trade-offs Between Accountability and Political Representation: On the Quality of Democracy and Democratic Governance," Radoslaw Markowski, Polish Academy of Sciences

2. "Prerequisites for Accountability: Influencing citizens' Evaluation of Democracy?" Asa Bengtsson, Department of Political Science, Abo Akademi University, Finland

                       Discussants:

                     1. Ji-wen Lin, IPSAS
                     2. Szu-yin Ho, National Cheng-chi University *

13:50~15:50  Session III

                     Moderator: Chi Huang, National Chung-cheng University

                     Paper Presenters:

1. "Does Proportional Representation Foster Closer Congruence Between Citizens and Policymakers?" Andr? Blais and Marc Andr? Bodet, Universit? de Montr?al

2. "The Importance of Left-Right Orientations in the New Democracies," Gabriel Badescu, Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj, Romania

3. "The Multi-Verse of Indian Democracy," Sandeep Shastri, MATS University, India

                       Discussants:

                    1. I-chou Liu, National Cheng-chi University
                    2. Da-Chi Liao, National Sun Yat-sen University
                    3. Michal Shamir, Tel Aviv University

16:10~17:40 Session IV 

                     Moderator: Jacques Thomassen, University of Trente

                     Paper Presenters:

1. "Discount by Account? Striking a Balance for Vote Choice," Bernhard Wessels, Social Science Research Centre, Berlin

2. "The Political Effects of the Introduction of 'One Voter Two Votes' System in Korea: Comparison with Japan, Germany, and New Zealand," Wook Kim, Paichai University, Nam-Young Lee, Sukmyung Women's University, Hyung-Joon Kim, Korean Social Science Data Center, and Young-Tae Kim, Mokpo National University

                     Discussants:

                           1. Ching-Hsin Yu, National Chengchi University 
                           2. Ken'ichi Ikeda, The University of Toyko

09:00~11:00  Session V

                      Moderator: Yun-han Chu, IPSAS

                      Paper Presenters:

1. "Partisanship, Left-Right-Ideology and the Vote in France and Germany," Hermann Schmitt, Mannheimer Zentrum f?r Europ?ische Sozialforschung (MZES), University of Mannheim

2. "Do Economic Differences or Institutions Explain Variance in the Economic Vote Among Countries?" Ulises Beltr?n, Centro de Investigaci?ny Docencia Econ?micas, Mexico

3. "A Comparison of Public Responses to Terrorist Attacks in Spain and the United States," Juan Diez-Nicolas, Analisis Sociologicos Economicos y Politicos (ASEP), Kenneth A. Rasinski and Tom W. Smith, NORC, The University of Chicago

                       Discussants:

                     1. Jack Vowles, University of Auckland
                     2. Yung-ming Hsu, RCHSS, Academia Sinica
                     3. Marta Lagos, Latinobatometro

1:20~12:50  Session VI

                    Moderator: Christiaan Keulder, Institute for Public Policy Research

                    Paper Presenters:

1. "A Comparison of Partisan Strength Among Nations," Emile C. J. Sheng, Soochow University, Taiwan

2. "Turnout Matters - Sometimes: Partisan Effects of Low Electoral Participation in Twenty-five Countries", Patrick Bernhagen, University of Aberdeen, and Michael Marsh, Trinity College, Dublin

                     Discussants:

                    1. Bernt Aardal, The Norwegian Election Studies
                    2. Chu-cheng Ming, National Taiwan University