Lupia and staff at the University of Michigan collaborated with Aldrich and his project team at Duke University to organize the EITM alumni conference, which was to be held in conjunction with the American Political Science Association?s annual conference in New Orleans, LA, August 30 through September 2, 2012. The conference was cancelled due to Hurricane Issac. The EITM alumni conference has been rescheduled for April 12, 2013 in conjunction with the MPSA 2013 conference being held in Chicago, IL April 11-April 14, 2013.