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DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION | 
| August 25-28 Pepsi Center / Invesco Field
Denver, Colo. |
Presumptive nominee: Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) | Schedule Monday, 8/25: Call to order (Howard Dean); committee reports; remarks; and headline speaker Michelle Obama Tuesday, 8/26: Debate and discussion of party's national platform; headline speaker Senator Hillary Clinton; and keynote address by Virginia governor Mark Warner Wednesday, 8/27: Formal nomination process begins; nomination and seconding speeches; and headline speaker Senator Joe Biden Thursday, 8/28: Vice presidential candidate nomination; and acceptance speech by presumptive presidential nominee Barack Obama. From Invesco Field
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| REPUBLICAN CONVENTION | 
| September 1-4 RiverCentre / Xcel Energy Center
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn. |
Presumptive nominee: Senator John McCain (R-AZ) | Schedule Monday, 9/1: Official schedule to be announced later this month Tuesday, 9/2: Official schedule to be announced later this month Wednesday, 9/3: Official schedule to be announced later this month Thursday, 9/4: Official schedule to be announced later this month
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