The International Workshop on Consumption Measures and Models for Use in Policy Development and Evaluation was held in Bethesda, MD, on May 12-14, 1997. Participants included the following: Salme Ahlstrom, Finland; Time Alanko, Finland; Loran Archer, USA; Susan Bendy, Canada; Fe Caces, USA; Raul Caetano, USA; Deborah Dawson, USA; Kaye Fillmore, USA; Kathryn Graham, Canada; Thomas Greenfield, USA; Paul Gruenewald, USA; Thomas Harford, USA; Deborah Hasin, USA; Michael Hilton, USA; Harold Holder, USA; Bryan Johnstone, USA; Ronald Knibbe, Netherlands; Eckhart Kuhlhorn, Sweden; Paul Lemmens, Netherlands; Klaus Makela, Finland; Maria Elena Medina-Mora, Mexico; Lorraine Midanik, USA; M. W. Bud Perrine, USA; Jurgen Rehm, Canada; Anders Romelsjo, Sweden; Robin Room, Canada; Marcia Russell, USA; John Searles, USA; Eric Single, Canada; Linda Sobell, USA; Tim Stockwell, Australia; Gerald Williams, USA; Richard Wilsnack, USA.