Conference Evaluation

Conference Evaluation AAAL 2008, Washington DC

1. How many previous AAAL conferences have you attented? 0 1-5 6-10 11 or more

2. Are you a member of AAAL? Yes No

3. Which of the following are you? MA student PhD student faculty other

4. In what country (or state/province, if inside NA) is your academic or professional base?

5. How did you pay for travel/conference expenses and what percentage from each?

personal funds % grant % institution % other %

6. Days/time of conference attended (check all that apply)

All Sat am Sat pm Sun am Sun pm Mon am Mon pm Tue am Tue pm

7. Please rate the following features of conference organization (n/a = not applicable; 1 = poor; 2 = fair; 3 = good; 4 = excellent)

	1	2	3	4	n/a		1	2	3	4	n/a
abstract submission & review process						transportation information/arrangements
interactions with AAAL organizing committee						meeting rooms at the conference
conference website						hotel accommodation
the program book						Internet access available on site (wireless & work stations provided)
registration and on-site help						assistance for exhibitors (if you are an exhibitor)
audio-visual

8. Please rate each of the events that you attended (n/a = not applicable; 1 = poor; 2 = fair; 3 = good; 4 = excellent)

	1	2	3	4	n/a		1	2	3	4	n/a
plenary sessions						student events
colloquia						professional service sessions
individual papers						publishers’ exhibit
poster sessions						AAAL annual business meeting
special events/symposia						social events (e.g. President’s reception)

9. Were you on the program at this conference? Yes No

10. Would you come to a future AAAL conference if you were not on the program? Yes No

11. On the basis of this year’s experience, will you attend a future AAAL conference? Yes No

12. What describes your overall evaluation of this year’s conference? poor fair good excellent

13. What would you like to see MORE of at future conferences?

14. What would you like to see LESS of at future conferences?

15. What did you like/not like about this year’s organization of the session chairs?

16. Additional comments you would like to offer to assist us in future planning: