Overview

Survey front page
Aspects of the Meeting
Graphics
Comments


Sheet 1: Survey front page

"The North Atlantic Oscillation" Chapman Conference Survey








How would you rate this Chapman Conference compared to other specialty conferences you have attended?




1 0.98 % One of the poorest

13 12.75 % Middle of the pack

76 74.51 % One of the best

12 11.76 % Best





How would you rate this Chapman Conference compared to any other conferences you have attended this year?




1 0.97 % One of the poorest

14 13.59 % Middle of the pack

18 17.48 % Second best

70 67.96 % Best of the year





The Organization of this Conference was




0 0 % Poor

1 0.94 % Fair

24 22.64 % Adequate

52 49.06 % Very Good

29 27.36 % Excellent





Size of the Conference was




20 18.52 % Too large

4 3.7 % Not large enough

84 77.78 % About right





Number of presentations was




9 8.33 % Too many

13 12.04 % Too few

86 79.63 % About right





Length of oral presentations (on the average)




1 0.93 % Too long

0 0 % Too brief

107 99.07 % About right





Time for discussion of oral papers was




3 2.75 % Too long

21 19.27 % Not long enough

85 77.98 % About right





Number of posters was




39 36.11 % Too many

3 2.78 % Too few

66 61.11 % About right





Would you attend another Chapman Conference?




47 43.12 % Definitely

51 46.79 % Probably

11 10.09 % Perhaps

0 0 % No





Would you attend another Chapman Conference on this topic?




66 61.11 % Definitely

28 25.93 % Probably

13 12.04 % Perhaps

1 0.93 % No

Sheet 2: Aspects of the Meeting

How important was this aspect of the conference to you?














































































































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Interdisciplinary character of the meeting 1 4.1 +/- 0.7










































































































Quality of Science 2 4.5 +/- 0.6










































































































Scientific quality of oral papers 3 4.4 +/- 0.7










































































































Presentation quality of oral papers 4 4.2 +/- 0.7










































































































Length of discussion of oral papers 5 3.8 +/- 0.8










































































































Quality of discussion of oral papers 6 4.1 +/- 0.8










































































































Scientific quality of posters 7 4.3 +/- 0.7










































































































Presentation Quality of individual posters 8 3.8 +/- 0.9










































































































Arrangement and grouping of posters 9 3.8 +/- 1.0










































































































Networking outside outside formal sessions 10 3.9 +/- 1.0










































































































Learning new methods for use in personal research 11 4.0 +/- 1.0










































































































Broadening your perspective of geophysical science 12 4.3 +/- 0.7










































































































Peer reviewed publication of presentations 13 3.7 +/- 1.2










































































































Field Trip 14 3.1 +/- 1.3


























































































































































































































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Average
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Interdisciplinary character of the meeting 1 3.9 +/- 0.8










































































































Quality of Science 2 4.2 +/- 0.7










































































































Scientific quality of oral papers 3 4.1 +/- 0.6










































































































Presentation quality of oral papers 4 3.9 +/- 0.7










































































































Length of discussion of oral papers 5 3.9 +/- 0.7










































































































Quality of discussion of oral papers 6 3.8 +/- 0.8










































































































Scientific quality of posters 7 4.0 +/- 0.7










































































































Presentation Quality of individual posters 8 3.7 +/- 0.8










































































































Arrangement and grouping of posters 9 3.2 +/- 1.1










































































































Networking outside outside formal sessions 10 3.8 +/- 0.9










































































































Learning new methods for use in personal research 11 3.6 +/- 1.0










































































































Broadening your perspective of geophysical science 12 4.0 +/- 0.8










































































































Peer reviewed publication of presentations 13 3.9 +/- 1.2










































































































Field Trip 14 3.8 +/- 1.4










































































































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Sheet 3: Graphics


Comments Survey front page

What was the single thing that could have been done to improve the conference and other comments:

(we repeat here most of the comments that have been given, note that several of them had been given more than once. Order is random.)

  1. pre select questions to focus panel discussions

  2. Have the posters in the room as the coffee

  3. More time to view posters

  4. All posters visible during the whole conference

  5. Theme workshop/breakout discussions to produce a consensus view

  6. Have poster presenters to bring A4/letter copies of their poster

  7. Hold at different season with less rain

  8. Limit attendance (to maybe <100)

  9. Solicit more overview talks

  10. More easy to get to location such as Lisbon

  11. More (national) diversity of speakers

  12. More discussion of mechanisms

  13. Allow all poster presenters to give a short overview

  14. Despite its focus on a topic the breadth was to broad. Working group sessions might have helped

  15. English and American speakers should talk slower and more clearly.

  16. Better and more space for poster display

  17. Discussion sessions were at times to much Q&A sessions

  18. A summary (session) of the conference. Where do we go from here?

  19. Vegetarian meals

  20. Improve the speed of AGU's travel award handling

  21. Keep the NAO web site up-to-date

  22. Abstract book was poor (Note this was done as a favor of the local organizing committee and is not usually done....)

  23. Allow more oral talks

  24. Reduce number of posters and do not allow for oral introduction of them

  25. Avoid parachuting speakers in

  26. Not have the poster session together with the coffee break

  27. Summary session

  28. Stronger focus on applications