INFSO-RI Enabling Grids for E-sciencE Report on feedback received from the 3 rd EGEE Conference in Athens Jim Buddin TERENA, Netherlands

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI To change: View -> Header and Footer 2 Introduction Detailed information available on EDMS, Document ID ; The ‘Raw Data’ The form The brief report

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI To change: View -> Header and Footer 3 Introduction A general opinion… The 3 rd EGEE conference was a success! Thanks to A great venue, catering and meeting room provision GRNET’s excellent networking skills A broadly accepted static programme Local organiser’s hard work

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI To change: View -> Header and Footer 4 Introduction Population Details 454 Delegates (unconfirmed total) 223 Returned forms 49.1% Response rate Higher response rate than previous conferences – The free t-shirt worked!

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI To change: View -> Header and Footer 5 Introduction The form is broken into five sections; –About you –About the venue and logistic arrangements –Presentations at the Conference –Accommodation –Registration Fee

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI To change: View -> Header and Footer 6 Results Section 1 - About you For which days did you primarily attend? –51.4% - Cross Activity meetings (Weds & Thurs) –29.3% - Technical Plenary (Tues)

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI To change: View -> Header and Footer 7 Results Section 1 - About you For which days did you primarily attend? –51.4% - Cross Activity meetings (Weds & Thurs) –29.3% - Technical Plenary (Tues) Which days did you attend?

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI To change: View -> Header and Footer 8 Results Section 1 - About you Project you are primarily involved in? –87% EGEE –13% ‘Others’  CrossGrid  Diligent  Coregrid  GEANT2  GGF  LCG ..and many more!

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI To change: View -> Header and Footer 9 Results Section 1 - About you Which EGEE activity are you involved in? –SA1 39.5% –JRA1 13% –For further details see ‘Raw Data Analysis’ document

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI To change: View -> Header and Footer 10 Results Section 1 - About you Which EGEE activity are you involved in? –SA1 39.5% –JRA1 13% –For further details see ‘Raw Data Analysis’ document What is your role / function / area of expertise –Researcher / Developer 37.5% –Technology Specialist 25.9% –Activity Manager 17.1%

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI To change: View -> Header and Footer 11 Results Section 1 - About you Which EGEE activity are you involved in? –SA1 39.5% –JRA1 13% –For further details see ‘Raw Data Analysis’ document What is your role / function / area of expertise –Researcher / Developer 37.5% –Technology Specialist 25.9% –Activity Manager 17.1% What is your nationality? Where do you work? –32 Different nationalities working in 28 different countries

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI To change: View -> Header and Footer 12 Results Section 1 - About you Which EGEE activity are you involved in? –SA1 39.5% –JRA1 13% –For further details see ‘Raw Data Analysis’ document What is your role / function / area of expertise –Researcher / Developer 37.5% –Technology Specialist 25.9% –Activity Manager 17.1% What is your nationality? Where do you work? –32 Different nationalities working in 28 different countries Your gender? –81.9% men, 18.1% women

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI To change: View -> Header and Footer 13 Results Section 2 - About the venue and logistic arrangements How would you rate the conference overall? –92% rated 4 and above (out of 5)

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI To change: View -> Header and Footer 14 Results Section 2 - About the venue and logistic arrangements How would you rate the conference overall? –92% rated 4 and above (out of 5) Conference documentation –75.7% rated 4 and above

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI To change: View -> Header and Footer 15 Results Section 2 - About the venue and logistic arrangements How would you rate the conference overall? –92% rated 4 and above (out of 5) Conference documentation –75.7% rated 4 and above Conference website –82.8% rated 4 and above

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI To change: View -> Header and Footer 16 Results Section 2 - About the venue and logistic arrangements How would you rate the conference overall? –92% rated 4 and above (out of 5) Conference documentation –75.7% rated 4 and above Conference website –82.8% rated 4 and above Online registration –75% rated 4 and above

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI To change: View -> Header and Footer 17 Results Section 2 - About the venue and logistic arrangements How would you rate the conference overall? –92% rated 4 and above (out of 5) Conference documentation –75.7% rated 4 and above Conference website –82.8% rated 4 and above Online registration –75% rated 4 and above Onsite Registration –88.3% rated 4 and above

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI To change: View -> Header and Footer 18 Results Section 2 - About the venue and logistic arrangements How would you rate the networking facilities? –95.5% rated 4 and above (out of 5)

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI To change: View -> Header and Footer 19 Results Section 2 - About the venue and logistic arrangements How would you rate the networking facilities? –95.5% rated 4 and above (out of 5) Catering at the venue –90.2% rated 4 and above

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI To change: View -> Header and Footer 20 Results Section 2 - About the venue and logistic arrangements How would you rate the networking facilities? –95.5% rated 4 and above (out of 5) Catering at the venue –90.2% rated 4 and above Welcome reception (Monday’s Planetarium trip) –90.5% rated 4 and above

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI To change: View -> Header and Footer 21 Results Section 2 - About the venue and logistic arrangements How would you rate the networking facilities? –95.5% rated 4 and above (out of 5) Catering at the venue –90.2% rated 4 and above Welcome reception (Monday’s Planetarium trip) –90.5% rated 4 and above Banquet dinner (Wednesday evening) –70.22% rated at 4 and above

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI To change: View -> Header and Footer 22 Results Section 3 – Presentations at the conference Which presentation was the most interesting? Broad spread of answers – good sign –gLite related discussions were mentioned most frequently –Security related presentations were a close second Seems to reflect current EGEE ‘Hot Topics’?

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI To change: View -> Header and Footer 23 Results Section 3 – Presentations at the conference Which presentation was the least interesting? –Various answers, but Sponsor’s plenary talks came top –Politicians plenary talks came second Note : These people aren’t necessarily evil (Always nice to extract cash from Microsoft…)

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI To change: View -> Header and Footer 24 Results Section 3 – Presentations at the conference Do you have any general comments about the programme and content of the conference? –Generally positive comments; –More time for discussion; –Smaller meetings encourage more interaction; –Usual complaints of clashing parallel sessions (though few); –Good to have informal chats between sessions (coffee areas etc).

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI To change: View -> Header and Footer 25 Results Section 4 – Accommodation How much did you pay? (per person per night) –Less than €100: 45.1% –€ : 40% –€ : 5% Rate the accommodation –Good: 64% –Average: 32% –Poor: 4%

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI To change: View -> Header and Footer 26 Results Section 4 – Accommodation How much would you pay? (per person per night) –€50 - €100: 47% –€100 - €125 : 36% –€125 - €150: 14% –More: 3% Rate the accommodation offered on the website –Good: 67% –Average: 8% –Poor: 1% –No response: 24%

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI To change: View -> Header and Footer 27 Results Section 5 – The registration fee In terms of value for money, do you think that the reg. fee was; –Good: 39% –Reasonable: 60% –Poor:1% 99% thought it was reasonable or better! Good indicator of delegate satisfaction

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI To change: View -> Header and Footer 28 Look ahead –Date: October 2005 –Venue : Palazzo dei Congressi di Pisa –BOOK YOUR HOTEL EARLY  More than 20 to choose from direct from the site  Website live shortly