EGU 2017 General Assembly Feedback

Survey Results

Meetings | Publications | Outreach | www.egu.eu

EGU 2017, Vienna, Austria| 23-28 April 2017

▪ ZohoSurvey was used to design and conduct the survey

▪ Links distributed through emails to participants and EGU members, the egu2017.eu homepage, feedback cards handed out at the General Assembly, as well as EGU social media channels

▪ 1,778 complete responses, 226 partial (2,004 total)

▪ Survey live from middle of March to 31 May

About the survey

What EGU programme groups do you associate most closely with?

Multiple answers allowed (up to three)

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

What is your age? Are you an early career scientist (ECS)?

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

50%

<18 18-25 26-35 36-45 46-55 56-65 66-75 >75

Yes

57%

No

43%

What is your present country of employment/study?

0,0%

5,0%

10,0%

15,0%

20,0%

25,0%

Did you attend the EGU 2017 General Assembly? If not, why (despite abstract acceptance)?

Yes 97,1%

No 2,9%

16%

4%

44%

20%

8%

20%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

Visa issues Illness or last-

minute

personal

issues

Funding

problems

Never

planned on

attending

Lack of time

to prepare the

presentation

Other

What is your role at EGU General Assembly 2017?

87,3%

42,8%

17,8%

8,1%

2,4% 2,2% 1,3% 1,2% 0,9% 0,7% 0,5% 0,2%2,6%

0,0%

10,0%

20,0%

30,0%

40,0%

50,0%

60,0%

70,0%

80,0%

90,0%

Multiple answers allowed

For how many sessions/abstracts are you listed as…

…a convener? …an author?

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 >10

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

0 1 2 3 4 5 >5

Please rate the presentations at the General Assembly

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 55% 60%

1 - very poor

2 - poor

3 - average

4 - good

5 - very good

Orals Poster PICO

Did you present an oral at the General Assembly 2017?

How would you rate the oral rooms?

Yes

36%

No

64%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%

1 - very poor

2 - poor

3 - average

4 - good

5 - very good

Did you attend one of the PICO sessions?

Yes

53%

No

47%

How did you participate in PICO?

Multiple answers allowed

Convener

5,3%

Presenter

19,5%

Listener

88,7%

0,0%

10,0%

20,0%

30,0%

40,0%

50,0%

60,0%

70,0%

80,0%

90,0%

Convener Presenter Listener

PICO comments and suggestions for improvement

▪ Provide better guidance on how to best use the 2 min intro and make the most of the format

▪ More time for discussion, either by lengthening the session or limiting the number of presenters

▪ Quieter atmosphere

▪ More PICO sessions

▪ 2 min introduction too short for some

▪ Being more strict with time limits during the 2 min intros

▪ Wishes regarding the PICO spots: more seats, more space between the screens, lower screens, stabilisation of the displays

Did you present a poster/PICO at the EGU 2017 General Assembly?

Yes

67,8%

No

32,2%

Did you feel uncomfortable as a presenter? If yes, why?

Yes

8,4%

No

91,6%

30,4%

5,4%

5,4%

58,7%

Lack of attention to

or interest in my

presentation

Insensitive remarks

by viewers

Photos taken of my

presentation without

my consent

Other (noisy, too

little space,

crowded/small

attendance, etc)

Did you attend one of the sessions in the Interdisciplinary Events programme group? If not, why?

Yes

40,9%No

59,1%

32,2%

18,7%

42,0%

7,1%

Conflict

No interest

Did not know

about it

Other (No

time, etc.)

Do the Interdisciplinary Events add value to the programme?

Suggestions to improve Interdisciplinary Events:

▪ Advertise them more

▪ More interdisciplinary events

▪ Better room allocation

▪ More interaction with the audience

▪ More topics outside natural sciences e.g. social sciences, economics,…

Yes

97,0%

No

3,0%

Did you attend any division meetings? If not, why?

Yes

37,2%

No

62,8% 30,8%

32,6%

25,0%

11,6%Conflict

No interest

Did not know

about it

Other (No time,

etc)

If yes, which division meetings did you attend?

Multiple answers allowed

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

0,0%

2,0%

4,0%

6,0%

8,0%

10,0%

12,0%

14,0%

16,0%

18,0%

20,0%

Percent Normalised through the survey participants per division

Did you attend any of the events below?

25,0%

34,9%

12,3%

34,5%

28,7%

75,0%

65,1%

87,7%

65,5%

71,3%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Great Debates

Short Courses

GeoCinema

Photo Competition

Mineral Exhibition

Yes No

▪ Great Debates: Lots of respondents said these were excellent, but some would like them to be more controversial. Many people mentioned the rooms were too small for the audience.

▪ Short courses: Many said these were very interesting/useful; the possibility for networking was also appreciated. Some cited time conflicts for not attending

▪ GeoCinema: Many said that the room was too small but the movies were great. Some people mentioned they had no time to attend, or did not know about it

▪ Photo Competition: Most commented the photos were excellent and the competition a nice addition to the programme

▪ Mineral Exhibition: Most commented the exhibition was interesting, but a few people were not interested

Comments on these events

Did you participate in the Mentoring Programme of EGU?

Suggestions to improve the Mentoring Programme:

▪ Better matching of mentors and mentees

▪ Allow more than one mentee

▪ More possibilities to meet, e.g. during the lunch breaks

1,40% 1,28%

97,32%

As Mentor As Mentee Did not participate

Did you visit or follow the EGU social media channels or blogs during the General Assembly?

13,1%

14,0%

19,3%

18,1%

4,4%

4,4%

55,6%

55,6%

70,2%

68,2%

71,3%

71,2%

31,3%

30,5%

10,5%

13,7%

24,4%

24,5%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

GeoLog (EGU blog)

EGU network or division blogs

Twitter

Facebook

LinkedIn

Instagram

Followed Did not follow Did not know it existed

▪ The majority of participants do not use social media (at least not during the event), with some actively disliking it. Those who do vastly found the EGU channels interesting and useful.

▪ Twitter users mostly appreciated the tweetwall (collection of tweets with the #EGU17 hashtag), however some would like a filtering of the tweets

▪ Constructive suggestions for improvement include having more updates on scientific sessions & divisions, more information on job/career opportunities and the addition of WeChat (a Chinese instant messaging service).

Comments on EGU social media

Did you read the daily newsletter EGU Today?

EGU Today comments and suggestions for improvement

▪ Daily overview is very useful

▪ Better distribution / have a pick-up point inside the conference centre for those who arrive later (EGU Today 'stand')

▪ Print fewer paper copies a day (for a greener EGU meeting)

▪ Better highlight electronic version available in app

▪ Send it by e-mail to participants

Yes

50,3%No

42,6%

Did not

know it

existed

7,1%

What is your major source of information on the General Assembly programme?

Mobile app

55,3%

Website

41,3%

Programme

book

3,5%

Did you pick up a programme book in Vienna?

Yes

47,4%No

52,6%

Is the broad spectrum of geosciences sufficiently represented at the EGU General Assembly? If not, why?

Missing / underrepresented:

▪ Applied geosciences

▪ Archaeology / geoarchaeology

▪ Biological sciences and ecology

▪ Geoconservation

▪ Geography and human geography

▪ Sociological aspects

Yes

95,4%

No

4,6%

Do you have any other comment you would like to add?