Post-Conference Survey

We need your help! We, the organisers of MEEvirtual2020 received funding for this conference and will write a report. You can help us a lot by filling the survey below. It would also help to improve in case there will be MEEvirtual2022!

Before you start the survey: As you may know, we started MEEvirtual2020 to showcase and experiment how we can reduce the carbon footprint of conferencing in the field of microbial ecology and evolution. The ETH Zurich´s flight reduction project “Stay grounded – keep connected” in collaboration with the Institute of Geography at Heidelberg University has launched a questionnaire aiming to collect experiences and (best) practice examples from virtual events and share them with the wider scientific community. It takes 10-15 minutes to fill their questionnaire on experience from virtual events (only sections that apply to you, link again below). Thank you for considering completing this second survey.

How did you first hear about MEEvirtual2020?

How did you participate in MEEvirtual2020?

What was your overall impression of MEEvirtual2020?

Have you attended a virtual conference before?

Has MEEvirtual2020 changed your perception of virtual conferences?

Would you have attended an in person conference on the same topic?

What was your overall impression of the use of https://chat.meevirtual.org/ (Rocket.Chat) for discussion and interaction?

How do you feel about the length of each session?

How do you feel about the mix of presentation lengths (20 mins, 15 mins, lightning talks)

How do you feel about the mentoring programme?

Technical problems with Zoom or Rocket chat?

We charged no registration fee for MEEvirtual2020. What would you consider to be a reasonable fee?

Would you attend MEEvirtual2022 (assuming physical conferences are available then)?

From what location did you join MEEvirtual?

What is your current career stage or position?

Other feedback: What worked best?

Other feedback: What needs most improvement?

Other feedback: Other comments?

Reminder to consider filling the questionnaire on experience from virtual events by ETH Zurich´s flight reduction project “Stay grounded – keep connected”.