Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:04:41 -0500 From: Lynda B.M. Ellis Reply-To: Bioinformatics List Subject: [BIOINF-GENERAL] symposium evaluations Thanks to Alison Baerwald for summarizing the Symposium Evaluations. 24 of the symposium audience members returned an evaluation form. The responses were scored: 5 = Excellent, 4 = Very Good, 3 = Good, 2 = Fair, 1 = Poor. -------- -- ----- Item N Score -------- -- ----- Overall 22 4.5 Packets 24 4.2 Room 24 4.5 AV 24 4.0 Food 24 4.0 Schedule 24 4.3 Posters 23 4.0 Speakers 24 4.4 8(!) respondants had additional comments: - Include speakers biographies in the registration packet. An excellent job was done to keep the schedules on track. - John Carlis made the point that Bio and IT people need to have shared language and we don't know each others languages. I appreciate the talks that explained their bio language. - Very good. Should have one next year. - A nice balance of biology and computation, presented at an understandable level for non-specialists. - Great to allow adequate time for networking - Need abstracts for presentations. - Include more info on BICB Graduate Program course reqs. Would like a short break in the afternoon session.