openreadings 49 about 2 years Tags conference physics science students young scientists Tweet OPEN READINGS 2011 conference feedback questionnaire This questionnaire is for participants and observers of the 54th scientific conference for students of physics and nature sciences "Open Readings 2011" You were participating in the "Open Readings" conference as: Presenter (of an oral presentation or a poster) Observer, not a student Observer, student Where are you from? Lithuania Latvia Belarus Poland Estonia other country How many times you have participated in "Open Readings" before? It was my first "Open Readings" conference One Two Three or more What was your participation motivation? (select not more than 3 answers) Gain experience in presenting my work in scientific conferences Gain extra points for applying to master's studies Start new collaborations with other conference participants or lecturers Listen to the lectures of invited speakers Listen to my colleague's presentation Have fun in the conference party, excursion, etc. I am just curious about the scientific activity of young students My scientific coordinator forced me to participate I was an organizer or a session chairman for the conference Visit Vilnius I did not even question my motivation Other How would you evaluate conference activities? (1 - very bad; 5 - very good) did not attend 1 2 3 4 5 Oral Session I Oral Session II Oral Session III Oral Session IV Oral Session V Poster session Excursion Conference party Lecture of prof. G. Tamulaitis ("Currend Trends of Semiconductor Physics") Lecture of prof. S. Juršėnas ("Understanding of Living Systems") Do you think that students' contributions should be refereed more strictly? Yes No I have no opinion of this question What do you think about the scientific quality of the conference content? The quality was good enough The quality was poor, but one can do nothing for this to change The quality was poor and the contributions should be filtered by the referees I have no opinion of this question If you were a presenter, did the number of attending lecturers/scientists satisfy you? Yes No If you anwered "no" in the previous question, what means of making the lecturers more interested in students' researches you could offer? How would you evaluate the organization of the conference? (1 - very bad; 5 - very good) no opinion/do not care 1 2 3 4 5 Amount of information about the event before the conference and its availability Conference website Conference programme and following of it Conference abstract book Communication with the participants by e-mail/skype Amount of information about the event during the conference and its availability Accommodation in Vilnius University dormitories Quality of the organization in general Chairmans of oral sessions Please indicate the most significant shortcomings of conference organization Please indicate the most significant advantages of the organization and the conference in general What would be your suggestions for the organizing committee for Open Readings 2012 ? Are you going to participate in the next year's conference? Yes No I do not know Would you consider writing a "Open Readings" conference proceedings paper to a journal with impact factor smaller than 0,4 if there was such possibility? Yes, for sure Maybe No, definitely I don't know Would you be able to prepare your abstract in TeX/LaTeX/LYX for the next year's conference? Sure, I'm able to work with TeX No, I don't know what TeX is It would be troublesome Was this questionnaire too long? Yes No