FRM 2023 Conference Feedback Survey

Dear Delegate,

Thank you for attending Scotland’s Flood Risk Management Conference 2023: Creating Water Resilient Places. We hope you enjoyed the conference.

We would like to ask you a few questions about your conference experience. The information collected will be used for evaluation purposes and will help us improve our future events.

At the end of this survey there are also some technical questions about data needs for FRM that we have been asked to pass onto FRM attendees, we would appreciate your insights.

If you have any questions about this survey, please get in touch with Cat Payne via cat@sniffer.org.uk

If you would like your comments to be used in the post conference evaluation, please return your feedback to us by Friday 31 March 2023

General conference feedback

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* 1. How would you rate the conference overall?

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* 2. How did you attend the conference?

In person

Online

A mixture of in person and online

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* 3. Why did you attend the conference? (Please choose all that apply)

To hear policy updates

To hear best practice examples

To challenge myself with new ideas, different ways of thinking

To network

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Did the conference fulfil your reasons for attending

partially

yes

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* 5. What were your top three highlights of this conference?

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* 6. What is the top thing you have heard that has made you think differently or inspire you to do something that you wouldn’t otherwise do as a result of FRM 2023?

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* 7. What were the three things about this conference that could be improved for future events?

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* 8. Did the conference increase your understanding of flood risk management and water resilient places?

Not at all

Slightly

Moderately

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Extremely

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* 9. If yes, how did the conference increase your understanding of flood risk management and its relationship to creating water resilient places?

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* 10. For future FRM conferences, would you prefer:

More speakers with shorter time slots

Fewer speakers with more depth or time

The balance this year was about right

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* 11. Do you have any suggestions for the next FRM conference? (topics, formats, speakers, etc.)

Conference content feedback

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* 12. Which score would you give to each element of the programme you attended. For the sections you didn’t attend, please select n/a.

	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent	N/A
Session 1. FRM in Scotland: Where we are now, where we are going	Session 1. FRM in Scotland: Where we are now, where we are going Poor	Session 1. FRM in Scotland: Where we are now, where we are going Fair	Session 1. FRM in Scotland: Where we are now, where we are going Good	Session 1. FRM in Scotland: Where we are now, where we are going Excellent	Session 1. FRM in Scotland: Where we are now, where we are going N/A
Session 2. Policy and place-making	Session 2. Policy and place-making Poor	Session 2. Policy and place-making Fair	Session 2. Policy and place-making Good	Session 2. Policy and place-making Excellent	Session 2. Policy and place-making N/A
Session 3. Science and delivery updates	Session 3. Science and delivery updates Poor	Session 3. Science and delivery updates Fair	Session 3. Science and delivery updates Good	Session 3. Science and delivery updates Excellent	Session 3. Science and delivery updates N/A
Session 4a. Coastal change parallel plenary	Session 4a. Coastal change parallel plenary Poor	Session 4a. Coastal change parallel plenary Fair	Session 4a. Coastal change parallel plenary Good	Session 4a. Coastal change parallel plenary Excellent	Session 4a. Coastal change parallel plenary N/A
Session 4b. Enabling surface water management	Session 4b. Enabling surface water management Poor	Session 4b. Enabling surface water management Fair	Session 4b. Enabling surface water management Good	Session 4b. Enabling surface water management Excellent	Session 4b. Enabling surface water management N/A
Session 5. Flood Warning and Community Resilience	Session 5. Flood Warning and Community Resilience Poor	Session 5. Flood Warning and Community Resilience Fair	Session 5. Flood Warning and Community Resilience Good	Session 5. Flood Warning and Community Resilience Excellent	Session 5. Flood Warning and Community Resilience N/A
Session 6. Funding and Finance	Session 6. Funding and Finance Poor	Session 6. Funding and Finance Fair	Session 6. Funding and Finance Good	Session 6. Funding and Finance Excellent	Session 6. Funding and Finance N/A
Session 7a. Funding and Finance Workshop	Session 7a. Funding and Finance Workshop Poor	Session 7a. Funding and Finance Workshop Fair	Session 7a. Funding and Finance Workshop Good	Session 7a. Funding and Finance Workshop Excellent	Session 7a. Funding and Finance Workshop N/A
Session 7b. Adaptation Guidance Review Workshop	Session 7b. Adaptation Guidance Review Workshop Poor	Session 7b. Adaptation Guidance Review Workshop Fair	Session 7b. Adaptation Guidance Review Workshop Good	Session 7b. Adaptation Guidance Review Workshop Excellent	Session 7b. Adaptation Guidance Review Workshop N/A
Session 7c. Nature-based Solutions Parallel Plenary	Session 7c. Nature-based Solutions Parallel Plenary Poor	Session 7c. Nature-based Solutions Parallel Plenary Fair	Session 7c. Nature-based Solutions Parallel Plenary Good	Session 7c. Nature-based Solutions Parallel Plenary Excellent	Session 7c. Nature-based Solutions Parallel Plenary N/A
Q&A sessions	Q&A sessions Poor	Q&A sessions Fair	Q&A sessions Good	Q&A sessions Excellent	Q&A sessions N/A
Networking opportunities	Networking opportunities Poor	Networking opportunities Fair	Networking opportunities Good	Networking opportunities Excellent	Networking opportunities N/A
Marketplace	Marketplace Poor	Marketplace Fair	Marketplace Good	Marketplace Excellent	Marketplace N/A

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* 13. Please share any specific feedback about any days or session you attended:

Conference set up feedback

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* 14. Please score each aspect of the conference set up:

	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
Booking process	Booking process Poor	Booking process Fair	Booking process Good	Booking process Excellent
Pre-conference information	Pre-conference information Poor	Pre-conference information Fair	Pre-conference information Good	Pre-conference information Excellent
Streaming via YouTube	Streaming via YouTube Poor	Streaming via YouTube Fair	Streaming via YouTube Good	Streaming via YouTube Excellent
Technical support	Technical support Poor	Technical support Fair	Technical support Good	Technical support Excellent
Slido Platform (ease of navigation and functionality)	Slido Platform (ease of navigation and functionality) Poor	Slido Platform (ease of navigation and functionality) Fair	Slido Platform (ease of navigation and functionality) Good	Slido Platform (ease of navigation and functionality) Excellent
Audio and video quality	Audio and video quality Poor	Audio and video quality Fair	Audio and video quality Good	Audio and video quality Excellent
Conference timings	Conference timings Poor	Conference timings Fair	Conference timings Good	Conference timings Excellent
Conference resources (programme, delegate list)	Conference resources (programme, delegate list) Poor	Conference resources (programme, delegate list) Fair	Conference resources (programme, delegate list) Good	Conference resources (programme, delegate list) Excellent
Venue and catering	Venue and catering Poor	Venue and catering Fair	Venue and catering Good	Venue and catering Excellent

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* 15. Please share any specific feedback about the conference set up here:

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* 16. This year is the first year that we have charged for tickets to the conference and conference dinner. We would appreciate your views on whether we got this right or suggestions for a different approach to pricing.