2022 Pharma Forum Benchmarking Survey Question Title * 1. What is your role within your organization? Corporate Planner Third-Party Planner Association Planner Hotel Supplier Other Supplier (AV, Air, Transportation etc.) Other (please specify) Question Title * 2. What is your role in purchasing? Decision maker Influencer No influence Question Title * 3. What types of meetings do you plan? Internal National Sales Meetings Investigator Meetings Speaker Programs Conventions Other (please specify) Question Title * 4. What size meetings do you most often plan? Over 1000 attendees 500-1000 attendees 100-500 attendees Less than 100 attendees Question Title * 5. What regions do you plan meetings in (check all that apply)? North America EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) LATAM (Latin America) APAC (Asia Pacific) Other (please specify) Question Title * 6. What has been the biggest challenge you’ve faced within your organization in the past 6 months? Limited resources internally Higher costs across all areas (F&B, Travel, Production etc.) Lead time Changes in event policies internally Response times to/from suppliers Internal staffing concerns Supplier staffing concerns Compliance issues with new guidance and regulations Contracts (adding/adjusting clauses, etc.) Question Title * 7. What is your top compliance concern related to life science meetings? (open-ended) Question Title * 8. What are your customers’ or clients' preferences for the format of events for Q4 2022 and into 2023? Face to Face Virtual Hybrid (any combination of in-person and virtual) Other (please specify) Question Title * 9. Are you seeing a change in preference for the length of events you plan? Yes No Other (please specify) Question Title * 10. If yes, how are the event lengths changing? Getting longer by 1 – 2 days for face-to-Face Getting shorter by 1 – 2 days for face-to-Face Shortening the face-to-face portion and supplementing with virtual No change Other (please specify) Question Title * 11. How are your customers/clients’ event location preferences changing? Selecting more destination locations Not changing Selecting locations within a certain radius from company/staff/clients Other (please specify) Question Title * 12. What are the top 3 locations your customers/clients are requesting for events in 2023? (open-ended) Question Title * 13. Where does your organization sit with sustainability goals related to meeting planning? Unaware/No goals Have goals, but not practiced/enforced often Have goals and goals are being practiced/enforced Question Title * 14. What are your biggest obstacles for planning and/or participating in virtual meetings? Internet bandwidth A/V quality Logistical challenges (registration/attend process, time zones) Level of focus/distractions Other (please specify) Question Title * 15. What is currently the greatest priority for your customer/client meetings? Health security Attendee privacy Cost/Budget concerns Travel concerns F&B concerns Timeline concerns Top notch networking Staffing concerns (internal/external) Content Variety of suppliers/vendors Question Title * 16. Is the difficulty of staying within meal caps causing you to seek out new destinations or properties for your HCP-involved meetings? Yes No Question Title * 17. On a scale of 1 to 5 how likely is it that your executives will raise the meal caps your firm allows for 2023 HCP-involved meetings in order to account for inflation? 1 = absolutely not 2 = probably not 3 = 50-50 possibility 4 = probably will 5 = absolutely will Question Title * 18. What two topics would you most like to hear more about at Pharma Forum 2023 and why are they important to you? (open-ended) Done