Thank you for attending the 51st Annual Meeting of AACE International in
Nashville, TN and special thanks to those of you who submitted your
post-conference evaluations. This year, 26% of those who received an
evaluation replied with responses to the questions. We look closely at your
ratings and read every comment. Your evaluations from each and every Annual
Meeting guide what we do at future meetings.
Overall Rating and Comments
Overall, it was a very good conference! Over 90% of you rated the
information presented & the event itself as good or excellent. In relation
to your business needs, 90% of you felt the information presented was very
pertinent or extremely pertinent. Of those delegates who attended the Annual
Meeting for the first time, 73% said you would attend again. Attending the
technical presentations is what brings most of you to the meeting.
Networking & employer encouragement are the second and third biggest drivers
of attendance.
AACE’s website edged out the CE Journal for the second year as the leading
media source that made you aware of AACE’s 51st Annual Meeting.
We receive valuable feedback regarding the topics you would like to see
covered at future Annual Meetings and we consider every suggestion. Current
hot topics include Building Information Modeling; recruiting challenges;
international challenges; ethics; sustainable building; more varied
industry-specific presentations; software demos and Q&A sessions. There are
contrasting opinions about the technical content of some tracks - an equal
number of you feel the content is too technical as feel that it is too
basic.
There are many noteworthy ideas conveyed in your responses to the request
for comments. Most of the comments are very positive in nature, favoring the
technical content of this year’s meeting as well as the venue. The negative
comments pertain to the advertising & planning of specific events.
Conclusions
As we look ahead to Toronto, we will consider all of your comments and suggestions.
We are committed to improving next year’s meeting with the following
enhancements:
Larger & more comfortable rooms for technical sessions
Continued high quality venue
Earlier and more frequent notifications of specific events
Better lunch
menus
BIM track
Sustainable Building track
If you would like to view the complete results of the survey, please send a request to meetings@aacei.org and the detailed summary will be emailed to you.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Toronto June 29 - July 2, 2008, for our
52nd Annual Meeting!
Again, many thanks for your thoughtful comments. We are listening and value your input.
