UIT 2014 – EVALUATION REPORT

1. UIT 2014 – EVALUATION REPORT Hilton Prague Hotel 22–24 January 2014

2. Meeting highlights The meeting was attended by over 900 delegates 97% thought that the conference was well organised 93% thought the length of the meeting was just right 92% felt they had learned something from the event 70% felt that the event would change their practice 99% would attend the next meeting

3. Overall scientific content of the meeting

4. UIT 2014 content quality Poor Fair Neutral Very good Excellent How would you rate the quality of the content? How would you rate the quality of the speakers? n=270 n=270 96% 94% Proportion of respondents (%) 0% 0% 0% Majority of the speakers were excellent! Generally very high quality! Most speakers are first class!

5. Overall meeting quality Will this event change your practice? No Neutral Yes Have you learned something from this event? 70% 92% n=272 n=267 Proportion of respondents (%) Did you feel that the event was biased? 97% Was the event well organised? n=272 n=257 Proportion of respondents (%)

6. Individual session feedback

7. Session I: Treatment pathway of the infertile couple Poor Fair Neutral Very good Excellent n=477 n=483 n=481 n=484 n=480 77% 73% 73% 68% 36% Proportion of respondents (%) Very good lectures with a dynamic way to perform them Great provocative lecture from Professor Fisk Remarkable organisation Very well planned program and audience interaction is well organised

8. Session II: Variations in treatment protocols Poor Fair Neutral Very good Excellent 91% n=445 n=445 n=449 n=433 84% 70% 61% Proportion of respondents (%) Very useful session Very good session and speakers Congratulations to Dr Fatemi Bhatti was honest about what we DON’T know – which was good

9. Session III: Advances in embryology Poor Fair Neutral Very good Excellent n=414 n=408 n=404 n=398 77% 73% 82% 67% Proportion of respondents (%) Excellent up-to-date presentations on comprehensive data Very good session with up-to-date information Excellent session – really enjoyed it

10. Session IV: Genetics in diagnosis and management of pregnancy Poor Fair Neutral Very good Excellent 91% n=342 n=340 n=332 n=316 71% 79% 50% Proportion of respondents (%) Dennis Lo gave an exceptionally brilliant lecture worthy of a Nobel Prize candidate Prof Lo’s lecture has been the highlight of the meeting – Fantastic! Excellent lecture from Dennis – he should do the opening lecture at ESHRE

11. Session V: Ovarian reserve – individualisation of treatment Poor Fair Neutral Very good Excellent n=253 n=261 n=263 n=254 83% 88% 77% 79% Proportion of respondents (%) Very good session with great speakers – would have liked more from Bob Casper Keynote lecture was excellent Best session of the meeting

12. Session VI: Challenges in infertility treatment…to treat or not to treat? Poor Fair Neutral Very good Excellent 100% n=28 n=28 n=29 n=29 93% 93% 69% Proportion of respondents (%) Really the best meeting I’ve been in Entertaining talk from Nick! Excellent

13. Materials and organisation

14. Meeting materials and interactivity Rated the pre-meeting correspondence/ information as very good to excellent 83% n=270 • Rated the abstract book as very good or excellent 84% n=264 Rated the iPad materials as very good or excellent 95% n=271 Rated the interactivity as very good or excellent 95% n=267 Felt there was sufficient time for discussion 94% n=270

15. Meeting venue Rated the location and venue as very good or excellent 97% n=269 • Rated the auditorium as very good or excellent 95% n=271 Rated the catering as very good or excellent 94% n=270

16. Selected general comments (1) Extremely well organized – have been most impressed and grateful Fantastic venue and organisation Different continental buffet at conference dinner was a great idea! We enjoyed it Because of excellent food, I have 2 kg more, which is not so good but I enjoyed every meal Dennis Lo was the highlight of the meeting More comfortable chairs The AV was exceptional

17. Selected general comments (2) Congratulations to all involved in organizing and delivering this meeting Please have the next meeting in a warm country! I would definitely like to attend the next meeting Enjoyed the academic content and interaction with colleagues Congratulations on the great event Excellent meeting

18. Selected general comments (3) No need for abstract book in the era of iPad Would like to see more use of the iPad to see what the audience does, not just test the audiences’ understanding Too much use of survey feature iPad voting is tedious I missed refreshments for vegans, but otherwise excellent Poor location of hotel in a business area, Prague is a good choice though. I understand that few places available to host 1000 people though Position of cameramen disturbed a lot to see the lectures

19. Selected general comments (4) The days are packed and intense: 8:30am start unnecessary! 9am plenty early enough Long days The only sad thing was that there was no ‘nurse’ option in the drop down box in profile. Nurses in the UK are pivotal to the running of an IVF unit The dinner was very badly organised, the place was inappropriate, the tables and chairs – not for our age Some people were conducting loud conversations, which was a bit distracting – chairs should be instructed to advise Auditorium was sometimes too cold but good views all round

20. Future UIT meetings

21. Suggested topics for further meetings Infertility in PCOS Ovulation induction Embryology Endometriosis Reproductive immunology Male infertility Day-to-day practice of ART Natural cycle IVF Psychological counselling