Member Surveys
Help us design the INET/IGC 2004 Conference
Jan 2004
The Internet Society's annual INET conference is the oldest and most diverse Internet-related conference. This year's conference is being combined with the Internet Global Congress, the leading Internet conference in Spain, and will be held May 10-14 in Barcelona. A Call for Papers was issued in November and over 500 papers and proposals for panels have been submitted. The Program Committee is now crafting the agenda for the program and could use your advice.
1. How many INET conferences have you attended?
None, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-10, all of them
2. Did you attend INET 2002 in Washington?
3. Why did you attend past INET conferences (Mark all that apply)
- To learn about Internet standards and technology
- To learn about Internet policy
- To learn about new applications of the Internet
- To learn about the impact of the Internet on society and culture
- To present a paper
- I was involved in organizing the conference
- To meet with other members of the global Internet community
- To publicize my company or organization
- Attend tutorials
4. Do you plan to attend INET 2004
- No
- Possibly
- Probably
- Definitely
5. What topics interest you? (For each one: Not at all, a little, somewhat, quite a bit, a great deal)
- Internet standards
- Internet business applications
- Internet technology in developing countries
- Internet policy
- Impacts of the Internet on society and culture
- E-government, on-line education, e-medicine
- The state of the Internet industry
6. What kind of keynote speakers would interest you?
(For each one: Not at all, a little, somewhat, quite a bit, a great deal)
- Industry CEOs
- Leaders of intergovernmental organizations (e.g. the United Nations)
- Cultural figures (e.g. writers, artists)
- Technologists
- Leaders from the Internet standards community
- Researchers studying the impact of the Internet
- Political leader shaping Internet policy
- Business consultants
7. What kind of panels, speakers, or activities would increase the chances that you would attend INET 2004 in Barcelona?
(fill in the blank)
Survey Results
400 responses in total
1. How many INET conferences have you attended?
80% not attended an INET at all. Most of the remaining attended 1 or 2, nobody attended all.
2. Did you attend INET 2002 in Washington?
almost none (more than 95%) attended INET 2002.
3. Why did you attend past INET conferences (Mark all that apply)
very diverse answers.
Highest motivation was:
- to learn about Internet Standards and Technology (16.5%)
- to learn about the impact of the Internet on society and culture (16%)
- to meet with other members of the global Internet community (16%)
- to learn about Internet policy (15%)
- to learn about new applications of the Internet (14%)
4. Do you plan to attend INET 2004?
a small number will definitely attend, almost 17% will probably attend, more than 40% will possibly attend, and more than 35% will not attend
5. What topics interest you?
- Internet standards (almost all are very interested)
- Internet business applications (most people are fairly interested)
- Internet technology in developing countries (most people are fairly or very interested, but not as much as in Internet standards)
- Internet policy (almost all very interested, equal to Internet standards)
- Impacts of the Internet on society and culture (very very interested (almost 50%!), more than 30% at least quite a bit or somewhat)
- E-government, on-line education, e-medicine (fairly interested)
- The state of the Internet industry (fairly interested)
- Conclusion: all topics sound interesting to most respondents, but the most favourite topic is:
- Impacts of the Internet on society and culture
- Closely followed by Internet standards and Internet policy
6. What kind of keynote speakers would interest you?
- Industry CEOs (little bit)
- Leaders of intergovernmental organizations (e.g. the United Nations) (little bit)
- Cultural figures (e.g. writers, artists) (not really)
- Technologists (very much, almost 90%)
- Leaders from the Internet standards community (very much, almost 90%)
- Researchers studying the impact of the Internet (very much)
- Political leader shaping Internet policy (fairly)
- Business consultants (not really)
- Conclusions: most interested in keynote speeches from:
- Technologists (very much, almost 90%)
- Leaders from the Internet standards community (very much, almost 90%)
- Researchers studying the impact of the Internet (very much)
7. What kind of panels, speakers, or activities would increase the chances that you would attend INET 2004 in Barcelona?
Not reflected in the results.
Summary of Results
Of the 400 responses, most people (80%) have not yet attended an INET in the past and 13.5% have attended one or two. More than 40% are considering attending INET/IGC 2004 in Barcelona May 10-14 and 4% will definitely be there.
Those who did attend an INET in the past came for various reasons, but the most common motivations (in decreasing order to frequency) were: (1) to meet other members of the Internet community (16%), (2) to learn about Internet standards and technology (16.5%), (3) to learn about Internet policy (15.5%),(4) to discuss the impact of the Internet on society and culture (16%).
Hot topics for INET 2004 include: (1) impacts of the Internet on society and culture (almost 90%), (2) Internet standards (more than 90%), and(3) Internet policy (94%).
Maybe not surprisingly, people would therefore like to see keynote speeches mainly from technologists, leaders from the Internet community and researchers studying the impact of the Internet.
Thank you to all of you who took the time to fill out the survey. Your feedback helped guide the INET/IGC 2004 Program Committee as they designed the program. |
