A Questionnaire to Assess Virtual Conference Participation Experience

Abstract

This tools track paper presents the design of a questionnaire methodology to assess the participants experience of virtual conferences. This survey approach consists of a preconference questionnaire assessing participation goals and expectations and a post-conference questionnaire assessing the actual participation and related experiences. It enables a data-driven investigation of participants' expectations, goals, attitudes, actual experiences, and general feedback about virtual conferences. As such, it can help to better understand how virtual conference experiences can be improved in the future and how the virtual format can become a more attractive alternative, also in non-pandemic times. The questionnaire was used at three conferences and two workshops. Despite a missing validation, we released it early to foster research on virtual conferences.