Dear COMIUCAP Conference Participants!
It has been nearly a week since the conference ended, and I'm writing you now to share the official results of the feedback you kindly provided through the evaluation forms.
Dear COMIUCAP 2008 Participants,
Overall, at least 250 professors and students of philosophy from over 20 countries spanning 5 continents participated in the conference, exceeding the organizers’ target of 150 participants. Of these, 157 delegates (a majority at 63%) gave their feedback.
Based on a rating scale of 1.0 to 5.0, with 1.0 as 'Poor' and 5.0 as 'Excellent', the 2008 COMIUCAP World Congress achieved an overall average score of 4.0! The breakdown of this score is as follows:
o Communications & Promotions 3.8
o Registration & Fees 4.0
o Program & Logistics 4.1
o Lectures & Workshops 4.1
o Overall Experience 4.2
Most notably, the item on the evaluation sheet that garnered the highest average score at 4.5 was the item “Was the conference worth attending?” Hence, based on the quantitative feedback, we can make the claim that the 2008 COMIUCAP World Congress was truly a success -- and it was a success that would NOT have been possible without each and every one of you. Hence, THANK YOU truly for being part of this event.
Having said that, the feedback you provided also indicated several areas that could have been handled better. Hence, to all of you who experienced some dissatisfaction with how the conference was conducted, we do offer our sincerest apologies and we hope you do not take it against our respective host institutions. Any errors we committed belong to us (as the organizers) alone. To those of you who have taken the time and effort to give us your appreciation and acknowledgment, we offer our gratitude.
Just a brief note on the people who worked behind the scenes to make this conference possible -- I would like to mention that EVERYTHING was done without professional help in a span of just three months. Every single task -- from designing the streamers and developing the website to translating the foreign language papers -- was done by the men and women of the Ateneo de Manila University's philosophy department with the assistance of the philosophy
faculty of the University of Santo Tomas. Furthermore, all of these tasks were undertaken without compensation, on top of people's regular teaching and/or studying loads, and in the weeks leading up to the conference, at the expense of most of the faculty's and staff's sleeping hours. So if you should encounter any of these brave souls, I do hope you give them a word of acknowledgment for all the difficulties willingly borne.
And of course, should any of you continue to have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me via this email address. If, for instance, you are interested in viewing the detailed evaluation form results and findings, I can email them to you upon request.
Once again, thank you very much for your unique contribution in making the 2008 COMIUCAP World Congress happen -- it was a privilege to be of service to you.
And I continue to remain in your service.
Eileen F. Tupaz
Conference Coordinator
COMIUCAP World Congress 2008 Manila
c/o Department of Philosophy
School of Humanities
2/F De la Costa Hall
Ateneo de Manila University
Loyola Heights, Quezon City
Philippines 1108
Telefax: +63 2 426 5665
Email: comiucap@admu.edu.ph
It has been nearly a week since the conference ended, and I'm writing you now to share the official results of the feedback you kindly provided through the evaluation forms.
Dear COMIUCAP 2008 Participants,
Overall, at least 250 professors and students of philosophy from over 20 countries spanning 5 continents participated in the conference, exceeding the organizers’ target of 150 participants. Of these, 157 delegates (a majority at 63%) gave their feedback.
Based on a rating scale of 1.0 to 5.0, with 1.0 as 'Poor' and 5.0 as 'Excellent', the 2008 COMIUCAP World Congress achieved an overall average score of 4.0! The breakdown of this score is as follows:
o Communications & Promotions 3.8
o Registration & Fees 4.0
o Program & Logistics 4.1
o Lectures & Workshops 4.1
o Overall Experience 4.2
Most notably, the item on the evaluation sheet that garnered the highest average score at 4.5 was the item “Was the conference worth attending?” Hence, based on the quantitative feedback, we can make the claim that the 2008 COMIUCAP World Congress was truly a success -- and it was a success that would NOT have been possible without each and every one of you. Hence, THANK YOU truly for being part of this event.
Having said that, the feedback you provided also indicated several areas that could have been handled better. Hence, to all of you who experienced some dissatisfaction with how the conference was conducted, we do offer our sincerest apologies and we hope you do not take it against our respective host institutions. Any errors we committed belong to us (as the organizers) alone. To those of you who have taken the time and effort to give us your appreciation and acknowledgment, we offer our gratitude.
Just a brief note on the people who worked behind the scenes to make this conference possible -- I would like to mention that EVERYTHING was done without professional help in a span of just three months. Every single task -- from designing the streamers and developing the website to translating the foreign language papers -- was done by the men and women of the Ateneo de Manila University's philosophy department with the assistance of the philosophy
faculty of the University of Santo Tomas. Furthermore, all of these tasks were undertaken without compensation, on top of people's regular teaching and/or studying loads, and in the weeks leading up to the conference, at the expense of most of the faculty's and staff's sleeping hours. So if you should encounter any of these brave souls, I do hope you give them a word of acknowledgment for all the difficulties willingly borne.
And of course, should any of you continue to have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me via this email address. If, for instance, you are interested in viewing the detailed evaluation form results and findings, I can email them to you upon request.
Once again, thank you very much for your unique contribution in making the 2008 COMIUCAP World Congress happen -- it was a privilege to be of service to you.
And I continue to remain in your service.
Eileen F. Tupaz
Conference Coordinator
COMIUCAP World Congress 2008 Manila
c/o Department of Philosophy
School of Humanities
2/F De la Costa Hall
Ateneo de Manila University
Loyola Heights, Quezon City
Philippines 1108
Telefax: +63 2 426 5665
Email: comiucap@admu.edu.ph
