Retirement Research Consortium (RRC) Conference Survey

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etirement Research Consortium

Annual Meeting Evaluation

August 2 & 3, 2012

Thank you for attending the 2012 RRC conference. Please take a few minutes to give us your feedback on the conference. Leave your completed evaluation in the box outside the conference room. Your responses will be used to make future improvements to the conference. Thank you for your time.

1. What is your position?

   1. Government employee (please circle: Congress, Executive branch, state/local)

   2. Private sector employee/consultant

   3. Academic researcher

   4. Press/media

   5. Private citizen

   6. Student

2. Is this the first RRC conference you have attended? 1. YES 2. NO

3. How did you learn about the conference? (circle all that apply)

1. Via email from one of the three centers (please specify) ________________________

2. From a listserv (please specify) ________________________

3. From my employer

4. Other (please specify) ________________________

4. Do you receive notice of new papers from the consortium centers?

1. CRR-BC? 1. YES 2. NO

2. MRRC? 1. YES 2. NO

3. NBER? 1. YES 2. NO

5. What was/were your reason(s) for attending this conference?

6. How did this conference meet your needs?

7. What did you like most about the conference?

8. What did you like least about the conference?

9. Do you have any suggestions for future conference topics or sessions?

10. Do you have any suggestions for future conference formats or materials?

11. Do you plan to attend next year? YES/NO

12. Would you recommend the conference to others? YES/NO

13. Please rate the speakers and discussants on a scale from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent) and provide comments in the table below.

Thursday Sessions						Friday Sessions
	Speakers		Discussants				Speakers		Discussants
Panel 1: Health	Preston		Lee			Panel 5: Employment	TBD		Carroll
	TBD		Sabelhaus				TBD		Mitchell
	TBD		Coe				TBD		Piacentini
	Comments						Comments
Panel 2: Saving	TBD		Shu			Panel 6: Reform	TBD		Reno
	TBD		Skinner				Neumark		TBD
	TBD		Choi				TBD		Hurd
	Comments						Comments
Thursday Lunch	Robert Merton					Friday Lunch	Roger Ferguson
	Comments						Comments
Panel 3: Claiming	TBD		TBD			Panel 7: Disability Insurance	Rutledge		Mullen
	TBD		Jones				Skira		Johnson
	TBD		Poterba				TBD		Engelhardt
	Comments						Comments
Panel 4: Disability Insurance	TBD		Moore
	Coe		Riley
	Tennant		Maestas
	Comments

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