2020 NOAA Environmental Data Management Workshop (EDMW) - Questionnaire

2020 NOAA Environmental Data
Management Workshop - Questionnaire
(OMB Control No. 0690-0030; Expiration Date: 07/31/2023)
Please take the following voluntary questionnaire* to gather attendee feedback on the 2020
NOAA Environmental Data Management Workshop. All responses are anonymous. If you would
like to contact the 2020 workshop planning team, please email us at
edmw.planning.team@noaa.gov.
* The information you provide is securely stored by NOAA and is used only by the United States
Government to support the Environmental Data Management Workshop. The information will be
protected using least access privilege. A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure to
comply with an information collection subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 unless the information collection has a currently valid OMB Control Number. The
approved OMB Control Number for this information collection is 0690-0030. Without this
approval, we could not conduct this survey. Public reporting for this information collection is
estimated to be approximately 15 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing
instructions and completing and reviewing the information collection. All responses to this
information collection are voluntary. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other
aspect of this information collection, including suggestions for reducing this burden to the
EDMW planning team co-chairs Eugene Burger, eugene.burger@noaa.gov, and Lacey Mason,
lacey.mason@noaa.gov.

1.

Was 2020 the first time you attended NOAA EDM Workshop?
Mark only one oval.
Yes
No
Don't know

Your experience

How do you rate your experience and the value of this meeting?

2.

What role(s) did you have at 2020 NOAA EDMW? (Check all that apply)
What role(s) did you have at 2019 NOAA EDMW? (Check all that apply)

Check all that apply.
Remote Attendee
Presenter
Session Chair
Panel Member
Plenary presenter
Planning Team

3.

Based on your experience in 2020, would you be likely to attend EDMW next year?
Mark only one oval.
Definitely
Probably
Maybe
Doubtful
No

4.

What plenary session(s) did you attend at 2020 NOAA EDMW? (Check all that apply)
Check all that apply.
Opening Plenary - Monday, August 17 - Keynote by Craig McLean (OAR AA)
Plenary - Tuesday, August 18 - NOAA S&T Strategies Panel led by RDML Gallaudet
Plenary - Wednesday, August 19 - Dr. Amy McGovern and Dr. Kandis Boyd (OAR/WPO)
Plenary - Thursday, August 20 - Dr. Christopher Lynnes and Tom Beach
Plenary - Friday, August 21 - Keynote by Dr. Stephen Volz (NESDIS AA)
None

5.

Overall quality of the plenary sessions?
Mark only one oval.
1

2

3

4

5

Very poor

6.

Very good

What breakout session(s) did you attend at 2020 NOAA EDMW? (Check all that
apply)
Check all that apply.
1A: Empowering Scientists as Data Managers
1B & 2B: Creative Data Solutions
1C & 2C: Coordinating Data to Decisions: Ocean Mapping, Exploration, and Characterization
Strategies for the Next Ten Years
2A: Modernizing NOAA Information Management
3A: ERDDAP Data Server
3B & 4B: Geospatial Data Access and Dissemination
3C & 4C: Are you ready for the Cloud? Cloud Initiatives, Data, Capabilities, and Technologies
- Part 1
4A: 21st Century Data Management Approaches for Unmanned Systems
4D: Metadata Strategies and Solutions
5A: Data Management Meets Records Management
5B, 6B & 7B: Maximizing the value of NOAA data through user engagement
5C: AI For Environmental Data Management
6A: Implementing the Federal Data Strategy at NOAA - A Working Session to Begin
Implementation Planning for the NOAA Data Strategy
6C: Putting visualization to work on your science data
7A: NOAA Big Data Program: An Update from the Operational Phase and Lessons Learned
from the Field
7C: The NESDIS Cloud Framework - An Enterprise Approach to Cloud Adoption

Overall quality of the Breakout Sessions

7.

Please rate the overall quality of the sessions you attended

Mark only one oval.
1

2

3

4

5

Very poor

Very good

Any additional comments on quality of the sessions? (optional)

8.

Feedback on the virtual format of the EDMW

Virtual hosting

9.

Please rate the overall meeting format
Mark only one oval.
1

2

3

4

5

Very poor

10.

Very good

Plenary session platform (GoToWebinar)
Please rate the GoToWebinar platform used for plenary sessions

Mark only one oval.
1
Very poor

2

3

4

5
Very good

11.

Breakout session platform (GoToMeeting)
Please rate the GoToMeeting platform used for breakout sessions.

Mark only one oval.
1

2

3

4

5

Very poor

12.

Very good

Poster presentations were well-incorporated into the virtual format
Mark only one oval.
1
Strongly Disagree

2

3

4

5
Strongly Agree

13.

Please provide feedback or recommendations for incorporating posters into virtual
meetings (optional)

14.

Do you have additional comments on remote participation? (optional)

Feedback on the EDMW Social Activities

Coffee Breaks and Social Activities

15.

How useful were the organized Coffee Break rooms for discussion and
networking?
Mark only one oval.
1

2

3

4

5

Not Useful

16.

Very Useful

Did you participate in any of the EDMW Social Activities?
Check all that apply.
Yes!
I wanted to, but didn't have time
No, I wasn't interested

17.

If you participated in the Social Activities did you enjoy them?
Mark only one oval.
1
Not really

18.

2

3

4

5
Very much

Should Social Activities be included in future EDM workshops?
Mark only one oval.
Yes
No
Maybe

19.

Did you enjoy the Icebreaker Activity?
Mark only one oval.

1
No not at all

20.

2

3

4

5
Yes very much

Should an icebreaker be included in future EDM Workshops?
Mark only one oval.
Yes
No
Maybe

21.

Please provide recommendations or feedback on the EDMW Social Activities and
including them in future EDM workshops (optional)

General

General feedback on the 2020 NOAA EDMW.

22.

Do you have any NOAA environmental data management related services that you
feel were missing or lacking from the workshop? If so, please describe below.

23.

Feedback
Please provide any additional feedback regarding the Workshop, individual sessions, the Call for Abstracts,
Call for Sessions, Group Travel Request process, or other aspects. All responses are anonymous, but if you
wish to be contacted please provide a name and email address.

This content is neither created nor endorsed by Google.

 Forms