·       I hope this become a regular event, perhaps every other year, and keeps its international character.

·       When the venues for the presentation were changed on the first day, a handout showing the new venues should have been given to the delegates.

·       More internet access for delegates as you had to wait to access email.

·       Congratulations on pulling off a very good and timely conference.

·       There were too many parallel sessions that diluted the audience and restricted the number of sessions you can attend.

·       The audio/microphone system was unreliable and was a hindrance.

·       The timing of the sessions was not controlled and enforced which made moving from are presentation to another difficult.

·       Congratulations on a well organised and presented conference, well done.

·       No time to move between sessions to another.

·       Probably not your fault, but rooms closer to a hub, signposts between rooms, a map showing walking routes to hotels, some identification of streams or categories? However, for me it has been a wonderful experience. Thank you!

·       Expand round-table discussions to allow more interaction and sharing of practices, challenges and opportunities.

·       Marvelous catering throughout.

·       Very organised, and time oriented.

·       Wonderful organisation and support - Congratulations and thanks to all involved.

·       Lots of volunteers to help and answer questions anywhere you were.

·       Good social events.

·       To encourage presenters to do something other than a standard lecture and PowerPoint presentations.

·       It was extremely well organised.

·       I would have liked to see some structures to support networking (and reflective processing of ideas!), e.g., a list of delegates - even with scanned photos and brief biographical details for later reference (could be on-line), and a "Process" session.

·       Exceptionally well-organised conference.

·       I felt rather lost and isolated as a newcomer without networks, and it is a burden to continually accost new people in breaks. Shared reflections are a great way to move forward just a little further - and to access papers that one was not able to attend.

·       Five minutes between individual sessions to allow for changeover.

·       Some comfortable seats in a quiet location near the presentation rooms (i.e. not on the 11^th floor of another building) would have been nice - makes it possible to rest and meet others more easily.

·       Some time to freshen-up after a long day and before the evening meals would be good.

·       The conference dinner is usually an opportunity to mix and network, however, with 12 courses, we had no time to move around and talk to colleagues at other tables. The emphasis need not be so much on eating as on socialising.

·       Hong Kong is beautiful, thank you for a great conference.

·       Have more time for delegates to move between presentations.

·       Commence presentations at designated times rather than continuously.

·       Well done.

·       Was extremely well organised, very polite assistants, too much food at meals, kept to time, too many options but roundtables were not well attended, need break between end of each day and social activity.

·       Submit abstracts or presentation files via uploaded to website is better than emailing.

·       More variety of foods (not just Chinese).

·       Definitely look forward to the Second conference.

·       Perhaps papers could have been "themed" more. Difficult to identify what the presentation was about from the abstract only (perhaps full paper would help). Who will host the next, Second International Conference? It was so great, international and interdisciplinary and inspiring.

·       Thank you so much, an excellent conference. Extremely well organised, friendly student helpers, well done. Fabulous social activities, loved the keynote speakers, clear, simple (without being simplistic) and motivating.

·       Delegates were very well taken care of, great meals, and activities.

·       Roundtable discussions should have only three presenters with more time (15 - 20 minutes) for presentation and longer time for discussion.

·       Excellent organisation.

·       Very good programme.

·       Too many parallel sessions.

·       Have shorter presentations (10mins + 5 minutes discussion) and half as many in parallel (or less). Also, more poster sessions.

·       Timetable should give reference to page numbers of abstracts.

·       Excellent food.

·       Student ambassadors very helpful.

·       Would be good to have some younger keynote speakers - maybe some new ideas? (Although they were very good).

·       Could do with better sound system in some rooms.

·       Very well run conference, exceptionally friendly staff and students.

·       Good range of papers.

·       Good use of roundtables.

·       Would be very interested in attending a Second conference.

·       Plan the Second international conference on assessment for summer 2006 in Hong Kong.

·       Thank you to all for an excellent conference - not only was it enjoyable and educational, it was instructive and provoked many ideas about teaching, learning and assessment.

·       I hope there will be a follow on conference after this one.

·       Same place, same time of the year is fine.

·       The food was fabulous.

·       Hope you do this conference again.

·       As a "progress" report from many of the ideas introduced here.

·       An excellent and well organised conference. I particularly enjoyed the variety of presentations.

·       Perhaps better to reduce the number of parallel sessions, a choice of seven is too many. Very long days. Sometimes hard to find water between lectures.

·       Pleasantly surprised at paper session groupings - every session I attended was informative and coherent.

·       Conference staff very helpful.

·       It might be good to provide an hour of hotel time between the end of each day and the social activities although logistically I can see how that might be difficult.

·       The student ambassadors were outstanding - models of helpfulness.

·       Provide coffee after every meal - this is very western thinking I know, but would be nice.

·       Student ambassadors to be awarded an A+!

·       I enjoyed the conference. Thank you.

·       Two observations:

Some presentations seemed correlated to the broad theme and diverted the focus from enhancing teaching and learning through assessment. Perhaps these could have been referred to a more appropriate conference.

It was a conference of "believers". It could have been useful to have a protagonist as a keynote speaker - someone who would challenge participants in a fundamental way.

·       I appreciated and enjoyed every session, every question, every comment, every handout, every PowerPoint, every interaction, every discussion. I took a chance coming - it paid off a bang, I have a list of ideas a mile long, further reading and action lists. Congratulation to the organisers, more please!

·       Poster session needed to be in an area that we walked though.

·       Excellent organisation (of the conference) and its venue.

·       More "hands on" sessions and less formal paper presentations next time.

·       Great design of the framework. There was plenty of time for discussion on an informal basis. I would happily mimic this format if I were programme chair.

·       Yes, I was particularly impressed with the great organisation. Congratulations to all those on the organising committee. This was really well done particularly enjoyed the roundtable sessions which were run very efficiently and which were very stimulating. The discussion was rich and stimulating.

·       Perhaps too many presentations of varying quantity - otherwise an excellent conference. I thought the overall organisation was brilliant - the student guides were extremely helpful and courteous - they made guiding your way from A to B really easy. Congratulations, a really useful conference - I look forward to accessing the Assessment Resource Centre.

·       No, really well organised and great value for money.

·       Very well organised and good social event - trip to Lamma island was most enjoyable.

·       Student ambassadors were extremely helpful.

·       Have another one.

·       Very well organised. Excellent social activities which promoted collegial discussion.

·       I'd like to make a special mention of the extreme helpfulness of the student ambassadors. They were very thoughtful and extremely attentive to detail. Food was good too!

·       One suggestion might be to incorporate workshops as well as roundtable and presentations. This will encourage a more interactive alternative.

·       Overall, this is a good and beneficial conference. You have a nice university with fantastic facilities.

·       I would prefer the conference to be held in a hotel where all the rooms for paper presentations, posters, and keynotes speaker. It would be in one place, which would be easier in terms of transport, and accommodation.

·       Congratulations!!! To all involved in organising this conference.

·       Closer collaboration with Harbor Plaza Metro Hotel would ease problems with payment to booking. Enjoyed the conference.

·       Tiffany (the MC) was fantastic and should be commended for her efforts.

·       Food is over supplied in all the meals which is really a waste.

·       Lower the temperature in all the lecture rooms during presentations to save more energy.

·       A very well organised conference.

·       Although the venues of the different sessions were quite close to each other, it was difficult to switch from one preferred presentation without arriving late at the next one (or leaving one early to be on time for the next one).

·       Best conference I've ever attended and excellently organised. A minor suggestion! Provide a full delegates list with e-mail, common in the UK for useful reference.

·       Many presentations were out of synchronization because presenters (and the chairperson) let it go over the time. The rest - an EXCELLENT conference, Congratulations!

·       Great experience for my first time in Asia. Thank you for the professional organisation.

·       Perhaps provide less refreshment before evening meals.

·       An extremely enjoyable conference.

·       Staff supportive and friendly.

·       Thank you! A wonderful conference.

·       The roundtable discussions were very good and offered the opportunity to "open up" issues and debates. The nature of the participants in a learning and teaching conference being those who like groupwork and debates, these roundtables proved very popular, whereas the very "traditional" lectures afforded less discursive opportunities. Future approaches would include more roundtables or workshop style methods.

·       The use of technology was quite intrusive in the conference. It would be good to know what all the photos, videos and audio are going to the used for.

·       A very well organised and valuable conference with an interesting academic and social programme. In the most part, enthusiastic speakers and presenters who were willing to share these ideas during presentations and in more informal settings.

·       It was interesting to meet international colleagues and learn from their experience. I particularly enjoyed the Lamma Island trip. Possible improvement- better weather! 

·       It was a very good conference. Well organised and ran smoothly.

·       E-mails to presenters etc. could have been sent a bit earlier rather than one to two weeks before the conference. This would also reduce the number of e-mails you received.

·       10 minutes was s too short for the round table presentations.

·       This has been brilliant, particularly the sharing of ideas and a very good venue.

·       Quality of food ( lunch ) can be improved.

·       Not enough time to move between sessions.

·       I would like to see workshops maybe, to teach us how to write assignments that assess using the methods presented. Many of the talks only gave their results and not talk about what they did

·       Too much food.

·       Very well organised.

·       The conference has provided me with lots of "food for thought".

·       I liked the conference activities on three separate pages.

·       Great food.

·       Very well organised.

·       Thank you for a wonderful first time experience for me. Your staff was extremely helpful and very supportive. The social activities were also well organised and very enjoyable. I think the website will be great success. Well done!

·       Well done. The poster sessions could have been more accessible.

·       I would have liked more opportunities for discussion after the presentations and fewer lecture style presentations. Excellent organisation and lovely student helpers.

·       Loved the Lamma island trip but didn't enjoy conference dinner food.

·       Very well organised.

·       Do it again!

·       Some sessions could have been more interactive and would have liked more than Q & A

·       Provide contact details of other delegates would be useful.

·       When is the next one?

·       Would have been good to leave a participant list with email address and institutional affiliation, country (presenters and participants).

·       Some time to meet other "discipline fields" - just for an hour or so to make contracts that are less, e.g. - professional education, nursing/medical; teaching/educators; engineers, higher education: educational development, etc. Having said that I did enjoy learning from disciplines I don't usually learn from.

·       I think that the most impressive of all was the professional shown by the student ambassadors. The young Hong Kong citizens are someone to look up to by the rest of the world. My warmest thanks to all the student ambassadors, especially to Vincent in the PQ304 lecture room.

·       A Second international conference on Enhancing Learning via Assessment, say in two years time? Another country?

·       More research papers and a clear distinction between them, and descriptive work, so that delegates can make informed decisions about which to attend - both are valuable but from abstracts it was difficult to tell which would be more empirical papers, and which were descriptive/experience sharing.

·       The level of organisation, assistance and hospitality was fantastic - thank you!

·       A delegates list, with emails would have been useful.

·       More time between each session and a symposium would have aided movement across them, since symposium were not always coherent enough to stay for whole session.

·       Only two lectures in the final block for the day.

·       Presentation times need to be extended to about 45 minutes.

·       The conference was exceptionally well organised, staff very pleasant and helpful, keynote speakers interesting and thought provoking. Well done to Steve and helpers! You have set a high standard that will be difficult to match.

·       All presenters should have handouts.

·       A lot more time to get from room to room.

·       Too much show and tell - incomplete importance on many occasions of the significant literature on assessment in higher education, and some of which are a long way from best practice.

·       Good discussions with presenters and will other conference participants

·       My congratulations to the conference organisers, assistants and student assistants. The organisation has been impressive as have the content and range of issues explored.

·       The conference was well organised. Timing is good and the student ambassadors are very helpful.

·       Too much food wasted at lunch.

·       Air-conditioning too strong.

·       Wonderful keynotes! The best part!

·       Directional signs to venues and washrooms not clear.

·       Help desk location not convenience.

·       First morning schedule not clear, should indicate time breakdown for reception opening and keynote speaker.

·       Student ambassadors were very helpful.

·       Too many parallel sessions at the same time, hence difficult to choose.

·       Brilliant organisation.

·       Invite more colleagues from US, Canada, An overwhelming number from New Zealand and Australia.

·       Conference well organised.

·       Rooms for poster sessions could be changed to a larger one if possible.

·       Technical support (i.e. microphones could better be strengthened).

·       Good conference, well-organised, helpful student ambassadors.

·       Anyway, thanks a lot for inviting me to come! I've learnt a lot.

·       We need more space for the posters!

·       Conference fee far too expensive. Surprising for a project that had government funding.

·       Some sessions had very good Q & A. Sometimes the obsession with microphones and multi functioning microphones has a rejecting impact in the discussion.

·       Perhaps some more 'cutting edge" speakers could have been invited. Perhaps a younger more emerging scholar could also be invited.

·       Very good car-parking arrangements and coordination.

·       Very good organisation. Very good keynote speakers. Closing session excellent.

·       The two abstract handbooks are very useful, however, they are categorised by themes that bring difficulty of finding when choosing topics among all paper presentations for 3 days.

·       Noise coming from folding chairs inside Room TU101 and 103 is very interrupting during the paper presentation.

·       Good car park arrangement, well done!

·       I wished the multi tracks of presentations could be fewer, or with topics of concentrations; the poster room was bigger; Round table discussions were not concurrently conducted with other activities.

·       This has been the most enjoyable conference I've attended. The hospitality shown throughout was highly commendable. Thank you for a wonderful experience.

·       Provide a list of the participants and their contacts.

·       The location was not so spread out.

·       The fee for the conference was cut in half, especially for local attendees.

·       Better food.

·       Overall, the registration cost is higher than the learning values.

·       The pre-conference communication was disorganised and quite chaotic at times.

·       The organisation during the conference period was fine, and at times outstanding. The venues are good.

·       It was all well organised and all the talks were exactly on time. The best conference I have been to.

·       The English of the MC could be much more polished. However on the whole, the conference was full of collegial exchange and enthusiasm.

·       Student helpers were thoroughly professional. Very well done. PowerPoint worked flawlessly in sessions I attended. A credit to the IT staff.

·       I would suggest scheduling the poster session earlier on the conference.