Conference REPORTS Irena Hajnsek, ETH Zürich, Switzerland DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany Chair, IEEE GRSS Conference Advisory Committee IGARSS 2014 Survey Results IntroductIon he International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) was held this year together with the 35th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing (CSRS) in the vibrant Canadian city of Quebec and attracted about 1800 scientists from all over the world. IGARSS is the premier conference organized by the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) and is held each year in different international locations. We would like to congratulate the IGARSS 2014/35th CRSR Local Organizing Committee on the success of the symposium. One of the tasks of the Conference Advisory Committee (CAC) of the GRSS Administrative Committee (AdCom) is making sure that our most important conference event fulfills the members' expectations. For this we request the members of our society as well as all the IGARSS attendees to complete the survey shortly after the conference. Most of the results of the survey are presented in percentage of the feedbacks received. Not all survey participants actually attended this year's IGARSS nor are IEEE GRSS members. In both cases the numbers are small. However, with regards to the registered IGARSS attendees the participation in the survey is around 20 percent this year. The results of the survey have been analyzed. Every year we have some questions that are repeated and are made in order to display a long-term trend; additionally a few new questions are included emerging from the AdCom and/or from the IEEE GRSS members. Selected questions and comments of the survey are summarized in this article. The survey is important for IEEE GRSS to capture the satisfaction of the current IGARSS and to identify areas for active improvements. Therefore, we would like to T Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MGRS.2015.2398395 Date of publication: 25 March 2015 march 2015 ieee Geoscience and remote sensing magazine encourage you to participate in the next IGARSS survey and to provide us your comments and suggestions. The next survey will be integrated in the IGARSS mobile device app, so that the attendees can answer the questions at any time during the conference. respondent demographIcs Overall, 62 percent of the IGARSS 2014 attendees that answered the survey are IEEE or GRSS members. Relatively high fractions are non-members (around 38 percent). The society is actively trying to attract new members by granting complimentary affiliate memberships at conferences. Quebec 2014 Melbourne 2013 Munich 2012 Vancouver 2011 Honolulu 2010 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 FIgure 1. Percentage of the ratio between survey participants to total IGARSS attendees per IGARSS. FIgure 2. Exhibition and coffee break space at IGARSS 2014. 57