Participant Feedback

“Congratulations on an outstanding symposium. All your effort and persistence, not to mention design and recruiting work, clearly shone through and paid off”

“I was so impressed at the way you structured and ran the Symposium. Above all the composition of the group was very impressive and so adroitly balanced the private sector, international agencies and academics.  Equally important was the time allocated to debate in the plenary sessions – too many conferences simply do not allow proper time for such rich interaction. Finally the time for meeting and talking – down to the seating places – made it effortless to interact with such an amazing group. Congratulations all round”.

“Thank you for a stimulating and thought provoking symposium. I greatly enjoyed inter-acting with new people, ideas and knowledge.  It was a rich experience”.

“A note of thanks for having invited me to participate in the Emerging Markets Symposium this past weekend. The discussions were rich and certainly benefited from the diverse range of backgrounds and experience in the room. Once again, thanks for including me. It was as refreshing as it was inspiring.”

“I wanted to be sure and tell you how valuable I found the conference and how well I thought it was organized.  It was still daunting for an outsider to the issues, but I really enjoyed it and benefitted from it”

“I have been enough times at the sharp edge of organising and taking responsibility for conferences to know that the success of the conference is exactly in proportion to the amount of time and thought given to the nature and structure of the programme and people invited to speak. The conference at the weekend was a cracking success by any measure and I would like to thank you and to congratulate you on making it happen. I hope it met your expectations.”

“It was indeed a privilege and honor to be part of the Symposium  on gender inequality. I met very many distinguished men and women who enriched my life.”

“I am so impressed! Thank you very much for inviting me to participate and good luck with the incredibly challenging task of compiling the findings. If the press release is any indication, you and your team are off to a tremendous start.”

"I learned a great deal and hope that I was able to contribute a bit.  I have read the press release with considerable interest and was particularly pleased with the expanding scope of recommendations.  From school to the world is a good way to organize the great diversity of efforts being requested and promoted.  I will be happy to participate in dissemination efforts to the extent of my capacity and will look forward to hearing from your communication people."

“All great with the exception of the preamble that states we recognize there is gender inequality everywhere in the world, not just emerging markets. I had an enriching experience and thank you very much for including me Ian. The care the participants received was outstanding and the caliber of the members exceptionally high. All in all it was very worthwhile.”

“Great job. Many thanks for all”.

“Thank you for including me in the symposium, which I found very engaging. I look forward to the outputs and thank you again for all of your hard work and commitment to making this happen!”

"I enjoyed the symposium enormously - you assembled some amazing people.  Thank you for including me."

“I have read the press release and look forward to the Findings and Recommendations.  My intention is to do a blog for …… Will share it with you when it comes out.”

“It was my pleasure to be part of the symposium and contribute towards the very interesting and valuable discussions”.

“Thank you for sharing the press release. I would like to share this with our senior management and relevant media organisations. We do a great amount of work to ensure gender equality and in improving work-life balance as more than 85% of our work force consists of females”.

“This was truly a remarkable experience and I enjoyed my stay at Egrove Park. Surely, it was great getting to know specialists and practitioners from all over the world, who firmly believe and promotes a subject that I am sincerely an advocate of.”

“Congratulations for a successful and stimulating symposium”.

“I would wish to thank you for inviting me to participate at the EMS symposium. It was a real pleasure and honor to be part of such a distinguished group of people”.

“I hope that the policy recommendations that have been developed as a result resonate with policy decision makers”.

“Thank you very much for the press release. I will be happy to write a piece for the popular media. In the meanwhile, I was quoted in the ……………on a gender related subject even while I was at Oxford.”