This document compiles participants' feedback on the 27th edition of the Ecsite Annual Conference, which took place on 9-11 June 2016 in Graz, Austria. It was the first Ecsite conference to be co-organised by a trio of hosts: FRida & freD – The Graz Children’s Museum, the Universalmuseum Joanneum and the association ScienceCenter-Network. The conference welcomed 1,081 participants from 53 different countries.

The conference theme was “Colours of Cooperation” and the programme consisted of two days of pre-conference workshops followed by three days of main conference, during which around 100 sessions took place. Sessions were held at the Messe Convention Centre, where the Business Bistro was also located. These sessions were selected by the Annual Programme Committee (ACPC) from 186 proposals submitted in October 2015. 50 exhibitors held a booth at the Business Bistro trade fair. The conference programme also included numerous social events and networking opportunities.

This evaluation report will help guide future evolutions. It compiles data collected from different sources, collected in 2016 but also on previous years.

Collected feedback paints the overall picture of a successful 2016 Ecsite Annual Conference, with a high satisfaction rate, in line with the average of past editions. In your qualitative feedback, you described the 27th edition as particularly cooperative and open, which can also be seen in attendees’ profiles: the conference attracted a higher proportion of newcomers and non-Ecsite members than previous years.