Comments on the workshop

Dear all,

It was really nice meeting you in NY, although the time we had together as a group was not long.

I have to comments on the organization of the workshop, Linda and Rihannon:
1) We where told to send in 3 questions in advance to be discussed in the group. However, that did not take place and therefore I do not feel that I received any help with the major problems I face at the current stage. I find it a bit strange that those questions where not even touched since I expect both students and professors to have read and prepared for both those and the paper itself.
2) The grouping of the papers could have been done more thematically. Then the feedback given to the others in the group could have relevance for me as well. Despite Japan being a very interesting country (3 out of 6 presentations in my group), it does not have much relevance to the work I'm doing.