New Directions East Asia 2020 was received very positively, as our attached external report shows. 96% of attendees surveyed reported that the conference fulfilled their expectations, with 98% reporting that they would recommend the conference to their colleagues, and 100% reporting that they planned to attend future New Directions conferences. One of our plenary speakers, Prof. Luke Harding of Lancaster University, commented that the event was "very well-designed and well-run" and "set the bar high for future online language assessment conferences".