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Welcome cocktail reception, Tuesday 18 September 6:00–8:00pm, open to all delegates! Venue: Penny Royal

Carolyn Page

The Clear English Company
Director
Canberra, Australia

clearenglish.com.au

Carolyn Page built policy and evaluation units in three government agencies and is now an independent public policy analyst and trainer. In 2001 she developed the analytic tool 'Policy Logic' to help agencies to evaluate programs and policies in the context of government priorities and challenges. Since 2007 she has helped over 20 government agencies to build evaluation culture and capability at a team and whole-of-agency level.

9:00am AEST

Opening plenary: Welcome to Country; Michael Quinn Patton "Getting Real about Transformational Change: The Blue Marble Evaluation Perspective" Conference centreDuncan Rintoul • Lyn Alderman • Aunty Nola Hooper • Kate McKegg • Michael Quinn Patton

11:00am AEST

In the deep end? Evaluation 101 for new evaluators Conference centreDan Borg • Charlie Tulloch

12:00pm AEST

Using co-design to give voice to Aboriginal people in the design of a culturally appropriate infant maternal health service Chancellor 4Liz Smith • Sue Leahy • Amanda Reeves

1:30pm AEST

The Promise Design-thinking and Implementation Science holds for Social Impact Evaluation: Views from Practitioners and Evaluators Chancellor 6Stefan Kmit • Rachel Aston • Ruth Aston • Robbie Francis • Timoci O’Connor

2:00pm AEST

Whose outcome is it anyway? Using matrices to serve many masters. Chancellor 6Stefan Kmit • Nolan Stephenson

2:30pm AEST

Synthesising Kirkpatrick's four-levels Chancellor 4Noore Alam • Francesca Demetriou

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Is this strategy working?: The systems thinking approach to investing for impact Chancellor 6David Roberts • Lewis Atkinson

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The potential for system level change: Addressing political and funding level factors to facilitate health promotion and disease prevention evaluation Chancellor 5Helen McMahon • Joanna Schwarzman

8:00am AEST

Plenary two: Penny Hagen "Scaling up, out and deep: What we are learning about social innovation for transformation" Conference centreDuncan Rintoul • Penny Hagen

9:30am AEST

Realist axiology: A realist perspective on 'valuing' in evaluation Chancellor 4Catherine Manley • Gill Westhorp

11:00am AEST

The Enhanced Commonwealth Performance Framework - the opportunity for the Australian evaluation community Chancellor 5John Stoney • Lyn Alderman • Brad Cook • David Morton • David Roberts • David Turvey

12:00pm AEST

Evaluation capability building: Transforming evaluation culture or spinning wheels? Chancellor 4Claire Grealy • Martin Hall • Vanessa Hood • Megan Kerr • Delyth Lloyd • Kate Nichols • Amanda Reeves • Roberta Thorburn • Eleanor Williams

2:00pm AEST

'What about me?': A campfire session to co-design transformational self-care guidelines for evaluators Conference centreDwi Ratih S. Esti • John Stoney • Emma Williams

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From outputs to outcomes: A system transformation approach for the Victorian child and family service sector Chancellor 5Rhianon Vichta • Emily Mellon

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AES Annual General Meeting & 'What could the Romans actually do for us?' - an interactive Forum on the concept of an Evaluator-General and what it could mean for AES members Conference centreLyn Alderman

8:00am AEST

Plenary four: Sharon Gollan & Kathleen Stacey "Cultural accountability in evaluating Aboriginal initiatives and programs" Conference centreDuncan Rintoul • Sharon Gollan • Kathleen Stacey

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Evaluation reports: Writing, editing and wrangling Word Chancellor 6Stuart Raetz • Ruth Pitt

10:00am AEST

Transforming evaluation to better address complexity Conference centreMatt Healey • Julie Elliott

11:00am AEST

Evaluation Ready: Transforming government processes and ensuring evaluability Chancellor 5Keren Winterford • Lyn Alderman • Ruth Pitt • David Turvey

12:00pm AEST

Why do well designed M&E systems seldom inform decision making? Chancellor 6Ruth McCausland • Byron Pakula • Damien Sweeney

1:30pm AEST

'Drive out fear': creating space for evaluative thinking and speculation for practitioners and organisations Chancellor 4Marion Norton • Susan Garner • Carolyn Page

2:30pm AEST

Closing plenary: It’s the AES18 Great Debate and it’s going to be huge! Conference centreDuncan Rintoul • Lyn Alderman • Penny Hagen • Kate McKegg • Karol Olejniczak • Gill Westhorp