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

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Mardi Trompf

Tetratech Coffey International
M&E Lead Fiji and Tuvalu Facility
Suva, Fiji

Consolidation of disparate programs to determine value. Outcome based monitoring, value for money.

9:00am

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

The STrengthening Evaluation Practices and Strategies (STEPS) in Indigenous settings in Australia and New Zealand Project: Next "steps" in the journey. Chancellor 4Liz Smith • Margaret Cargo • Sharon Clarke • Lynley Cvitanovic • Jenni Judd • Gill Potaka-Osborne • Lisa Warner

12:10pm

Joining the dots: evaluation and strategy Chancellor 6Byron Pakula • Joanna Farmer

1:30pm

Outcomes, dashboards and cupcakes Chancellor 5Eleanor Williams • Clare Davies • Jenny Riley

2:00pm

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

2:30pm

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

2:40pm

Strengthening program impact on systems and building evaluation into systems Chancellor 3Delyth Lloyd • Jade Maloney • Katherine Rich

2:45pm

Evaluating influence Chancellor 3Delyth Lloyd • Joanna Farmer

3:30pm

Integrating evaluation and design roles: Innovations in recent NGO projects Chancellor 3Ian Patrick • Robert Drake • Vanessa Hood Buka Hatene - an innovative model promoting adaptive management for improved aid effectiveness in Timor-Leste Chancellor 5Helen McMahon • Louise Maher Is this strategy working?: The systems thinking approach to investing for impact Chancellor 6David Roberts • Lewis Atkinson

8:00am

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

Transforming evaluation culture and systems within the Australian aid program: Embracing the power of evaluation to promote learning, transparency, and accountability. Chancellor 5Michael Shapland • Tracey McMartin

11:00am

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

Working with values in evaluation Chancellor 6Kelly Tapley • Keryn Hassall

2:00pm

Evaluative Rubrics: A tool for making explicit evaluative judgements Chancellor 4Evylyn Brophy • Kate McKegg • Nan Wehipeihana

2:30pm

In their own words: How we (the boring adults) worked with young people (the cool kids) in Papua New Guinea to develop a bilingual post-program survey, why we did it, and why it was a good idea Chancellor 3Christina Thornley • Junior Muke • Lauren Siegmann

3:00pm

The promise and practice of partner-led evaluation: a policy research programme case study Chancellor 6Anthea McClintock • Jess Dart • Stuart Raetz

4:00pm

Plenary three: Karol Olejniczak "Transforming evaluation practice with serious games" Conference centreDuncan Rintoul • Karol Olejniczak

5:30pm

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

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

9:00am

Evolving the evaluation deliverable Conference centreMatt Healey • Gerard Atkinson

10:00am

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

10:05am

When do we have enough evidence!!! Chancellor 3Charlie Tulloch • Zazie Tolmer

11:00am

Total value measurement: Are we counting what actually counts? Chancellor 3Kitty te Riele • Les Trudzik

12:00pm

Evaluation fatigue and the tragedy of the commons: Are we plundering our participants' finite resources of patience and trust? Chancellor 4Helen Watts • Adrian Field Why do well designed M&E systems seldom inform decision making? Chancellor 6Ruth McCausland • Byron Pakula • Damien Sweeney

1:30pm

Umbrellas and rain drops: Evaluating systems change lessons and insights from Tasmania Chancellor 3Annette Madvig • Jess Dart • Galina Laurie • Anna Powell • Kitty te Riele • Jo Taylor • Ebeny Wood

2:30pm

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