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aes18 International Evaluation Conference

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

Patricia Rogers

ANZSOG/BetterEvaluation
Professor of Public Sector Evaluation
Melbourne, Australia

www,betterevaluation.org

Interested in how to make evaluation better. How to choose the right methods and processes for a specific evaluation. How to learn to use methods and processes well, especially developing and implementing innovative approaches. How to improve the demand for evaluation and the enabling environment.

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

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

12:00pm 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

12:15pm AEST

Using systems theory to explore the impacts and outcomes of a research and evaluation capacity building partnership Chancellor 6Byron Pakula • Rochelle Tobin

12:20pm AEST

Designing a transformative evaluation framework Chancellor 6Byron Pakula • Sarah Stamp

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 New words, old approaches: Weaving together foundational principles for contributing to transformation through evaluation Conference centreKeryn Clark • Robyn Bailey • Roxanne Bainbridge • Emma Walke

2:00pm AEST

The offerings and challenges of transdisciplinarity for evaluation Chancellor 4Noore Alam • Keren Winterford

2:30pm AEST

Maximising the Value Add of a Strategic Evaluation Function in an International Non-Government Organisation (NGO) Chancellor 3Delyth Lloyd • Peta Leeman • Sarah Leslie Co-creating an evaluation of an innovative collective impact project: the Katherine Individual Support Program Chancellor 6Stefan Kmit • Jenne Roberts

2:35pm AEST

Evaluative study to assist a transformation of the Indigenous affairs system Chancellor 3Delyth Lloyd • Kevin Dolman

2:40pm AEST

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

2:45pm AEST

Evaluating influence Chancellor 3Delyth Lloyd • Joanna Farmer

2:50pm AEST

Systemic transformation in action: Turbo-charging evaluation and impact in the New Zealand science system Chancellor 3Delyth Lloyd • Helen Percy • Toni White

3:30pm AEST

Learning from Failure: A Safe Space Session Conference centreCatherine Hastings • Matt Healey 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

4:00pm AEST

Between the known and the unknown: exploring innovation in evidence-based programs Chancellor 3Ian Patrick • Alexandra Ellinson

4:30pm AEST

Inclusive and culturally safe evaluation capacity building Chancellor 4Lee-Anne Molony • Sharon Babyack • Doyen Radcliffe • Alison Rogers

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 Strengthening the professionalisation of evaluation in Australia, workshop 1 Chancellor 3Amy Gullickson • Sue Leahy • Delyth Lloyd Evaluation literacy: Exploring the skills needed to motivate and enable others to access, understand and use evaluation information in non-government organisations Conference centreDiz McKinnon • Leanne Kelly • Alicia McCoy • Alison Rogers 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

10:00am AEST

How algorithms shape our lives: evaluating the unseen Chancellor 6Clara Walker • Kristy Hornby

11:00am AEST

Evaluative thinking and strategic learning - nice words, do they make any difference? Chancellor 4Claire Grealy • Meg Beilken • Hayley Rose • Zazie Tolmer • Mila Waise

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

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 The Lived Experience Evaluators Project: Combining design thinking and innovation to build cultural capital in the evaluation sector Chancellor 3Christina Thornley • Anna Strempel

3:00pm AEST

Transforming evaluation: Necessary but not sufficient to make a meaningful contribution to society Conference centreDwi Ratih S. Esti • Julie McGeary Just add water: The ingredients of an evaluation consultant Chancellor 4Evylyn Brophy • Matt Healey

3:05pm AEST

Measuring a healthy workplace environment in 10 questions: Developing a rapid environmental audit tool for Victorian workplaces Chancellor 3Christina Thornley • Clara Walker What happens when the public is not a monolithic audience? Chancellor 4Evylyn Brophy • Judith Lovell

3:10pm AEST

'Bring a friend to work day': The value of dragging non evaluator colleagues along to the AES Conference Chancellor 4Evylyn Brophy • Liam Downing Evaluation and Transformation: It's the Politics Stupid Chancellor 3Christina Thornley • Chris Roche

3:15pm AEST

Sizing up social campaigns - Evaluation in a market research world Chancellor 4Evylyn Brophy • Gerard Atkinson Transforming the experience of seriously ill children, young people and their families - A real life example of evaluation in action Chancellor 3Christina Thornley • Sarah Moeller

3:20pm AEST

If what you are doing scares you, you're probably on the right track: 5 things I've learned about how to co-design an evaluation Chancellor 4Evylyn Brophy • Jenne Roberts

4:00pm AEST

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

5:30pm AEST

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

9:00am AEST

Taking an intersectional approach to evaluation and monitoring: moving from theory to practice Chancellor 5Jenne Roberts • Loren Days • Sarah Kearney

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

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 Inclusive Systemic Evaluation: Gender equality, Environments, Marginalised voices for Social justice (ISE4GEMS) - A New UN Women Approach for the SDG Era Conference centreJoanna Farmer • Kathryn Meldrum • Jill Thomas

1:30pm AEST

Strengthening the professionalisation of evaluation in Australia, workshop 2 Chancellor 5Amy Gullickson • Sue Leahy • Delyth Lloyd 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 Into the great wide open (data): Understanding and using big and open data in evaluations Conference centreKatherine Pontifex • Jessie Wilson

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