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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

Paula Eustace

Eastern Melbourne PHN
Research and Evaluation Officer
Melbourne, Australia

https://emphn.org.au/

I'm a beginning evaluator here to network and learn about frameworks and approaches for (health and digital health) program evaluation within a commissioning environment. Anything and everything is interesting--I'm wanting to soak it all up!

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

Big data, big possibilities, big challenges: Lessons from using experimental designs in evaluation of system-level educational reforms Chancellor 5Keryn Hassall • Ben Barnes • Duncan Rintoul • Ian Watkins

12:00pm AEST

Embracing the "Fish out of Water" – a novice evaluators' experience introducing reflective practice to influence systems transformation Chancellor 6Byron Pakula • Sophie McEniry

12:05pm AEST

Economic evaluation of justice support: Transforming life pathways for people with intellectual disability Chancellor 6Byron Pakula • Ruth McCausland • Rebecca Reeve

12:10pm AEST

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

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

Theories on and of: A systematic analysis of evaluation's domains of knowledge Chancellor 4Noore Alam • Ghislain Arbour

2:00pm AEST

New evaluation techniques for the transformation of Melbourne. Time-and-place targeting technology and the decline of the 300-page evaluation report Chancellor 5Eleanor Williams • David Spicer

2:30pm AEST

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

3:30pm AEST

Integrating evaluation and design roles: Innovations in recent NGO projects Chancellor 3Ian Patrick • Robert Drake • Vanessa Hood

4:00pm AEST

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

4:30pm AEST

Values and Synthesis: Evaluation's Power Core Conference centreCatherine Hastings • Amy Gullickson • Kelly Hannum

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

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

2:00pm AEST

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

3:00pm AEST

Transforming evaluation: Necessary but not sufficient to make a meaningful contribution to society Conference centreDwi Ratih S. Esti • Julie McGeary

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

8:00am AEST

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

9:00am AEST

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

10:00am AEST

Realities of monitoring and evaluation in a not-for-profit Chancellor 3Charlie Tulloch • Eboni Tiller

10:05am AEST

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

10:10am AEST

We should be democritising evalution, not sanctifying it Chancellor 3Charlie Tulloch • Duncan Rintoul

10:20am AEST

TLDR (too long, didn't read): Let's knife evaluation reports Chancellor 3Charlie Tulloch • Liz Smith

11:00am AEST

"Stories for Purpose" – transforming the use of documentary film, participatory media and participatory forums in Monitoring and Evaluation, in order to create evidence based visual reports Chancellor 6Ruth McCausland • Margaret Howard • Susan Rooney-Harding

12:00pm AEST

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

1:30pm AEST

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 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