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aes19 International Evaluation Conference

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Florent Gomez

NSW Department of Customer Service
Manager, Planning and Evaluation
florent.gomez@finance.nsw.gov.au

9:00am AEST

Opening plenary: Welcome to Country, followed by Tracy Westerman "Without measurability there is no accountability. Why we are failing to gather evidence of what works" Pyrmont TheatreUncle Charles (Chicka) Madden • Tracy Westerman

11:00am AEST

Bringing the voice and knowledge of indigenous people and communities to evidence building and evaluation in a way that empowers Pyrmont TheatreEmma Walke • Doyen Radcliffe • Simon Jordan • Megan Williams • Nattlie Smith

12:00pm AEST

The Consolations of Evaluation Theory C2.5Squirrel Main • Brad Astbury • Andrew Hawkins

1:30pm AEST

Digital Disruption - the next industrial revolution is here. What does this all mean for evaluators? Pyrmont TheatreGeorge Argyrous • Jenny Riley • Kristi Mansfield • Reuben Stanton • Chris Newman • Jess Dart

2:30pm AEST

Harnessing the power of co - practical tips C2.1James Smith • Jade Maloney • Alexandra Lorigan

3:30pm AEST

When the West Meets the East: Collaborative design, analysis and delivery of program evaluation in rural generalist training program in Japan C2.6Rebecca Arnold • Takara Tsuzaki

4:00pm AEST

Knowing the value of knowledge: emerging approaches to evaluating research through end user perspectives. C2.5Sean Chung • Larissa Brisbane • Emily Prentice

4:30pm AEST

Plenary 2: David Fetterman "Empowerment Evaluation: a powerful stakeholder involvement approach fit for the times" Pyrmont TheatreDavid Fetterman

9:00am AEST

Plenary 3: What’s beyond the box of program evaluation and what does this mean for us? Pyrmont TheatreEmily Verstege • Jacqueline (Jax) Wechsler • Jenny Riley • Jess Dart • Kate McKegg • Adrian Field

11:00am AEST

The challenges of establishing and growing an internal evaluation unit: Experiences from two large state government departments C2.6Florent Gomez • Eleanor Williams • Josephine Norman • Amanda Reeves

12:00pm AEST

Internal Evaluation Capacity Building: Unpacking what works in a (very) large government department C2.6Florent Gomez • Liam Downing • Rydr Tracy

1:30pm AEST

Lessons learned co-designing a program and its evaluation in an emerging policy landscape C2.5Andy Moore • Poppy Wise • Malcolm Haddon • Zainab Kadhim

2:30pm AEST

Communities of Practice, mentoring and evaluation advice: using soft power approaches to build capacity C2.6Carolyn Hooper • Florent Gomez • Michelle Bowron

3:30pm AEST

Plenary 4: Gary VanLandingham "Evaluation in the age of evidence-informed policy-making -- opportunities, challenges and paths forward" Pyrmont TheatreGary VanLandingham

9:00am AEST

Plenary 5: Jane Davidson "Unboxing the core like our lives depend on it – because they do" Pyrmont TheatreJane Davidson

10:30am AEST

Inside, outside, all around: Three perspectives on evaluation capacity building C2.1Kerrie Ikin • Stewart Muir • Alisha Heidenreich • Nerida Joss • Mandy Charman

11:30am AEST

Evaluation: What is the value in the box? Pyrmont TheatreGhislain Arbour • Laurence Denholm • Anthea McClintock • Lyn Alderman • Geoff Gallop • Nicholas Gruen • William Murphy • Simon Smith • Jonathan Wheaton

1:35pm AEST

Personality preferences - Implications for influencing evaluation design and utilisation C2.6Duncan Rintoul • Eve Barboza

1:40pm AEST

A live unboxing: The evaluation capacity building role C2.6Duncan Rintoul • Liam Downing

1:45pm AEST

Evolving from academic researcher to evaluator C2.6Duncan Rintoul • Natalia Krzyzaniak

1:50pm AEST

Getting past the imposter syndrome: you don't have to be an expert to help build evaluation capacity in your organisation. C2.6Duncan Rintoul • Margaret Moon

My Chairs Sessions

11:00am AEST

The challenges of establishing and growing an internal evaluation unit: Experiences from two large state government departments C2.6Florent Gomez • Eleanor Williams • Josephine Norman • Amanda Reeves

12:00pm AEST

Internal Evaluation Capacity Building: Unpacking what works in a (very) large government department C2.6Florent Gomez • Liam Downing • Rydr Tracy