aes26 International Evaluation Conference

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Gemma Wood

Dept Education

Director First Nations Data

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Gemma Wood is a statistician and community development researcher with over 25 years of experience in research and consulting roles across the private, public, and NGO sectors. She has focused on increasing equity and opportunity for all social groups, particularly marginalized and vulnerable communities.

9:00am ACST

Opening plenary: Welcome to Country followed by Robyn Ober "Being comfortable with discomfort" Hall 2John Guenther • Kim Mulholland • Robyn Ober • Kim Grey • Christabelle Darcy • Alison Reedy

11:00am ACST

Measuring what matters: Culturally responsive evaluation of a statewide ECEC strategy Rooms 1+2Deb Moyle • Phillip Belling

11:30am ACST

Building culturally grounded evaluation, led by First Nations communities Rooms 1+2Deb Moyle • Jen Lorains • Veronica Doolan • Pauline Grant • Jackie Treeves

1:30pm ACST

Plenary: Lígia Teixeira "From evidence to impact: reclaiming evaluation as a means to an end" Hall 2Eleanor Williams • Lígia Teixeira

2:30pm ACST

Beyond Symbolic Inclusion - Building a Collective Mandate for Indigenous-Led Understanding Measurement Evaluation & Learning (UMEL) Hall 2Rick Cummings • Corinne Hodson • Jess Yamaguchi • Liz Wren • Slade Sibosado • Gulwanyung Moran

4:00pm ACST

Cultural Wisdom and Story Gathering: a participatory reflection session Rooms 1+2John Gilbert • Jessi Gidgup-Lovett • Duncan Rintoul

4:30pm ACST

Professional isolation in evaluation: AES members’ experiences, and ways to strengthen peer connection and community Hall 2Andrew Boyle • Martina Donkers • David Roberts • Jill Thomas • Paula White • Bethany Hanson

9:00am ACST

Plenary: Emmanuel Jimenez "Putting Money Where the Evidence Is: a perspective from international development" Hall 2Christabelle Darcy • Emmanuel_Jimenez

10:30am ACST

What works for whom? Developmental evaluation of a domestic violence prevention pilot for young men Waterfront 2Phillip Belling • Simon Alaba • Abel Scopelliti

11:00am ACST

Developmental Evaluation and Value for Investment: A New Pathway for Complex Systems Change Waterfront 2Phillip Belling • Zoe Enticott • Kate McKegg

11:30am ACST

Creating Starlight’s First Social Impact Report: What We Learnt Waterfront 3Delyth (Del) Lloyd • Claire Treadgold

12:00pm ACST

Evaluating ‘value for the public’: Public value as a framework for assessing impact Waterfront 3Delyth (Del) Lloyd • Danielle Thornton • Stephen Cuttriss

1:30pm ACST

From Panic to Practice: Putting AI to Work in Evaluation Rooms 1+2Magdeline Hawkins • Dorothea Huber

2:00pm ACST

An open discussion on research and evaluation that works for remote communities Waterfront 3Mardi Grundy • Jillian Marsh • Laura Bird • Kate Dixon

2:30pm ACST

When Worlds Collide: Evaluation at the Intersection of Policy, Curriculum and School Improvement Hall 2Duncan Rintoul • Zina Baghi • Annette Waters

9:00am ACST

Plenary: Selwyn Button "Insight that Delivers: How Good Evaluation Shapes Better Policy and Practice", and handover to aes27 Hall 2Alison Reedy • Selwyn Button • Robert Grimshaw

10:30am ACST

Making space, valuing place: in and through higher education evaluation Waterfront 3Kira Duggan • Nathan Towney • Matt Lumb • Monica McKenzie

11:30am ACST

One dataset, many destinations: Building evaluation routes to policy impact and systems change Waterfront 3Kira Duggan • Annabel Prescott

1:30pm ACST

Learnings from the field: why prisoner voice matters in the evaluation of criminogenic programs Rooms 3+4Benedicta Rousseau • Paula Shaw • Syl Johns

2:00pm ACST

Making Outcomes Stick: A Practical Approach to Collecting Evaluation-Ready data in a Complex Environment Waterfront 3Trina O'Donnell • Themis Antony

2:30pm ACST

Closing plenary: Emily Gates "When “What’s Right” is Contested: Ethical Reflexivity in Systemic Change" Hall 2Jess Dart • Emily Gates • Kim Grey