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Wednesday, September 16
 

9:00am ACST

Opening plenary: Welcome to Country followed by Robyn Ober "Being comfortable with discomfort"
Wednesday September 16, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am ACST
Hall 2
Welcome to Country Opening address: President, Australian Evaluation SocietyBeing comfortable with discomfortRobyn Ober, Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, Lead Researcher and EducatorThis keynote challenges evaluators and commissioners to get comfortable with discomfort, and to rethink what ethical, rigorous evaluation looks like when it happens on Country.Responding to...
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Robyn Ober

Lead Researcher and Educator, Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
Robyn is a Mamu/Djirribal woman from Far North Queensland. She is a Lead Researcher and educator at Batchelor Institute and has extensive experience in the Northern Territory that spans three decades. She is well renowned for her expertise of both-ways pedagogy, working to combine... Read More →
Wednesday September 16, 2026 9:00am - 10:30am ACST
Hall 2
  Plenary

11:00am ACST

Beyond Silos: A Technology–Evaluation Partnership Building a Digital Data Pipeline
Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:00am - 11:30am ACST
Waterfront 2
Authors: Kristine Tuban, Save the Children, Martin Holmstrand, Save the ChildrenThis presentation showcases MEAL Uplift, a regional initiative by Save the Children Australia that strengthens digital monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) across Pacific Country Offices through a close partnership between programme teams, MEAL, and the Technology team. The presentation focuses...
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Kristine Tuban

Regional Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, And Learning Technical Adviser, Save the Children
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Martin Holmstrand

Technical Data Lead, Save the Children
Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:00am - 11:30am ACST
Waterfront 2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Boundaries and bridges

11:00am ACST

How should we evaluate legal policy?
Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:00am - 11:30am ACST
Waterfront 1
Authors: Caitlin Morton, Maggie Hawkins (Attorney General's Department)This session poses the question – how should we evaluate legal policy? Evaluators across all sectors encounter legal frameworks, yet few forums explicitly address how law itself can and should be evaluated. This session seeks to help carve out that space within evaluation practice. Strong approaches to evaluating legal policy...
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Caitlin Morton

Acting Director
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Maggie Hawkins

Evaluation Lead, Attorney General's Department
Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:00am - 11:30am ACST
Waterfront 1 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Ethics and integrity

11:00am ACST

Two Worlds Evaluation: Shifting power back to community and embedding Indigenous Data Sovereignty in practice
Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:00am - 11:30am ACST
Rooms 1+2
Authors: Jess Moniodis (North Australian Aboriginal Family Legal Service), Mona Roberts (North Australian Aboriginal Family Legal Service)This session will examine how NAAFLS is embedding Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Governance principles into program evaluation. Our evaluation applies Indigenous-led qualitative methodologies that are explicitly aligned with nationally recognised...
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Jess Moniodis

North Australian Aboriginal Family Legal Service
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Mona Roberts

North Australian Aboriginal Family Legal Service
Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:00am - 11:30am ACST
Rooms 1+2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Ethics and integrity

11:00am ACST

Application of Social Network Analysis (SNA) in evaluation within the social services context
Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:00am - 11:30am ACST
Rooms 3+4
Authors: Catherine Wade (Parenting Research Centre), Matt Healy (First Person Consulting), Fiona May (Parenting Research Centre)Social Network Analysis (SNA) is a systems methodology that maps and measures the relationships between actors in a system - revealing how information flows, where influence sits, and where collaboration can be strengthened. While widely used in research and policy...
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Matt Healey

Principal Consultant | Co-Founder, First Person Consulting
I'm Matt, Co-Founder of First Person Consulting. I work at the intersection of systems thinking, evaluation and design — helping people make sense of messy, complex problems with a healthy dose of humour and humility. I also co-host the It Depends Podcast, where the honest answer... Read More →
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Catherine Wade

Principal Research Specialist, Parenting Research Centre
Dr Catherine Wade is Principal Research Specialist at the Parenting Research Centre and a Research Affiliate with the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney. Catherine is leading a programme of research at the Parenting Research Centre investigating aspects of the... Read More →
Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:00am - 11:30am ACST
Rooms 3+4 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways

11:00am ACST

Practical ways to make space for place in the Evaluation of Regreening
Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:00am - 11:30am ACST
Waterfront 3
Author: Alice Muller, World VisionEvaluators and development practitioners need to understand how environmental changes impact and result from development programming.  Often finding practical ways to do is a challenge, particularly where complex environmental, biodiversity and climate systems are involved, and where evaluators and practitioners come from social or economic backgrounds with...
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Alice Muller

Senior Monitoring and Evidence Advisor, World Vision
An environmental scientist, working in international development, interested in evaluation and learning about all things community, trees, ecosystem restoration, climate action, scaling and systems transformation.  
I also really like coffee and chatting about gardening, travel and animal anecdotes if you need a break anytime... Read More →
Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:00am - 11:30am ACST
Waterfront 3 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways

11:00am ACST

Introduction to Evidence for New, Emerging and Non-Evaluators
Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm ACST
Hall 2
Author: Charlie Tulloch (Policy Performance)This session at the start of the conference orients new, emerging and non-evaluators to the types of topics and content they will encounter over the coming days. It provides a foundational overview of evidence-related fields (e.g. evidence, monitoring, evaluation, learning), debunks key concepts/language, offers insights into what evaluators do...
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Charlie Tulloch

Director, Policy Performance
Policy Performance is a proud conference sponsor! Charlie delivers evaluation projects, capability building support and drives public sector improvement. Charlie loves to help those who are new to evaluation or transitioning from related disciplines. He is a past AES Board member... Read More →
Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm ACST
Hall 2
  Special

11:30am ACST

When no one has time for evaluation - building learning cultures that survive pressure
Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:30am - 12:00pm ACST
Waterfront 1
Author: Su-Ann Drew (Grosvenor)​​​​Many organisations value evaluation in principle but struggle to sustain it in practice, particularly when time is limited, priorities shift, or politically sensitive issues arise. Under pressure, evaluation is often treated as an optional task rather than a way of thinking embedded in everyday work. This short paper examines what allows evaluative...
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Su-Ann Drew

Senior Manager, Grosvenor
Su-Ann is a Manager specialising in program evaluation within Grosvenor’s public sector advisory practice. Su-Ann has more than a decade of rich and diverse professional experience, which enables her to offer a unique perspective and critical lens to solving complex problems for... Read More →
Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:30am - 12:00pm ACST
Waterfront 1 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Roots and routes

11:30am ACST

Building culturally grounded evaluation, led by First Nations communities
Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm ACST
Rooms 1+2
Authors: Jen Lorains (Children's Ground), Veronica Doolan (Children's Ground), Pauline Grant (Children's Ground), Jackie Treeves (Children's Ground)For too long our people have been the subjects not the leaders of evaluation and research: “Our people have been researched to death. It’s time we researched ourselves back to life” (William Tilmouth, Senior Arrernte man). Children’s Ground...
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Jen Lorains

Director Research & Evaluation, Childrens Ground
Jen Lorains is the Director of Research & Evaluation at Children’s Ground. She works with each community to evaluate and evidence the impact of Children’s Ground’s empowerment, systems reform and integrated service platform.

Jen has undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications in applied social research and over 15 years experience designing and undertaking research and evaluation with communities and services. Her interest lies in working with communities to implement and evaluate approaches (within... Read More →
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Veronica Doolan

Children's Ground
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Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm ACST
Rooms 1+2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways

11:30am ACST

Building your first AI evaluation assistant: From setup to first analysis
Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm ACST
Rooms 3+4
Authors: Ethel Karskens (Clear Horizon), Maree Dibella (Clear Horizon)What participants will learn: This hands-on session teaches evaluators how to configure and use AI assistants for real evaluation tasks. Participants will leave with a working AI tool customised for their own work, whether that's coding interview transcripts, analysing open-ended survey responses, or synthesising progress...
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Ethel Karskens

Head Of Digital, Clear Horizon
I lead the data and insights strategy of Clear Horizon. This includes dashboard development and other data solutions to create insights for our clients.
I am interested in innovation, data for good, and creating a data-driven culture in organisations.
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Maree Dibella

Senior Digital Consultant, Clear Horizon
Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm ACST
Rooms 3+4 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways

11:30am ACST

What makes place-based evaluation different?
Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm ACST
Waterfront 3
Authors: Lorraine Heywood, Treasury, Suzanne Butler, Treasury, Jessica Smart, AIFS
This panel discussion and Q&A will provide a lively and thought-provoking discussion about the differences between traditional program evaluation and place-based evaluation, with panel members sharing their experience and examples from different organisational perspectives across the field. 
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Jessica Smart

Research Fellow, AIFS
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Suzanne Butler

Director, Place-based Evaluation and Wellbeing Unit, Department of Treasury
Suzanne currently leads a team in the Australian Centre for Evaluation (ACE) responsible for embedding good evaluation principles and practices across government and fostering an evaluative culture that supports continuous learning about what works, why, and for whom. This includes... Read More →
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Lorraine Heywood

Assistant Director, Department of Treasury
Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm ACST
Waterfront 3 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways

11:30am ACST

What! No survey? Introducing the Collective Noticing Method (CNM)
Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm ACST
Waterfront 2
Author: Jess Dart, Clear HorizonThis paper introduces the Collective Noticing Method (CNM) and explores its relevance for measurement, evaluation and learning (MEL). Developed by the author, CNM offers evaluators and changemakers a collaborative way to notice, learn from, and respond to subtle and emerging changes. It is a rigorous yet flexible method with a strong focus on learning and collective...
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Jess Dart

CEO, Clear Horizon
Dr Jess Dart is the founder and Chief Evaluator of Clear Horizon, an Australian-based specialist evaluation company. Having received the 2018 Outstanding Contribution to Evaluation Award from the Australian Evaluation Society (AES), Jess is a recognised leader with over 25 years of... Read More →
Wednesday September 16, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm ACST
Waterfront 2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways

12:00pm ACST

The ethics of independence – what does ‘independent evaluation’ mean in 2026?
Wednesday September 16, 2026 12:00pm - 12:30pm ACST
Hall 2
Author: Jo van Twest Farmer (Rooftop Social)Independence is often posited as a primary means of ensuring evaluation is rigorous, trustworthy and fair. Independence is Norm 4 of the United Nation’s Evaluation Group Norms and Standards for Evaluation (2016), which states it is “necessary for credibility”. Built into this standard are two concepts – behavioural independence (evaluating...
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Jo van Twest Farmer

Rooftop Social
Wednesday September 16, 2026 12:00pm - 12:30pm ACST
Hall 2
  Boundaries and bridges

12:00pm ACST

The Reckoning
Wednesday September 16, 2026 12:00pm - 12:30pm ACST
Waterfront 1
Author: Salli Cohen (The Policy Room)This presentation explores the uncomfortable space where policy and evaluation structurally reinforce harm. Its objective is to challenge assumptions of neutrality and examine how evaluative frameworks can either illuminate or obscure inequity. The core argument is threefold: (1) evaluation and policy are never neutral and must interrogate power; (2) systems...
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Salli Cohen

Founder, The Policy Room
Wednesday September 16, 2026 12:00pm - 12:30pm ACST
Waterfront 1 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Ethics and integrity

1:30pm ACST

Plenary: Lígia Teixeira "From evidence to impact: reclaiming evaluation as a means to an end"
Wednesday September 16, 2026 1:30pm - 2:30pm ACST
Hall 2
From evidence to impact: reclaiming evaluation as a means to an endLígia Teixeira, Founder and Chief Executive of the Centre for Homelessness ImpactEvaluation has never been more sophisticated, yet many challenges it seeks to address remain stubbornly persistent. Across sectors, we generate high-quality evidence, but too often struggle to translate it into meaningful, sustained impact. The...
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Lígia Teixeira

Founder and Chief Executive, Centre for Homelessness Impact
Dr Lígia Teixeira is the Founder and Chief Executive of the Centre for Homelessness Impact , part of the UK Government’s What Works Network. She works with governments and cities to rethink how homelessness is understood and addressed – using data, evidence, and experimentation... Read More →
Wednesday September 16, 2026 1:30pm - 2:30pm ACST
Hall 2
  Plenary

2:30pm ACST

Evaluation as a Bridge: The Multiple Hats of MEL in Scaling Government-led Graduation Programmes
Wednesday September 16, 2026 2:30pm - 3:00pm ACST
Waterfront 3
Authors: Kristian Paolo Torres, BRAC Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative, Tania Dora Warokka, BRAC Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative, Arnaldo Pellini, BRAC Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative Programmes aiming to influence governance systems and policy reforms—particularly those using experimental approaches—require MEL functions that are able to move across design, strategy, context...
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Kristian Paolo Torres

Research, Evaluation, and Knowledge Management Specialist, BRAC Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative
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Tania Dora Warokka

Senior MEL and Research Analyst, BRAC Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative
Wednesday September 16, 2026 2:30pm - 3:00pm ACST
Waterfront 3 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Boundaries and bridges

2:30pm ACST

Epistemic Justice: victim survivors of child sexual abuse as co-evaluators
Wednesday September 16, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm ACST
Waterfront 1
Authors: Nic Vogelpoel (Day Four Projects), Malika Reese (Lived Experience Advisor), Sandra Collins (Lived Experience Advisor)What happens when evaluation is not just informed by lived experience, but led by it?This presentation offers a rare, practice-based account of a lived experience-led evaluation undertaken with the National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse, where victim...
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Nic Vogelpoel

Director, Day Four Projects
We specialise in the theory and practice of good collaboration. We have a particular interest in learning and evaluation for partnerships, platforms and collaborative initiatives. We work with international and domestic partners from multilateral organisations, governments, NGOs... Read More →
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Malika Reese

Lived Experience Advisor
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Wednesday September 16, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm ACST
Waterfront 1 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Boundaries and bridges

2:30pm ACST

Using partnering principles to navigate power and ethics in evaluation
Wednesday September 16, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm ACST
Rooms 1+2
Author: Dana Cross (Grosvenor)Effective evaluation increasingly depends on strong partnerships across communities, commissioners, service providers and evaluators. Yet partnering is often guided by goodwill rather than shared principles, leaving teams vulnerable to power imbalances, ethical drift and unspoken assumptions. This skill building session focuses on principles-based partnering, defined...
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Dana Cross

Associate Director, Grosvenor Public Sector Advisory
Dana is a public sector expert, possessing over 17 years of deep experience advising government organisations on program evaluation, organisational review, service optimisation and performance management. She is a member of Grosvenor’s Executive Leadership Team as Head of Strategy... Read More →
Wednesday September 16, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm ACST
Rooms 1+2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Ethics and integrity

2:30pm ACST

Ignites
Wednesday September 16, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm ACST
Waterfront 2
Who really benefits from a program and how? Using personae to enrich logic models.Author: Fiona Scott-Melton, Allen + ClarkeNot everyone experiences a program the same way. Yet logic models tend to obscure differences between population groups experiences, needs and aspirations. Incorporating personae helps address this limitation. By representing distinct population groups within a logic model,...
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Robert Grimshaw

Evaluation Manager, ATO
Robert works in the Australian Taxation Office Evaluation Hub, helping business areas to build their evaluation culture, capacity and practice. This includes providing advice and support for using fit-for-purpose evaluation to inform evidence-based policy and program delivery, and... Read More →
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Kirstin Clements

Partner Impact & Evaluation, Arts Centre Melbourne
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Katie Ronson

Evaluation Associate, Creative Australia
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Fiona Scott-Melton

Performance And Impact Lead, Allen + Clarke
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Louise Parker

Disaster Ready MEL Coordinator, Alinea International
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Feby Savira

Research Fellow, Deakin University
Wednesday September 16, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm ACST
Waterfront 2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Ignite session

2:30pm ACST

Beyond Symbolic Inclusion - Building a Collective Mandate for Indigenous-Led Understanding Measurement Evaluation & Learning (UMEL)
Wednesday September 16, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm ACST
Hall 2
Author: Liz Wren (Gilibanga)Overview: For too long, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander practitioners have navigated a ‘middle space’—a complex intersection where Cultural obligations to Community and Country often collide with the rigid, competitive structures of Western bureaucracy. This session, presented by Gilibanga, synthesises critical insights from the Gilibanga Blak Think...
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Wednesday September 16, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm ACST
Hall 2
  Traditional and new ways

2:30pm ACST

Interrogating problem representations in evaluation: Are we solving the right problems?
Wednesday September 16, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm ACST
Rooms 3+4
Authors: Andrew Boyle
Development programs often focus on whether interventions achieve intended outcomes, yet comparatively little attention is given to how the problems those interventions seek to address are defined. The way a problem is represented shapes which interventions are considered possible, influencing theories of change, program design, and the evaluation questions that follow.
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Andrew Boyle

Andrew Boyle Consulting

Wednesday September 16, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm ACST
Rooms 3+4 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways

3:00pm ACST

The case for key monitoring questions in simplifying performance frameworks
Wednesday September 16, 2026 3:00pm - 3:30pm ACST
Waterfront 3
Author: Jack Rutherford, ARTDHave you ever felt that the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework you developed or had to implement was potentially too complicated? This presentation introduces Key Monitoring Questions (KMQs); a novel approach that builds on the well‑established logic of Results‑Based Accountability (RBA) to simplify M&E frameworks while strengthening their usefulness for...
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Jack Rutherford

Manager, ARTD
Jack joined ARTD in 2018 after completing his Honours thesis in behavioural ecology the previous year, during which he tried to teach colours to jumping spiders. He augments his skills and insights from ecology to the public policy ecosystem, thinking critically about evaluation and analysis... Read More →
Wednesday September 16, 2026 3:00pm - 3:30pm ACST
Waterfront 3 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways

4:00pm ACST

Developmental Evaluation or a Learning Organisation?
Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:00pm - 4:30pm ACST
Waterfront 2
Author: Caroline Henwood, The Ian Potter FoundationIncreasingly organisations are leaning into the “L” in MEL. Learning is a critical component of evaluation it is the opportunity to turn findings and insights into something practical to inform adaptation. However, evaluators often reflect on the report on the desk, or of evaluations occurring after decisions are made. Shifting the focus to...
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Caroline Henwood

Research, Evaluation and Learning Manager, Ian Potter Foundation
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Laura Bird

Paul Ramsay Foundation
Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:00pm - 4:30pm ACST
Waterfront 2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Boundaries and bridges

4:00pm ACST

Cultural Wisdom and Story Gathering Artefact: A two-worlds approach to developing culturally responsive evaluation practice
Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:00pm - 4:30pm ACST
Rooms 1+2
Authors: Jessi Gidgup-Lovett (Rooftop Social), Duncan Rintoul (Rooftop Social)First Nations peoples of Australia have evaluated outcomes, impacts and responsibilities since time immemorial through Indigenous systems of lore, knowledge and accountability to Country, kin and future generations. The Cultural Wisdom and Story Gathering Artefact (CWISGA) responds to this context by reframing...
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Jessi Gidgup-Lovett

Rooftop Social
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Duncan Rintoul

Managing Director, Rooftop Social
Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:00pm - 4:30pm ACST
Rooms 1+2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Ethics and integrity

4:00pm ACST

Who Shapes What Counts? Collaboration as Ethical Design in Large-Scale Evaluation
Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:00pm - 4:30pm ACST
Waterfront 1
Author: Stefano Verrelli (The Salvation Army)How do you build a national outcomes framework without flattening local realities, sidelining frontline practice wisdom, or reducing lived experience to an input rather than a shaping influence?This presentation shares insights from an outcomes and impact evaluation of one of Australia’s largest homelessness service providers, spanning more than 100...
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Stefano Verrelli

Research Analyst, The Salvation Army
I am a researcher and evaluator in The Salvation Army's research and outcomes measurement team. I care deeply about using rigorous, inclusive, and accessible research methods to address social justice issues.
I earned my PhD in experimental social psychology from The University of Sydney in 2019 and have over a decade of research experience in the field of applied behavioural science. In previous roles, my work primarily focused on understanding the causes and consequences of prejudice... Read More →
Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:00pm - 4:30pm ACST
Waterfront 1 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Ethics and integrity

4:00pm ACST

Evaluating accommodation needs of at-risk/homeless young people in the Northern Territory: A layered evaluation model
Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:00pm - 4:30pm ACST
Hall 2
Authors: Ian Falk (Mission Australia), Paul Royce (Mission Australia) Evaluation can often be treated as a technical process, shaped by existing evaluative ‘types’, such as formative, summative, realist evaluation among others, and often focused on program performance and measurable outcomes. In complex, place-based contexts such as youth homelessness in Australia’s...
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Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:00pm - 4:30pm ACST
Hall 2
  Traditional and new ways

4:00pm ACST

Making space for influence: Danjoo Koorliny and decolonising evaluation to measure systems change
Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:00pm - 4:30pm ACST
Waterfront 3
Author: Doyen Radcliffe, Bajja Yungayimanha CollaborationIndigenous-led systems change often begins with shifts in cultural authority, relationships, trust and institutional behaviour—long before formal outcomes or policy reform become visible. Yet many evaluation approaches continue to prioritise measurable outputs and short-term results, overlooking the relational, cultural and ethical...
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Doyen Radcliffe

CEO & AES Fellow, Bajja Yungayimanha Collaboration
Doyen Radcliffe is a Yamatji Naaguja man from the Midwest Region of Western Australia. Doyen is a community minded individual with a passion for empowering Indigenous communities to reach their real potential to improve quality of life, health, social and economic wellbeing, and inclusion... Read More →
Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:00pm - 4:30pm ACST
Waterfront 3 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways

4:00pm ACST

Strategy evaluation. Does it have to be this hard?
Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:00pm - 4:30pm ACST
Rooms 3+4
Authors: David Stuart (Creative Australia)Strategies are everywhere involving all sorts of topics and all kinds of goals, actions and stakeholders.  Strategy defines important goals and outlines how an organisation's activities will meet those goals. You would think that strategy and evaluation were great friends. But why is strategy evaluation so low profile in evaluation literature, and so...
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David Stuart

Director Evaluation And Impact Measurement, Creative Australia
Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:00pm - 4:30pm ACST
Rooms 3+4 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways

4:30pm ACST

Professional isolation in evaluation: AES members’ experiences, and ways to strengthen peer connection and community
Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm ACST
Hall 2
Authors: Martina Donkers, Julie ElliottProfessional isolation is an experience that, ironically, many evaluators share. As evaluators, we often find ourselves in a team of one – the only evaluator in the room, the only evaluator at the organisation, one bringing an evaluative lens to the problem. This can be hard. It can feel like people are turning to us for more answers than we...
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Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm ACST
Hall 2
  Boundaries and bridges

4:30pm ACST

Ignites
Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm ACST
Waterfront 2
Why you should leave evaluation (and come back!)Author: Delyth Lloyd, Australian Centre for EvaluationAfter 15 years as an AES member, I stepped away from evaluation for a one-year hiatus. What began as a brief stint in an implementation role quickly transitioned into a fast and furious year using every evaluation skill I had to offer. I negotiated in hard spaces, navigated power dynamics, held...
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Delyth Lloyd

Director, Australian Centre for Evaluation
This year I'll be chasing interesting new ideas in capacity building, competncies, and facilitation. You'll find me on a quest to up my game in systems thinking, eval theory and methods, and pondering the intersection between rigour and pragmatic evaluation.
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Estelle Gaillard

Evaluation Officer, CSIRO
I am a social scientist currently working as the Evaluation Officer for the CSIRO Industry PhD (iPhD) Program. 
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Amanda Taylor-Short

Senior Consultant, ARTD
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Anabelle (pin chu) Chen

President/Evaluator, Taiwan Pride
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Heather Bryan

Consultant, First Person Consulting
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Louise Parker

Disaster Ready MEL Coordinator, Alinea International
Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm ACST
Waterfront 2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Ignite session

4:30pm ACST

Centring Indigenous worldviews: Warlpiri and the Itaukei Trust Affairs Board case learning
Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm ACST
Rooms 1+2
Authors: Alexander Gyles (La Trobe University), Allan Mua Illingworth (Muaakia Consulting), Glenda Napaljarri Wayne (La Trobe University), Mildred Napaljarri Spencer (La Trobe University), Raelene Jigili (Central Land Council), Marilyn Vilsoni (Solve Pacific)“How might we most appropriately track and describe change about impact and wellbeing in Indigenous Australian and Fijian...
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Alexander Gyles

Research Fellow - Monitoring and Evaluation, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
Alex Gyles is a Research Fellow working in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) at the Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University. He works closely with Marlkirdi Rose Napaljarri on the YWPP project and finds fieldwork with the YWPP team an exciting learning... Read More →
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Glenda Napaljarri Wayne

Glenda Wayne Napaljarri is a community researcher on the YWPP
project from Yuendumu. She has developed her practice working
as an adult literacy tutor in Yuendumu’s Community Learning
Centre. In addition to conducting research in her home community
of Yuendumu, Glenda has travelled... Read More →
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Marilyn Vilisoni

Managing Director, Solve Pacific
Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm ACST
Rooms 1+2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways

4:30pm ACST

Evaluating projects using social capital framework in refugee communities in Australia
Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm ACST
Waterfront 1
Authors: Ali Rasoli (STARTTS), Samantha Cherian (STARTTS)Community development programs in refugee settlement contexts are often evaluated using frameworks designed for clinical or mainstream service environments. These approaches can struggle to capture the trauma-related, relational, collective and culturally embedded forms of change that occur in refugee communities.In response to this gap, the...
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Ali Rasoli

Team Leader - Community Development Evaluation, STARTTS
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Samantha Cherian

Community Development Evaluation Officer, STARTTS
Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm ACST
Waterfront 1 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways

4:30pm ACST

Managing the eight main enemies of evaluative thinking
Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm ACST
Rooms 3+4
Authors: Samantha AbbatoLearning objective: Participants will be able to identify and practise managing the eight major enemies of evaluative thinking in evaluation contexts.Why this skill matters: Even experienced evaluators fall prey to thinking traps. Individual biases (including emotional reasoning, fast thinking, confirmation bias and overconfidence) undermine rigour. Group biases such as...
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Samantha Abbato

Director, Visual Insights People
My twenty-plus years of evaluation experience are built on academic training in qualitative and quantitative disciplines, including mathematics, health science, epidemiology, biostatistics, and medical anthropology. I am passionate about effective communication and evaluation capacity-building... Read More →
Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm ACST
Rooms 3+4 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways

4:30pm ACST

Two-way learning through evaluation: An innovative Indigenous-led initiative enacting developmental evaluation at the cultural interface
Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm ACST
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Authors: Samantha Togni, S2 Consulting, Robyn Napurrurla Lawson, Central Land Council, Verona Nungarrayi Jurrah, Central Land Council, David Japanangka McCormack, Central Land Council, Belinda Napaljarri Wayne, Central Land CouncilFor decades Indigenous peoples have led, and advocated for, evaluation that centres Indigenous ways of knowing and being and that promotes cultural...
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Samantha Togni

Evaluation Consultant, S2 Consulting
Samantha Togni is an evaluation and social research consultant based in Alice Springs. She has more than 20 years’ experience in Indigenous health and wellbeing research and evaluation, working with rural and remote Aboriginal organisations in northern and central Australia. Her... Read More →
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Robyn Napurrurla Lawson

Director, Central Land Council
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Belinda Napaljarri Wayne

Central Land Council
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David Japanangka McCormack

Central Land Council
Wednesday September 16, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm ACST
Waterfront 3 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways
 
Thursday, September 17
 

9:00am ACST

Plenary: Bagele Chilisa "Making Space, Valuing Place: The 21st Century Evaluation Paradigms Challenge"
Thursday September 17, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am ACST
Hall 2
Making Space, Valuing Place: The 21st Century Evaluation Paradigms ChallengeBagele Chilisa (Botswana), Professor of the Post Graduate Research and Evaluation Programme, University of BotswanaEvaluation systems are under pressure to deliver credible evidence that strengthens decisions, responds to place and context, and envisions the future. This talk invites us to improve policy effectiveness by...
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Bagele Chilisa

Professor of the Post Graduate Research and Evaluation Programme, University of Botswana
Bagele [Med, MA EdD (Research Design, Measurement, Statistics and Evaluation)] is a globally recognised scholar and a leading African thought leader who has written extensively on decolonizing research and evaluation methodologies. She currently drives the thinking on a Fifth research... Read More →
Thursday September 17, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am ACST
Hall 2
  Plenary

10:30am ACST

What works for whom? Developmental evaluation of a domestic violence prevention pilot for young men
Thursday September 17, 2026 10:30am - 11:00am ACST
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Authors: Simon Alaba, ARTD Consultants, Rachel Aston, ARTD, Brad Astbury, University of MelbournePrimary prevention programs targeting boys and young men at risk of using violence operate in a space where the evidence base is still developing, and knowing what works, for whom, and in what circumstances, is far from settled.This presentation draws on 3 years of developmental evaluation of...
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Simon Alaba

Senior Consultant, ARTD
Thursday September 17, 2026 10:30am - 11:00am ACST
Waterfront 2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Boundaries and bridges

10:30am ACST

Philanthropy and Evaluation – What Gives?
Thursday September 17, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am ACST
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Author: Rick CummingsIt is estimated that about $2.4 billion was given in philanthropic and charitable causes in Australian in 2021(Philanthropy Australia, 2021, A Blueprint to Grow Structured Giving).  This is a very significant amount and yet there is little if any research on how these funds and programs are evaluated. We are proposing a panel discussion moderated by a Fellow using a café...
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Rick Cummings

Emeritus Professor, Murdoch University
Rick Cummings is an Emeritus Professor in Public Policy at Murdoch University. He has 40 years of experience conducting evaluation studies in education, training, health, and crime prevention primarily for the state and commonwealth government agencies and the World Bank. He currently... Read More →
Thursday September 17, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am ACST
Waterfront 3 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Boundaries and bridges

10:30am ACST

From Paper to People: Community-Centred Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning for Vanuatu Education & Training Sector
Thursday September 17, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am ACST
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Authors: Jill Juliane Wai, Vanuatu Australia Education Support Program, Fremden Yanhambath, Vanuatu Australia Education Support Program, Ellis Silas, Vanuatu Skills PartnershipHow can MEL stay grounded in communities while producing findings useful to decision-makers and participants? Panel draws on the Vanuatu Australia Education Support Program and Vanuatu Skills Partnership...
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Jill Juliane Wai

Planning and Systems Coordinator, Vanuatu Australia Education Support Program
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Fremden Yanhambath

Team Leader, Vanuatu Australia Education Support Program
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Ellis Silas

Quality Systems Manager, Vanuatu Skills Partnership
Mr. Ellis Silas is a 38yr old male, currently employed under the Vanuatu Skills Partnership (an Australian Government funded program in Vanuatu) as the Quality Systems Manager. His key role is to be responsible for the ongoing consolidation of an effective implementation and monitoring... Read More →
Thursday September 17, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am ACST
Waterfront 1 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Ethics and integrity

10:30am ACST

Scalability and scaling in and across place: A practical framework for complexity-informed evaluation practice
Thursday September 17, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am ACST
Rooms 3+4
Author: Matt Healey (First Person Consulting)Scaling is often treated as a straightforward ambition: test an intervention in one place, then replicate it in others. In complex systems, and particularly in place-based settings where challenges are systemically entrenched in local history, relationships and power, this logic breaks down. What works is frequently inseparable from where and with whom...
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Matt Healey

Principal Consultant | Co-Founder, First Person Consulting
I'm Matt, Co-Founder of First Person Consulting. I work at the intersection of systems thinking, evaluation and design — helping people make sense of messy, complex problems with a healthy dose of humour and humility. I also co-host the It Depends Podcast, where the honest answer... Read More →
Thursday September 17, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am ACST
Rooms 3+4 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Roots and routes

10:30am ACST

"Yalalamirri mala-djarr’yun – “and then we check” Understanding and sensemaking the Yolŋu way"
Thursday September 17, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am ACST
Hall 2
Authors: Melanie Williams (ARDS Aboriginal Corporation), Gawura Waṉambi (ARDS Aboriginal Corporation, Sylvia Ŋulpinditj (ARDS Aboriginal Corporation), Wuṯpurrŋu Wununŋmurra (ARDS Aboriginal Corporation) Yolŋu people are the Indigenous people from Northeast Arnhem Land. Yolŋu have their own strong ways of watching carefully, seeing small signs, and knowing when something in...
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Melanie Williams

ARDS Aboriginal Corporation
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Gawura Waṉambi

ARDS Aboriginal Corporation
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Sylvia Ŋulpinditj

ARDS Aboriginal Corporation
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Maminydjama Maymuru

ARDS Aboriginal Corporation
Thursday September 17, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am ACST
Hall 2
  Traditional and new ways

10:30am ACST

Challenging power through MEL: What can Australian and international development evaluators learn from each other?
Thursday September 17, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am ACST
Rooms 1+2
Authors: Elisabeth Jackson (Centre For Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University), Thushara Dibley Centre For Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University, Shane D'Angelo Centre For Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University) This roundtable explores MEL as a practice that can challenge existing power structures and strengthen community voices....
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Elisabeth Jackson

Senior Research Fellow, La Trobe University - Centre For Human Security and Social Change
Dr Elisabeth Jackson is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Human Security and Social Change where she conducts research and evaluation in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. She is currently co-leading an impact evaluation of a program working with diverse marginalised groups... Read More →
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Thushara Dibley

Centre For Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
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Shane D'Angelo

Centre For Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
Thursday September 17, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am ACST
Rooms 1+2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways

11:00am ACST

When tools meet context: Piloting the WM2A wellbeing measure in Top End renal care
Thursday September 17, 2026 11:00am - 11:30am ACST
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Author: Victoria Thanasos, Menzies School of Health ResearchIntroducing new tools into complex health service environments is rarely straightforward, particularly where they intersect with diverse ways of knowing, being, and valuing. This short paper shares insights from piloting the What Matters 2 Adults (WM2A) tool with dialysis patients in the Top End of the Northern Territory, focusing on how...
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Victoria Thanasos

Research Project Coordinator and Phd Candidate, Menzies School Of Health Research
Thursday September 17, 2026 11:00am - 11:30am ACST
Waterfront 2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways

11:30am ACST

Creating Starlight’s First Social Impact Report: What We Learnt
Thursday September 17, 2026 11:30am - 12:00pm ACST
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Author: Claire Treadgold, Starlight Children's Foundation, Erika Fortunati, Starlight Children's Foundation Transparency and accountability are paramount for not-for-profit organisations, with public social impact reporting increasingly becoming an expected practice. While guidance on creating Social Impact Reports is growing in the field, there is still a paucity of clear and...
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Claire Treadgold

National Manager, Research & Evaluation, Starlight Children's Foundation
Dr Claire Treadgold is the National Manager of Research and Evaluation for Starlight Children’s Foundation and an Adjunct Associate Professor with the Discipline of Paediatrics,UNSW Medicine & Health, UNSW Sydney She has over twenty years' experience in for-purpose organisations... Read More →
Thursday September 17, 2026 11:30am - 12:00pm ACST
Waterfront 3 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Roots and routes

11:30am ACST

Case studies – an overlooked technique in evaluation?
Thursday September 17, 2026 11:30am - 12:00pm ACST
Waterfront 2
Authors: Alan Woodward, Alan Woodward Consulting, Leanne Kelly, Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin UniversityEvaluations of community-based and place-based programs regularly require methods capable of examining context, relationships, and emergent outcomes. While case studies are a long-standing qualitative research approach, they are often under-utilized or misunderstood within evaluation...
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Alan Woodward

Principal, Alan Woodward Consulting
My evaluation experience is broad, ranging from the conduct of evaluations of programs and services, the commissioning of evaluations, the engagement of communities on evaluation activities, the design of evaluation strategies and capacity building within organisations. I work in... Read More →
Thursday September 17, 2026 11:30am - 12:00pm ACST
Waterfront 2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways

11:30am ACST

Ubuntu in Evaluation Practice: Bridging Traditional African Ways of Knowing with Contemporary Program Evaluation
Thursday September 17, 2026 11:30am - 12:00pm ACST
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Author: Gerald Onsando, Ubuntu Impact Consulting This short paper presents an Ubuntu-informed evaluation of the Black Rhinos Basketball Program, a grassroots community crime prevention initiative supporting young African Australians in metropolitan Melbourne. The topic centres on how traditional African ways of knowing, being, and valuing – specifically the African philosophy of Ubuntu...
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Gerald Onsando

Principal Consultant, Ubuntu Impact Consulting
Thursday September 17, 2026 11:30am - 12:00pm ACST
Waterfront 1 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways

11:30am ACST

When the story turns against the evidence: Navigating media scrutiny as evaluators
Thursday September 17, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm ACST
Rooms 3+4
Authors: Stephanie Carter (Healthconsult), Megan Anderson (Healthconsult), Felicity Miles (Healthconsult) Evaluation findings do not exist in a vacuum. Evaluators increasingly operate in environments where public and media narratives form alongside, and sometimes ahead of, emerging evidence. In some cases, this scrutiny is heightened even when programs are demonstrating early signs...
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Stephanie Carter

Healthconsult
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Megan Anderson

Healthconsult
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Felicity Miles

Healthconsult
Thursday September 17, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm ACST
Rooms 3+4 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Ethics and integrity

11:30am ACST

Evaluating with the Vanua: A Practical Framework for Relational, Place Based Evaluation in Indigenous Contexts
Thursday September 17, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm ACST
Rooms 1+2
Author: Elisabeta ToravaEvaluation practice in Indigenous communities across the Pacific and Australia often rely on Western tools that overlook relational obligations, kinship structures, and place based ethics. This session introduces a practical, culturally grounded evaluation approach based on vanua ontology, a relational worldview that positions land, people, and relationships as...
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Elisabeta Torava

Monash University
Thursday September 17, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm ACST
Rooms 1+2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways

11:30am ACST

Walking in Two Worlds: evaluating First Nations programs in the public sector
Thursday September 17, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm ACST
Hall 2
Authors: Anna Rasalingam (Attorney-General’s Department), Daniel Maher (Attorney-General’s Department) This presentation will demonstrate an example of an internal government evaluation team working with First Nations communities in both traditional and new ways. It will cover the experience of a First Nations-led evaluation team evaluating a Federal Government program, actively...
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Thursday September 17, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm ACST
Hall 2
  Traditional and new ways

12:00pm ACST

Embedding Ethical Practice in an Evaluation Across Diverse Communities: Lessons from Bangladesh
Thursday September 17, 2026 12:00pm - 12:30pm ACST
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Authors: Maud Mukova-Moses, Fred Hollows Foundation, A K M Badrul, Huq Fred Hollows Foundation, Jagath Happuhannadige, Fred Hollows FoundationReflecting on a predominantly qualitative evaluation, this paper explores how internally led evaluation can strengthen ethical practice, integrity, and inclusion in complex program settings. Drawing on The Fred Hollows Foundation’s mid-term...
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Jagath Happuhannadige

Senior Program Quality Advisor, Fred Hollows Foundation
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Maud Mukova-Moses

Fred Hollows Foundation
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A K M Badrul Huq

Senior Program Manager - Bangladesh, The Fred Hollows Foundation
I am a development professional with approximately 16 years of experience, including eight years of engagement in evaluation-related work. My professional expertise includes monitoring and evaluation, disability inclusion, health program development, strategic planning, and evidence-informed... Read More →
Thursday September 17, 2026 12:00pm - 12:30pm ACST
Waterfront 1 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Ethics and integrity

12:00pm ACST

Impact beyond food: How Community Pantries function as places of social connection
Thursday September 17, 2026 12:00pm - 12:30pm ACST
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Author: Joanne Cummings, Anglicare SydneyCommunity food programs are commonly assessed through output-focused lenses, emphasising quantities of food or financial relief provided. This paper draws on a mixed methods evaluation of Anglicare Sydney’s Community Pantry program to argue for an expanded evaluative frame that recognises community pantries as third spaces—informal, non-commercial...
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Joanne Cummings

Senior Researcher, Anglicare Sydney
Thursday September 17, 2026 12:00pm - 12:30pm ACST
Waterfront 2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Ethics and integrity

12:00pm ACST

Evaluating ‘value for the public’: Public value as a framework for assessing impact
Thursday September 17, 2026 12:00pm - 12:30pm ACST
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Authors: Danielle Thornton, The Social Research Centre, Stephen Cuttriss, The Social Research Centre The concept of value is at the heart of evaluation, yet conventional approaches to assessing value tend to focus on effectiveness, utility or efficiency as defined by commissioning agencies and governments. Realist approaches can help push back against the insistence that programs...
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Danielle Thornton

Senior Research Consultant, The Social Research Centre
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Stephen Cuttriss

Research Director, The Social Research Centre
Thursday September 17, 2026 12:00pm - 12:30pm ACST
Waterfront 3 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Roots and routes

1:30pm ACST

Walking alongside each other at the pace of trust: how evaluation is only the destination
Thursday September 17, 2026 1:30pm - 2:00pm ACST
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Authors: Skye Gooch, Djirra, Rebecca Steunenberg, Djirra, Lesly Zambrano, Djirra ,Taylor Rawson, Djirra Djirra is proposing short paper presentation about our experience of designing a self-determined program and Monitoring and Evaluation Framework using an Aboriginal-led participatory approach for our specialist Alcohol and Other Drugs service. We aim to demonstrate...
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Skye Gooch

Manager of Individual Support Services, Djirra
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Rebecca Steunenberg

Team Leader of Alcohol and Other Drugs, Djirra
Thursday September 17, 2026 1:30pm - 2:00pm ACST
Waterfront 3 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Boundaries and bridges

1:30pm ACST

From Panic to Practice: Putting AI to Work in Evaluation
Thursday September 17, 2026 1:30pm - 2:00pm ACST
Rooms 1+2
Author: Dorothea HuberLessons management in emergency management typically relies on mixed method approaches, with qualitative analysis carrying much of the analytical burden. Evaluators are increasingly expected to synthesise large volumes of unstructured material under tight timeframes, often in resource constrained public sector environments. Against this backdrop, artificial intelligence...
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Thursday September 17, 2026 1:30pm - 2:00pm ACST
Rooms 1+2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Roots and routes

1:30pm ACST

Making Space for multiple perspectives: Collaborative design of Value for Investment evaluations
Thursday September 17, 2026 1:30pm - 2:00pm ACST
Waterfront 2
Author: Adrian Field, Dovetail ConsultingValue for Investment (VfI) is an emerging evaluation system that is gaining increasing traction internationally. The system is intentionally mixed methods, interdisciplinary and collaborative. It is this collaborative positioning of VfI that this presentation is focused. In VfI framing, value draws from multiple perspectives of what makes a programme,...
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Adrian Field

Director, Dovetail Consulting
Thursday September 17, 2026 1:30pm - 2:00pm ACST
Waterfront 2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways

1:30pm ACST

From commissioning to learning: how funders can help shape the conditions for meaningful evaluation
Thursday September 17, 2026 1:30pm - 2:30pm ACST
Hall 2
Authors: Ximena Avalos (Ian Potter Foundation), Caroline Henwood (Ian Potter Foundation), Sarah Neill (Paul Ramsay Foundation), Jen Lorains (Childrens Ground), Adriaan Wolvaardt (Minderoo) , David Stuart (Creative Australia)Philanthropy and other funding organisations play a powerful but often under examined role in shaping how evaluation is designed, resourced, interpreted,...
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Jen Lorains

Director Research & Evaluation, Childrens Ground
Jen Lorains is the Director of Research & Evaluation at Children’s Ground. She works with each community to evaluate and evidence the impact of Children’s Ground’s empowerment, systems reform and integrated service platform.

Jen has undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications in applied social research and over 15 years experience designing and undertaking research and evaluation with communities and services. Her interest lies in working with communities to implement and evaluate approaches (within... Read More →
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Ximena Avalos

Ian Potter Foundation
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Caroline Henwood

Research, Evaluation and Learning Manager, Ian Potter Foundation
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Sarah Neill

MERL Manager, Paul Ramsay Foundation
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David Stuart

Director Evaluation And Impact Measurement, Creative Australia
Thursday September 17, 2026 1:30pm - 2:30pm ACST
Hall 2
  Boundaries and bridges

1:30pm ACST

Process tracing in practice: testing causal claims with mixed evidence
Thursday September 17, 2026 1:30pm - 2:30pm ACST
Rooms 3+4
Author: Kizzy Gandy, Jacaranda PartnersLearning objective: Participants will be able to construct core and alternative hypotheses from a theory of change, design evidence tests to distinguish between them and make defensible causal claims.Contribution analysis is now widely used in Australian evaluation practice, but many evaluators stop short of the next step: systematically testing whether...
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Kizzy Gandy

Jacaranda Partners
Thursday September 17, 2026 1:30pm - 2:30pm ACST
Rooms 3+4 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Roots and routes

1:30pm ACST

Establishing an Indigenous owned and led evaluation process for the Timor-Leste Tais Weaving Ecosystem
Thursday September 17, 2026 1:30pm - 2:30pm ACST
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Authors: Nea Harrison, Pandanus Evaluation, Maria do Céu Lopes da SilvaThis presentation shares the journey by Timor-Aid and members of the Tais Weavers Network to develop an Indigenous evaluation process that supports intergenerational transmission of knowledge across Timor-Leste. The process of building evaluation skills and planning is beginning in Oé-cusse and will extend to...
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Nea Harrison

Director, Pandanus Evaluation
I have been an evaluator and member of the AES for over 20 years. I live in Darwin and work in Australian and international evaluation spaces.  I support government, non-government, First Nations, multilateral and community agencies to develop responsive, practical and rigorous MEL... Read More →
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Thursday September 17, 2026 1:30pm - 2:30pm ACST
Waterfront 1 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways

2:00pm ACST

An open discussion on research and evaluation that works for remote communities
Thursday September 17, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm ACST
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Authors: Jillian Marsh, School of Indigenous Australian Studies, Kate Dixon, Schools Plus, Laura Bird, Paul Ramsay FoundationThis panel features panellists representing all layers of the evaluation ecosystem, and focuses on an evaluation conducted in remote schools in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland. This panel discussion will centre on the question: How can we, as an...
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Jillian Marsh

Professor, Indigenous Knowledges, School Of Indigenous Australian Studies
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Laura Bird

Paul Ramsay Foundation
Thursday September 17, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm ACST
Waterfront 3 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Ethics and integrity

2:00pm ACST

Ignites
Thursday September 17, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm ACST
Waterfront 2
Cultural identity as a shield: Measuring the social value of Culture and KinshipAuthors: Louise Green, Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, Lily EdwardsThis presentation shares learnings from research by VACCHO and Victorian Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations (ACCOs), exploring how strengthening Identity and Cultural connectedness and practice, drives...
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Louise Green

Strategic Project Manager - Culture and Kinship, VACCHO
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Rodney Williams

Principal, Nous Group
Rodney is an Aboriginal man (Guwa/Koa) with diverse industry experience across the private, public and community sectors where he has held board, senior executive and management roles. He brings over 25 years’ experience in consulting, Indigenous economic development, banking and... Read More →
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Marilyn Vilisoni

Managing Director, Solve Pacific
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Lily Edwards

Project Officer, Wathaurong
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Megan Brewer

Director, Nous Group
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Trina O'Donnell

Director Of Strategic Projects, Bellberry
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Satib Nisha Khan Khan

Founder and CEO, Birth Fiji
Thursday September 17, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm ACST
Waterfront 2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Ignite session

2:00pm ACST

Is there room in the C-suite for evaluators?
Thursday September 17, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm ACST
Rooms 1+2
Authors: Dana Cross, Piacarmel Andrews, Lyn Alderman Across sectors, evaluators are increasingly seeking to move beyond assessing programs to shaping strategy, informing investment, strengthening accountability and supporting learning. Recent initiatives such as the Strengthening Evaluation in the Australian Government – Action Plan 2026–2030, with its emphasis on evaluation...
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Dana Cross

Associate Director, Grosvenor Public Sector Advisory
Dana is a public sector expert, possessing over 17 years of deep experience advising government organisations on program evaluation, organisational review, service optimisation and performance management. She is a member of Grosvenor’s Executive Leadership Team as Head of Strategy... Read More →
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Lyn Alderman

The Evaluators' Collective
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Thursday September 17, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm ACST
Rooms 1+2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Roots and routes

2:30pm ACST

Monitoring on a shoestring: How reproducible reporting can help make better use of data.
Thursday September 17, 2026 2:30pm - 3:00pm ACST
Rooms 3+4
Authors: Stephanie Quail (ARTD), Sophie Henness (ARTD)Non-government organisations (NGOs) and small organisations often face a range of barriers, such as limited funding and staffing, to collecting, analysing, and utilising client and program data to support continuous improvement and decision making. For these organisations, taking an empowerment evaluation approach, which enables them...
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Stephanie Quail

Senior Manager, ARTD
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Sophie Henness

ARTD Consultants
Thursday September 17, 2026 2:30pm - 3:00pm ACST
Rooms 3+4 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Boundaries and bridges

2:30pm ACST

When Worlds Collide: Evaluation at the Intersection of Policy, Curriculum and School Improvement
Thursday September 17, 2026 2:30pm - 3:00pm ACST
Hall 2
Authors: Zina Baghi (NSW Department Of Education), Annette Waters (NSW Department Of Education) What happens when evaluation is asked to make sense of a program that simultaneously spans curriculum reform, evidence-based resource design, data analytics and school capability-building - across thousands of schools, amid widespread disruption? This paper presents the findings of a process...
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Annette Waters

NSW Department Of Education
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Zina Baghi

NSW Department Of Education
Thursday September 17, 2026 2:30pm - 3:00pm ACST
Hall 2
  Boundaries and bridges

2:30pm ACST

Strengthening engagement with evaluation through the Signs of Success Framework
Thursday September 17, 2026 2:30pm - 3:00pm ACST
Waterfront 1
Authors: Giulia Capuzzo NSW DCCEEW, Liam Downing, Transport NSW, Tess Gordon, PLACEEvaluators increasingly face the challenge of conducting  evaluation in complex systems where diverse voices, shifting power dynamics and competing priorities shape both the process and products of evaluative work. This presentation shares practical insights from a Signs of Success (SoS) framework as...
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Giulia Capuzzo

Senior Project Officer Evaluation, NSW DCCEEW
Thursday September 17, 2026 2:30pm - 3:00pm ACST
Waterfront 1 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Roots and routes

3:30pm ACST

From insight to action: A pragmatic, participatory approach to improving cancer clinical trial systems
Thursday September 17, 2026 3:30pm - 4:00pm ACST
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Author: Cally Jennings, Commission On Excellence And Innovation In HealthChange in complex systems rarely fails because of a lack of ideas. It fails because people do not share a common understanding of what needs to change, or why. This presentation describes a pragmatic, participatory process used to develop shared priorities for improving cancer clinical trial start‑up across South...
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Cally Jennings

Strategic Lead - Research Translation And Impact, Commission On Excellence And Innovation In Health
Thursday September 17, 2026 3:30pm - 4:00pm ACST
Waterfront 3 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Boundaries and bridges

3:30pm ACST

Is the value of evaluation hiding in the shadows?
Thursday September 17, 2026 3:30pm - 4:00pm ACST
Rooms 3+4
Authors: Robert Grimshaw (Australian Taxation Office), Megan Lugg (Australian Taxation Office)As evaluation practitioners in a large government agency, we recognise the value of learning and insights created by applying evaluation thinking, tools and techniques at all stages of the policy or program life cycle. We’re less practiced however in naming and demonstrating to...
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Megan Lugg

Director, Evaluation and Performance Measurement, Australian Taxation Office
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Robert Grimshaw

Evaluation Manager, ATO
Robert works in the Australian Taxation Office Evaluation Hub, helping business areas to build their evaluation culture, capacity and practice. This includes providing advice and support for using fit-for-purpose evaluation to inform evidence-based policy and program delivery, and... Read More →
Thursday September 17, 2026 3:30pm - 4:00pm ACST
Rooms 3+4 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Boundaries and bridges

3:30pm ACST

Culturally Governed Evaluation: Reframing First Nations Engagement from Consultation and Co-design to Governance
Thursday September 17, 2026 3:30pm - 4:00pm ACST
Hall 2
Authors: Sarah Jane Springer (Springer Health Consultants), Catherine Boekel (Whereto Research)Evaluation involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples has historically positioned First Nations engagement as a consultation activity occurring after evaluation priorities, frameworks and methods have already been determined. Even approaches framed as co-design can unintentionally...
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Sarah Jane Springer

Springer Health Consultants
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Thursday September 17, 2026 3:30pm - 4:00pm ACST
Hall 2
  Ethics and integrity

3:30pm ACST

Is this going somewhere? Using evaluations to broker organisational change
Thursday September 17, 2026 3:30pm - 4:00pm ACST
Rooms 1+2
Author: Victoria Pilbeam (SPC), India Lynn (SPC) How many robust evaluations get left on shelves? What can we do when good evaluations are overlooked? The true value of evaluative practice lies not in the reports or their recommendations, but what comes after, how we use them to broker organisational change is the route to success. To ground these questions, our session will...
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Victoria Pilbeam

MEL Adviser, Pacific Community | Communauté du Pacifique
At the Pacific Community, I support MEL for fisheries, aquaculture and marine ecosystems across the Pacific Islands region. Previously, I worked for WWF-Australia and in consulting with a range of not-for profit, government , and philanthropic partners. I like MEL that is approachable... Read More →
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India Lynn

MEL Officer, Pacific Community | Communauté du Pacifique
Thursday September 17, 2026 3:30pm - 4:00pm ACST
Rooms 1+2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Roots and routes

3:30pm ACST

Uncertain impacts, real decisions: measuring and communicating causal uncertainty in quantitative evaluations
Thursday September 17, 2026 3:30pm - 4:00pm ACST
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Author: Dimitria Gavalyugova, NSW Department of EducationEvaluators face a core dilemma: decision-makers typically expect a definitive measure of program impact, yet the designs capable of delivering one are rarely feasible for large-scale government programs. Quasi-experimental methods and administrative data are often the only tools available to quantify long-term outcomes, but the...
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Dimitria Gavalyugova

Senior Research and Evaluation Officer, NSW Department of Education
Thursday September 17, 2026 3:30pm - 4:00pm ACST
Waterfront 1 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways

3:30pm ACST

Finding your space - the psychological, organisational and political dynamics of being a resilient evaluator
Thursday September 17, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm ACST
Waterfront 2
Authors: John Stoney, DSS, Kim Grey, AES President, Ruth Nicholls, Australian Centre for Evaluation, Samantha Mayes, Systems, Planning and Analysis AustraliaThe idea of keeping going in the face of obstacles is a recurring cultural theme: Nelson Mandela asked us not to judge him by his successes, but by how often he fell down and got back up again. Wise evaluator Eleanor Chelimsky told us...
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Kim Grey

President, Australian Evaluation Society
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Ruth Nicholls

Director - Evaluation Leadership, Policy and Capability, Australian Centre for Evaluation
I live and work on Ngunnawal Country. I’ve worked in research and evaluation roles for over 20 years, mainly within government across of range of social policy including health, disability, community development, and First Nations contexts. In my current role with the Australian... Read More →
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Samantha Mayes

Lead - Evaluation and Review, Systems, Planning and Analysis Australia
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John Stoney

Assistant Director, DSS
I’m an Assistant Director in the Evaluation Hub in the Department of Social Services. With my team mates I provide technical advice and support on evaluation to policy and program colleagues across the department. I also help deliver the Evaluation Readiness Service (ERS) which... Read More →
Thursday September 17, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm ACST
Waterfront 2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Boundaries and bridges

4:00pm ACST

Quality evaluation that makes a difference: continuing the conversation
Thursday September 17, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm ACST
Rooms 3+4
Author: Carina Calzoni, AES Rob Sale, nousThe AES has been exploring its vision of “quality evaluation that makes a difference” through a strategic project - engaging members and examining evaluation theory and practice. This work has surfaced a central challenge: while the phrase is compelling, its meaning is complex, contested, and shaped by context.This roundtable begins from that...
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Thursday September 17, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm ACST
Rooms 3+4 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Boundaries and bridges

4:00pm ACST

Strengthening community mental wellbeing through culturally grounded and practical evaluation tools in Vanuatu.
Thursday September 17, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm ACST
Rooms 1+2
Author: Michael Taiki, Lokol SolutionsThis Skill Building session introduces three practical, culturally grounded evaluation tools developed through Churches of Christ Vanuatu’s (CCCV) mental wellbeing work: the Faith + Data Model, the Youth Risk‑Mapping Tool and Trauma‑Informed Storian Circles. These tools emerged from a multi‑year program involving a 1,110‑household Urban Study,...
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Thursday September 17, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm ACST
Rooms 1+2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Boundaries and bridges

4:00pm ACST

A social worker, an astrophysicist and an economist walk into a bar...
Thursday September 17, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm ACST
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Authors: Kate Cherry, CSIRO, Jake Clark, CSIRO, David Marchant, Inform EconomicsStepping into the unknown and daunting space of economic evaluation represented a new challenge for the Impact and Evaluation team in the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Education and Outreach. In collaboration with our more experienced guide, external consultant Inform Economics,...
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Kate Cherry

Principal Advisor, Impact and Evaluation, CSIRO
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Jake Clark

Principal Advisor, Impact and Evaluation, CSIRO
Dr Jake Clark is a Principal Advisor within CSIRO’s Education and Outreach Impact and Evaluation Team, where he leads the design and implementation of monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) tools for the STEM Community Partnerships Program. He brings extensive expertise in quasi-experimental... Read More →
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David Marchant

Founder and Managing Director, Inform Economics
Thursday September 17, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm ACST
Waterfront 1 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Roots and routes

4:00pm ACST

Looking upstream and downstream: longitudinal case studies of climate and water resilience
Thursday September 17, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm ACST
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Authors: Stuart Raetz, Climate Resilient Communities, Primatia Romana Wulandari, Alinea InternationalThis panel will explore and contrast Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) insights from two Australian international development investments undertaking evaluative longitudinal case studies that aim to monitor changes in community and institutional resilience over an extended period:...
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Stuart Raetz

Monitoring, Evaluation And Learning Lead, Climate Resilient Communities
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Primatia Romana Wulandari

Senior Consultant, Alinea International
Thursday September 17, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm ACST
Waterfront 3 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Roots and routes

4:00pm ACST

Meeting new challenges with better theories of change
Thursday September 17, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm ACST
Hall 2
Authors: Patricia Rogers, Footprint Evaluation Initiative, Emil Laurberg Morgensen, University of Southern DenmarkTheories of change are now commonly used to design initiatives, including projects, programs and policies, and to shape monitoring and evaluation.  But 40 years after first being showcased at an AES conference, these are often developed and used in ways that don’t fit what is...
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Patricia Rogers

Co-founder, Footprint Evaluation Initiative
Founder of BetterEvaluation and former Professor of Public Sector Evaluation at RMIT University. Now working as consultant and advisor. My work has focused on supporting appropriate choice and use of evaluation methods and approaches to suit purposes and context. I am currently working... Read More →
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Emil Laurberg Mogensen

Odense University Hospital, Department Of Clinical Research, University Of Southern Denmark
Thursday September 17, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm ACST
Hall 2
  Traditional and new ways

4:30pm ACST

Making Space for Evaluation: How the UK and Australia Are Improving Evaluation Across Government
Thursday September 17, 2026 4:30pm - 5:00pm ACST
Waterfront 2
Author: Lucie Moore, Commonwealth TreasuryAcross governments, there is growing recognition of the need to make space for high quality evidence and embed evaluation into policy design and decision‑making. This presentation examines what two national governments, the UK and Australia, are doing to improve the quality, quantity and use of evaluation across the public sector, drawing on my personal...
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Thursday September 17, 2026 4:30pm - 5:00pm ACST
Waterfront 2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Boundaries and bridges
 
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9:00am ACST

Plenary: Selwyn Button "Insight that Delivers: How Good Evaluation Shapes Better Policy and Practice", handover to aes27
Friday September 18, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am ACST
Hall 2
Insight that Delivers: How Good Evaluation Shapes Better Policy and PracticeSelwyn Button, Commissioner, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Stream, Australian Productivity CommissionGood evaluation does more than measure outcomes or meet accountability requirements — it helps shape better public policy and improve practice across government and community sectors. In a context of increasing...
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Selwyn Button

Commissioner, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Stream, Australian Productivity Commission
Selwyn Button was appointed for a 5-year term as a full time Commissioner in June 2024. Selwyn is Gungarri man from Southwest Queensland and an experienced leader of health, education and governance organisations across the public, private, not-for-profit and community-controlled... Read More →
Friday September 18, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am ACST
Hall 2
  Plenary

10:30am ACST

How to evaluate a company
Friday September 18, 2026 10:30am - 11:00am ACST
Waterfront 2
Author: Gerard Atkinson, Iris EthicsEvaluation is typically applied to discrete policies and programs, yet organisations themselves require systematic assessment of whether they achieve their goals and align with their values. This presentation examines how evaluation practice can be adapted to assess an entire company, drawing on a case study from Iris Ethics where we designed and implemented an...
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Gerard Atkinson

Managing Director, Iris Ethics
Gerard Atkinson is Managing Director and founder of Iris Ethics, Australia's first on-demand Human Research Ethics Committee serving the social research, market research, and evaluation sectors. He started his international career in market research and evaluation in 2001, learning... Read More →
Friday September 18, 2026 10:30am - 11:00am ACST
Waterfront 2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Boundaries and bridges

10:30am ACST

Navigating Rigor and Responsiveness: Evaluating a First Nations Community-Led Diabetes Prevention Program in Central Australia
Friday September 18, 2026 10:30am - 11:00am ACST
Waterfront 1
Authors: Emma Weaver, Menzies, Shiree Mack, Menzies, Caroline Miller, Menzies, Louise Maple-Brown, MenziesThe Merne Mwerre Artweye Areye-ke (MMAA) diabetes prevention program was developed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 6-11 years and their caregivers in Central Australia in response to community concerns about the increasingly high rate of youth...
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Emma Weaver

Senior Research Officer & Phd Candidate, Menzies
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Shiree Mack

Aboriginal Project Officer, Menzies
Friday September 18, 2026 10:30am - 11:00am ACST
Waterfront 1 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Ethics and integrity

10:30am ACST

From framework to practice: What does it take to implement shared impact in place-based work?
Friday September 18, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am ACST
Rooms 1+2
Authors: Nicholas Hill Place Australia, Eve Millar, Place AustraliaThe use of place-based initiatives (PBIs) to address complex and entrenched disadvantage is expanding across Australia. These initiatives typically go beyond the delivery of single programs and involve cross-sector partnerships that place communities at the centre of efforts to address local problems. While a growing number of...
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Nicholas Hill

Strengthening Place-based Impact Lead, PLACE Australia
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Eve Millar

Director (Data, Evidence and Practice), Place
Friday September 18, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am ACST
Rooms 1+2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Boundaries and bridges

10:30am ACST

Evaluation reporting using infographics
Friday September 18, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am ACST
Rooms 3+4
Authors: Arun Jyothi Callapilli (Policy Performance) Charlie Tulloch (Policy Performance)  The session focuses on building skills in designing infographics and making effective data visualisation choices to enhance evaluation reporting. The session objective is to equip new and experienced evaluators with practical skills to transform traditional evaluation reports into clear, engaging...
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Charlie Tulloch

Director, Policy Performance
Policy Performance is a proud conference sponsor! Charlie delivers evaluation projects, capability building support and drives public sector improvement. Charlie loves to help those who are new to evaluation or transitioning from related disciplines. He is a past AES Board member... Read More →
Friday September 18, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am ACST
Rooms 3+4 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Roots and routes

10:30am ACST

Who defines a ‘professional’ evaluator? Roots and routes across government reform and the evaluation field
Friday September 18, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am ACST
Hall 2
Authors: Ruth Nicholls, Treasury. Eleanor Williams, ACE, Tony Kiessler, Australian Indigenous Psychology, Liz Wren, Kowa, Jade Maloney, ARTD, Nigel McPaul, Dementia OrgIn an era of public sector reform, the evaluation profession is being reshaped from multiple directions. In Australia, this is occurring through two intersecting pathways: the Australian Public Service (APS) Evaluation...
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Jade Maloney

CEO, ARTD
I work with government agencies, not-for-profits and citizens to co-design, refine, communicate and evaluate social policies, regulatory systems and programs. I am passionate about ensuring citizens have a voice in shaping the policies that affect their lives, translating research... Read More →
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Eleanor Williams

Managing Director, ACE
Eleanor Williams is the Managing Director of the Australian Centre for Evaluation and established the Australian Public Sector Evaluation Network in 2019. She is a former AES Board member and chairs the OECD's Public Policy Evaluation Experts group.

Eleanor is currently undertaking PhD research on evidence use in fast-paced policy contexts with supervisors at the University of Queensland and University College London and has a particular interest in rapid evaluation methods... Read More →
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Ruth Nicholls

Director, Treasury
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Tony Kiessler

CEO, Australian Indigenous Psychology
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Nigel McPaul

Dementia
Friday September 18, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am ACST
Hall 2
  Roots and routes

10:30am ACST

Making space, valuing place: in and through higher education evaluation
Friday September 18, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am ACST
Waterfront 3
Authors: Nathan Towney, University of Newcastle, Matt Lumb, University of Newcastle, Monica McKenzie, University of Newcastle, Rhyall Gordon, University of Newcastle, James Ballangarry, University of NewcastleThis panel explores how evaluation in higher education can actively make space for diverse perspectives while valuing place—the cultural, relational, and institutional...
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Nathan Towney

Deputy Vice Chancellor Engagement and Equity, University of Newcastle
Nathan is a Wiradjuri man from Wellington NSW and currently the Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous Strategy and Leadership at the University of Newcastle. Prior to joining the University Nathan worked in a variety of roles for the NSW Department of Education, finishing as Principal at... Read More →
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Matt Lumb

Associate Director, Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education
Matt's interest in evaluation developed through experiences as both a community development professional and classroom teacher. With colleagues at the Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher Education, he works to foreground the politics of value and knowledge at play in processes... Read More →
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Monica McKenzie

Indigenous Evaluation Project Officer, University of Newcastle
Friday September 18, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am ACST
Waterfront 3 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways

11:00am ACST

Insights from the implementation of Bridget House: Culturally responsive emergency housing
Friday September 18, 2026 11:00am - 11:30am ACST
Waterfront 1
Author: Maedeh Aboutalebi, Good SheppardGood Shepherd Australia New Zealand is piloting an innovative ecological family and domestic violence (FDV) emergency accommodation model at Bridget House, offering safe, culturally responsive, short-term housing for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) women and children. The service replaces motel accommodation and integrates a wrap-around...
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Maedeh Aboutalebi

Senior Research and Evaluation Analyst, Good Sheppard
Friday September 18, 2026 11:00am - 11:30am ACST
Waterfront 1 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways

11:00am ACST

When participatory approaches don't go to plan
Friday September 18, 2026 11:00am - 11:30am ACST
Waterfront 2
Authors: Lucy Walker, Nation Partners, Justine Smith, Nation PartnersParticipatory evaluation is widely regarded as best practice for producing useful, ethical, and contextually grounded insights, particularly in community-based programs. Yet in practice, participatory approaches sometimes unfold in ways that are more complex, unpredictable, and sometimes unsuccessful than anticipated.This...
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Justine Smith

Principal Consultant, Nation Partners
With a background spanning research, government, non-government organisations and consulting, Justine brings technical knowledge and over 10 years of experience to the projects she works on. As a highly experienced program evaluator and strategic thinker, Justine has applied her skills... Read More →
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Lucy Walker

Senior Consultant, Nation Partners
Friday September 18, 2026 11:00am - 11:30am ACST
Waterfront 2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways

11:30am ACST

One dataset, many destinations: Building evaluation routes to policy impact and systems change
Friday September 18, 2026 11:30am - 12:00pm ACST
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Author: Annabel Prescott (Traction for Young People), Samantha Garbutt (Traction for Young People)Youth program evaluation faces a critical ethical question: Who is evaluation data for? Drawing on Feedback Informed Treatment principles and youth empowerment frameworks, this presentation argues that when young people engage with their own data to understand and celebrate their growth, evaluation...
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Annabel Prescott

CEO, Traction for Young People
Friday September 18, 2026 11:30am - 12:00pm ACST
Waterfront 3 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Ethics and integrity

11:30am ACST

What’s your problem? Navigating the impact of problematisation on evaluation
Friday September 18, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm ACST
Rooms 3+4
Author: Liesl Harrold, Australian Taxation OfficeProblematisation is a deliberate process of dismantling a problem to understand the different ways of thinking that lead to the classification of phenomena as a problem.  It goes beyond the construction of problem statements to focus on the effort required to understand historical and theoretical assumptions underpinning its framing....
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Liesl Harrold

Assistant Director, Small Business Evaluation Hub, Australian Taxation Office
Liesl works in the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), helping business areas build their evaluation culture, capacity and practice. With over 20 years of evaluation experience, Liesl has also worked for Queensland Treasury and Trade where she assisted government agencies, community... Read More →
Friday September 18, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm ACST
Rooms 3+4 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Boundaries and bridges

11:30am ACST

Across the aisle: building practical skills for navigating ethical pressures in evaluation commissioning
Friday September 18, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm ACST
Rooms 1+2
Authors: Su-Ann Drew, Grosvenor, Jo van Twest Farmer, Rooftop Social, Eleanor Williams, ACE, Emma Williams, Martina DonkersEthical pressures arise due to a range of conflicting incentives that for those who commission and deliver evaluations. Evaluators may try to maintain methodological rigour while meeting tight timeframes or limited budgets. Commissioners may need defensible evidence while...
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Su-Ann Drew

Senior Manager, Grosvenor
Su-Ann is a Manager specialising in program evaluation within Grosvenor’s public sector advisory practice. Su-Ann has more than a decade of rich and diverse professional experience, which enables her to offer a unique perspective and critical lens to solving complex problems for... Read More →
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Jo van Twest Farmer

Rooftop Social
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Friday September 18, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm ACST
Rooms 1+2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Ethics and integrity

11:30am ACST

Ignites
Friday September 18, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm ACST
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Culturally Grounded Evaluation: Innovative Methods from the Champions4Change Workshop  Sunet Jordaan, Heart Foundation, Jacinta Hegarty, Heart FoundationThe Champions4Change program is a First Nations–led initiative supporting people with lived experience of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) to lead culturally safe education and advocacy about ARF and RHD their...
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Sunet Jordaan

Senior Evaluation Lead, Heart Foundation
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Emily Maher

Project Manager- Coral Innovation, Australian Institute of Marine Science
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Duncan Rintoul

Managing Director, Rooftop Social
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Cath Cooper

Senior Program Analyst, Brave Foundation
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Lynda Gyorki

Director, Allen + Clarke
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Milo McKay

Allen + Clarke
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Ramakrishna Chondur

Research Officer, NT Department Of Health
Friday September 18, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm ACST
Waterfront 2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Ignite session

11:30am ACST

Evaluation professionalisation: where to from here?
Friday September 18, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm ACST
Hall 2
Authors: Eleanor Williams, ACE, Jade Maloney, ARTD, Jess BuchwaldDid you grow up wanting to be an evaluator? For most of us the answer is no, and there is value in the way we have all fallen into evaluation profession from diverse backgrounds. But what does this mean for our career pathways and the way others think of evaluation and evaluators? What does it mean for evaluation as a profession?As...
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Jade Maloney

CEO, ARTD
I work with government agencies, not-for-profits and citizens to co-design, refine, communicate and evaluate social policies, regulatory systems and programs. I am passionate about ensuring citizens have a voice in shaping the policies that affect their lives, translating research... Read More →
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Eleanor Williams

Managing Director, ACE
Eleanor Williams is the Managing Director of the Australian Centre for Evaluation and established the Australian Public Sector Evaluation Network in 2019. She is a former AES Board member and chairs the OECD's Public Policy Evaluation Experts group.

Eleanor is currently undertaking PhD research on evidence use in fast-paced policy contexts with supervisors at the University of Queensland and University College London and has a particular interest in rapid evaluation methods... Read More →
Friday September 18, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm ACST
Hall 2
  Roots and routes

11:30am ACST

Staying Grounded in Complexity: Designing an M&E System for Counter-Trafficking in Persons
Friday September 18, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm ACST
Waterfront 1
Authors: Anne Stephens, Ethos of Engagement, Jill ThomasThis presentation explores the design of a systemic Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) system for counter-trafficking in persons (CTIP) in the ASEAN region. Developed in 2023, the system supports the adoption and implementation of three victim-centred and gender-sensitive guides for counter trafficking in persons, in use across ASEAN member...
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Anne Stephens

Director, Ethos of Engagement
Anne is the Director and Co-Founder of Ethos of Engagement Consulting a global and women-led research and evaluation firm. We work in Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Central America, UK and USA. We use Inclusive Systemic Thinking to guide our methodology and approaches and diversity is... Read More →
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Jill Thomas

Senior Consultant, J.A Thomas & Associates
Jill is an experienced evaluator and analyst, having worked in the health, higher education and finance sectors in major cities and far northern Queensland. Jill specialises in working with organisations to design and implement performance monitoring and evaluation frameworks, conduct... Read More →
Friday September 18, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm ACST
Waterfront 1 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Roots and routes

12:00pm ACST

Creating impact culture empowered by evaluation: building bridges and blurring boundaries during a merger
Friday September 18, 2026 12:00pm - 12:30pm ACST
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Authors: Virgina Thomas, Bioeconomy Science Institute Maiangi Taiao, Stewart Graham, Bioeconomy Science Institute Maiangi Taiao, Helen Percy, Bioeconomy Science Institute Maiangi Taiao A culture of impact, empowered by evaluation, encourages accountability and learning, supporting projects to focus on outcomes, demonstrate efficacy and make improvements.  Fostering such an...
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Friday September 18, 2026 12:00pm - 12:30pm ACST
Waterfront 3 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Boundaries and bridges

1:30pm ACST

Making Space for Economics: Lessons from Comparative Advantage in CGIAR
Friday September 18, 2026 1:30pm - 2:00pm ACST
Waterfront 2
Author: Matthew Armstrong, CGIARThis presentation provides practical insights on how and when to use economics in evaluation. Economic ideas shape public policy, funding, and program design. Economics promises efficiency, cost effectiveness, value for money and optimisation. Many evaluation theories, for example Stufflebeam’s CIPP model (2007), Scriven’s (2007) consumer orientated model,...
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Matthew Armstrong

Evaluation Analyst, CGIAR
Friday September 18, 2026 1:30pm - 2:00pm ACST
Waterfront 2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Boundaries and bridges

1:30pm ACST

Embedding lived experience: strengthening the evaluation of Australia’s Disability Strategy with diverse ways of knowing
Friday September 18, 2026 1:30pm - 2:00pm ACST
Rooms 1+2
Authors Fergus Bailey, ARTD, Jade Maloney, ARTDAustralia’s Disability Strategy 2021-2031 emphasises the importance of inclusive practices across all sectors, including evaluation. We all have a role to play in achieving the vision of an inclusive Australian society that ensures people with disability can fulfil their potential, as equal members of the community.At the 2025 AES conference,...
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Jade Maloney

CEO, ARTD
I work with government agencies, not-for-profits and citizens to co-design, refine, communicate and evaluate social policies, regulatory systems and programs. I am passionate about ensuring citizens have a voice in shaping the policies that affect their lives, translating research... Read More →
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Fergus Bailey

Senior Consultant, ARTD
Friday September 18, 2026 1:30pm - 2:00pm ACST
Rooms 1+2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Ethics and integrity

1:30pm ACST

Making the invisible visible: Aboriginal ways of working in evaluation
Friday September 18, 2026 1:30pm - 2:00pm ACST
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Authors: Lucy Spanswick, Wungening Aboriginal Corporation, Shenae Parremore, Wungening Aboriginal Corporation Evaluations of community programs often privilege measurable outputs while overlooking the relational and cultural work that enables meaningful change. This presentation shares insights from the evaluation of an Aboriginal-led alcohol and other drug healing program that...
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Lucy Spanswick

Lead Evaluation And Research, Wungening Aboriginal Corporation
Lucy has coordinated the collaborative development of outcomes frameworks for all Wungening programs in alignment with Wungening's Impact Measurement Framework. Lucy's key focus is to advocate for Aboriginal ways of knowing, doing and being in every stage of the evaluation process... Read More →
Friday September 18, 2026 1:30pm - 2:00pm ACST
Waterfront 3 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways

1:30pm ACST

The 2026 (Mostly-Serious) Crowd-Sourced Debate: Evaluation’s pluralism and its external influence
Friday September 18, 2026 1:30pm - 2:30pm ACST
Hall 2
Authors: Bethany Hanson, Tafe NSW, Emily Gates, Boston University, Martina DonkersStrap in for a provocative, contentious, and fun session. We’re putting a spin on the classic debate where two teams will go head-to-head to argue the topic: “Evaluation’s pluralism strengthens its external influence.”On the affirmative side, a spirited case for why pluralism is evaluation’s superpower....
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Kate Mckegg

Director, The Kinnect Group
Kate has specialist skills in supporting evaluative thinking and practice in complex settings where people are innovating to create systems change. She has been applying these skills for over 25 years in government, non-government, philanthropic and community contexts, including many... Read More →
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Matt Healey

Principal Consultant | Co-Founder, First Person Consulting
I'm Matt, Co-Founder of First Person Consulting. I work at the intersection of systems thinking, evaluation and design — helping people make sense of messy, complex problems with a healthy dose of humour and humility. I also co-host the It Depends Podcast, where the honest answer... Read More →
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Rick Cummings

Emeritus Professor, Murdoch University
Rick Cummings is an Emeritus Professor in Public Policy at Murdoch University. He has 40 years of experience conducting evaluation studies in education, training, health, and crime prevention primarily for the state and commonwealth government agencies and the World Bank. He currently... Read More →
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Bethany Hanson

Manager Review and Evaluation, Tafe NSW
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Emily Gates

Associate Professor of Evaluation, Boston College
Emily Gates is a tenured associate professor at Boston College whose research explores how evaluation can support meaningful, values-driven change in complex systems. Her work bridges theory and practice, spanning more than 30 publications and two coauthored books: Evaluative Inquiry... Read More →
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George Argyrous

Rooftop Social
Friday September 18, 2026 1:30pm - 2:30pm ACST
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  Boundaries and bridges

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Learnings from the field: why prisoner voice matters in the evaluation of criminogenic programs
Friday September 18, 2026 1:30pm - 2:30pm ACST
Rooms 3+4
Authors: Paula Shaw, ARTD, Syl Johns, ARTDThis session, targeted at intermediate evaluators, explores the ethics of evaluation in the corrections context and the importance of including prisoners’ voices.Incarcerated people are (almost by definition) excluded from public discourse. Our criminal justice system offers imprisonment; a deprivation of liberty, which includes severe restrictions...
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Paula Shaw

Senior Manager, ARTD
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Syl Johns

Associate, ARTD
Friday September 18, 2026 1:30pm - 2:30pm ACST
Rooms 3+4 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Ethics and integrity

1:30pm ACST

Building critical thinking into your writing
Friday September 18, 2026 1:30pm - 2:30pm ACST
Waterfront 1
Authors: John Guenther, Batchelor Institute, Nicole Tujague, Southern Cross University, Anthea Rutter, Honorary Research Fellow, Jeffery Adams, Eastern Institute of Technology The editorial team of the Evaluation Journal of Australasia publishes a broad range of evaluation articles covering evaluation practice, theory, and application. One of the issues that regularly arises...
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John Guenther

Research Leader, Education and Training, Batchelor Institute
John Guenther is a senior researcher and evaluator with the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education, based in Darwin. Much of his work has been based in the field of education. He has worked extensively with community-based researchers in many remote parts of the Northern... Read More →
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Nicole Tujague

Senior Lecturer, Southern Cross University
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Jeff Adams

Managing Editor EJA, Evaluation Journal of Australasia | Eastern Institute of Technology
I am the Managing Editor of the Evaluation Journal of Australasia - talk to me about publishing in, or reviewing for the journal. I am also Professor of Public Health at Eastern Institute of Technology, Auckland.
Friday September 18, 2026 1:30pm - 2:30pm ACST
Waterfront 1 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways

2:00pm ACST

Beyond strategic metrics: Centering lived experience in youth program evaluation
Friday September 18, 2026 2:00pm - 2:30pm ACST
Rooms 1+2
Author: Annabel Prescott, Traction For Young PeopleYouth program evaluation faces a critical ethical question: Who is evaluation data for? Drawing on Feedback Informed Treatment principles and youth empowerment frameworks, this presentation argues that when young people engage with their own data to understand and celebrate their growth, evaluation becomes a tool for agency rather than...
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Annabel Prescott

CEO, Traction for Young People
Friday September 18, 2026 2:00pm - 2:30pm ACST
Rooms 1+2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Ethics and integrity

2:00pm ACST

Doing It Together: rethinking evaluation through culture, context and two-way learning
Friday September 18, 2026 2:00pm - 2:30pm ACST
Waterfront 2
Authors: Natasha Freeman, Menzies School of Health Research, Edwina Murphy, Menzies School of Health Research This presentation explores the importance of respecting context and culture when working with First Nations participants and colleagues, rethinking conventional data collection methods and outcome indicators to elicit important learnings.We will share the experiences of our...
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Natasha Freeman

Program Support and Evaluation, Menzies School of Health Research
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Edwina Murphy

Menzies School of Health Research
Friday September 18, 2026 2:00pm - 2:30pm ACST
Waterfront 2 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways

2:00pm ACST

Making Outcomes Stick: A Practical Approach to Collecting Evaluation-Ready data in a Complex Environment
Friday September 18, 2026 2:00pm - 2:30pm ACST
Waterfront 3
Author: Themis Antony, Beyond BlueThis session will provide an overview of a practical approach utilised by Beyond Blue to develop an engaging, streamlined and systematic approach to capturing evaluation-ready outcomes data.Objective and key messages:The objective of the session is to share how traditional and adapted approaches were used to develop a core outcomes dataset that heavily engaged...
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Themis Antony

Senior Specialist, Evidence And Impact, Beyond Blue
Friday September 18, 2026 2:00pm - 2:30pm ACST
Waterfront 3 Stokes Hill Rd, Darwin City NT, Australia
  Traditional and new ways

2:30pm ACST

Closing plenary: Emily Gates "When “What’s Right” is Contested: Ethical Reflexivity in Systemic Change"
Friday September 18, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm ACST
Hall 2
When “What’s Right” is Contested: Ethical Reflexivity in Systemic ChangeEmily Gates, Associate Professor of Evaluation, Boston CollegeEthics in evaluation is often treated as a matter of personal values, organisational commitments, or compliance with professional guidelines. But in systemic change, ethics becomes an ongoing, relational practice that asks us to hold space for hard questions...
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Emily Gates

Associate Professor of Evaluation, Boston College
Emily Gates is a tenured associate professor at Boston College whose research explores how evaluation can support meaningful, values-driven change in complex systems. Her work bridges theory and practice, spanning more than 30 publications and two coauthored books: Evaluative Inquiry... Read More →
Friday September 18, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm ACST
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