aes26 International Evaluation Conference

This is the draft aes26 program, subject to change. To register for workshops and the conference, go to: https://www.aes26.aes.asn.au/

Lucy Spanswick

Wungening Aboriginal Corporation

Lead Evaluation And Research

Perth

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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. Lucy holds a Masters degree in Public Health and International Development from La Trobe University and a BPharm from Monash University. Prior to joining Wungening Lucy worked in the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation's research and policy team and for Western Victoria PHN.

11:00am ACST

Two Worlds Evaluation: Shifting power back to community and embedding Indigenous Data Sovereignty in practice Rooms 1+2Jess Moniodis • Mona Roberts

11:30am ACST

What! No survey? Introducing the Collective Noticing Method (CNM) Waterfront 2Jess Dart

12:00pm ACST

The ethics of independence – what does ‘independent evaluation’ mean in 2026? Hall 2Jo van Twest Farmer The Reckoning Waterfront 1Salli Cohen

1:30pm ACST

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

2:30pm ACST

Beyond Symbolic Inclusion - Building a Collective Mandate for Indigenous-Led Understanding Measurement Evaluation & Learning (UMEL) Hall 2Liz Wren

4:00pm ACST

Developmental Evaluation or a Learning Organisation? Waterfront 2Caroline Henwood • Laura Bird Cultural Wisdom and Story Gathering Artefact: A two-worlds approach to developing culturally responsive evaluation practice Rooms 1+2Jessi Gidgup-Lovett • Duncan Rintoul Who Shapes What Counts? Collaboration as Ethical Design in Large-Scale Evaluation Waterfront 1Stefano Verrelli Making space for influence: Danjoo Koorliny and decolonising evaluation to measure systems change Waterfront 3Doyen Radcliffe

4:30pm ACST

Two-way learning through evaluation: An innovative Indigenous-led initiative enacting developmental evaluation at the cultural interface Waterfront 3Samantha Togni • Robyn Napurrurla Lawson • Belinda Napaljarri Wayne • David Japanangka McCormack

9:00am ACST

Plenary: Bagele Chilisa "Making Space, Valuing Place: The 21st Century Evaluation Paradigms Challenge" Hall 2Bagele Chilisa