aes24 International Evaluation Conference

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9:00am AEST

Opening plenary: Welcome to Country followed by June Oscar "Wiyi Yani U Thangani - re-imagining evaluation with a gender justice lens" Plenary 1Jess Dart • June Oscar AO • Kiri Parata

11:00am AEST

Evaluation that adds value for People and Planet: Perspectives, Challenges, and Opportunities for Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Africa. 104Alice Muller • Awuor Ponge • Grace Wanjiru Murigo Appreciating First Nations voices: Using appreciative inquiry and participation in the evaluation of Community Justice Groups 101-102Carol Vale • Michael Limerick • Melinda Mann Design-stage evaluative thinking: helping NGOs and grant makers learn to love evaluation from the start 103Christina Kadmos • Duncan Rintoul • Claire Grealy • Jacqueline Webb • Virginia Poggio • Kirsty Burrow • Luciana Campello The psychology of evaluation capacity building: Finding the way with the rider, elephant and the pathway 106Anthea Rutter • Samantha Abbato Innovating Value for Money: Finding Our Way to Greater Value for All 105Jade Maloney • Julian King • John Gargani • Farida Fleming Planning your conference voyage: Key evaluation concepts for novice sailors Plenary 1Miriam Marembo • Charlie Tulloch

11:30am AEST

Culturally Responsive Initiatives: Introducing the First Nations Investment Framework 104Alice Muller • Steven Legg • Eugenia Marembo

12:00pm AEST

From bottlenecks to breakthroughs: Insights from a teacher workforce initiative evaluation 104Alice Muller • Rhiannon Birch • Hayden Jose Warlpiri ways of assessing impact - How an Aboriginal community is defining, assessing and taking action for a good life in their community. 101-102Carol Vale • Emily Lapinski • Alex Gyles • Glenda Napaljarri Wayne • Raelene Nangala Jigili, • Rhonda Larry Nungarray Navigating collaborative practice - the role of evaluation in brokering shared outcomes 106Anthea Rutter • Caroline Crothers Enhancing Stakeholder Engagement Through Culturally Sensitive Approaches: A Focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities 105Jade Maloney • Carol Vale • Mark Power Valuing First Nations Cultures in Cost-Benefit Analysis 103Christina Kadmos • Shaun Cumming • Laura Faulkner

1:30pm AEST

Enhancing evaluation value for small community organisations: A case example 104Duncan Rintoul • Allison Clarke • Stephanie Button • Carolyn McSporran Envisioning and Encountering Relational Aboriginal and Pacific Research Futures 105Martina Donkers • Lisa Faerua • Nathan Sentance • David Lakisa • Alli Burness Learning from failure at a NFP - pitfalls and pointers 103Squirrel Main • Victoria Pilbeam No help? No worries! How to find your way on your own 103Squirrel Main • Rachel Wilks Revitalising Survey Engagement: Strategies to Tackle Low Response Rates 103Squirrel Main • Hannah Nguyen Sign here: Supporting Deaf participation in evaluation 103Squirrel Main • Susie Fletcher Beyond Numbers: Weaving Stories, Sculpting Change and Signal Spotting through Collaborative Impact Yarns 106Melinda Mann • Katie Stubley • Chloe Wegener • Banok Rind • Sophie Spry • Terri Reid • Niamh Kealy • Skye Trudgett Cultivating Equity: A Roadmap for New and Student Evaluators' Journeys 101-102Nick Field • Ayesha Boyce • Aileen M. Reid Link-Up Services and wayfinding: Co-creating and navigating a culturally safe national monitoring and evaluation strategy Plenary 1Kathleen Stacey • Raelene Rosas • Patricia Thompson AM

2:00pm AEST

Evaluation for whom? Shifting evaluation to increase its value for local actors 104Duncan Rintoul • Linda Kelly • Lisa Buggy • Linda Vaike

2:30pm AEST

Navigating a path to system impact: designing a strategic impact evaluation of education programs 104Duncan Rintoul • Amanda Reeves • Eunice Sotelo If treaty is like a marriage, state evaluation needs sustained deep work: Evaluation and Victoria's First Peoples Treaty 105Martina Donkers • Kate Nichols • Milbert Gawaya When "parachuting in" is not an option: Exploring value with integrity across languages, continents and time zones 106Melinda Mann • Julian King • Adrian Field Elevating evaluation: practical insights for supporting systems transformation 101-102Nick Field • Kathryn Erskine • Michael Maher When speed is of the essence: How to make sure the rubber hits the road 103Squirrel Main • Kristy Hornby

3:30pm AEST

Plenary: James Copestake "What next? From evaluating to anticipating" Plenary 1Donna Loveridge • James Copestake

4:30pm AEST

Wayfinding for integrating social justice and culturally responsive and equitable evaluation practices in meta-evaluation: Learning from the UN evaluation quality assessments. 101-102Carlos Rodriguez • Sandra Ayoo Developing a Tool for Measuring Evaluation Maturity at a Federal Agency 105Marwan El Hassan • Michael Amon • Anthony Alindogan • Claudia Oke Uncovering Hidden STEM Footprints: Leveraging Output Data from Questacon’s Outreach Programs 104Grace Nicholas • Jake Clark • Nick Phillis Evaluation Lab: Using design to solve evaluation challenges Plenary 1Duncan Rintoul • Matt Healey • Shani Rajendra Navigating the choppy waters of the evaluation landscape in the Pacific 106Charlie Tulloch • Allan Mua Illingworth • Eroni Wavu • Fiona Fandim • Mereani Rokotuibau • Chris Roche Rebalancing Power Dynamics: Philanthropy Through the Lens of First Nations Community-Driven MEL 103Samantha Mayes • Skye Trudgett • Rachel Kerry • Tara Leslie

5:00pm AEST

Trigger warnings - do they just trigger people more? 104Grace Nicholas • Kizzy Gandy Development and implementation of a culturally grounded evaluation Framework: Learnings from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peak. 101-102Carlos Rodriguez • Candice Butler • John Prince Failing your way to better practice: How to tread carefully when things aren't going as planned 105Marwan El Hassan • Stephanie White

5:30pm AEST

AES 2024 Annual General Meeting Plenary 1Kiri Parata