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9:00am AWST

Opening plenary: “learning to make room”: Evaluation in Aboriginal communities, Victoria Hovane North BallroomChristina Kadmos • Victoria Hovane

11:00am AWST

Where do international 'evaluation quality standards' fit in the Australasian evaluation landscape? Gershwins Main RoomAnne Markiewicz • Emma Williams MERIT: a new paradigm in Natural Resource Management investment data capture for the Australian Government. Mosman Bay RoomYelena Hill • Nathan Sibley How do you evaluate a project aiming to develop a supply chain? Plaza Ballroom 3Liz Smith • Janet Conte • Anne Jones A multi-stage evaluation of an intervention program aimed to address child sexual abuse in Indigenous communities. Freshwater Bay RoomPoppy Wise • Cate Bailey aes16 first-timers session Plaza Ballroom 1Jessica Kenway • Zita Unger Evaluating a process evaluation: Client and evaluator perspectives Traders LoungeAlison Plant • Charlie Jones • Dorothy Lucks • Maria Price

11:30am AWST

Long-term change, short-term memories: A dilemma in evaluating landscape-scale programs Mosman Bay RoomYelena Hill • Don Burnside • Vicki Williams Evaluation is dead. Long live evaluative thinking! Gershwins Main RoomAnne Markiewicz • Lyn Alderman • Jess Dart • Duncan Rintoul Oxfam Australia's organisation-level monitoring, evaluation and learning: Measuring Oxfam Australia's 'Right to be Heard' active citizenship outcomes Plaza Ballroom 3Liz Smith • Farida Fleming • Kobi Maglen • Jayne Pilkinton Investigation into issues associated with violence restraining orders and their relationship with family and domestic violence fatalities Freshwater Bay RoomPoppy Wise • Emily Bickerton • Kylie Maj Values and evaluation: An Indigenous leadership program Plaza Ballroom 1Martu Leadership Group

12:00pm AWST

Evaluation framework for a not-for-profit organisation: Development and implementation Traders LoungeAlison Plant • Angela Pearce Utilising a state-wide evaluation approach to capture data from diverse communities and direct future initiatives in Western Australia Mosman Bay RoomYelena Hill • Shirley Driver • Shane Whitely

1:30pm AWST

Changing landscapes in survey design - increasing responding in the 21st Century! Mosman Bay RoomChristina Kadmos • Jasper Odgers The Office of the Inspector-General Emergency Management's Assurance and Excellence Program: Evaluation in Queensland's disaster management sector Gershwins Main RoomLisette Kaleveld • Rowena Richardson Issues in Using Social Return on Investment as an Evaluation Tool Freshwater Bay RoomJenny de Vries • Bruce Gurd • Kuda Muyambi Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI): Moving beyond point-in-time evaluation Traders LoungeMarion Norton • Catherine Wade The Silver Bullet, Shiny Oscar or Golden Rule ? A framework to compare outcomes based approaches for the Not for Profit Sector. Plaza Ballroom 3Theo Nabben • Desiree Nangle • Tom Tolchard

2:00pm AWST

Evaluating in the Post-Disaster Landscape Mosman Bay RoomChristina Kadmos • Annie Weir Whole-of-government evaluation guidelines: Great! Now what? Gershwins Main RoomLisette Kaleveld • Vanessa Hood • Duncan Rintoul Culturally Responsive Evaluation in the New Zealand Education Landscape Ko te tamaiti te pūtake o te kaupapa: The child - the heart of the matter Freshwater Bay RoomJenny de Vries • Lynda Pura-Watson

2:30pm AWST

A Multi-student Evaluation Internship: three perspectives Traders LoungeMarion Norton • Rick Cummings • Ali Radomiljac • Luke Regan • Ben Shipp The meaning and measure of social impact: From challenges to solutions Plaza Ballroom 3Kate Gilbert • John Gargani Landscapes shaping evaluation: Experience in evaluating the Farm Planning program Mosman Bay RoomChristina Kadmos • Rebecca Heath

3:30pm AWST

Small NGO landscapes and the importance of context in evaluation utilisation Traders LoungePenny Cooke • Leanne Kelly BPCLEtool: Demonstrating the power of map-enabled experiential review for statewide quality improvement projects Freshwater Bay RoomMaggie Jakob-Hoff • Donna Cohen It ain't necessarily so: The implications of cognitive science for evaluation methods Plaza Ballroom 3Bronwyn Ray • David Roberts Relationship advice for trial teams integrating qualitative inquiry alongside randomised controlled trials of complex interventions Mosman Bay RoomAngela Carr • Clancy Read Lessons from implementing 'different evaluation approaches': Stories about introducing Most Significant Change into traditional M&E systems Gershwins Main RoomDiz McKinnon • Theo Nabben • Tom Tolchard Are formal ethics review processes limiting our ability to take an ethical approach? Plaza Ballroom 1Vanessa Hood • Sue Leahy • Jade Maloney

4:00pm AWST

Evaluating an online diabetes program presents a gaping hole in evaluation theory as landscapes collide Traders LoungePenny Cooke • Kate Gilbert 'Outside the box - but kinda in the box': Evaluating an Indigenous innovation project Freshwater Bay RoomMaggie Jakob-Hoff • Lynley Cvitanovic • Gill Potaka Osborne

4:30pm AWST

Interactive logic models: Using design and technology to explore the effects of dynamic situations on program logic Mosman Bay RoomAngela Carr • M. Elizabeth Snow What auditors are saying about evaluation Plaza Ballroom 3Bronwyn Ray • Tim Kirby Working on the system from within the system: Using evaluation to distil the essence of practice in a complex innovative preventive health initiative. Traders LoungePenny Cooke • Glenda Underhill Front-end champions in the evaluation landscape: Five principles for effective evaluation design Gershwins Main RoomDiz McKinnon • Anthea Rutter • Zita Unger Ethics - who benefits? Plaza Ballroom 1Vanessa Hood • Heather Aquilina • Helen Liedel

5:00pm AWST

AES 2016 Annual General Meeting Plaza Ballroom 1Lyn Alderman

8:30am AWST

Plenary 2: The Landscape of Evaluation Theory: Exploring the Contributions of Australasian Evaluators, John Owen North BallroomKim Lazenby • John Owen

9:30am AWST

An embedded and systematic evaluation plan for an Indigenous digital mentoring program across remote Northern Territory communities Plaza Ballroom 3Maor Bar-Ziv Plan, Perform, Evaluate: A three dimensional policy landscape Traders LoungeJohn Stoney • Kathryn Mandla Evolution of the evaluation approach to the Local Prevention Program Gershwins Main RoomDavid Roberts • Matt Healey Challenges in evaluating Aboriginal healing projects: Definitions, Diversity, Data and Cultural Safety Freshwater Bay RoomCate Bailey • Ilse Blignault Integration of project management and evaluative thinking: is it really working? Mosman Bay RoomRoselyn Nyatasanz • Heather Aquilina • Vanessa Hood The roles for evaluation and evaluators in designing, developing and implementing place based initiatives in regional towns and Indigenous communities that address community priorities: Insights and learning from... Plaza Ballroom 1Lauren Heery • Les Hems • Paul Lane

10:00am AWST

The landscape of using rubrics as an evaluation-specific methodology in program evaluation Traders LoungeJohn Stoney • Krystin Martens Opportunities and challenges for not-for-profit organisations - What does it take to sustain evaluative thinking? Plaza Ballroom 3Jenny Neale • Alison Rogers The emerging equity evaluation landscape in higher education Gershwins Main RoomDavid Roberts • Liam Downing Evaluating 'Our Men Our Healing' Freshwater Bay RoomCate Bailey • Steven Torres- Carne • John Prince

11:00am AWST

Stories from the field: Navigating the emotional landscape of program evaluations Traders LoungeDorothy Lucks • Caroline Tomiczek • Poppy Wise Program Logics: Using them effectively to create a roadmap in complex policy and program landscapes Mosman Bay RoomVicki Williams • Karen Edwards • Rebecca Jessop Surveying the rocky terrain of multiple services, multiple sites and diverse client groups: A pragmatic option for gathering outcomes data. Gershwins Main RoomRalph Straton • Jennifer Lee The STrengthening Evaluation Practices and Strategies (STEPS) in Indigenous settings in Australia and New Zealand Project: Next 'steps' in the journey Freshwater Bay RoomJennifer Moffatt • Amohia Boulton • Margaret Cargo • Sharon Clarke • Lynley Cvitanovic • Jenni Judd Chains of Logic: Overcoming Limitations of Program Theory and its Use in Evaluation Plaza Ballroom 3Liam Downing • Ian Patrick Developing a robust and responsive M and E system for gender in the challenging environment of PNG Plaza Ballroom 1Anne Markiewicz • Brenda Andrias • Nea Harrison

11:30am AWST

Teaching interpersonal skills in evaluation: An examination of whether and how it can be done Traders LoungeDorothy Lucks • Sarah Mason A qualitative evaluation of stroke care in a positivist landscape Mosman Bay RoomVicki Williams • sigrid patterson Dynamic innovation through developmental evaluation Gershwins Main RoomRalph Straton • Bill Landy • Liz Mullen Tracking Pathways Together: Evaluating the Impact of Community Engagement - Rom-manapanmi ga Dhiṉthun Djalkiri Freshwater Bay RoomJennifer Moffatt • Bronwyn Rossingh • Yalmay Yunupingu

12:00pm AWST

Beyond bias: using new insights to improve evaluation practice Plaza Ballroom 1Anne Markiewicz • Julia McKenzie So what do you do? Exploring evaluator descriptions of their work Traders LoungeDorothy Lucks • Sarah Mason The evaluation recruitment drought: problems, solutions and learnings Plaza Ballroom 3Liam Downing • Isla Hains Contributing to rural poverty reduction through accountability and learning: independent evaluation function at IFAD Mosman Bay RoomVicki Williams • Fumiko Nakai

1:30pm AWST

Responding to shifting landscapes in the evaluation of democracy promotion programmes Traders LoungeHeather Aquilina • Graeme Ramshaw Using Open-Source Mobile Data Collection Systems (MDCS) in Disaster Response Monitoring and Evaluation Plaza Ballroom 3Diz McKinnon • Anthony Alindogan Evaluation in the place-based landscape: An examination of three 'improvement focused' methodologies Gershwins Main RoomLiz Smith • Lauren Heery Introduction to Scale Development Freshwater Bay RoomBronwyn Ray • Mark Griffin Governance and management panel: Evaluative thinking to improve public sector performance Plaza Ballroom 1John Owen • Jason Beeley • Kylie Dalling • Kim Lazenby Harnessing Evaluation to Drive Innovation in the Health System, Lessons from Canada and Australia Mosman Bay RoomAnita Davis • Penny Cooper • Alison Plant • Susan Warth

2:00pm AWST

Establishing and embedding evaluation as a central landmark on the organisational horizon Plaza Ballroom 3Diz McKinnon • Joanna Sheffield Exploring the people landscape within developmental evaluation's complexity landscape Traders LoungeHeather Aquilina • Lynne Rogers • Samantha Togni Taking on the owner-builder-decorator-maintenance contract for evaluation of Aboriginal health investments in Victoria Gershwins Main RoomLiz Smith • Kate Gilbert • Pam Williams

2:30pm AWST

The third wheel in the relationship. Why a theory-driven framework need not add complexity Traders LoungeHeather Aquilina • Clancy Read A practical introduction to social network analysis for evaluators Freshwater Bay RoomBronwyn Ray • Daniel Healy Designing an evaluation and monitoring system for a metropolitan financial counselling program in the context of uncertainty and rapid change. Plaza Ballroom 3Diz McKinnon • Michael Bosley-Smith • Mark Glasson Social impact: the place of program evaluation in impact investing Gershwins Main RoomLiz Smith • Simone Cheung • Natasha Doherty An innovative and participatory methodological approach that enhances learning; A case of Oxfam in Zimbabwe-Securing Rights in the context of HIV and AIDS Program Mid Term Review and Learning Mosman Bay RoomAnita Davis • Roselyn Nyatsanza • Musa Sibindi AES Fellows’ Forum: Ethical Dilemmas in Evaluation Practice Plaza Ballroom 1Anne Markiewicz

4:00pm AWST

Plenary 3: Balance, color, unity and other perspectives: a journey into the changing landscape in evaluation, Ziad Moussa North BallroomDorothy Lucks • Ziad Moussa

8:30am AWST

Plenary 4: The Organisational and Political Landscape for Evidence-informed Decision Making in Government, Kathryn Newcomer North BallroomJade Maloney • Kathryn Newcomer

9:30am AWST

Dancing across landscapes - quick, quick, slow, slow Traders LoungeMarion Norton • Liz Smith Modern statistical models for the analysis of Likert style student evaluations of teaching to inform curriculum conversations Plaza Ballroom 3Liam Downing • Lyn Alderman Meeting impossible expectations: Delivering a summative evaluation of quantitative change over time in the absence of a valid quantitative dataset Gershwins Main RoomJohn Stoney • Angela Carr Navigating multiple landscapes: Evaluator roles in a collaborative evaluation. Freshwater Bay RoomJenne Roberts • Kaye Stevens Effective Proactive Evaluation; How Can the Evidence Base Influence the Design of Complex Interventions? Plaza Ballroom 1Jenny Neale • Rick Cummings • Ann Larson • John Owen Prioritizing gender, marginalized voices and ecologies Mosman Bay RoomJoanna Sheffield • Anne Stephens

10:00am AWST

Evaluating university student equity programs in Australia: A practitioners perspective. Plaza Ballroom 3Liam Downing • Jenny de Vries Significant Policy Change (SPC) - a new tool for evaluating efforts to influence government policy. Traders LoungeMarion Norton • Jess Dart Changing Landscapes, changing structures: The DSS approach to evaluation Gershwins Main RoomJohn Stoney • Wendy Paterson Measuring success for Pacific families: Pasifika Futures Freshwater Bay RoomJenne Roberts • Melitta Rigamoto

11:00am AWST

Applying the Ngaa-bi-nya framework for evaluating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing programs Freshwater Bay RoomAngela Carr • Ilse Blignault Applying design thinking to evaluation planning Mosman Bay RoomMaggie Jakob-Hoff • Matt Healey • Daniel Healy Developing Cascading Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks: A feat of mastering integration and capacity building Plaza Ballroom 3Kathryn Mandla • Anne Markiewicz Help! I'm doing an impact evaluation, what evidence do I need? Traders LoungeJess Dart • Scott Bayley Emerging evaluators panel: Evaluating for the greater good Plaza Ballroom 1Kathryn Newcomer • Liam Downing • James Finlay • Jenny de Vries Achieving Excellence in Evaluation Gershwins Main RoomDavid McDonald • Liz Smith

11:30am AWST

Ethics and the lived experience of evaluators: Then, now + lessons from the field Freshwater Bay RoomAngela Carr • Carol Quadrelli

12:00pm AWST

'Navigating without a map: Evaluating the gender mainstreaming impact of economic development programming across qualitative, quantitative, social return on investment and research landscapes' Plaza Ballroom 3Kathryn Mandla • Tracy Mcdiarmid Digital trends and their implications for evaluation Traders LoungeJess Dart • Delyth Lloyd A practical approach to program evaluation planning in the complex and changing landcape of government. Mosman Bay RoomMaggie Jakob-Hoff • Jenny Crisp Internalized Self Evaluation: Are we missing the point? Gershwins Main RoomDavid McDonald • Arunaselam Rasappan Towards 2020 – Australian launch of Global EvalAgenda 2020 Plaza Ballroom 1Lyn Alderman

1:30pm AWST

Big Ears, Open Minds and learning Hearts - Experiences of Aboriginal Researchers and Evaluators working with our Mob Freshwater Bay RoomAmohia Boulton • Sharon Barnes • Eliziah Wasaga Evaluating complexity and managing complex evaluations Plaza Ballroom 1Jenne Roberts • Kate Gilbert • Vanessa Hood • Stefan Kaufman • Jessica Kenway Introduction to Data Management and Information Systems for Evaluation Practitioners Mosman Bay RoomBronwyn Ray • Mark Griffin Passing on the evaluation torch post EvalYear 2015: Implementing the Global Evaluation Agenda 2020 Plaza Ballroom 3Dorothy Lucks • Ziad Moussa Evaluating Aid for Trade Gershwins Main RoomJoanna Sheffield • David Goodwins • Kanu Negi Publishing in the Evaluation Journal of Australasia Traders LoungeLyn Alderman • Carol Quadrelli • Bronwyn Rossingh

2:00pm AWST

STrengthening Evaluation Practices and Strategies in Indigenous settings in Australia and New Zealand (STEPS) Research Project: Concept Mapping Rating Activity Freshwater Bay RoomAmohia Boulton • Margaret Cargo • Sharon Clarke • Lynley Cvitanovic • Jenni Judd

2:30pm AWST

Plenary 5: The role of evaluative thinking in design, closing address John Gargani North BallroomJess Dart • John Gargani