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AES 2015 International Evaluation Conference

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08:30 AEST

Plenary 4: Keynote address "Boundary spanning: The future of evaluation" Penny Hawkins Plenary 1 (auditorium)Anthea Rutter • Penny Hawkins

09:30 AEST

Building an evaluation system that is relevant, reliable, accessible and resilient. Case study: The monitoring and reporting system for Tasmania's national parks and reserves. Room 107Lee-Anne Molony • Glenys Jones The Canadian Evaluation Society's Professional Designation Program: Views from Members Room 110Duncan Rintoul • Shelley Borys • Benoît Gauthier • Simon Roy Reaching across boundaries - evaluation of high stakes collaboration Room 111Ghislain Arbour • Kate McKegg • Judy Oakden • Vivien Twyford Evaluating impact when you have no counterfactual and a fuzzy program Plenary 1 (auditorium)Kim Grey • Jess Dart • Irene Guijt • Patricia Rogers Process Flow mapping for Evaluating Systems Room 112David Roberts • Melissa Rogan Realist Meta-evaluation: New kid on the block? Room 108Sarita Narayan • Bill Walker • Gill Westhorp The Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation's local prevention program Room 109Jenny Neale • alice dunt • Les Eastman • Matt Healey • Gail O'Donnell • Liz O'Loughlin • Manu Peeters

10:00 AEST

Measuring The Effectiveness Of Collaborative Capacity Builders: A Mental Health Case Study Room 107Lee-Anne Molony • Sean Chung • Lesley Van Schoubroeck

11:00 AEST

Experiencing developmental evaluation - the case of co-innovation in New Zealand's primary sector. Room 111Ghislain Arbour • James Turner • Toni White Evaluating inquiry-led policy reform in Australia Room 107Peter Ryan • Annette Michaux Misuse of evaluation tools and techniques Room 110Squirrel Main • Brad Astbury • Caitlin Barry • John Stoney • Charlie Tulloch Participatory monitoring - ensuring that all interested stakeholders have the opportunity to share in the decision making. Room 112Samantha Togni • Courtney Boi • John Donnelly • Doyen Radcliffe Are we being heard? Adventures from the frontline of evaluation capacity building Plenary 1 (auditorium)Kim Grey • Ben Barnes • Jennifer Davis • Ruth Friedman • Brian Keogh • Lyn Roberts How to build a good performance framework Room 108Sarita Narayan • Caroline Henwood • Kari Sann Presidents session 3 "Unpacking the invisible knapsack – power, privilege and professionalization" Kate McKegg Room 109Lyn Alderman • Kate McKegg

11:30 AEST

Evaluation as an integrated management tool: Embedding an evaluator into a program Room 111Ghislain Arbour • Liam Downing • Sue Rogan Measuring the effectiveness of the 'whole of system' response to family violence: A 'proof-of-concept' project Room 107Peter Ryan • Jeff Foote • Gail Kelly

12:00 AEST

Strengthening networking and collaboration at a regional level - using the AES Evaluators Professional Learning Competency Framework Room 110Squirrel Main • Julie Elliott • Susan Garner Showcasing the application of theory-driven evaluation for a stepped-wedge, community-randomised trial to improve delivery of secondary prophylaxis for rheumatic heart disease Room 111Ghislain Arbour • Clancy Read The role of evaluators in supporting the development and continuation of Indigenous programs in an era of funding uncertainty Room 112Samantha Togni • Connie Donato-Hunt • Anne Redman • Yvonne Weldon Describing is good: measuring is better. A new means of measuring the effectiveness of networks and simultaneously strengthening their function. Room 108Sarita Narayan • Claire Grealy • Gail Winkworth The power of case studies in evaluating impact of a large scale quality improvement program Plenary 1 (auditorium)Kim Grey • Isla Hains Sharpening the Focus of Evaluation Practice on Outcomes for Diverse Learners Room 107Peter Ryan • Dr Ro Parsons

13:30 AEST

Evaluation amidst complexity: why complexity is important and what to do about it Room 111Graeme Nicholas • Ann Larson Gender Responsive Evaluation for non-gendered programs: Challenges of including a gendered lens in evaluation processes in India Room 108Adeola Capel • Rajib Nandi Foundations for evaluation: piloting a targeted evaluation capacity development program with a NSW Government agency Room 109Jenny Neale • George Argyrous Braiding across cultural paradigms Room 112Samantha Togni • Bev Hong • Angus Hikairo Macfarlane Avoiding doing too little, too late about impact: Planning and implementing an impact-oriented monitoring and evaluation system Plenary 1 (auditorium)Jess Dart • Irene Guijt • Greet Peersman The illogic of logic modelling Room 110Michelle Jones • Saville Kushner New performance requirements under the PGPA Act Room 107John Stoney • Brad Cook • Julie Elliott

14:00 AEST

What characteristics of evaluation reports make them 'useful' to decision makers? Room 111Graeme Nicholas • Alison Hickman Gender justice: Evaluation across levels and dimensions of power, inequality and change Room 108Adeola Capel • Jayne Pilkinton • Anna Trembath Rural R&D evaluation in Australia Room 109Jenny Neale • Tim Lester • Jan Paul van Moort

14:30 AEST

Reaching across disciplinary boundaries: Seeing evaluation through a positive psychology lens Room 111Graeme Nicholas • Kathryn Cairns • Janet Clinton • Lea Waters Evaluating e-learning: Indigenous learners crossing higher education boundaries Room 112Samantha Togni • Alison Reedy Adaptive evaluation: Reflections on a multi-layered, participatory action methodology to evaluate a partnership strategy for the prevention of men's violence against women in regional Victoria, Australia. Room 110Michelle Jones • Karen Crinall • Lynda McRae Evaluating Collective Impact: Challenges and Opportunities Plenary 1 (auditorium)Jess Dart • Ruth Aston • Kelly Hannum It's time to ditch the 100 pager: Data viz infused evaluation reporting. Room 108Adeola Capel • Andre van der Walt Considerations for presenting critical findings for the in-house evaluator: some lessons learned Room 109Jenny Neale • Sally Faisandier

15:30 AEST

Plenary 5: Keynote address "Stepping stones for crossing boundaries" Patricia Rogers Plenary 1 (auditorium)Maxine McKew • Patricia Rogers

16:30 AEST

Conference close and handover, including passing of EvalYear torch Plenary 1 (auditorium)Maxine McKew • Lyn Alderman • Janet Clinton