Event owner lens
Use this record to benchmark whether a comparable event makes the work after the room visible. The score is 38/100, so the next move is to benchmark the weakest pillars before repeating the format.
action-oriented convening agenda analysis
16 Sep aes26 International Evaluation Conference Conference
This action-oriented convening in Technology / AI / Startup shows 79 visible agenda rows from aes26.sched.com and scores 38/100: a thin but inspectable design signal. The clearest public signals sit in Evidence Maturity and Learning Transfer; the main limits are Follow Through and Participation Architecture. Visible mechanisms include Participant work, Tracking, Network design, and Learning transfer. Follow-through or tracking is at least visible enough to inspect, though causal proof still depends on stronger... A practical reading: For a reader, this is a useful but still incomplete public example: it reads as an action-oriented convening, with the strongest visible signal in evidence maturity and learning transfer and the biggest open question around follow through and participation architecture. The practical test is whether the published agenda connects the room to execution quality beyond the public agenda. This page is an original public-evidence analysis, not a copy of the source agenda or an endorsement of the event. The score places the visible agenda in the thin outcome architecture band. The strongest visible pillars are Evidence Maturity, Learning Transfer, and Future-of-Work Fit; the thinnest visible pillars are Follow Through, Participation Architecture, and Personalization. Visible mechanisms include Participant work, Tracking, Network design, and Learning transfer. The extracted agenda preview includes 158 visible rows. The most common formats are Unknown, Presentation, and Workshop; the most common inferred purposes are Unknown, Knowledge Transfer, and Participant Work.
Eight-pillar fingerprint
Hover any pillar to see what it measures and, where it scored low, what the agenda is missing.
Participation Architecture?30
Participation Architecture - 30/100. Participant work, contribution, interaction, and alternatives to passive broadcast.Missing: Turn passive airtime into participant work: practice, sensemaking, decisions, critique, or artifact creation.
Follow Through?23
Follow Through - 23/100. Owners, dates, commitments, progress checks, and accountability after the room.Missing: Add named owners, dates, implementation checkpoints, and a visible post-event continuation path.
Problem Specificity?46
Problem Specificity - 46/100. A clear costly problem, objective, decision, or performance target.
Personalization?31
Personalization - 31/100. Role, path, goal, preparation, or connection tailoring for participants.Missing: Create role-based paths, prepared questions, tailored breakouts, or participant-specific next steps.
Network Design?48
Network Design - 48/100. Structured weak ties, bridge-building, mixers, and relationship persistence.
Learning Transfer?58
Learning Transfer - 58/100. Applied practice, feedback, workplace use, refreshers, and 30-90 day transfer.
Evidence Maturity?68
Evidence Maturity - 68/100. Baseline, comparison, follow-up, isolation, and attribution confidence.
Future-of-Work Fit?52
Future-of-Work Fit - 52/100. Value against time, hybrid reality, accessibility, AI, and meeting load.
Fix the gaps
Field-tested exercises matched to this agenda's weakest pillars, from the exercise library.
Follow Through (23/100)
Exercises that strengthen it: Mental Toughness Workshop • WorkshopBank · 15% Solutions • WorkshopBank · Network Patches
Participation Architecture (30/100)
Exercises that strengthen it: Make A World · Awestruck 3 Minutes · Spectrum Mapping
Personalization (31/100)
Exercises that strengthen it: Journey Mapping • WorkshopBank · Group Energiser & Perspective-Changing Exercise - Paradigm... · Photo Storytelling
Agenda Preview
The actual agenda we captured. Every block is classified by format and purpose. Open any block to see how we read it; the colored edge shows whether it is participant work, broadcast, logistics, or a showcase.
Room vs wrapper
4 percent of the 158 classified blocks put participants to work; the rest broadcast, show, or handle logistics. That mix is what drives the participation score.
Participant workBroadcastShowcaseLogistics
9:00 AM ACSTOpening plenary: Welcome to Country followed by Robyn Ober "Being comfortable with discomfort" Hall 2Robyn OberOpeningOrientation+
Format · BroadcastOpeningFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
11:00 AM ACSTBeyond Silos: A Technology - Evaluation Partnership Building a Digital Data Pipeline Waterfront 2Kristine Tuban • Martin HolmstrandPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
11:00 AM ACSTHow should we evaluate legal policy? Waterfront 1Caitlin Morton • Maggie HawkinsPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
11:00 AM ACSTTwo Worlds Evaluation: Shifting power back to community and embedding Indigenous Data Sovereignty in practice Rooms 1+2Jess Moniodis • Mona RobertsPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
11:00 AM ACSTApplication of Social Network Analysis (SNA) in evaluation within the social services context Rooms 3+4Matt Healey • Catherine WadePresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
11:00 AM ACSTPractical ways to make space for place in the Evaluation of Regreening Waterfront 3Alice MullerPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
11:00 AM ACSTIntroduction to Evidence for New, Emerging and Non-Evaluators Hall 2Charlie TullochPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
11:30 AM ACSTWhen no one has time for evaluation - building learning cultures that survive pressure Waterfront 1Su-Ann DrewPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
11:30 AM ACSTBuilding culturally grounded evaluation, led by First Nations communities Rooms 1+2Jen Lorains • Veronica Doolan • Pauline Grant • Jackie TreevesPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
11:30 AM ACSTBuilding your first AI evaluation assistant: From setup to first analysis Rooms 3+4Ethel Karskens • Maree DibellaPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
11:30 AM ACSTWhat makes place-based evaluation different? Waterfront 3Jessica Smart • Suzanne Butler • Lorraine HeywoodPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
11:30 AM ACSTWhat! No survey? Introducing the Collective Noticing Method (CNM) Waterfront 2Jess DartPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
12:00 PM ACSTThe ethics of independence - what does ‘independent evaluation’ mean in 2026? Hall 2Jo van Twest FarmerPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
12:00 PM ACSTThe Reckoning Waterfront 1Salli CohenPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
1:30 PM ACSTPlenary: Lígia Teixeira "From evidence to impact: reclaiming evaluation as a means to an end" Hall 2Lígia TeixeiraPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
2:30 PM ACSTEvaluation as a Bridge: The Multiple Hats of MEL in Scaling Government-led Graduation Programmes Waterfront 3Kristian Paolo Torres • Tania Dora WarokkaPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
2:30 PM ACSTEpistemic Justice: victim survivors of child sexual abuse as co-evaluators Waterfront 1Nic Vogelpoel • Malika Reese • Angela ObradovicPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
2:30 PM ACSTUsing partnering principles to navigate power and ethics in evaluation Rooms 1+2Dana CrossPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
2:30 PM ACSTIgnites Waterfront 2Robert Grimshaw • Kirstin Clements • Martina Donkers • Fiona Scott-Melton • Louise Parker • Feby Savira • Louise Green • Lily EdwardsPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
2:30 PM ACSTBeyond Symbolic Inclusion - Building a Collective Mandate for Indigenous-Led Understanding Measurement Evaluation & Learning (UMEL) Hall 2Liz WrenPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
2:30 PM ACSTInterrogating problem representations in evaluation: Are we solving the right problems? Rooms 3+4Andrew BoylePresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
3:00 PM ACSTThe case for key monitoring questions in simplifying performance frameworks Waterfront 3Jack RutherfordPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
4:00 PM ACSTDevelopmental Evaluation or a Learning Organisation? Waterfront 2Caroline Henwood • Laura BirdPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
4:00 PM ACSTCultural Wisdom and Story Gathering Artefact: A two-worlds approach to developing culturally responsive evaluation practice Rooms 1+2Jessi Gidgup-Lovett • Duncan RintoulPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
4:00 PM ACSTEvaluating accommodation needs of at-risk/homeless young people in the Northern Territory: A layered evaluation model Hall 2Paul Royce • Ian FalkPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
4:00 PM ACSTMaking space for influence: Danjoo Koorliny and decolonising evaluation to measure systems change Waterfront 3Doyen RadcliffePresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
4:00 PM ACSTStrategy evaluation. Does it have to be this hard? Rooms 3+4David StuartPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
4:30 PM ACSTProfessional isolation in evaluation: AES members’ experiences, and ways to strengthen peer connection and community Hall 2Martina DonkersPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
4:30 PM ACSTIgnites Waterfront 2Delyth Lloyd • Estelle Gaillard • Amanda Taylor-Short • Anabelle (Pin-Ju) Chen 陳品儒 • Heather Bryan • Louise ParkerPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
4:30 PM ACSTCentring Indigenous worldviews: Warlpiri and the Itaukei Trust Affairs Board case learning Rooms 1+2Alexander Gyles • Allan Mua Illingworth • Glenda Napaljarri Wayne • Raelene Jigili • Mildred Napaljarri Spencer • Marilyn VilisoniPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
4:30 PM ACSTEvaluating projects using social capital framework in refugee communities in Australia Waterfront 1Ali Rasoli • Samantha CherianPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
4:30 PM ACSTManaging the eight main enemies of evaluative thinking Rooms 3+4Samantha AbbatoPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
4:30 PM ACSTTwo-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 McCormackPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
9:00 AM ACSTPlenary: Bagele Chilisa "Making Space, Valuing Place: The 21st Century Evaluation Paradigms Challenge" Hall 2Bagele ChilisaPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
10:30 AM ACSTWhat works for whom? Developmental evaluation of a domestic violence prevention pilot for young men Waterfront 2Simon AlabaWorkshopParticipant work+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisParticipant work is implied by the formatInferred from format
10:30 AM ACSTPhilanthropy and Evaluation - What Gives? Waterfront 3Rick Cummings • Jen Lorains • Alan Woodward • Adriaan WolvaardtPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
10:30 AM ACSTFrom Paper to People: Community-Centred Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning for Vanuatu Education & Training Sector Waterfront 1Jill Juliane Wai • Fremden Yanhambath • Ellis Silas • Harrison SelmenTrainingSkill building+
Format · Participant workTrainingGuided skill building where participants practice. Counts as participant work and learning transfer.
Evidence basisParticipant work is implied by the formatInferred from format
10:30 AM ACSTScalability and scaling in and across place: A practical framework for complexity-informed evaluation practice Rooms 3+4Matt HealeyWorkshopParticipant work+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisParticipant work is implied by the formatInferred from format
10:30 AM ACST"Yalalamirri mala-djarr’yun - “and then we check” Understanding and sensemaking the Yolŋu way" Hall 2Melanie Williams • Sylvia Ŋulpinditj • Maminydjama Maymuru • Wuṯpurruŋu WunuŋmurraPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
10:30 AM ACSTChallenging power through MEL: What can Australian and international development evaluators learn from each other? Rooms 1+2Elisabeth Jackson • Shane D'AngeloPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
11:00 AM ACSTWhen tools meet context: Piloting the WM2A wellbeing measure in Top End renal care Waterfront 2Victoria ThanasosPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
11:30 AM ACSTCreating Starlight’s First Social Impact Report: What We Learnt Waterfront 3Claire TreadgoldPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisTracking or validation language appears in the sourceRead from source
11:30 AM ACSTCase studies - an overlooked technique in evaluation? Waterfront 2Alan WoodwardPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
11:30 AM ACSTUbuntu in Evaluation Practice: Bridging Traditional African Ways of Knowing with Contemporary Program Evaluation Waterfront 1Gerald OnsandoPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
11:30 AM ACSTWhen the story turns against the evidence: Navigating media scrutiny as evaluators Rooms 3+4Stephanie Carter • Megan Anderson • Felicity MilesPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
11:30 AM ACSTEvaluating with the Vanua: A Practical Framework for Relational, Place Based Evaluation in Indigenous Contexts Rooms 1+2Elisabeta ToravaPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
11:30 AM ACSTWalking in Two Worlds: evaluating First Nations programs in the public sector Hall 2Anna Rasalingam (She/Her) • Daniel MaherPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
12:00 PM ACSTEmbedding Ethical Practice in an Evaluation Across Diverse Communities: Lessons from Bangladesh Waterfront 1Jagath Happuhannadige • Maud Mukova-Moses • A K M Badrul HuqPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
12:00 PM ACSTImpact beyond food: How Community Pantries function as places of social connection Waterfront 2Dr Joanne CummingsPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
12:00 PM ACSTEvaluating ‘value for the public’: Public value as a framework for assessing impact Waterfront 3Danielle Thornton • Stephen CuttrissPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
1:30 PM ACSTWalking alongside each other at the pace of trust: how evaluation is only the destination Waterfront 3Skye Gooch • Rebecca SteunenbergPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
1:30 PM ACSTFrom Panic to Practice: Putting AI to Work in Evaluation Rooms 1+2Dorothea HuberPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
1:30 PM ACSTMaking Space for multiple perspectives: Collaborative design of Value for Investment evaluations Waterfront 2Adrian FieldWorkshopParticipant work+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisParticipant work is implied by the formatInferred from format
1:30 PM ACSTFrom commissioning to learning: how funders can help shape the conditions for meaningful evaluation Hall 2Jen Lorains • Ximena Avalos • Caroline Henwood • Adriaan Wolvaardt • Sarah Neill • David StuartPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
1:30 PM ACSTProcess tracing in practice: testing causal claims with mixed evidence Rooms 3+4Kizzy GandyPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
1:30 PM ACSTEstablishing an Indigenous owned and led evaluation process for the Timor-Leste Tais Weaving Ecosystem Waterfront 1Nea HarrisonPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
2:00 PM ACSTAn open discussion on research and evaluation that works for remote communities Waterfront 3Jillian Marsh • Laura Bird • Kate DixonPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
2:00 PM ACSTIgnites Waterfront 2Louise Green • Rodney Williams • Marilyn Vilisoni • Lily Edwards • Megan Brewer • Trina O'Donnell • Satib Nisha Khan KhanPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
2:00 PM ACSTIs there room in the C-suite for evaluators? Rooms 1+2Dana Cross • Lyn Alderman • Piacarmel AndrewsPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
2:30 PM ACSTMonitoring on a shoestring: How reproducible reporting can help make better use of data. Rooms 3+4Stephanie Quail • Sophie HennessPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
2:30 PM ACSTWhen Worlds Collide: Evaluation at the Intersection of Policy, Curriculum and School Improvement Hall 2Zina Baghi • Annette WatersPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
2:30 PM ACSTStrengthening engagement with evaluation through the Signs of Success Framework Waterfront 1Giulia CapuzzoPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
3:30 PM ACSTFrom insight to action: A pragmatic, participatory approach to improving cancer clinical trial systems Waterfront 3Cally JenningsWorkshopParticipant work+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisParticipant work is implied by the formatInferred from format
3:30 PM ACSTIs the value of evaluation hiding in the shadows? Rooms 3+4Megan Lugg • Robert GrimshawPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
3:30 PM ACSTCulturally Governed Evaluation: Reframing First Nations Engagement from Consultation and Co-design to Governance Hall 2Dr Sarah Jane Springer • Catherine BoekelPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
3:30 PM ACSTIs this going somewhere? Using evaluations to broker organisational change Rooms 1+2Victoria Pilbeam • India LynnPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
3:30 PM ACSTUncertain impacts, real decisions: measuring and communicating causal uncertainty in quantitative evaluations Waterfront 1Dimitria GavalyugovaPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisSession topic references decisions or metrics; event-level follow-through is not shownRead from source
3:30 PM ACSTFinding your space - the psychological, organisational and political dynamics of being a resilient evaluator Waterfront 2Kim Grey • Ruth Nicholls • Samantha Mayes • John StoneyPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
4:00 PM ACSTQuality evaluation that makes a difference: continuing the conversation Rooms 3+4Rob Sale • Carina CalzoniPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
4:00 PM ACSTStrengthening community mental wellbeing through culturally grounded and practical evaluation tools in Vanuatu. Rooms 1+2Michael TaikiPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
4:00 PM ACSTA social worker, an astrophysicist and an economist walk into a bar... Waterfront 1Kate Cherry • Jake Clark • David MarchantPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
4:00 PM ACSTLooking upstream and downstream: longitudinal case studies of climate and water resilience Waterfront 3Stuart Raetz • Primatia Romana Wulandari • Keren WinterfordPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
4:00 PM ACSTMeeting new challenges with better theories of change Hall 2Patricia Rogers • Emil Laurberg MogensenPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
4:30 PM ACSTMaking Space for Evaluation: How the UK and Australia Are Improving Evaluation Across Government Waterfront 2PresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
9:00 AM ACSTPlenary: Selwyn Button "Insight that Delivers: How Good Evaluation Shapes Better Policy and Practice", handover to aes27 Hall 2Selwyn ButtonPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
10:30 AM ACSTHow to evaluate a company Waterfront 2Gerard AtkinsonPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
10:30 AM ACSTNavigating Rigor and Responsiveness: Evaluating a First Nations Community-Led Diabetes Prevention Program in Central Australia Waterfront 1Emma Weaver • Shiree MackPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
10:30 AM ACSTFrom framework to practice: What does it take to implement shared impact in place-based work? Rooms 1+2Nicholas Hill • Eve MillarPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
10:30 AM ACSTEvaluation reporting using infographics Rooms 3+4Charlie TullochPresentationKnowledge transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisNo participant output visible from this rowRead from source, no work signal
9:00 AM ACSTOpening plenary: Welcome to Country followed by Robyn Ober "Being comfortable with discomfort" Hall 2Robyn OberOpening RemarksOrientation+
Format · BroadcastOpening RemarksFraming or welcome from the stage. Orients the room, not participatory.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
11:00 AM ACSTBeyond Silos: A Technology - Evaluation Partnership Building a Digital Data Pipeline Waterfront 2Kristine Tuban • Martin HolmstrandUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
11:00 AM ACSTHow should we evaluate legal policy? Waterfront 1Caitlin Morton • Maggie HawkinsUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
11:00 AM ACSTTwo Worlds Evaluation: Shifting power back to community and embedding Indigenous Data Sovereignty in practice Rooms 1+2Jess Moniodis • Mona RobertsUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
11:00 AM ACSTApplication of Social Network Analysis (SNA) in evaluation within the social services context Rooms 3+4Matt Healey • Catherine WadeUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
11:00 AM ACSTPractical ways to make space for place in the Evaluation of Regreening Waterfront 3Alice MullerUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
11:00 AM ACSTIntroduction to Evidence for New, Emerging and Non-Evaluators Hall 2Charlie TullochUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
11:30 AM ACSTWhen no one has time for evaluation - building learning cultures that survive pressure Waterfront 1Su-Ann DrewUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
11:30 AM ACSTBuilding culturally grounded evaluation, led by First Nations communities Rooms 1+2Jen Lorains • Veronica Doolan • Pauline Grant • Jackie TreevesUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
11:30 AM ACSTBuilding your first AI evaluation assistant: From setup to first analysis Rooms 3+4Ethel Karskens • Maree DibellaUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
11:30 AM ACSTWhat makes place-based evaluation different? Waterfront 3Jessica Smart • Suzanne Butler • Lorraine HeywoodUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
11:30 AM ACSTWhat! No survey? Introducing the Collective Noticing Method (CNM) Waterfront 2Jess DartUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
12:00 PM ACSTThe ethics of independence - what does ‘independent evaluation’ mean in 2026? Hall 2Jo van Twest FarmerUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
12:00 PM ACSTThe Reckoning Waterfront 1Salli CohenUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
1:30 PM ACSTPlenary: Lígia Teixeira "From evidence to impact: reclaiming evaluation as a means to an end" Hall 2Lígia TeixeiraUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
2:30 PM ACSTEvaluation as a Bridge: The Multiple Hats of MEL in Scaling Government-led Graduation Programmes Waterfront 3Kristian Paolo Torres • Tania Dora WarokkaUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
2:30 PM ACSTEpistemic Justice: victim survivors of child sexual abuse as co-evaluators Waterfront 1Nic Vogelpoel • Malika Reese • Angela ObradovicUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
2:30 PM ACSTUsing partnering principles to navigate power and ethics in evaluation Rooms 1+2Dana CrossUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
2:30 PM ACSTIgnites Waterfront 2Robert Grimshaw • Kirstin Clements • Martina Donkers • Fiona Scott-Melton • Louise Parker • Feby Savira • Louise Green • Lily EdwardsUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
2:30 PM ACSTBeyond Symbolic Inclusion - Building a Collective Mandate for Indigenous-Led Understanding Measurement Evaluation & Learning (UMEL) Hall 2Liz WrenUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
2:30 PM ACSTInterrogating problem representations in evaluation: Are we solving the right problems? Rooms 3+4Andrew BoylePresentationKnowledge Transfer+
Format · BroadcastPresentationSpeakers present, the audience receives. Awareness only unless paired with practice or follow-up.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
3:00 PM ACSTThe case for key monitoring questions in simplifying performance frameworks Waterfront 3Jack RutherfordUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
4:00 PM ACSTDevelopmental Evaluation or a Learning Organisation? Waterfront 2Caroline Henwood • Laura BirdUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
4:00 PM ACSTCultural Wisdom and Story Gathering Artefact: A two-worlds approach to developing culturally responsive evaluation practice Rooms 1+2Jessi Gidgup-Lovett • Duncan RintoulUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
4:00 PM ACSTEvaluating accommodation needs of at-risk/homeless young people in the Northern Territory: A layered evaluation model Hall 2Paul Royce • Ian FalkUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
4:00 PM ACSTMaking space for influence: Danjoo Koorliny and decolonising evaluation to measure systems change Waterfront 3Doyen RadcliffeUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
4:00 PM ACSTStrategy evaluation. Does it have to be this hard? Rooms 3+4David StuartUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
4:30 PM ACSTProfessional isolation in evaluation: AES members’ experiences, and ways to strengthen peer connection and community Hall 2Martina DonkersUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
4:30 PM ACSTIgnites Waterfront 2Delyth Lloyd • Estelle Gaillard • Amanda Taylor-Short • Anabelle (Pin-Ju) Chen 陳品儒 • Heather Bryan • Louise ParkerUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
4:30 PM ACSTCentring Indigenous worldviews: Warlpiri and the Itaukei Trust Affairs Board case learning Rooms 1+2Alexander Gyles • Allan Mua Illingworth • Glenda Napaljarri Wayne • Raelene Jigili • Mildred Napaljarri Spencer • Marilyn VilisoniUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
4:30 PM ACSTEvaluating projects using social capital framework in refugee communities in Australia Waterfront 1Ali Rasoli • Samantha CherianUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
4:30 PM ACSTManaging the eight main enemies of evaluative thinking Rooms 3+4Samantha AbbatoUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
4:30 PM ACSTTwo-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 McCormackUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
9:00 AM ACSTPlenary: Bagele Chilisa "Making Space, Valuing Place: The 21st Century Evaluation Paradigms Challenge" Hall 2Bagele ChilisaUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
10:30 AM ACSTWhat works for whom? Developmental evaluation of a domestic violence prevention pilot for young men Waterfront 2Simon AlabaUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
10:30 AM ACSTPhilanthropy and Evaluation - What Gives? Waterfront 3Rick Cummings • Jen Lorains • Alan Woodward • Adriaan WolvaardtUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
10:30 AM ACSTFrom Paper to People: Community-Centred Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning for Vanuatu Education & Training Sector Waterfront 1Jill Juliane Wai • Fremden Yanhambath • Ellis Silas • Harrison SelmenTrainingSkill Building+
Format · Participant workTrainingGuided skill building where participants practice. Counts as participant work and learning transfer.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
10:30 AM ACSTScalability and scaling in and across place: A practical framework for complexity-informed evaluation practice Rooms 3+4Matt HealeyUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
10:30 AM ACST"Yalalamirri mala-djarr’yun - “and then we check” Understanding and sensemaking the Yolŋu way" Hall 2Melanie Williams • Sylvia Ŋulpinditj • Maminydjama Maymuru • Wuṯpurruŋu WunuŋmurraUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
10:30 AM ACSTChallenging power through MEL: What can Australian and international development evaluators learn from each other? Rooms 1+2Elisabeth Jackson • Shane D'AngeloUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
11:00 AM ACSTWhen tools meet context: Piloting the WM2A wellbeing measure in Top End renal care Waterfront 2Victoria ThanasosUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
11:30 AM ACSTCreating Starlight’s First Social Impact Report: What We Learnt Waterfront 3Claire TreadgoldUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
11:30 AM ACSTCase studies - an overlooked technique in evaluation? Waterfront 2Alan WoodwardUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
11:30 AM ACSTUbuntu in Evaluation Practice: Bridging Traditional African Ways of Knowing with Contemporary Program Evaluation Waterfront 1Gerald OnsandoUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
11:30 AM ACSTWhen the story turns against the evidence: Navigating media scrutiny as evaluators Rooms 3+4Stephanie Carter • Megan Anderson • Felicity MilesUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
11:30 AM ACSTEvaluating with the Vanua: A Practical Framework for Relational, Place Based Evaluation in Indigenous Contexts Rooms 1+2Elisabeta ToravaUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
11:30 AM ACSTWalking in Two Worlds: evaluating First Nations programs in the public sector Hall 2Anna Rasalingam (She/Her) • Daniel MaherUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
12:00 PM ACSTEmbedding Ethical Practice in an Evaluation Across Diverse Communities: Lessons from Bangladesh Waterfront 1Jagath Happuhannadige • Maud Mukova-Moses • A K M Badrul HuqUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
12:00 PM ACSTImpact beyond food: How Community Pantries function as places of social connection Waterfront 2Dr Joanne CummingsUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
12:00 PM ACSTEvaluating ‘value for the public’: Public value as a framework for assessing impact Waterfront 3Danielle Thornton • Stephen CuttrissUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
1:30 PM ACSTWalking alongside each other at the pace of trust: how evaluation is only the destination Waterfront 3Skye Gooch • Rebecca SteunenbergUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
1:30 PM ACSTFrom Panic to Practice: Putting AI to Work in Evaluation Rooms 1+2Dorothea HuberUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
1:30 PM ACSTMaking Space for multiple perspectives: Collaborative design of Value for Investment evaluations Waterfront 2Adrian FieldUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
1:30 PM ACSTFrom commissioning to learning: how funders can help shape the conditions for meaningful evaluation Hall 2Jen Lorains • Ximena Avalos • Caroline Henwood • Adriaan Wolvaardt • Sarah Neill • David StuartUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
1:30 PM ACSTProcess tracing in practice: testing causal claims with mixed evidence Rooms 3+4Kizzy GandyUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
1:30 PM ACSTEstablishing an Indigenous owned and led evaluation process for the Timor-Leste Tais Weaving Ecosystem Waterfront 1Nea HarrisonUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
2:00 PM ACSTAn open discussion on research and evaluation that works for remote communities Waterfront 3Jillian Marsh • Laura Bird • Kate DixonUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
2:00 PM ACSTIgnites Waterfront 2Louise Green • Rodney Williams • Marilyn Vilisoni • Lily Edwards • Megan Brewer • Trina O'Donnell • Satib Nisha Khan KhanUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
2:00 PM ACSTIs there room in the C-suite for evaluators? Rooms 1+2Dana Cross • Lyn Alderman • Piacarmel AndrewsUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
2:30 PM ACSTMonitoring on a shoestring: How reproducible reporting can help make better use of data. Rooms 3+4Stephanie Quail • Sophie HennessUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
2:30 PM ACSTWhen Worlds Collide: Evaluation at the Intersection of Policy, Curriculum and School Improvement Hall 2Zina Baghi • Annette WatersUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
2:30 PM ACSTStrengthening engagement with evaluation through the Signs of Success Framework Waterfront 1Giulia CapuzzoUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
3:30 PM ACSTFrom insight to action: A pragmatic, participatory approach to improving cancer clinical trial systems Waterfront 3Cally JenningsWorkshopCo Creation+
Format · Participant workWorkshopParticipants work on a problem and produce something. The strongest signal of participation architecture.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
3:30 PM ACSTIs the value of evaluation hiding in the shadows? Rooms 3+4Megan Lugg • Robert GrimshawUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
3:30 PM ACSTCulturally Governed Evaluation: Reframing First Nations Engagement from Consultation and Co-design to Governance Hall 2Dr Sarah Jane Springer • Catherine BoekelUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
3:30 PM ACSTIs this going somewhere? Using evaluations to broker organisational change Rooms 1+2Victoria Pilbeam • India LynnUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
3:30 PM ACSTUncertain impacts, real decisions: measuring and communicating causal uncertainty in quantitative evaluations Waterfront 1Dimitria GavalyugovaUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
3:30 PM ACSTFinding your space - the psychological, organisational and political dynamics of being a resilient evaluator Waterfront 2Kim Grey • Ruth Nicholls • Samantha Mayes • John StoneyUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
4:00 PM ACSTQuality evaluation that makes a difference: continuing the conversation Rooms 3+4Rob Sale • Carina CalzoniUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
4:00 PM ACSTStrengthening community mental wellbeing through culturally grounded and practical evaluation tools in Vanuatu. Rooms 1+2Michael TaikiUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
4:00 PM ACSTA social worker, an astrophysicist and an economist walk into a bar... Waterfront 1Kate Cherry • Jake Clark • David MarchantUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
4:00 PM ACSTLooking upstream and downstream: longitudinal case studies of climate and water resilience Waterfront 3Stuart Raetz • Primatia Romana Wulandari • Keren WinterfordUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
4:00 PM ACSTMeeting new challenges with better theories of change Hall 2Patricia Rogers • Emil Laurberg MogensenUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
4:30 PM ACSTMaking Space for Evaluation: How the UK and Australia Are Improving Evaluation Across Government Waterfront 2UnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
9:00 AM ACSTPlenary: Selwyn Button "Insight that Delivers: How Good Evaluation Shapes Better Policy and Practice", handover to aes27 Hall 2Selwyn ButtonUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
10:30 AM ACSTHow to evaluate a company Waterfront 2Gerard AtkinsonUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
10:30 AM ACSTNavigating Rigor and Responsiveness: Evaluating a First Nations Community-Led Diabetes Prevention Program in Central Australia Waterfront 1Emma Weaver • Shiree MackUnknownUnknown+
Format · BroadcastUnknownFormat not classified from the source; treated as a broadcast block by default.
Evidence basisHighRead from source
10:30 AM ACSTFrom framework to practice: What does it take to implement shared impact in place-based work? Rooms 1+2Nicholas Hill • Eve MillarUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
10:30 AM ACSTEvaluation reporting using infographics Rooms 3+4Charlie TullochUnknownUnknown+
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Evidence basisHighRead from source
The Full Reading
Why It Ranks This Way +
Calibrated from GES design 43/100 and verified 44/100 with no fourth-loop cap.
Reader Takeaway. For a reader, this is a useful but still incomplete public example: it reads as an action-oriented convening, with the strongest visible signal in evidence maturity and learning transfer and the biggest open question around follow through and participation architecture. The practical test is whether the published agenda connects the room to execution quality beyond the public agenda.
Strongest signals: Evidence Maturity, Learning Transfer, and Future-of-Work Fit. Weakest signals: Follow Through, Participation Architecture, and Personalization.
How This Agenda Could Improve +
- Add named owners, dates, implementation checkpoints, and a visible post-event continuation path.
- Turn passive airtime into participant work: practice, sensemaking, decisions, critique, or artifact creation.
- Create role-based paths, prepared questions, tailored breakouts, or participant-specific next steps.
Fastest next move: Add named owners, dated next steps, and a visible continuation path before treating the event as outcome-ready.
Role-Specific Reading +
Sponsor lens
Look beyond exposure. Strong sponsor value would show qualified interaction, problem work, buyer learning, customer evidence, or follow-up. The practical sponsor move is to look for structured introductions, buyer-seller fit, and relationship persistence.
Designer lens
The agenda is useful as a pattern sample from aes26.sched.com. Redesign attention should go first to the lowest-scoring pillars; in practice, turn the thinnest agenda blocks into participant work.
Executive lens
Treat the visible agenda as an operating plan. The executive move is to ask whether the follow-up evidence connects to the business or mission outcome. If owners, proof, and follow-through are not visible, the public record does not yet prove strategic movement.
Aggregator lens
Treat the source URL as evidence, not decoration. The data-product move is to label the source boundary clearly before ranking the record before ranking or syndicating the record.
What GES Means Here +
The Gathering Effectiveness Score is a strict 0-100 public-evidence reading of the agenda across eight pillars. It rewards visible participant work, follow-through, transfer, network design, and proof mechanisms more than polish, speaker fame, attendance, or satisfaction.
Visible mechanisms: Participant work, Tracking, Network design, Learning transfer.
Evidence boundary: Scores reflect visible agenda/source evidence and should not be read as proof of causal event impact.
Limitations, Score Caps, and Review Flags +
Limitations
- Passive stage formats dominate the visible agenda.
- No baseline measurement is visible.
Score caps
- No fourth-loop score cap applied.
Review flags
- No tracking, validation, feedback, or impact measurement found in the visible source text.
- Original category was unknown; publication category is inferred.
Is this proof the event worked? +
No. This is a strict public-evidence reading of the agenda. Proof would require baseline, comparison, follow-up, attribution, and impact evidence beyond the listing.
What should a reader inspect first? +
Start with the source URL, then compare the eight pillar scores against the agenda rows. The biggest opportunities usually sit in follow-through, evidence maturity, and participant work.
Why publish weak records? +
Weak records are part of the map. They show where public agendas still describe sessions and speakers more often than outcomes, commitments, transfer, or proof.
How should I use the rows? +
Read the agenda rows as the visible design trace: formats, purposes, and evidence labels show what the public source made inspectable, not everything that happened in the room. This is a source-grounded interpretation of the public agenda record, not a copy of the source, and not an endorsement of the event.
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