Date and time: Thursday 6 March 2025, 5.00pm - 6.00pm AEDT
Topic: How might evaluation meet the challenges of our times?
Location: online via zoom, details will be shared just prior to the event
Presenters: Elliot Stern, Eleanor Williams, Brad Astbury, Patricia Rogers
Facilitator: Caroline Henwood
Register online by: Wednesday 5 March 2025

Event description:

In this era of intertwined social, environmental and economic crises and rapid technological change, including generative AI, there is also polarisation and misinformation leading to increasing rejection of scientific expertise. What do fit-for-purpose evaluation practices and systems look like in this context?
Join us for a lively discussion about how evaluation can better support governments, organisations and communities to respond to current challenges.

Attention Victorian members, if you are interested in attending in-person drinks in the Melbourne CBD following this event please advise Caroline Henwood directly via this email: vThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

About the presenters:

The discussion will feature:
Elliot Stern, Emeritus Professor at Lancaster University, founding editor of the international journal Evaluation and leader of the landmark report on Broadening the range of designs and methods for impact evaluations.
Eleanor Williams, Managing Director of the Australian Centre for Evaluation, founder of the Australian Public Sector Evaluation Network, and currently pursuing PhD research on evidence use in fast-paced policy contexts.
Brad Astbury, Associate Professor, Health Systems Evaluation, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, with particular interest in designing situationally responsive evaluation informed by relevant evaluation theories.
Patricia Rogers, co-founder of the Footprint Evaluation Initiative, working on better ways to address environmental sustainability and interventions in complex systems in evaluation.
Caroline Henwood (chair), Research & Evaluation Manager, The Ian Potter Foundation and Convenor AES Victorian Branch.

This seminar will be recorded and available on the AES YouTube channel approximately four weeks after the date. We suggest you subscribe to the AES YouTube channel to be notified when new recordings are added. 

This free event has been organised by the AES Victoria Regional Network. Our seminar series provides an opportunity for you to meet with AES members and others in the evaluation community and to share and learn from the experiences of fellow evaluators.

Session start times

• VIC, NSW, ACT, TAS: 5.00pm

• QLD: 4.00pm

• NT: 3.30pm

• SA: 4.30pm

• WA: 2.00pm

• New Zealand: 7.00pm

For other time zones please go to https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html