Date and time: Thursday 30 April, 4.00pm-5.30pm AEST
Topic: What can ACE do for evaluators?
Presenter: Eleanor Williams | Australian Centre for Evaluation
Venue: Via Zoom. Details will be emailed to registrants just prior to the start time.
Register online by: 29 April 2026

Event description:

Join us for a discussion-focused session with the Australian Centre for Evaluation (ACE). This event is your chance to hear directly from the ACE team about the range of resources they’ve developed—and continue to build—and how they can be used to support evaluation practice across Australia.
Through an initial short presentation, the ACE team will share:
• An overview of the range of resources ACE has developed and is continuing to build
• Insights into which resources are most widely accessed and feedback from the field
• Ideas for how tools like the published evaluations library can be used for research, analysis, or shaping ongoing work

Following the presentation, we’ll open the floor for an informal Q&A and discussion. This is a great opportunity for practitioners, researchers, and anyone interested in evaluation to connect with ACE, ask questions, provide feedback, and share experiences in a welcoming and collaborative setting.

Presenter details:

Eleanor Williams, A/g First Assistant Secretary, Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy Division.
Eleanor joined the Australian Centre for Evaluation in October 2023. Eleanor holds Masters level qualifications in Public Policy and Management and Evaluation from the University of Melbourne.
She has worked in a variety of senior management and executive roles in Government. This includes roles as the Executive Director of Strategy and Policy and Director of the Centre for Evaluation and Research Evidence in the Victorian Department of Health, as well as the Interim CEO at the Victorian Collaborative Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing. Eleanor is a former board member of the Australian Evaluation Society and co-founded the Australian Public Sector Evaluation Network in 2019. She is currently undertaking PhD with supervisors at the University of Queensland and University College London with a focus on evidence use in fast-paced policy environments.

If this seminar is recorded, it will be available on the member portal only.

This free event has been organised by the NSW Regional Network of the AES. 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:

• NSW, VIC QLD, ACT, TAS: 4.00pm

• SA, NT: 3.30pm

• WA: 2.00pm

• New Zealand: 6.00pm

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

Please ensure you have access to your email address just prior to the start time to access Zoom details. Please also check your email address is correct on your registration form before submitting. Thanks.