Keynote address:
Tinker tailor soldier spy: Reflections on the role of the evaluator
Professor Charlotte Humphrey, Director of the Centre for Evidence and Policy and Professor of Health Care Evaluation, Kings College London

Parallel Session A1
The commissioner-client relationship: Effective engagement with other stakeholders

The need for both evaluators and commissioners to engage effectively with stakeholders: Issues, strategies and challenges
Dr Chih Hoong Sin, Head of Information and Research, Disability Rights Commission
Making evaluations “work”: Stakeholder engagement as an essential ingredient for effective evaluation design and implementation
Mark Liddle, Managing Director, ARCS Ltd
Lessons from effective engagement in a mental health unit
Joseph Forster, Registered Nurse, Mersey Care NHS Trust

Parallel Session A2
The commissioner-client relationship: Collaboration in evaluation

The ultimate collaboration? The case for commissioners of research being active members of the evaluation team
Professor Robyn Dixon, Director, Centre for Child and Family Policy Research, University of Auckland , New Zealand
Engaging practitioners and policy makers in programme evaluation through a steering group
Professor Elaine Hogard, Reader in Evaluation Research, University of Chester
Shifting sands: Problems and adaptations within the client-evaluator relationship
Dr Sadie Williams, Research Fellow, CSET, University of Lancaster

Parallel Session A3
Evaluation and organisational learning

Supporting self-evaluation of outcomes in children’s services
Matt Bennett, Monitoring, Evaluation and Resources Manager, Birmingham Children’s Fund
Embedding findings from evaluation: It’s not what you know it’s who
David Devins, Principal Researcher, Leeds Metropolitan University
Does every child matter? The commissioning of services for children
Dr Cheryl Simmill-Binning, Co-Director, ASSURE, University of Lancaster

Country program evaluations in international development from a stakeholder perspective
Frank Noij, Senior Consultant, Performance Assessment Resource Centre
Balancing the needs of diverse stakeholders or, how to please all the people all the time or die trying
Aoife O’Grady, Principal Research Officer, Department for Transport
Maintaining independence in programme evaluation
Anne Markiewicz, Consultant, Anne Markiewicz and Associates

Parallel Session A5
Symposium:
The Health Foundation

Keynote address:
Evaluating regional economic development: The changing landscape
Professor John Shutt, Professor of Regional Business Development and Director of the European Regional Business and Economic Development Unit, Leeds Metropolitan University

The changing role and approach of an “external evaluator”
Dr Wendy Gnich, Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh
Managing expectations: Evaluating the Renaissance Programme
Rachel Kerr, Renaissance Programme Manager, Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
Dr Javier Stanziola, Head of Research, Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
Understanding and informing practice in a complex policy environment Dr Duncan Holtom, Senior Researcher, The People and Work Unit

Parallel Session B2
Frameworks for evaluation

Building community capacity: A collaboration engagement framework
Dr Jay Mancini, Professor of Human Development, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , USA
Developing a stakeholder review approach to evaluation
Kerry Aldred, Evaluation Specialist Adviser, One North East
The monitoring and evaluation of the in-service training of civil servants in Vietnam : A case study
Dr Yeow Poon, Managing Director, People and Organisation Ltd

Parallel Session B3
Theoretical approaches to evaluation and stakeholder engagement

A good enough programme theory?
Dr Avril Blamey, Senior Public Health Adviser, NHS Health Scotland
Participative impact evaluation: How can it help improve the student experience of UK higher education?
Diane Hart, Educational Adviser (Evaluation), University of Sheffield
Evaluating diplomacy: A mission impossible?
Dr Yvonne Kleistra, Senior Evaluator, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Satisfying some of the people, some of the time: Evaluating the Healthy Living Centre programme
Peter Bailey, Evaluation and Research Analyst, Big Lottery Fund
Dr Dione Hills, Principal Researcher/Consultant, The Tavistock Institute
Experiencing a “new” approach to commissioning, managing and evaluating large-scale health improvement initiatives
Dr Mhairi Mackenzie, Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow
An evaluation of the partnership network at a Healthy Living Centre
Grahame Wright, Lecturer, The Robert Gordon University

Parallel Session B5
Symposium:
Institution of Economic Development symposium: Evaluating local and regional economic development

Alan Bruce, Chair, Yorkshire and Humber IED
Karen Chiverall, Project Manager, Aire Valley Leeds
Tim Fox, Senior Consultant, Ecotec
Geoff Herbert, Economic Development Manager, Hambleton District Council
Eric Hill, Investment Manager, Wakefield Council

Parallel Session C1
Approaches to self-evaluation

“It’s for your own good”: Why do we ask stakeholders to self-evaluate?
Dr Ann Bridgwood, Head of Evaluation and Research, Big Lottery Fund
Use of logic model for self-evaluation
Sook Chia, Research Student (PhD), University of Cambridge
Self-evaluation of the Centre for Enterprise , Teaching and Learning: Commissioning and co-evaluator perspectives
Alison Price, CETL Director, Institute for Enterprise , Leeds Metropolitan Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Dr David Usher, Senior Research Fellow, Leeds Metropolitan University Policy Unit

Parallel Session C2
Approaches to assessing economic impact

Parallel Session C3
Evaluation in complex and multi-stakeholder contexts

Evaluation of a video empowerment project
Dr Myra Kandemiri, Research Associate, University of Edinburgh
Evaluating a complex initiative with diverse stakeholders
Dr Carolyne Tah, Head of Borders and Enforcement Research Section, Home Office
Dr Rebecca Gillespie, Research Officer, Home Office
Telling half a story? The how and why of engaging hard to reach groups in evaluation
Rochelle Harris, Research Manager, West Yorkshire Probation Service
Emma Robinson, Research Assistant, West Yorkshire Probation Service

Parallel Session C4
Symposium:

Government evaluation in the UK : Current developments and future directions
Richard Thurston, President, UK Evaluation Society

Keynote address:
Mandy Wilson , Director, Communities and Organisations: Growth and Suppprt

Parallel Session D1
European perspectives on evaluation

European Business Test Panel
Werner Stengg, Head of Unit, European Commission Internal Market and Services DG
Economics and evaluation: The case of Italy
Monika Mura, Research Student, University of Bristol
Good governance and stakeholder involvement
Professor Cor van Montfort, Audit Manager, Netherlands Court of Audit

Parallel Session D2
Influencing the policy maker: Theory and examples from the grass roots to international peer review

How evaluation influences policy: A case study of the evaluation of Have a Heart Paisley
Clare Beeston, Public Health Adviser, NHS Health Scotland
Great expectations: Peer review as a policy learning tool
Isabelle Collins, Director, Technopolis Ltd
Evidenced based policy to evidence based governance?
Dr Carole Johnson, Lecturer in Public Policy and Management, Manchester Business School

Parallel Session D3
Is economic evaluation and appraisal the surest route to a policy maker’s heart?

A case for prison? An analysis of the costs and benefits of prison and alternative sentencing options
Dr Kevin Marsh, Head of Economics, Matrix Research and Consultancy
Efficient ways to reduce health inequalities: An effectiveness review and economic modelling exercise
Dr Kevin Marsh, Head of Economics, Matrix Research and Consultancy
Learning from evaluation
Geoff White, Director, SQW Consulting
Jonathan Cook, Senior Consultanr, SQW Consulting

A stakeholder approach to sustainability
Dr Richard Breese, Programmes Manager, South Yorkshire Partnership
The interpretation of sustainable development in farming and food policy
Dr Steve Webster, Principal Consultant, Delta-Innovation Ltd
Towards sustainability in a mental health unit
Joseph Forster, Registered Nurse, Mersey Care NHS Trust

Parallel Session D5
Improving the delivery of social policy through evaluation

The effectiveness of cross-sectoral government actions in preventing social exclusion
Teemu Kalij ä rvi, Principal Performance Auditor, National Audit Office of Finland
Ville Vehkasalo, Principal Performance Auditor, National Audit Office of Finland
Coming at you from all sides: The consequences of poverty and embeddedness for programme leverage
Dr Sanjeev Sridharan, Head of Evaluation Programme, University of Edinburgh
How are fines actually working? Essential programme theory for the evaluation of financial incentives to reduce bed-blocking
Ana Manzano-Santaella, PhD Student, University of Leeds

UKES Annual General Meeting

Lunch and Displays

Parallel Session E1
Designing and adapting evaluation tools for different audiences

Community involvement in the evaluation of regeneration initiatives: Perspectives from base camp
Faye Dunbavan, NDC Evaluation Officer, Doncaster PCT
Susan Hampshaw, NDC Evaluation Unit Manager, Doncaster PCT
Adapting standard evaluation tools for different participant groups
Sue Richardson, Evaluation Executive, Yorkshire Forward
Using evaluability assessments to make evaluation work for all stakeholders
Dr Carolyne Tah, Head of Borders and Enforcement Research Section, Home Office
Dr Rebecca Gillespie, Research Officer, Home Office

Parallel Session E2
Learning from evaluation: Perspectives from the education arena

Evaluating environmental education: Curriculum imperatives and community relevance in a schools setting
Dr Myra Kandemiri, Research Associate, University of Edinburgh
Spreading the good word: Strengthening engagement with stakeholders
Frances Salt, National Manager, Education Review Office , New Zealand
Gathering information about what stakeholders think of and how they use the evaluations of the Danish Evaluation Institute
Niels Matti Sondegaard, Methodology Consultant, Danish Evaluation Institute

Parallel Session E3
The nature of evidence and alternative approaches to evaluation

The rules of engagement: Reflections on the contested nature of evidence
Mark Monaghan, PhD Student, University of Leeds
Working with multiple stakeholders: An example of evaluatng a complex initiative in the higher education arena
Johannah Latchem, Research Assistant in Learning and Teaching, Birningham City University

Evaluating policy-driven innovation: A case study
Linn Phipps, Consultant, Ceist Consulting

Parallel Session E4
Evaluating local economic development, regeneration and environmental change

Advancing behavioural evaluation methods across Europe
Jenny Hindson, Evaluation Manager, Energy Saving Trust
Sustainability: The win:win:win: approach. Can this really work?
Chris Butcher, Senior Evaluation and Research Analyst, Big Lottery Fund
Sally Downs, Senior Evaluation and Research Analyst, Big Lottery Fund
Evaluation and local area regeneration: The case of the single regeneration budget challenge fund in north west England
Ray Holden, Director, The Eton Evaluation Company

Parallel Session E5
Symposium:

Making the difference: Using evaluation to reduce crime
Lindsey Poole , Police and Crime Standards Directorate, Home Office