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Evaluation in Society: Critical Connections
October 4-6 2006, London, UK

Conference Registration

The UK Evaluation Society and the European Evaluation Society are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the above conference. The programme includes keynote plenary speakers together with over 350 presentations submitted by participants from 43 countries worldwide. These will be presented in themed parallel sessions comprising papers, symposia, roundtables, panels/debates and posters grouped under the following streams:

1. The role of evaluation in public policy
2. Evaluation and its relationship with the professions, policy sectors and disciplines
3. Evaluation and the European project
4. International evaluation and evaluation in developing countries
5. Evaluating institutions, programmes and systems
6. Evaluation futures

The standard of the submissions received together with the wide range of topics and formats to be presented promises that this conference will be one of the major international evaluation events held to date and should not be missed.

The conference commences at 14.30 on Wednesday 4 October and closes at 18.00 on Friday 6 October.

Training and Professional Development Workshops

The conference will be preceded by a programme of Training and Professional Development Workshops commencing on the afternoon of Monday 2 October and closing at lunchtime on Wednesday 4 October.

Led by international experts in the field of evaluation, the workshop programme will be made up of a number of different training and professional development modules, grouped under the following strands:

1. Foundation
For new entrants to the field of evaluation
2. Institutional
For those who have institutional responsibilities to plan, manage, commission and deliver evaluations
3. Approach and Methods
For those who wish to gain specialist access to particular methods and techniques and new approaches to evaluation
4. International Development
For those working in, or interested in working in, evaluation of international development activities

The conference registration fees cover the cost of all conference documentation together with lunches and refreshments on each day of the conference, the welcome reception on the evening of 4 October and the closing reception on the evening of 6 October.

On-line registration and further information regarding the conference is available from the website:
www.profbriefings.co.uk/EISCC2006