Welcome to the registration page for the Midlands Evaluation Showcase 2022, celebrating evaluations and evaluators in the Midlands region.

Join us online on 2nd February (9:30am-12noon) to hear from our exciting line up of speakers and join the discussions that follow (see the agenda below).

The event, hosted by the Midlands Regional Evaluation Network, is completely free to attend, but please make sure you register to receive the joining details - which will be confirmed closer to the time.

Agenda

09:30 - 09:45: Welcome and introduction (Midlands Regional Network Steering Group)

09:45 -10:45: Session 1: Evaluating social, economic and other benefits of initiatives in the Midlands region, featuring:

Professor Nick Henry, Coventry University and Mark Scott, Monitoring and Data Manager, Coventry City of Culture Trust: Evaluating Coventry UK City of Culture 2021
Professor Laura Caulfield, Director of the Institute for Community Research and Development., University of Wolverhampton: Evaluating complex social programmes: a case study of the West Midlands Violence Reduction Unit
Oliver Allies, Wavehill Social and Economic Research: Evaluating business support programmes in the East and West Midlands regions.

10:45-10:55: Comfort Break

10:55-11:55: Session 2: Evaluating national and international policies and programmes from the `Midlands, featuring:

Professor Philip Dearden, Head of Centre for International Development and Training (CIDT), Associate Dean (Research and Knowledge Exchange), Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences (FABSS), University of Wolverhampton: The use of “Logical Frameworks” and “Theories of Change” in international development and lessons for local and regional evaluations.

Professor Mike Thelwall, Professor of Data Science, Statistical Cybermetrics Research Group, University of Wolverhampton: Web evidence evaluations for governments and large NGOs - Gathering web evidence of impact on national policy.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Midlands Evaluation Showcase Event!

p.s. If you are an evaluator or someone in the Midlands working on (or with an interest in) evaluation, and have yet to join us on LinkedIn - please do connect with us here and say hi! We'd love to hear from you!