2008 Environmental Evaluator’s Networking Forum

Working Strategically to Support Change and Effectiveness

Co-sponsored by:

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency & The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Thursday, June 12, 2008

7:45 am Sign-in: Continental Breakfast; Meet and Greet

8:45 am Welcome: Overview of 2007 Forum, Outline of Day’s Schedule and Goals

Katherine Dawes, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Matthew Birnbaum, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

9:00 am Keynote Speaker

Marcus Peacock, Deputy Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (invited)

Moderator: Peter Stangel, Director of Science and Evaluation , National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

9:30 am Featured Speakers

Gary Henry, University of North Carolina

Nick Salafsky, Foundations of Success

10:30 am Break

10:45 am Network Session: Speedy Presentations and a Stroll Through the Zoo

Moderators: Katherine Dawes & David Bend

11:45 am  Lunch (Catered)

1:30 pm Concurrent Presentations: Attributing Change to Our Programs

Approaches to Attributing Change to Our Programs
David Butry, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Marcia Brown, Foundations of Success
Moderator: Guy Robertson, USDA

Methodological Challenges to Measuring Impact
Time Horizons: Elizabeth Kennedy, Conservation International
Data Credibility: Andrew Pullin, Bangor University (Wales) & Center for Evidence-Based Conservation

Attributing Change to Environmental Education
Joe Heimlich, Ohio State University
Dan Blumstein, UCLA
Moderator: Kara Davis, UCLA

Zoo Session: Amphibian Conservation
Brian Gratwicke, Smithsonian National Zoo

2:50 pm Break

3:15 pm Plenary: Influential Evaluation and Attribution

Jared Hardner, Hardner and Gullison, Ltd.

Hans Bruyninckx, Catholic University (Belgium)

4:30 pm Reflections and Day Two Preview

5:00 pm Adjourn

5:15 pm Reception at The National Zoo

 

Friday, June 13, 2008

8:00 am Continental Breakfast

8:30 am Day 2 Introduction

Katherine Dawes, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Matthew Birnbaum, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

8:45 am Featured Speakers

Nick Salafsky, Foundations of Success

Gary Henry, University of North Carolina

9:30 am Break

9:40 am Plenary: Evaluation's Role in Management

Michael Jacobson, King County, WA

Angela Bednarek, Pew Charitable Trusts

Brett Jenks, RARE

Moderator:  Jenni Wallace, NOAA

10:40 am Break

11:00 am Concurrent Presentations: Adaptively Managing Our Performance

Systematic Approaches to Building Evaluation Capacity

Conservation Measurement Partnership
Tim Reed, The Nature Conservancy

EPA Partnership Program Guidelines
Jennifer Nash, Harvard University

Moderator: Matt Keene, U.S. EPA

Evaluating Collaboration 

Tom Koontz, Ohio State University

Lou Nadeau, Eastern Research Group

Susan Goodwin, Department of Interior

From Measurement to Management

Cynthia Gill, U.S. AID

Carlos Albacete, Trópico Verde & ParksWatch

Elizabeth O'Neill, Four Elements Consulting

Zoo Session: Tiger Conservation

John Seidensticker, Smithsonian National Zoo

Mahendra Shrestha, Save the Tiger Fund

12:00 pm  Lunch (Catered)

1:30 pm Concurrent Roundtable Sessions

Session A:  National Fish and Wildlife Request for Third-Party Multi-Year  Evaluation Proposals

Session B:  Building Capacity for Evaluating Environmental Education Programs

Michaela Zint, University of Michigan

Lynette Fleming, Research, Evaluation & Development Services

Moderator: Annelise Carleton-Hug, Trillium Associates

Zoo Session: Golden Lion Tamarin Conservation

Devra Kleiman, Zoo-Logic, LCC

2:40 pm Break

3:00 pm Plenary: Implications of Climate Change for Evaluation

Diana Lane, Stratus Consultants

Per Mickwitz, Finnish Environment Institute

Moderator: Rob van den Berg, The Global Environment Facility

4:00 pm Reflections, Discussion, and Announcements

Nick Salafsky, Foundations of Success

Gary Henry, University of North Carolina

Moderators:  Matt Birnbaum & Katherine Dawes

5:00 pm Adjourn and Celebrate!