Description:
The event will attract global thinkers engaged in innovative evaluation research, theorizing, or practice who seek opportunities to push their thinking in new directions and are interested in applying their ideas in a South Asian context. It will also include leading development theorists, thinkers, activists and policy makers from South Asia to embed discussions in current development issues and contexts that evaluation must respond to.
The event will be a space to engage with, and test knowledge. The event will target innovators and practitioners (including those focused on particular methodological approaches) who are actively seeking ways to connect their work to, and draw from, work happening in other domains. The event is a space for critical and engaged thinkers to raise and engage in nuanced questions on evaluation and deepen evaluation theory and practice. Participants should be ready to engage, critique, and bring ideas to the table (whether from theory or practice). The conclave will include 250-300 leaders from the global development and evaluation community, with up to 100 from outside of South Asia.