Meet our partners and sponsors
ARTD
ARTD is a medium-sized Australian-owned company that supports government agencies and not-for-profits to use evaluative thinking to design and refine action for the public good. We are collaborative, creative, and critical thinkers who deliver evaluations that are engaging, robust and impactful. From co-designed and lived experience led evaluations to causal inference and experimental designs, we have the technical expertise and experience to tailor to your specific needs. When you choose to work with ARTD, you tap into over 35 years of strategic evaluation experience across the policy spectrum and the wisdom and passion of our team.
Rooftop Social
Rooftop Social is a leading provider of evaluation, research, and facilitation services across Australia.
Our expertise includes:
- designing evaluation frameworks, systems, and tools
- building evaluation capacity through training and coaching
- facilitating participatory design for social innovation
Since 2013, our 'evidence for good' mission guides:
- who we partner with – government and for-purpose organisations
- our inclusive, flexible, and transparent approach
- our focus on education, justice, environment, health, and human services
- taking on projects where we make meaningful contributions to important causes
Our core team is based in NSW and Victoria, with a network of subject matter experts and colleagues nationwide.
Whereto | Ipsos
Whereto | Ipsos has provided high-quality social research and evaluation services and directional, effective advice to governments for over 20 years. We pride ourselves in taking our clients further — we don’t just deliver reports, we articulate ‘where to next’.
Our team has a strong commitment to social impact, collaborative learning, and trauma informed, culturally responsive and participatory evaluative approaches.
Our partnership with Ipsos Global Public Affairs brings to bear expertise working across government and the civil sector worldwide, addressing pressing complex policy challenges, and the full range of experimental design and economic evaluation services.
Grosvenor
Embrace the Bubble with Grosvenor
At Grosvenor, we believe bubbles aren’t just for bursting—they’re for exploring, shaping, and expanding. They invite us to see things differently, challenge assumptions, and discover new possibilities.
Just like bubbles, evaluations come in all shapes and sizes, some lasting only a moment while others endure and evolve over time. They can be bold and colourful, offering fresh insights, or deepen into long-term reflections that drive meaningful change.
At Grosvenor, we know that no two bubbles are the same—just as no two evaluations should be. That’s why we tailor our approach to fit your needs, ensuring evaluations go beyond the surface to deliver real, lasting impact.
As seasoned evaluators of Australia’s public sector, we bring practical expertise, independent advice, and a spirit of innovation to everything we do. From program evaluation and performance measurement to strategy, governance, capability, and service delivery improvement, we help you push the boundaries of what’s possible while staying grounded in what works.
At AES 2025, we invite you to embrace the bubble—step inside, explore its dimensions, and see evaluation in a whole new way. Whether you need tailored solutions or hands-on tools like our DIY Evaluation Kit, we’ll help you navigate the path to real impact.
Follow the bubbles to Grosvenor’s stand or journey to one of our presentations, where you’ll find Experts Without Attitude—ready to challenge assumptions, spark new ideas, and expand the possibilities with you.
Let’s embrace the bubble together and reimagine what evaluation can be.
Rooftop Social
Rooftop Social is a leading provider of evaluation, research, and facilitation services across Australia.
Our expertise includes:
- designing evaluation frameworks, systems, and tools
- building evaluation capacity through training and coaching
- facilitating participatory design for social innovation
Since 2013, our 'evidence for good' mission guides:
- who we partner with – government and for-purpose organisations
- our inclusive, flexible, and transparent approach
- our focus on education, justice, environment, health, and human services
- taking on projects where we make meaningful contributions to important causes
Our core team is based in NSW and Victoria, with a network of subject matter experts and colleagues nationwide.
Bellberry
Bellberry Limited is an Australian award-winning independent, not-for-profit organisation offering Human Research Ethics Committee services. Driven by two key objectives, to protect the welfare of research participants and improve the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of research, Bellberry provides high-quality, time-efficient, and internationally accredited scientific and ethical review of research projects.
Iris Ethics
Iris Ethics is Australia’s first ethical review service provider tailored for the evaluation sector, delivering full Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) services, as well as peer reviews of lower risk projects, and resources to support ethical evaluation practice. Our secure platform enables fast turnaround without compromising quality or privacy, so that evaluators can get insights to clients and communities when they need it. Our committee and management team include experienced evaluators who understand what high quality, ethically sound evaluation looks like. This ensures that we are a trusted partner to the communities we serve.
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