Focused on foundational knowledge and practices. Sessions explore core competencies, ethical practice, professional standards, theory-informed evaluation, and the day-to-day realities of evaluation work across contexts.

Focused on methodological learning and design choices that produce credible, useful evidence to support evaluation learning, use, and influence.

Focused on how culture, power, history, identity, and evaluator positionality shape our work. Addresses culturally responsive, Indigenous, participatory, and community centered approaches; equity focused and justice-oriented frameworks; and critical systems perspectives.

Exploring systems thinking, complexity, developmental approaches, technology, futures thinking, and foresight. These sessions bring non-traditional perspectives to evaluation, emphasizing adaptation and experimentation in complex environments and using insights about possible futures to inform decisions today.

Centered explicitly on the people and relationships that sustain the evaluation profession. Sessions focus on professional identity, career pathways, mentoring, leadership development, collaboration, and community building within and beyond AEA.