Series 4: Webinar Two
Wednesday 4 November 2026
8:00-9:00am GMT / 1:30-2:30pm IST / 7:00-8:00pm AEDT
Scaling What Works: Making Implementation Stick Beyond the Pilots
Plenty of innovations show promising results in a pilot or several implementation pilots, but far fewer keep working as we attempt to scale. Scaling is not just doing more of the same. It means keeping quality, fit and impact as an innovation moves into new communities, systems and contexts.
In this webinar, we’ll look at what implementation practice and implementation science can tell us about scaling, including what to hold steady, what to adapt, and what to plan for early so an innovation doesn’t stall or lose its effect as it scales. We will draw on real-world examples and share practical lessons for organisational leaders and funders.
Penny Dakin
Executive Director Communities, Minderoo Foundation
Pritika Hingorani
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer (India), Artha Global
@EISUMMIT.ORG.bsky.social
Ashwin Iyer
Senior Manager - Philanthropic Partnerships
(Asia & Middle East), Gates Foundation
Facilitator: Dr Robyn Mildon
CEO, Centre for Evidence and Implementation
Visiting Associate Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine,
National University of Singapore
Adjunct Associate Professor, Monash University
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Series 4: Webinar One
Tuesday 29 September 2026
9:00-10:00am BST / 6:00-7:00pm AEST / 4:00-5:00pm SGT
AI for evidence: The perils and promise
AI is rapidly changing the face of evidence generation and synthesis: both in how we use and critically assess findings, as well as in the nature and quality of research outputs.
For evidence users – across policy, practice, research and philanthropy – AI offers both promise and perils. And human thinking is still very much needed to judge the difference.
Bringing together experts at the cutting-edge of the AI revolution, this webinar offers perspectives on how we can best manage this new world of evidence, and what knowledge and skills are needed now and into the future.
Professor Julian Elliott
CEO, Future Evidence Foundation
Dr Serene Koh
Director, Behavioural Insights Team (BIT), Singapore
Birte Snilstveit
Director of Synthesis and Reviews, 3ie
@EISUMMIT.ORG.bsky.social
Facilitator: Professor Aron Shlonsky
Director of Data Matters, Monash University
Catch up on previous EIS Virtual webinars
All webinars are recorded and are available free of charge at the links below.
Series 3: Webinar One
From evidence to strategy: Using what we learn to influence what we do
Tuesday 24 September 2024
Series 3: Webinar Two
Scaling what works to improve childhood outcomes
Tuesday 26 November 2024
Dr Suneeta Krishnan
Deputy Director India Country Office,
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Dr Robyn Mildon
CEO Centre for Evidence and Implementation
Visiting Associate Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of
Medicine, National University of Singapore
Adjunct Associate Professor, Monash University
Joe Elias
Global Health and Early Childhood Implementation Specialist
Senior Director Program Management, Sesame Workshop
Jimmy McLauchlan
Chief Development Officer, MMS
Program Lead – ENGAGE
Facilitator: Dr Robyn Mildon
CEO, Centre for Evidence and Implementation
Visiting Associate Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine,
National University of Singapore
Adjunct Associate Professor, Monash University
Series 3: Webinar Three
Creating impact: Moving beyond the hospital walls
Wednesday 5 March 2025
Professor Annette Boaz
King's College London
Professor Harriet Hiscock
University of Melbourne & Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)
Facilitator: Associate Professor Stephanie Best,
University of Melbourne
Series 3: Webinar Four
The role of evidence intermediaries in bridging the
evidence–implementation gap
Wednesday 6 August 2025
Kerry Albright
Principal Adviser and Deputy Director of Evaluation, UNICEF
Isabella Luksic
CEO, Luksic Foundation (Chile)
Facilitator: Dr Robyn Mildon
CEO, Centre for Evidence and Implementation
Visiting Associate Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine,
National University of Singapore
Adjunct Associate Professor, Monash University
Series 2: Webinar One
What works for 'what works'?
Tuesday 10 May 2022
Mary Abdo, Managing Director,
Centre for Evidence and Implementation
Dr Jenny Donovan, CEO
Australian Education Research Organisation
Jon Yates, Executive Director
Youth Endowment Fund
Dr Robyn Mildon, Executive Director,
Centre for Evidence and Implementation
Series 2: Webinar Two
Improving social care systems at scale for children and families
Tuesday 27 June 2023
Dr Robyn Mildon, Executive Director,
Centre for Evidence and Implementation
Isabelle Trowler, Chief Social Worker for Children and Families, Department of Education, England
Series 1: Webinar One
Implementation science 3.0: the third decade
Wednesday 27 May 2020
Dr Robyn Mildon, Executive Director,
Centre for Evidence and Implementation
Aron Shlonsky, Professor and Head
(Social Work) Monash University
Bianca Albers, Chair of the
European Implementation Collaborative
Series 1: Webinar Two
The need for speed: innovations in evaluation design for practice and policy
Wednesday 17 June 2020
Dr Geoffrey Curran, Professor, Departments of Pharmacy Practice and Psychiatry
Director, Center for Implementation Research, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Dr Robyn Mildon, Executive Director,
Centre for Evidence and Implementation
Series 1: Webinar Three
Perspectives on robust evidence and effective implementation from the global South: A conversation with J-PAL
Wednesday 15 July 2020
Shobhini Mukerji, Executive Director,
The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
(J-PAL), South Asia
Anna Kilpatrick, Deputy Executive Director,
The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
(J-PAL), Africa
Maryanna Abdo, Managing Director,
Centre for Evidence and Implementation
Series 1: Webinar Four
Is Evidence-Informed Innovation an Oxymoron?
Wednesday 19 August 2020
Jo Taylor, Chief Capability Officer,
Paul Ramsay Foundation
Ravi Gurumurthy, Chief Executive Officer, Nesta
Dr Robyn Mildon, Executive Director,
Centre for Evidence and Implementation
Series 1: Webinar Five
What's behavioural economics got to do with it?
Wednesday 16 September 2020
Dr Rinad Beidas, Director of the Penn Implementation Center at the Leonard Davis Institute and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, and Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Dr Robyn Mildon, Executive Director,
Centre for Evidence and Implementation and Visiting Associate Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore and Co-Director Behavioural and Implementation Science Institute, Singapore University
Series 1: Webinar Six
What does it mean to use research evidence well in education?
Wednesday 21 October 2020
Dr Mark Rickinson,
Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Monash University
Dr Robyn Mildon,
Executive Director of the Centre for Evidence and Implementation
Dr Jenny Donovan,
Director of the National Evidence Institute