State of the Field

Please join us for publicly accessible "State of the Field" online panel sessions, where you can interact with leading experts on the themes of the Transformations ‘23 Conference.

These sessions include:

The session times are displayed below in CEST. To convert to your local time zone please use a time zone converter. Please note that registration implies your consent for the recording of conference sessions. The recorded material will be used for documentation and may be made available to registered participants and authorized individuals.

Education for Sustainability Leadership - Supporting and Empowering Agents for Sustainability Transformations

How do we best design and operate learning experiences that truly build capacity for leadership for sustainability? A “state of the field” panel discussion and meta-analysis on systems education, sharing lessons learned, initiatives, and collaboration opportunities. 

Transformations Evaluation and Assessment

Please join six of the global leaders in ‘assessment in evaluation’ for an engaging dialogue on the current state of the practice of assessment and evaluation as applied to large-scale transformation. Moderators Glenn Page and Michael Quinn Patton will welcome panelists from Africa, Australasia and the Americas to discuss the pressing need to both evaluate transformation and transform evaluation to do so.  The expertise and global/local perspectives on this panel are immense and will be relevant to all practitioners and researchers concerned with adaptive learning in the Anthropocene Polycrisis.

Financing Systemic Transformation: An emerging field

How do you identify, obtain, and sustain funding for transformation initiatives? Current financing for addressing today’s poly-crisis is insufficient and disconnected from systemic change. The financial system needs deep systemic change, prompting innovative approaches in finance to transform its core. Piecemeal strategies fall short; new systems must displace traditional powerhouses. This panel explores the emerging finance field and its transformative qualities. 

Network Leadership Development

A “state of the field” panel discussion and meta analysis on network leadership development, sharing lessons learned, initiatives and collaboration opportunities. This engaging discussion will delve into the core themes of network leadership and design, collective impact, and building capacity for systems-change initiatives. Key questions:

  • How can network leadership drive effective transformations in organizations and initiatives?

  • What are the critical components of collective impact design and how can it be leveraged for successful change?

  • What strategies are needed to develop the field and build transformative capacity in networks and systems-change initiatives?


This session draws on the rich expertise and diverse perspectives of our speakers: Liz Weaver, Tamarack Institute; Russ Gaskin, CoCreative; Brendon Johnson, Fito Network; Nono Sekhoto, African Leadership Academy; Kerstin Tebbe, Collective Mind; Bruce Goldstein, Transformations Community

Separate registration for the main conference. Connect with inspiring transdisciplinary scholars, practitioners and creatives working on transformations towards regenerative and just futures 🌱

The Transformations Conference is the international assembly of transformations thought leaders and practitioners. Join us for your unique opportunity to:

Connect with the Transformations Community: build relationships with the world’s leading action researchers working at the cutting-edge of sustainability transformations

Gain access to key decision-makers from public, private, and academic sectors

Reach a global audience: increase worldwide awareness of your organisation

Showcase your work, be recognized as a key-supporter of Transformations  

Increase capacity for innovation and transformation, accelerating transformative action research towards thriving futures for all

Contribute to the first multi-hub Transformations Conference, including Australia’s first international conference on sustainability transformations

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