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Sponsors & exhibitors
Our conference is supported by sponsors and exhibitors who share our commitment to advancing evaluation. At the conference, you’ll be able to meet them, explore their work, and connect with organisations shaping the future of evaluation.
Headline Sponsor 2026
Ipsos is a global social and market research company. We deliver reliable information for a true understanding of Society, Markets and People, to help the world make better decisions. Our UK-based Policy and Evaluation Unit has, for the last 15 years, provided clients with insights that influence policy and programme change.
The Ipsos UK Policy & Evaluation Unit conducts strategic research in partnership with clients from government, public, corporate, and not-for-profit sectors. Over the last 15 years we have grown from a team of 7 evaluators to around 70.
We deliver evaluations by pooling expertise, not only from amongst our specialist evaluators, economists and data scientists, but also from the research and policy specialists based in our wider Public Affairs team.
A strong culture of evaluation is embedded throughout our organisation, and we apply the following evaluation principles – critical thinking, best use of data, high quality and transparent analysis, clear judgement and interpretation, evaluation utility – to all work that we deliver.
We work across all regions of the UK, with all sectors and offer a full suite capabilities from the design and delivery of short technical studies, to multi-year complex evaluation programmes, through learning partner support and training / capability building. We love work that has impact and contributes to positive change. Please contact us to find out more.
2026 Sponsors and exhibitors
Sponsors and exhibitors are listed below in alphabetical order.
Exhibitor
ADR UK is a UK-wide partnership transforming public sector data into research insights and policy evidence to improve lives. We link together data held by different parts of government and facilitate safe and secure access for accredited researchers to these new, de-identified datasets.
This creates a sustainable body of knowledge about how our society and economy function and gives decision makers the answers they need to solve important policy questions, including evaluating policies and interventions.
ADR UK is made up of four national partnerships (ADR England, ADR Northern Ireland, ADR Scotland and ADR Wales) along with the Office for National Statistics. We are an investment by the Economic and Social Research Council, part of UK Research and Innovation.
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AILYZE (www.ailyze.com) is an AI-powered qualitative data collection and analysis platform designed to help evaluators deliver faster, more rigorous, and transparent insights at scale.
AILYZE enables teams to analyse complex qualitative data, including interviews, focus groups, evaluation reports, open-ended survey responses, and policy documents. In independent benchmarking studies, AILYZE achieved >90% codebook accuracy (validated through a UN Evaluation Group project) and delivered ~75% time savings (validated through a UNICEF evaluation project).
The platform supports a wide range of evaluation approaches, including theory-based and mixed-method evaluations such as thematic analysis, realist evaluations, contribution analysis, and outcome harvesting.
Key capabilities include:
- AI-assisted analysis: Automated codebook generation, systematic coding, and cross-case comparisons
- Insight generation: Report drafting, summaries, and interactive visualisations with traceable citations
- AI-powered exploration: An embedded chatbot that allows evaluators to interrogate findings and explore data dynamically
- Primary data collection: AI avatar interviewers that conduct multilingual, semi-structured interviews, achieving >90% respondent satisfaction (validated through a UNESCO evaluation project)
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Causal Map was founded by evaluators Steve, Fiona and James, who were all looking for a faster and more robust way to code and map causal claims from large and heterogeneous qualitative datasets.
From annual reports to interview transcripts, we often rely on rich and complex sources of narrative information to answer evaluation questions like effectiveness, sustainability, impact and inclusion. Causal mapping is a simple and transparent way to turn causal claims into manageable visualisations which can be analysed with rigour, and the Causal Map software has made this approach accessible to all. The advent of generative AI now also allows users to optionally process these narratives much faster and at a larger scale.
They also recently launched QualiaInterviews, a sister AI-assisted app that collects stories of change from stakeholders in a conversational way for evaluation and social research.
Exhibitor
Coherent Impact is a real-world impact intelligence platform enabling organisations to measure, track and demonstrate the real-world influence of their research.
Designed to support REF-style impact narratives, grant justification, translational research, and equity-driven global relevance, it covers 40 million items and growing, from more than 33,000 organisations and is the largest and most comprehensive service of its kind.
Coherent Impact helps universities demonstrate influence in society and economy – and makes it easy to align research with funder priorities. With daily updates providing currency and preservation of research output providing reliability, Coherent Impact ensures you have the latest data to support research analysis.
Coherent Digital bring the values of academic publishing to real-world information—organizing, curating, and digitizing—so that information is preserved, trackable, stronger, and more impactful. We enable information seekers to discover real-world content to incorporate into their research, and in turn allow authors and contributors to see where their research has assisted in the real-world.
- We bring coherence to chaos.
- We combine technology with human curation.
- We build partnerships, not silos.
- We represent all the world.
- We preserve born-digital and at-risk primary sources.
- We build, measure, and sustain real-world impact.
To enable more comprehensive research, now and in the future.
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Silver Sponsor
ICF is a trusted evaluation and policy advisory partner to the UK public sector, working with central government departments, executive agencies, regulators and non-departmental public bodies to support evidence-led policy design, delivery and improvement.
We specialise in robust, proportionate evaluation to understand what works, for whom, why, and at what cost, in line with HM Treasury’s Magenta Book and Green Book principles. Our work spans process, impact and value-for-money evaluation, using theory-based and mixed-methods approaches, including quasi-experimental and counterfactual designs where appropriate. We deliver both standalone evaluations and more integrated “learning partner” support, embedding evaluation, learning and adaptive improvement within programme implementation.
Alongside evaluation, we provide a wider range of analytical and advisory services across the policy lifecycle, including ex ante appraisal and impact assessment, feasibility and options analysis, behavioural insight, and stakeholder and public consultation analysis. This integrated approach ensures that evidence is proportionate, timely and directly supports decision-making.
Our teams combine deep policy insight, strong client understanding and advanced methodological expertise, including the judicious use of data science and AI-enabled analytics to strengthen evaluation and learning.
We work across a wide range of policy domains, including education, climate and environment, innovation and industrial strategy, health and social care, transport, clean energy, regulation, business growth, and digital policy.
We are committed to high-quality, decision-focused evaluation that helps government deliver effective, efficient and impactful public policy.
Please contact us to find out more.
Masterclass Sponsor
IOD PARC is an employee-owned consultancy in international development. We support organisations to increase their impact and improve their results.
By framing the right questions, we give organisations insight into how they are performing and what they need to do to improve their results and impact. We support organisations to strengthen their structures, systems and practices, aligned with shifts in strategic direction and operation needs. Sometimes this support is one-off, such as conducting an evaluation or developing a new system. Where possible we accompany our clients through a cycle of assessment, learning, planning and transition.
Our approach to monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) work consists of high-quality whole system evaluations, organisational development and performance assessments. We conduct reviews across thematic areas and portfolios and develop MEL platforms and partnerships that provide quality assurance and technical advice. We cover the full MEL spectrum, from conceptual system design and frameworks to ground-level data collection and fieldwork.
Our clients include bilateral and multilateral agencies, foundations, International NGOs and alliances, with a focus on international development. We have a proven track record for helping to deliver real and lasting change.
Exhibitor
Silver Sponsor & Poster Prize Sponsor
The REC undertakes high-quality policy-oriented research and evaluation in areas of social and economic policy. We work with a network of Research and Policy Associates worldwide, with a focus on Africa and Asia. We are committed to supporting the career development of early career professionals, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
We support the production and use of evidence to inform policy and practice. We contribute to building the evidence architecture through:
- Evaluation
- Evidence synthesis
- Knowledge translation
- Evidence-based advice for policy and practice
- Training and mentoring
- Strategic advice and institutional support
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