The Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government (BETA) will be hosting their annual online conference, BI Connect 2025, on Wednesday, November 5 Pacific Time.
From BETA:
This year’s conference will focus on ‘Behavioural Insights in government: Applying behavioural insights from policy design to program delivery’.
We’ll showcase the many ways behavioural insights can create better outcomes for Australians by bringing human behaviour to the centre of policy design and service delivery.
Whether you’re a policymaker or a BI practitioner, you’ll gain practical insights from real-world applications in Australia and overseas.
Event details
Date: Wednesday, 5 November 2025
Time: 6:30-10pm Pacific Time
Format: Online
Cost: Free
Program outline
Opening remarks by Dr Steven Kennedy, Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
BETA: How timely evidence can drive policy and regulatory change
NSW Behavioural Insights Unit and NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: System wide regulatory and customer transformation. Sludge reduction with Heritage NSW.
German Federal Chancellery: Leveraging behavioural insights to improve information about disaster preparedness.
The Organisation of Economic Co–operation and Development (OECD): Nudge Thyself – a blueprint for behavioural public administration.
Panel discussion – Embedding evidence in policymaking: BETA, the Australian Centre for Evaluation (ACE), and the Office of Impact Analysis (OIA) will discuss the APS’s evidence architecture, embedding behavioural science and evidence at different parts of the policy cycle, and future opportunities to strengthen evidence-informed policy.