Welcome to ICKM 2007

The 4th International Conference on Knowledge Management 2007 takes place in the heart of Vienna. It carries on the ICKM idea of joining forces in research and practice by bringing together practitioners, developers, academics and users in the different areas of knowledge management. Workshop tracks covering knowledge policy, innovation, intellectual capital, leadership, knowledge strategies, information and communication technologies as well as organizationare a powerful tool employed to bridge the gap between academia and practitioners. The conference and the workshops serve as a platform for networking, practical applications and exchange for research ideas.

Our call has attracted scores of submissions for research-in-progress presentations, workshop contributions, and scientific paper presentations, covering a wide range of topics. You will experience a well structured program covering the most relevant aspects of knowledge management:

• Capacity building, Learing & Cooperate Culture
• Reframing Knowledge Management
• Enabling Knowledge Creation, Innovation & Creativity
• Infrasturcture, Services & Content Engineering
• Exchanging, Sharing & Learning
• Analysis & Intellectual Capitalizing

Time:
Monday, August 27 & Tuesday, August 28, 2007.

Venue:
Renaissance Penta Hotel Vienna

Vienna. Where tradition and modernism meet up.

The increasing success of the innovative ICKM conference structure based on the intensive interplay between research and practice draws the attention of partners from all aspects of knowledge management in an ever growing way. We are proud to have those partners in our team and we are satisfied as we are convinced that we all benefit from the ICKM likewise.

We want to thank all our partners for their material and ideal support that are crucial preconditions for a successfull conference in knowledge management.

David Gurteen, Founder, the Gurteen Knowledge Community

I attended ICKM for the first time at the University of Greenwich in England in 2006. I expected it to be yet another academic conference with a series of papers back to back.But it greatly exceeded my expectations. There was a good mix of people including academics, business people and consultants both as speakers and delegates. And the papers and talks were excellent. I think what made the conference stand out for me were the social aspects time had been built in for networking and social events so that people got to meet each other and got to know each other. In all, it was a great conference, and I would highly recommend it.

DI Gita Haghi, EMEA Lead Knowledge Advisor, Hewlett Packard

It was great meeting colleagues from so many different parts of the world (34 countries) amongst them many African or Asian countries that are underrepresented in other conferences. We had plenty of time to exchange ideas in between the sessions and inquire about what their focus is for KM and which challenges they face. The presentations were a good mixture between academics and practitioners. I got an insight how other countries overcome the obstacles in their education system to improve knowledge transfer.