The 14th International Conference on Business Excellence (ICBE), organized by Faculty of Business Administration, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania and the Society of Business Excellence with the cooperation of the Romanian Academy, took place online on 11-12 June 2020. The present edition had in the Program 200 papers with contributors from 17 countries.  The members of the IAKM’s Board were invited to promote the knowledge management (KM) and its challenges for the complex business environment we live in. Professor Ettore Bolisani from Padua University, Italy was invited as a Guest Speaker in the plenary session where he presented the challenges of KM for the actual crisis generated by the COVID-19. As a Program Chair of the conference, professor Constantin Bratianu from the Bucharest University of Economic Studies organized a Workshop dedicated to KM. There were three majors topics discussed during that Workshop:

1. Learning and unlearning in organizations, presented by professor Juan Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro, Polytechnic University of Cartagena, Spain and professor Anthony Wensley, Toronto University, Canada.
2. Knowledge risks and their impact on business performance, presented by professor Malgorzata Zieba, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland.
3. Cybersecurity as a new philosophy in designing KM systems, presented by professor Alexeis Garcia Perez, University of Coventry, UK.

These excellent presentations created a stimulating atmosphere for debates, for all the 47 participants at this great event, which needed almost two hours and a half to cover the main ideas.

Finally, in the parallel session the conference organized a session of Knowledge Economy, where there were presented 15 papers, 5 of them being delivered by Juan Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro & Ettore Bolisani, Malgorzata Zieba, Constantin Bratianu, Ruxandra Bejinaru and Alexandra Zbuchea, who are members of IAKM. In conclusion, IAKM members had an important contribution to this international event dedicated to business excellence.

Prof.Dr. Constantin Bratianu
Program Chair, International Conference on Business Excellence
President of IAKM

Our Board member, prof. Ettore Bolisani has been appointed as Management Committee member (in representation of Italy) of the INDCOR Cost Action "Interactive Narrative Design for Complexity Representations". There are cooperaton possibilities for KM researchers, so if anyone wants to join this group, please contact ettore.bolisani(at)unipd.it. More information is available at https://indcor.eu.

IFKAD Conference will be held on 9-11 September 2020 in a new venue: Matera, Italy.

There is a pssibility to attend In-Person and/or Virtually.

More details are available here.

IAKM members are invited to participate to the special track on Knowledge Economy, part of the Strategica online conference (October 15-16, 2020). Track is coordinated by Prof.dr. Constantin Bratianu and dr. Alexandra Zbuchea. The IAKM members benefit of a 20% discount. 

Knowledge Economy (KE) is increasing its contribution to GDP of most countries in an accelerated rhythm and enlarges rapidly toward the emergent economies. In KE, knowledge becomes a strategic resource, and managing knowledge becomes a driving force of achieving a competitive advantage. Suggested topics may cover, but are not limited to, the following aspects of KE:  Knowledge as a strategic resource, at individual and organizational levels; Organizational knowledge dynamics: models and processes; Knowledge workers and knowledge management; Knowledge strategies for a turbulent business environment; Intellectual capital, models, evaluation, reporting and disclosure; Organizational learning and the learning organizations; Knowledge creation and innovation; Knowledge risks in a competitive global market.

Due to these troubled times the conference will be fully online, but the participants will benefit from a special (online) Romanian-experience gala.

More details are available at STRATEGICA – International Academic Conference