The XIII edition of IFKAD on “Societal Impact on Knowledge and Design” will be organized in Delft, at Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, on 4th-6th July 2018. The main purpose of IFKAD 2018 is to explore the role and the relevance of new sources, dimensions and characteristics of knowledge supporting organizations as well as regional and urban systems in their aim to create valuable societal impact by addressing fundamental questions. 

What are the major challenges society is facing in the near future and how are they related to knowledge and design?
What is the role of knowledge and design to cope with the major challenges our society is facing? 

These fundamental questions increasingly represent fundamental features to cope with the increasing complexity and turbulence of today’s business landscape. The Forum – co-chaired by Professors Han van der Meer, Guido Enthoven and Giovanni Schiuma - will bring together key-note-speakers, such as Professors Jorg Rainer Noennig, Wim van Saarloos, Ena Voute, worldwide academicians, young researchers, practitioners and policy makers from different fields to provide an opportunity for presenting, debating and reflecting on original approaches, models and tools regarding the position of knowledge management and design in the 21st century from a wide range of perspectives – i.e. economic, social, environmental and cultural perspectives.

More information is available at:  https://www.ifkad.org/

During the ECKM 2018 the members of our Association will lead a doctoral workshop. It will be conducted by Ettore Bolisani, Constantin Bratianu, Juan Gabriel Cegarra Navarro, Peter Heisig, Enrico Scarso and Tatiana Gavrilova.
The Workshop has the purpose to discuss the main challenges, approaches and methods for research in KM.  Rather than a pure theoretical presentation of methods and approaches, presenters will propose their own view of the issue based on their practical and professional experience.

After a brief introduction, in which each presenter will illustrate specific methodological and implementation issues of KM research, the attending participants will be involved in an active/interactive exercise where, based on their experience or their specific research purposes, they will discuss specific features, pros and cons of the various approaches to KM research.  Finally, with the help of workshop presenters, conclusions will be drawn and will be made available to participants through the web after the workshop.

More details can be found here: https://www.academic-conferences.org/conferences/eckm/eckm-workshop/

Professor Eric Tsui from HKPolyU received "Diploma of Excellence" for his challenging keynote address delivered at Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania in the beginning of the International Conference on Business Excellence , 22-23 March 2018.

Moreover, Professor Eric Tsui and his doctoral student Nikolina Dragicevic from HKPolyU received "Best Paper Award" for their paper "Using the scenario development and personal learning environment and network to support curriculum design" at the same conference.

​Our Colleague, prof. Elena-Mădălina Vătămănescu was granted the BEST PRESENTATION AWARD at the 5th Business Systems Laboratory International Symposium "Co-creating Responsible Futures in the Digital Age: Exploring new paths towards economic, social and environmental sustainability", organized in Naples, 22-24 January 2018. There were 106 participants from 30 countries. Congratulations!

Our Member, prof. Meliha Handzic would like to report an upcoming conference which links decision support research with knowledge management (e.g. Business Analytics, Intelligence & Knowledge Discovery). The IFIP DSS 2018 conference will be held in Ljubljana from 13-15 June 2018. More information is available at URL: http://ifip2018dss.ijs.si

The Faculty of Management from the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA) and the Romanian Academic Society of Management (SAMRO), with the support of the National Bank of Romania, announce the first Call for Papers for the sixth edition of the STRATEGICA International Conference, to be held in Bucharest, October 11-12, 2018. Co-chairs of this conference are our members, Prof. Constantin Brătianu and Dr. Florina Pînzaru.

More details and call for papers can be found here.  Members of the International Association of Knowledge Management (IAKM) benefit from a 20% discount.

Our member, Alexandra Zbuchea, from SNSPA, and her colleague Mauro Romanelli, from the Parthenope University, organize a special track on Communities and cities creating social and public value during the IFKAD 2018 Conference.

The panel aims to stimulate discussions on how cities and communities contribute to making the society more democratic and open to knowledge acquisition, innovation and learning relying on searching for smart solutions and sustaining participation by encouraging citizens and organizations to actively participate in the development of urban areas and policies. Suggested topics may cover, but are not limited to, the following aspects: knowledge management and smart cities, sustainable development of communities, knowledge transfer within society, knowledge and social innovation, etc.  

More details can be found at https://www.ifkad.org/focus/special-tracks/track-14/.  

Our member, Dr. Malgorzata Zieba and her collegue Prof. Susanne Durst, organize a special track on Managing knowledge risks in organizations during the IFKAD 2018 Conference. Suggested topics may cover, but are not limited to, the following aspects: knowledge risk management, different types of knowledge risks (e.g. knowledge leakage, knowledge loss, knowledge hiding, etc.), factors influencing knowledge risks, knowledge protection, etc.  

​More details can be found here. ​

Our Association and the organisers of the European Conference on Knowledge Management offered a Doctoral Workshop before this year Conference in Barcelona. The Knowledge Management Doctoral Workshop concentrated on the subjects of KM research, practice and teaching and new challenges in the KM field. The workshop gathered 25 participants and was very fruitful. It was led by our members: Ettore Bolisani, Sandra Moffett and Malgorzata Zieba.

​A detailed description, slides and photo relation can be found here.

The 19th Edition of the European Conference on Knowledge Management will be organized in collaboration between the Department of Economics and Management (DSEA) and the Department of Management and Engineering (DTG) of the University of Padua, Italy. Conference Chairs will be Eleonora Di Maria and Enrico Scarso; Programme Chair Ettore Bolisani. Details about Call for Papers and other useful information will follow shortly.

If you would like to submit a mini-track proposal for this conference please contact sue@academic-conferences.org  and iakmassoc@gmail.com in copy. See http://www.academic-conferences.org/conferences/eckm/eckm-call-for-papers/ for details.
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ECKM website can be found here.