Progress towards Europe becoming
the most dynamic knowledge-based society was firmly on the agenda
of the eBusiness and eWork conference (e2002) that was recently
held in Prague.
The conference was aimed at
presenting the results of research supported by the IST Programme
in the area of New Methods of Work and Electronic Commerce (Key
Action II).
Over 15 presentations at the
conference dealt with areas related to the field of knowledge
management. Topics addressed included:
- Capitalising on human knowledge
in the global networked Society;
- The new role of regions in
the knowledge economy;
- Evaluation of high impact
solutions based on Knowledge Management life cycle models;
- Innovation measurement and
management ;
- Communication skills in the
knowledge supply chain;
- Conceptual models for capturing
intra & inter-organisational knowledge;
- Knowledge in networked organisations;
- Organisational knowledge management
in manufacturing enterprises;
- Product knowledge management
support systems in dynamic extended SMEs;
- Knowledge management in the
extended manufacturing enterprise;
- Know-how capture for process
customisations in the project industry;
- Knowledge management and incentive
systems;
- Fostering innovative ideas
through the extended enterprise and speeding them to market;
- Personalised, socially aware
and active knowledge management systems; and
- Web systems for intelligent
and collaborative project knowledge management.
Industrial interest in the
field of knowledge management continues. Included in the list
of those presenting papers were representative from DaimlerChrysler
in Germany. Also speaking at the conference was Dominic Kelleher,
of management consultants PriceWaterhouseCoopers, who chaired
a special discussion session on knowledge management.
The e2002 event is the conference
for RTD projects in Key Action II of the IST Programme. Key Action
II of the IST Programme is also the primary sponsor of the eBusiness
and eWork conference series.
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