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iKMS Announcements

Jun 2009 

KM Singapore 2009: 13-14 Aug 2009 @ Grand Hyatt Hotel

Theme: Knowledge Workforce – Knowledge Economy
Date: 13th – 14th August 2009 (Thu -Fri)
Time: 8.30am - 5.00pm
Venue: Hyatt Hotel

KM Singapore 2009 is the 6^th KM Conference organised by the iKMS. The conference aims to bring together the KM community in Singapore, which includes both the KM practitioners and partners from the public and private sectors. Together, we will learn about the latest KM developments in Singapore and around the world.

The registration is now open and 15 Jul is the deadline for early bird discounts. Each organisation will enjoy an additional 15% discount for the conference segment when you register a group of 5 or more participants. This is to encourage KM practitioners from each organisation to invite your internal business partners to attend the conference together.

The highlights for KM Singapore 2009 include:

• KM Excellence Awards 2009
• Dr Etienne Wenger and Dr Steve Ellis as our international keynote speakers
• 10 to 12 KM case presentations delivered in parallel tracks
• Launch of the KM book ‘Singapore Perspective 2009’ & the new iKMS website
• Workshop sessions by David Gurteen, Dr Steve Ellis and more
• Special pre-conference “1-day Master Class” by Dr Etienne Wenger (12 Aug 09 - Wed)

Download the KM Singapore 2009 flyer (registration form attached)
Send your enquiries to KMSingapore@ikms.org

May 2009 

KM Singapore 2009 - "Knowledge Economy - Knowledge Workforce"

Date: 13th – 14th August 2009 (Thursday -Friday)
Venue: Hyatt Hotel
Time: 8.30am - 5.00pm

The annual KM Singapore conference is back! The theme for this year is Knowledge Economy - Knowledge Workforce.

As the pace of knowledge economy intensifies, how can organisations better prepare in order to ride the new opportunities, and to capitalise on the use of knowledge and intellectual capital as the engines for growth and as their competitive advantage? Since talents and human capital are key, what could and should organisations do more to prepare for the economic up-turn?

The programme on 13 Aug comprises Guest-of-Honour and keynote speeches, presentation of KM Excellence Awards 2009, case studies and discussion forums. A series of parallel KM workshops will be held the following day.

KM Singapore 2009 provides the platform for the KM community in Singapore to learn and share, and network with one another. The conference fee is kept at an affordable rate for members and non-members. Do mark the dates in your diaries and invite your business partners along to get connected with the rest of the KM community and partners.

More details will be provided in the coming weeks. In the meantime, email your enquiry to KMSingapore@ikms.org.

3rd iKMS Evening Talk: 18 June 09 (Thursday)

Topic: Bridging the Gaps - How to Transfer Knowledge in Today's Multigenerational Workplace
Speaker: Ms Lynette Saldanha
Venue: Civil Service College
Time: 6.30pm - 9.00pm

Join us for an evening with Ms Lynette Saldanha who has 34 years of corporate career in the human resource and information technology arena. Lynette’s talk will be based on a report published by a research group that explored knowledge transfer, with a special emphasis on knowledge-retention challenges that organisations face.

Download the event details

This event is free for members. Non-members will be charged SGD30.00. Light refreshment will be provided from 6.30pm.

Registration: contact Ng Wai Kong
Closing date: 16 Jun 2009

2009 second Evening Talk: 25 May 09 (Monday)

Topic: Personal Knowledge Management and Web 2.0 Tools
Speaker:Mr Ron Young
Venue: Civil Service College
Time: 6.30pm - 9.00pm

Join us for an evening with Mr Ron Young, a leading global expert on learning and knowledge management. Ron will share his ideas on personal KM and effective ways to use Web 2.0 tools to better capture, create, store, share and apply knowledge.

Download the event details

This event is free for members and non-members will be charged at SGD30.00. Light refreshments will be provided from 6.30pm. For registration, please contact Ng Wai Kong by 22nd May 2009.

KM Singapore 2009 - Submission for KM Case Studies opened

'KM Singapore' Conference, organised by iKMS, will be held on 13-14 Aug 09. The invitation is now open for submission of "KM Case Studies" of real-life KM implementations, and submission would be closed by 24 Jun 2009.

Download the case study submission template and instructions for making the submission. Submit and get recognised for your KM efforts!

The conference committee is looking for about 12 case studies. The guidelines for case submission are as follow:

• The KM program/project must have impacted at least some part of your organisation.
• The focus should be on business value, processes and/or people, including lessons learnt
• Presentation materials (soft-copies) will be shared at iKMS website (member-only section) after the conference

The Key Milestones:

• 24 June 2009 - Submission of case study Summary
• 7 July 2009 - Short listing of case studies
• 28 July 2009 - Submission of the final presentation materials
• 13 Aug 2009 - Presentation of case study

For enquiry or submissions, email us at KMSingapore@ikms.org.

SingTel is a 2008 Asia MAKE Winner

iKMS would like to congratulate SingTel for being a 2008 Asia MAKE Winner.

The Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) research program was established by Teleos, in association with The KNOW Network, since 1998. A panel of Asian Fortune Global 500 senior executives and leading knowledge management, intellectual capital and organisational learning experts selects the Asia MAKE Winners. There are three rounds of consensus building. 62 organisations were nominated for the first round; 30 were selected as Finalists and 15 were eventually recognised as Winners for year 2008.

Beside SingTel, there were three other enterprises from Singapore being nominated in 2008.

• Singapore Airlines
• National Library Board
• Defence Science and Technology Agency

Knowledge Management in Defence (3-Day Course) – Last Call

Topic: Facilitating the acquisition of experience-based, tacit knowledge for developing effective future military leaders
Date: 20-22 May 2009
Venue: Amara Singapore

K2B International Pte Ltd is conducting a 3-day training course for KM practitioners in the military and defence sector. Participants will learn that one of the key priorities is to inculcate a knowledge culture within the organisation, learn the methods to capture and transfer tacit knowledge and implement KM performance measurement metrics.

Discussion topics include:

• Understanding the new breed of military officers
• Developing effective tools to facilitate knowledge capture and transfer
• Building knowledge networks
• Minimising the impact of an aging military force
• Building knowledge profiles – what to keep and how to do it?
• Providing sense-making opportunities through case methods-teaching
• Establishing knowledge frameworks to store and transfer vital information

Refer to www.k2b.com.sg/kmd2009 for more details. iKMS members enjoy 10% discount off the published rate. To register, please contact Lim Shi-Min at 6732 5518 or shimin@k2b.com.sg.

Apr 2009 

iKMS Networking Nite: 22 April 2009 (Wednesday)

Proposed Topic: Progress of KM in Singapore and the region
Venue: Gallery Cafe @ Marina Barrage [#02-04, 260 Marina Way, Singapore 018976, Tel No. 62237313]
Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm
Capacity: 30 people on first-come-first-served basis

Networking Nite is an iKMS social event for members to interact and engage in KM and related issues. This is also a good opportunity to get to know our new EXCO members.

Finger food and drinks will be provided and funded by iKMS. For non-member, a fee will be charged (more details in next issue of iKMS Connections).

For registration or enquiry, please contact Ng Wai Kong by 15th April 2009.

Online Master of Science in Knowledge Management degree programme offered by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Interested in pursuing a formal qualification in Knowledge Management?
The M.Sc. in KM offered by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University may suit you.

Entering its 5th year of operation, characteristics of this program are:

• A balanced approach to theory and practice supplemented by case studies from Asia and worldwide.
• Flexible study mode to suit the work and lifestyle of individual learners.
• Delivery by staff and adjunct faculties of the Knowledge Management Research Centre (KMRC) at HKPolyU.
• Participants can complete the master degree by taking 10 subjects or 7 subjects plus a dissertation.
• Some subjects operate with continuous assessment; others have open-book examinations.
• Has over 100 graduates
• Offers a platform to network with fellow participants, KM practitioners, and academics worldwide.

To find out more about this program, please register to attend (in-person and online) the upcoming information session:
Date: 7 April 2009 (Tuesday), 7pm (GMT+8 hours)
Location: CF405, F Tower, HKPolyU
Online session: details on how to join will be sent to you upon registration

Contact person to register:
Program leader: Professor Eric Tsui
Telephone: +852 2766 6609 (local time GMT+8 hours)
Email: eric.tsui@polyu.edu.hk
Website: http://www.ise.polyu.edu.hk/km/content/km_subject.htm

Mar 2009 

2009 first Evening Talk: 2 April 2009 (Thursday)

The adaptation of organisations to a knowledge economy and the contribution of social computing
Speaker: Dr Olivier Amprimo
Venue: British Council, Napier Road, Room 306. See location map
Time: 6.30pm - 9.00pm

Social computing has some clear benefits in the workplace when it comes to co-ordination, knowledge sharing and KM. Dr Olivier Amprimo, an expert in this field, will share with us the different uses of social computing in organisations. He will cover these issues during the evening talk:

• The changing nature of organisations, work and workplace
• How knowledge management is the principal "movement" for supporting this change
• How social computing is part of the KM movement
• The current concerns and routines that prevent the development of social computing in organisations
• Dos and don'ts for making enterprise social computing a success.

Currently an EXCO member of iKMS, Dr Amprimo is Associate Director, Digital Resources and Services Division of the National Library Board of Singapore. He has been woking on international network and community management, designing and implementing CRM, as well as reporting and community tools. He was previously a consultant at Headshift, a British social computing consultancy. He holds a PhD in Management with a focus on the rejuvenation of Management in a knowledge-driven economy.

This event is free for members. Non-members will need to pay SGD30.00 to attend the event.

To register, please contact Ng Wai Kong by 1 April, Wednesday so that we may cater for the refreshment.

KM EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2009: closing date extended to 7 April (Tuesday)

Due to numerous requests, the iKMS has extended the closing date for nominations for the 2009 KM Excellence Awards.

The extended closing date is 7 April 2009 (Tuesday).

Find out more about the KM Excellence Awards.
For enquiries, contact the Patrick Lambe (KM Excellence Awards Secretariat).

We look forward to another year of productive sharing and recognition!

KM EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2009: Nomination Closing on 31^st March 2009 (take note of the new closing date above)

Do note that the nomination for the 2009 KM Excellence Awards is closing on 31st March 2009. If your organisation is planning to submit, do keep Mr Patrick Lambe, the KM Excellence Awards secretariat updated (at patrick_lambe@ikms.org). We look forward to another year of productive sharing and recognition! For more information, refer to http://www.ikms.org/awards.html.

Knowledge Management Conference, Hong Kong on 31 Mar 09

Organized HK KM Society, the theme for this year KM Conference is “Creating a Knowledge Sharing Culture”. The recession is hitting hard and the financial crisis is set to deepen further. Organizations should start paying attention to positioning their businesses for long term growth.

Participants will hear from international thought leaders on how to transform your organization toward a culture of innovation, collaboration and knowledge sharing. Mr Patrick Lambe, the former President of iKMS is one of the speakers. He will address the topic on knowledge continuity, and how to retain and share critical knowledge in orgnisations.

iKMS members are eligible for HKKMS member’s rate. For more details, do refer to http://www.ikms.org/documents/HKKM2009.pdf

Call for iKMS Annual Volume contributions

This is a call to submit articles for the fourth annual volume in our series “Knowledge Management: Singapore Perspectives”, edited by Mr Kan Siew Ning.

To be published in Aug 2009, this year's book titled “Knowledge Management: Singapore Perspectives 2009” will follow the same theme of surveying KM developments in Singapore – a collection of about 10 to 12 KM articles, each of about 3000 to 4000 words.

This year, we continue our practice-oriented focus and welcome KM articles with case examples, stories and anecdotes of actual KM implementations. We also encourage holistic case studies of completed KM implementations in organizations – from awareness to quick wins to strategy to full implementation. Other articles related to KM, innovation and learning are also welcome.

You can contribute as an individual author or as co-authors. Those who contributed last year are most welcome to contribute again. Each author who has his/her article accepted will receive 10 free copies of the book when it is published in Aug 2009. The deadlines for submission are as follows:

Feb 2009 

New iKMS Exco, Contact Address and Admin Support

1. New iKMS Exco

We are delighted to let you know that iKMS has a new President and Exco, elected at the AGM on 28

President: Ng Kok Chuan
Vice President: Alvin Tan
Vice President: Mark Hamilton
Hon. Sec: Faridah Rahim
Treasurer: KK Lim
Exco Members:
Lee Foon Yee
Simon Goh
Maish Nichani
Edgar Tan
Mohd Bismillah
Eileen Tan
Olivier Amprimo
Syn Peck Khay


2. New iKMS Mailing Address
Please note that the mailing address for iKMS has been changed to:

Information & Knowledge Management Society
PO Box 214
Singapore 910808


3. New iKMS Secretariat
We would like to thank Kong Heng Sun for his dedicated support for the past three years, and welcome Ng Wai Kong to the role. Wai Kong will be the main point of contact for iKMS administrative matters, and he can be reached at wkng@straitsknowledge.com, or 62210383.

iKMS AGM

The iKMS AGM will be held Saturday 28th February 9am-12.30pm at the Singapore Polytechnic Graduates Guildhouse, Singapore Polytechnic Gate 4, Dover Road. Non members are welcome to attend our AGM to meet iKMS members and find out more about our activities and our plans.  This is an election year for our new 2009-2011 Exco, and nominations are now open. Details of the nomination process are given below. We hope you will all make a special effort to attend. Please register for this event with Ng Wai Kong at wkng@straitsknowledge.com - this event is free to all participants.

Agenda:

• 9.00-9.30am Registration, networking and breakfast
• 9.30am-10.30am Workshop on developing KM Competencies, led by Patrick Lambe (with free copy of the iKMS KM Competencies Framework)
• 10.30am-12.30pm AGM comprising report of activities for 2008, financial report, planned activities for 2009, and election of new Executive Committee.

Carparking is free; nearest MRT station is Dover; location map available at http://www.spgg.org.sg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7&Itemid=14

Jan 2009  

KM EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2009 Now Open for Nominations

The 2009 KM Excellence Awards are now open for submissions, with a closing date of 31st March. You can download the profiles of the 2008 winners and the full briefing pack for the 2009 awards at http://www.ikms.org/awards.html and any enquiries can be directed to iKMS President at plambe@straitsknowledge.com. We look forward to another year of productive sharing and recognition!

You are invited to the iKMS AGM on 28th February 2009

As Hon. Secretary of iKMS, I'd like to invite all our members to attend our Annual General Meeting which this year will be held on Saturday 28 February from 9.30am to 12.30pm.

As this is an election year, being the end of the term of the current Executive Committee, we do hope you will attend and help shape our next Executive Committee. We are also now formally opening the nominations process for the election of Officers and Members of the Executive Committee. Please write to me at alvintanwp@gmail.com if you wish to make any nominations, bearing in mind the following conditions:

(1) Nominations must be with the knowledge and consent of the person nominated
(2) Each nomination should clearly state the name and email contacts for (a) the person nominated, (b) the person proposing and (c) the name of a seconder
(3) The nomination will be confirmed directly by the Hon. Secretary with the nominee, the proposer and the seconder
(4) The person nominated, the proposer and the seconder must be current members of iKMS in good standing at the time of the AGM
(5) Nominations will be accepted from now up to the time of the election in the AGM itself
(6) A vote will be held at the AGM if there are competing nominations for a given post, otherwise election will be by a valid, uncontested nomination.

Please let me know if you have any questions and we look forward to seeing you at the AGM!


Alvin Tan
Hon. Secretary, iKMS
www.ikms.org

Nov 2008

Materials from KM Singapore Available & iKMS at KM Asia

1. MATERIALS FROM KM SINGAPORE

The materials, videos and photos from KM Singapore are now available at http://tinyurl.com/6kr2bh. If you didn't make the event you will still be able to get a flavour of what happened!

2. iKMS AT KM ASIA

iKMS also has a strong presence at KM ASIA this year. iKMS President Patrick Lambe will moderate a debate between Dave Snowden and Raj Datta on the topic "KM Cannot and Should Not Be Measured". There will be an iKMS sponsored case study from National Library Board - the Network of Specialists case study which won a Bronze KM Excellence Award this year at KM Singapore. Finally, Patrick Lambe and Awie Foong will facilitate an afternoon forum on iKMS' new competency framework for knowledge managers, and how to apply it for self development purposes.

There are special rates for current iKMS members who register for KM Asia - be sure to check the relevant boxes when you register. iKMS members get 20% discount on the conference and workshop fees, and there is a special iKMS member price for the KM competencies forum - only $150, less than half price!

For great perspectives on the international dimension of KM, with keynotes from Nancy Dixon, Dave Snowden, 3M and the World Bank, KM Asia should be on your end-or-year to-do list! Find out more at www.kmasia.com

iKMS will also have a booth at KM Asia, and as in previous years, we are very happy to showcase any KM-related publications produced by iKMS members at our booth. If you would like to take advantage of this, please get in touch with iKMS President Patrick Lambe at plambe-at-straitsknowledge.com

3. KM EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2009

We will shortly be announcing the 2009 KM Excellence Awards and inviting submissions. Please do review the KM Singapore materials at http://tinyurl.com/6kr2bh, especially the 8 minute video of Patrick Lambe's outline of the awards, and the press release about this year's award winners here: http://tinyurl.com/5tbjpq . You should be thinking about your submissions now! Another broadcast will follow shortly.

4. KM-RELATED JOBS

Global Energy/Commodities firm has a vacancy for a knowledge manager reporting to the business information services manager.

http://www.jobsdb.com.sg/SG/EN/Job.asp?R=JDBS125734301

Aug 2008

KM SINGAPORE UPDATES
Our KM Singapore conference is filling rapidly, please note you have only a few weeks to benefit from the early bird rates. Programme highlights include:
Opening address from Mr Chan Yeng Kit, PS of MICA Inaugural KM Excellence Awards ceremony International keynote address from Graham Higgins, global Manager of Organisational Development and Learning at Cathay Pacific Case studies from PETRONAS, NLB, IE Singapore, Yokogawa Engineering, World Wildlife Fund for Malaysia, National Institute of Education, and more!
Register today at www.kmsingapore.com

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
We have a limited number of sponsorship packages available for KM Singapore, with first priority given to our corporate members. If you are interested, please drop a line to khs08aces@yahoo.com

VIDEO OF FISHBOWL SESSION ON BUILDING KM CAPABILITIES
The video podcast of our evening talk "fishbowl" discussion with Doreen Tan of Singapore Sports Council and Mohd Bismillah Abdul Aziz of the Health Promotion Board is now available at http://tinyurl.com/4zqbxj.

KM Singapore 2008 - 9-10 October

iKMS is delighted to announce that Mr Chan Yeng Kit, Permanent Secretary of MICA will open our new and expanded KM Singapore conference this year with a speech on enabling a knowledge based workforce. The conference is shaping up with a great range of international and local speakers, practical sharing on implementation case studies, and in-depth panel discussion on KM implementation in different industries. Highlights include the inaugural KM Excellence Awards, the launch of iKMS' new KM Competencies Framework, our very successful case study cafe, the release of our annual book reviewing KM practice in Singapore, and much much more. Visit the conference website at http://www.kmsingapore.com to take advantage of the early bird prices, and if you are not already an iKMS member, please do sign up (via our membership page)  and you could save up to $140 off the conference fees.

 Next Evening Talk - Workshop on Enterprise2.0

Our next evening talk session will be with Dr Bonnie Cheuk of ERM Consulting in the UK, who will share her company's experience in building Web 2.0 technologies into the company's global intranet to foster greater sharing and collaboration. The case has been profiled in Inside Knowledge magazine, and won an international award. Bonnie (who started her KM career in Singapore) will use a workshop-based approach to help participants explore the potential for these tools. 

Date: Monday 18th August 2008

Time: 6.30-9.00pm

Venue: The British Council Rooms 306-7, Napier Road(car parking available at Tanglin Mall no car parking at venue)

Admission: Free for members, $30 for non-members

Registration: to Kong Heng Sunat khs08aces@yahoo.com

Details: http://www.ikms.org/docs/iKMSERMAugust08.pdf

Jul 2008

 Evening Talk on 22 Jul: Value Networks & KM Adoption

Don't forget to register for our next evening talk on 22nd July, with Laurie Lock Lee and Patrick Lambe. Laurie will introduce the method of value network analysis (VNA), in particular how it can be used to support stakeholder management. Patrick will introduce the "Getting Management Buy-in" archetypes produced in an international project last year (iKMS had some input), and participants will do a workshop exercise to use value network analysis as a way of identifying key stakeholders in KM, and how VNA can be used to identify influencing strategies. More details at http://www.ikms.org/docs/iKMSVNA0708.pdf . Register with Kong Heng Sunat khs08aces@yahoo.com

 VIDEO AND MATERIALS FROM EVENING TALK ON KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

The videos and slides from our April 29th evening talk, starring Professor Gabriel Szulanski and Professor Eric Tsui are now available. To view and download the talk by Professor Szulanksi, visit http://tinyurl.com/6zr7qe. To view and download the materials from Professor Tsui visit http://tinyurl.com/3nzmze

Jun 2008

 Evening Talk on 12 June: Building Internal KM Capabilities

Please join us on 12 June at 6,30pm to explore with some of Singapore's very seasoned knowledge managers Doreen Tan of Singapore Sports Council and Mohammed Bismillah of the Health Promotion Board, sharing from their personal experience of how to build internal KM consulting and delivery capabilities. The session will also demonstrate the "Fishbowl" technique for knowledge sharing and expertise transfer, facilitated by Mark Hamilton of the British Council. This event is free for iKMS members, and $30 to cover the cost of the event from non-members. For more information download the document at the attached link, and registration should be with Kong Heng Sunat khs08aces@yahoo.com

May 2008

 Taxonomy Evening Talk Videos and Call for Book Chapters

1. TAXONOMY EVENING TALK VIDEOS

The videos and slides from our March evening talk on taxonomies are now available for those who missed them or would like a refresher. Christine Connors of Dow Jones describes her experience in building user-oriented taxonomies at this link: http://tinyurl.com/4u6xbl

Marti Heyman of Dow Jones talks about how to build an ROI case for a taxonomy project at this link: http://tinyurl.com/4axclp

2. CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR iKMS ANNUAL VOLUME

This is a call to submit articles for the third annual volume in our series “Knowledge Management: Singapore Perspectives”, edited by Kan Siew Ning.

To be published in Oct 2008, this year's book, titled “Knowledge Management: Singapore Perspectives 2008” will follow the same theme of surveying KM developments in Singapore – a collection of about 10 to 12 KM articles, each of about 4000 to 5000 words.

This year, we continue our practice-oriented focus and welcome KM articles with case examples, stories and anecdotes of actual KM implementations. We also encourage holistic case studies of completed KM implementations in organizations – from awareness to quick wins to strategy to full implementation. Other articles related to KM, innovation and learning are also welcome.

You can contribute as an individual author or as co-authors. Those who contributed last year are most welcome to contribute again. Each author who has his/her article accepted will receive 10 free copies of the book when it is published in Oct 2008. The deadlines for submission are as follows:

1.    Submission of the proposed title and short synopsis (200 words): 1 July 08

2.    Editor informs you whether the proposed article is accepted:  21 July 08

3.    Submission of the final draft:  9 August 08

If you need clarifications, please email Kan Siew Ning (kansn@yahoo.com). Submission of synopsis and final drafts are also to the same email address.

3. KM-RELATED JOB

IRAS is seeking to recruit a Librarian for its Organisation Excellence Branch.  Duties will include:

i) Defining information needs, building up the resource collection and sourcing for external information.

ii) Exploring new technologies to streamline information management and enhance value-added services.

iii) Implementing programmes to promote learning & sharing culture.

iv) Assisting users in information retrieval.

v) Managing the daily operations of the Resource Centre.

For more details and application, visit: http://askiras.iras.gov.sg/ESVPortal/other_info/career/orss/jobpostings.asp

Apr 2008 

 Knowledge Stickiness Evening Talk on 29^th Apr 08

We're pleased to announce two very distinguished speakers at our next evening talk, Professor Gabriel Szulanski on "Knowledge Stickiness" - factors that prevent effective knowledge transfer - and Professor Eric Tsui on the selection of IT tools to support knowledge sharing and collaboration. The talk will be held at the Civil Service College, North Buona Vista Road British Council, Napier Road, starting 6.30pm on Tuesday April 29th. This event is free for members and non-members will be asked for a $30 contribution towards refreshments and venue costs. You'll find more details at http://www.ikms.org/docs/Evening_Talk_April_2008.pdf - to register contact < st1:PersonName w:st=on>Kong Heng Sunat khs08aces@yahoo.com

 KM Excellence Award Deadline – End Apr 08.

The deadline for submissions for the iKMS KM Excellence Awards is the end of April 2008. We encourage all Singapore-based operations with established KM efforts to consider submitting a nomination for an award. We have a very distinguished international evaluation panel who will give valuable feedback to all submissions. Details of the awards process and submission form can be downloaded from http://www.ikms.org/docs/KM%20Excellence%20Awards%202008%20Full%20Briefing%20Pack.doc 

If you have any questions about the process please contact Patrick Lambe at plambe@straitsknowledge.com

 Networking Evening

We are planning a series of informal networking gatherings for our members and friends over drinks and light food. The first of these will take place on Friday 4 April from 7pm to 9pm, at BarCelona, 11 Unity Street, #01-30/31, Robertson Walk. Tel 62353456.

iKMS is supporting this event, but we will ask for contributions towards the drinks and food - $10 for members and $20 for non-members. After 9pm all items will be on your individual accounts. There will be finger food, wine, beer, and soft drinks.

The informal gathering is a no agenda meeting to help members socialise and get to know each other's KM backgrounds and challenges. So for this first session, we suggest a very broad topic such as  "What is knowledge Management? How much you know about KM? Do you need KM?"  If you have a burning issue you'd like to share, bring that as well! Let's put knowledge management into practice and get some of the networking benefits of belonging to a professional society. So we have an indication of numbers to expect, please drop an email to < st1:PersonName w:st=on>Kong Heng Sunat khs08aces@yahoo.com if you plan to come. Bring a colleague!

Mar 2008 

 Free Conference Passes for KM Events in SingaporeHong Kong and Australia

iKMS is supporting a number of upcoming KM events in Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia. In return for our support, we've been offered discounts and a free conference pass for each. We plan to hold a lucky draw for the free passes on Thursday 20th March. Any fully paid up iKMS member who intends to attend the event can submit an application for the lucky draw. Please note the special conditions for each conference. Entries must reach iKMS President Patrick Lambe by 12 noon on Thursday 20th March, at plambe@straitsknowledge.com.

MARCH 27 - HONG KONG

"KM 2.0" organised by the Hong Kong KM Society and the KM Research Centre of Hong Kong, to be held 27 March at the Excelsior Hotel Hong Kong has a stellar line up of speakers including Dave Snowden, Leif Edvinsson, Robert Neely, Kim Sbarcea and Jack Chong, with some good workshops on the following day. More details available at http://kmrc.ise.polyu.edu.hk/c/portal/layout?p_l_id=PUB.1.9 

Discount: iKMS members will qualify for the special HKKMS member rate.

MAY 7-8 - SINGAPORE

"Government Information Forum" from Alphabet Media aims to bring together public sector information and knowledge professionals to look at the latest trends in information management for government. They have a great range of speakers from governments in Asia, New Zealand, the Middle East, USA, including iKMS Past President Kan Siew Ning, and iKMS member Ng Kok Chuan from DSTA. iKMS President Patrick Lambe will be chairing the Forum. More details available from jovita.jones@alphabet-media.com. The brochure for the event can be downloaded here http://www.ikms.org/docs/Government%20Information%20Forum%2008.pdf

Discount: iKMS members will qualify for a 15% discount.

JULY 21-23 - MELBOURNE

"KM Australia 2008" is appearing for the first time in Melbourne. Ark Group have been working hard at understanding the needs of the KM community and have planned a range of interactive events and practical case studies as well as international keynotes, who include Gene Smith, Jeff Kelly, Dan Connolly, Thomas N. Friemel, Hideo Yamazaki. This is also usually a great networking event for making contacts in the Australian KM community. For more information visit http://www.kmaustralia.com/

Discount: iKMS members qualify for a A$150 discount on the conference price. 

To enter the Lucky Draw:

1. Verify that you are a current, paid up iKMS member

2. Send an email to plambe@straitsknowledge.com with Subject line: Conference Lucky Draw

3. State your name, position, employing organisation

4. State which conference(s) you are applying for and your intention to attend if you win: < st1:City w:st=on>Hong Kong, Singaporeor Melbourne(you can only win a free pass for one event)

5. Acknowledge that you have read and accept the conditions of entry below.

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY:

(a) You agree to provide a short report on the event for iKMS after your return

(b) KM Australia is restricting entries to employees of organisations that are not vendors in the KM space

(c) If you are already registered for the Government Information Forum, Singapore, and you win a free pass, you will not get a refund, but you can nominate a colleague to take the free pass

(d) Any travel and accommodation expenses associated with attending the conference will be borne by the winner, only the conference registration fee is covered

(e) iKMS will submit the winner's details to the conference organiser for registration, which is at their discretion

Closing date: Midday, Thursday 20th March!

 Evening Event on User-Driven Taxonomies

Join us on March 13th at 6.30pm for a session from two of the leading figures in UStaxonomy practice, Christine Connors and Martha Heyman, on the human and business dimensions of taxonomy development and maintenance. How do we ensure our taxonomies reflect the language of the users? How can we help users tag content usefully, and what’s in it for them? What sort of investment is required and how do we calculate ROI? This session is sponsored by Dow Jones Synaptica. For more details download the event description. Register with < st1:PersonName w:st=on>Kong Heng Sunat khs08aces@yahoo.com. This event is free to members and $30 towards refreshments for non members.

Feb 2008

 AGM Report

iKMS held its seventh AGM on 23 February with good attendance and good participation from members. The slides from the AGM are available here, and the photos are available here.

The minutes of the AGM will be circulated to members as soon as they are confirmed.

Invitation to iKMS's AGM for 2008

Jan 2008

New Year Activities

A very Happy New Year to our members and friends!

Our next Evening Event will be a Knowledge Cafe with David Gurteen to be held from 6.30pm on Tuesday January 29th, on the topic of "How Can We Influence the Knowledge Sharing Culture of an Organisation?". More details and registration information in this document.

We'd also like to update you on the results of the "Investing in KM" survey we conducted before our KM Singapore conference in November. Many thanks to those of you who responded. The results of that survey and the video presentation describing Singapore's performance compared to the rest of the world are now available  here. The rest of the videos from the conference will be available soon and we'll send you another update when they are ready.

It's almost time for our Annual General Meeting where we review the activities of the past year and look forward to plans for the next. This year is a non-election AGM, and we are now putting together the agenda for that event which promises a hint of magic and some good networking activity. Please mark Saturday morning 23rd February in your diaries!

Nov 2007

KM Singapore 2007

The materials from our very successful KM Singapore conference are now available at http://www.kmsingapore.com/materials.html and the photographs are available at http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=KMSingapore2007 . If you have photos to add, please consider uploading to Flickr at www.flickr.com and adding the tag kmsingapore2007 - this will ensure that all our photos will turn up on the tag page linked above.

Our KM Excellence Awards were launched by Ms Lim Soo Hoon at our conference, and are now open for nominations. Please consider entering your organisation for this award - more details available at http://www.ikms.org/awards.html

Sep 2007

 Video podcast of Web 2.0 evening talk now available

The video podcast and accompanying slides for our September 6 evening talk with Ross Dawson and Maish Nichani on "Web 2.0 and the Future of KM" are now available via http://tinyurl.com/ywv8fa

Attend a KM Competency Definition Workshop

iKMS is currently developing a KM Competency Framework which can be used for personal development planning by our members. As part of this process we'd like to invite iKMS members and friends to join us for a half day KM Competency Definition workshop on Sat 6 October at the Singapore Polytechnic Graduate Guildhouse. This event is free of charge and will start with a light breakfast. For more details see the attached document.

We're still inviting participation in our survey on how far organisations invest in KM competency development - if you haven't completed it yet, it's a short 10 minute survey and is available at http://tinyurl.com/ytl44j - we have good participation by colleagues in Australia and the USA so far, so will have some comparative data to analyse if we get a good Singapore response.

The competency framework and the results of the survey will be reported at our annual conference  on 1st November - http://www.kmsingapore.com - register today!

Podcast and slides for Developing and Managing Taxonomies

The video podcast and slide materials for the August 30 evening talk given by Joseph Busch of Taxonomy Strategies and Dave Clarke of Dow Jones, are now available at http://tinyurl.com/25xuh8

KM Survey to prepare to KM Singapore

At our conference on 1st November (www.kmsingapore.com), iKMS President Patrick Lambe will be giving a presentation on "Taking KM Seriously in Singapore". He will be looking at how Singaporeorganisations fare in terms of recognising and supporting the development of professional competencies in their KM staff. We'd like to invite you to participate in this effort by responding to a short survey at http://tinyurl.com/ytl44j

We are inviting participation from KM practitioners anywhere, so that we can get a sense of how Singaporefares in relation to other countries. Please participate and pass this link on to anyone you think might be interested. The survey is anonymous, and we'll send another notice out with a link to the final report when it's complete.

Podcast and slides of Graham Durant-Law's Business Network Analysis talk

The video podcast and slide of Graham Durant-Law's presentation on 26 July 2007 on "How to Do Business Network Analysis" are now available. The podcast is available at this URL: http://plambe.blip.tv/file/349455/ and Graham's slides are available at http://www.durantlaw.info/presentations_papers/ICKM2007.pdf . Thanks to Edgar Tan of Straits Knowledge for preparing this podcast.

Get value from your iKMS Membership: Attend both KM Singapore and KM Asia

KM Conference season is almost here! This year iKMS is collaborating with Ark Group's KM Asia to give you a more rounded conference experience : we've done this by shaping our two events to complement each other, and sharing significant discounts. 

At KM Asia we are helping to raise the profile of Singaporebased knowledge management practice by sponsoring three sessions at the event (a case study from Singapore Sports Council, a speed debate on how culture affects knowledge sharing, and a taxonomy workshop). We have also negotiated significant discounts for iKMS members who are attending KM Asia and the Taxonomy workshop led by Patrick Lambe.

Our own conference KM Singapore immediately follows KM Asia, will be held on 1st November 2007 and will focus primarily on KM implementation and practice in Singapore, with some news of KM practice from sister associations in the region. Our programme will be released shortly. You will find details of last year's sell-out event here: 

http://www.straitsknowledge.com/projects/detail/ikms_practitioners_conference_10_nov_2006/

To get the special iKMS members discount for KM Asia and/or Patrick Lambe’s workshop at KM Asia, please contact Ark Group on aga@arkgroupasia.com for further information. If you are not yet an iKMS member but want to attend KM Singapore and KM Asia, your savings will more than pay for your membership subscription! More on how to become a member can be found here: http://www.ikms.org/membership/index.html

iKMS is also offering KM Asia attendees the opportunity to attend KM Singapore at the special iKMS member rate. 

KM Singapore will be taking place 1 November 2007 and more details about the event and how to register can be found here: http://www.kmsingapore.com/register.html

KM Asia will be held 29-31 October and further details can be found here: http://www.kmasia.com/

Web 2.0 and the Future of KM

Date:Thursday, Sep 6, 2007
Venue:Civil < st1:PlaceName w:st=on>Service< st1:PlaceType w:st=on>College(North Buona Vista) (Click here)
Time:6:30pm to 8:45pm

IKMS Benefit:Free for iKMS Members and $30 for non members

We’ve heard about social tagging, picture and video sharing, social networking sites, blogs, wikis and social bookmarking. Join us on Sept 6^th to find out from a thought leader in this field, Ross Dawson, how this new wave of technologies and tools, collectively termed Web 2.0, is likely to affect knowledge management in the enterprise. For more details and registration, see the attached document.

Aug 2007

Developing and Managing Taxonomies

Date:Thursday Aug 30, 2007
Venue:Civil < st1:PlaceName w:st=on>Service< st1:PlaceType w:st=on>College(North Buona Vista) (Click here)
Time:6:30pm to 8:30pm

IKMS Benefit:Free for iKMS Members and $30 for non members

Our next evening talk on 30 August will be on developing and managing taxonomies, from two world experts in the field. Joseph Busch, from Taxonomy Strategies, and former President of ASIST, will present some case studies on taxonomy development, and Dave Clarke from Dow Jones and Company will explain how taxonomy tools can be used to consistently manage taxonomies, thesauri and metadata across the enterprise. For more details and registration, see the attached document.

July 2007

Evening Talk on How to Do Social Network Analysis

Video Podcasts from Forum on Professional Development

June 2007

RFP for KM Competencies Research Project

iKMS invites interested parties to submit proposals for a research project to develop a KM competency framework suitable for KM professionals in the Singaporeenvironment. The research project will entail a literature review of KM competency research and publications, an analysis of the typical KM competency needs of KM practitioners in Singapore, and production of an accessible, easy to use competency framework document which can be used by KM practitioners to self-assess their competency development needs. The project is pitched at Master's dissertation level, and there will be an honorarium for the successful researcher. For more details see the attached document. Proposals should be submitted by Friday 6th July.

Call for authors for annual iKMS publication

This is a call to submit articles for the annual iKMS book publication, “KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: SINGAPORE PERSPECTIVES”

iKMS published the first “Knowledge Management: Singapore Perspectives” in Nov 2006 as the first in a planned series of annual publications free to members.

To be published in Oct 2007, this year's book, titled “Knowledge Management: Singapore Perspectives 2007” edited by Kan Siew Ning, will follow the same theme of looking at KM in a Singapore perspective - a collection of about 10 to 12 KM articles, each of about 4000 to 5000 words.

This year, we welcome KM articles with examples, stories and anecdotes of actual KM implementation (i.e. practice-oriented KM instead of theoretical KM). We also encourage holistic case studies of completed KM implementations in organizations – from awareness to quick wins to strategy to full implementation.

You can contribute as an individual author or two persons can work together to co-write one article. Those who contributed last year are most welcome to contribute again. Each author who has his/her article accepted will receive 10 free copies of the book when it is published in Oct 2007. The deadlines for submission are as follows:

1.    Submission of the proposed title and short synopsis (200 words): 1 July 07

2.    Editor informs you whether the proposed article is accepted:  15 July 07

3.    Submission of the final draft:  15 August 07

If you need clarifications, please email Kan Siew Ning (kansn@yahoo.com). Submission of synopsis and final drafts are also to the same email address. 

Follow up to iKMS Survey

Many thanks to all our respondents (all 99 of you) who responded to our membership survey in April/May. Please see the enclosed document for summary of the results (all personal and organisational information has been removed). The Exco is already working on this input for several new initiatives which you will be hearing about over the coming weeks and months.

Tan Chuan Leong is the lucky winner of a $150 Kinokuniya book voucher in our lucky draw.

RFP for Redesign of iKMS website and membership management system

iKMS would like to invite interested parties to submit proposals for the redesign of its website and membership management system.
 
For full details of our needs and the selection process please see document (Click here). Submissions should be sent to khs08aces@yahoo.com by Monday 25th June.

Developing KM Professionals for a Knowledge Society:

A dialogue and forum organized by iKMS, NTU, and Pearson Education – June 18 2007

You are or seek to be a KM professional: How do you get appropriate education and training? How do you build your professional experience in the company of peers? How do you get support for your continuing professional development? Join us on June 18th at 6.30pm for a free, interactive session exploring practical approaches to the education, development and support of KM professionals.

• Professor Eric Tsuiof the < st1:PlaceName w:st=on>Hong Kong< st1:PlaceName w:st=on>Polytechnic< st1:PlaceType w:st=on>Universitywill describe how the action research focus of the HKPolyU KM programmes stimulates knowledge sharing and rapid learning among practitioners in Hong Kong 
• Professor Schubert Foo of the < st1:PlaceName w:st=on>Nanyang< st1:PlaceName w:st=on>Technological< st1:PlaceType w:st=on>Universitywill describe the necessary elements in the education of KM professionals for a knowledge-intensive world 
• Patrick Lambe, President of the Information and Knowledge Management Society will describe the role of a professional society in supporting and developing KM professionals 

See the linked document for more details. Please register by email to < st1:PersonName w:st=on>Kong Heng Sunat khs08aces@yahoo.com

May 2007

Materials from iKMS Sharing Session on 11 May 2007

Innovation Dialogues: The Medici Game - supported by iKMS 
A workshop created for Practical Dialogue and Fun!

Date:Wednesday Aug 29th, 2007
Venue:SingaporePolytechnic Graduates' Guild
Time:9:15 am to 4:00 pm
iKMS Benefit:As a special benefit of membership to IKMS, we have negotiated a special members discount of $70 off the normal workshop fee. Discounts are also available for teams of three or more from any one corporation!
URL: www.knexco.com/innovationdialogue.shtml

Description:
Through partnership with the Celemi network and supported by iKMS and the HK KM Society, kneXco offers a journey to explore the most important conditions for enabling innovation in organisations. The workshop participants will benefit from the knowledge shared from two well known Innovation Experts: Dr. Wong Poh Kam, Director of Entrepreneurship, NUS andPaul Hobcraft from HOCA and engage in practical exploration of the issues surrounding crating a culture for innovation in organizations by playing the Medici Game. The game is based on the best selling book “The Medici Effect” (described as one of "the best books on innovation" by Business Week), and was developed in co-operation with its author Frans Johansson.

kneXco invites you to  join for a day of practical innovation dialogue and take away

• A deeper understanding of the Medici Effect and the enablers and inhibitors of  innovation in your organisation
• The opportunity to hear from one of Singapore’s pioneering scholar of innovation, Dr. Wong Poh Kam, Director of Entrepreneurship at NUS and practical approaches for moving forward from renowned innovation specialist, Paul Hobcraft
• Explore with your colleagues practical methods for approaching and making  innovation happen in your organisation

Please feel free to forward information on both events to all that might be interested and remember to RSVP/Register early at, www.knexco.com/innovationdialogue.shtml

How to Ignite Knowledge Management in your organisation – An iKMS Event

Date:Friday May 11th, 2007Time:2:00pm – 5:00 pm
Venue:SingaporePolytechnic Graduates' Guild
IKMS Benefit:Free for IKMS Members and $15 for non members
URL: More details
 

Facilitators:
Your KM practitioner facilitators will include Alan Samuel from the Singapore Police Force, Daniel Ng from Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, and Paolina Martin of Straits Knowledge.

Description:
iKMS brings to you a unique opportunity to acquire lessons-learned by experienced KM professionals, and practical methods for developing large-scale KM programs, using a unique knowledge sharing format. In this event you will explore practical lessons-learned and issues to watch out for in: getting management buy-in for KM; putting together a KM tender; gathering requirements; and identifying KM pilot projects. Each topic area will be hosted by an experienced KM professional, and you will be invited to share your personal experience, issues and questions.

Take away:

• Practical ways for approaching and implementing KM in your organization
• Feedback and advice on how to expand your existing KM efforts
• Knowledge sharing relationships with KM peers

Please feel free to forward information on both events to all that might be interested and remember to RSVP/Register early to reserve your place with < st1:PersonName w:st=on>Kong Heng Sunat khs08aces@yahoo.com

iKMS Community Interest Survey: Have your say and stand a chance to win an attractive prize

We are now planning our priorities for iKMS services over the coming two years, and would like to invite you to complete a short online survey to get your feedback (see the link below).

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=640083731119

We know your time is valuable and truly appreciate a few minutes of your time to help us (it should take about 10 minutes). The survey is opened from now till 04 May 2007.

As a token of appreciation, we will enter all respondents into a lucky draw, and the winner will receive either a free Ordinary Membership of iKMS or $150 book voucher, depending on your choice.

Your individual responses will remain confidential and will be used only for the purposes of advancing our member services. We will only contact you to seek clarifications and additional input on your responses if required… or to let you know you have won the lucky draw.

Thank You for your inputs.

iKMS Secretariat

April 2007

RFP to co-organise a knowledge management workshop

iKMS would like to invite interested parties to submit proposals to co-organise a knowledge management workshop on Building a KM Strategy that is Linked to a Business Strategy.  This topic was selected as the most useful topic for a workshop at our recent AGM, and we would like the workshop to be delivered in July.

For full details of our needs and the selection process please click here.

Submissions should be sent to khs08aces@yahoo.com by Friday 27th April.

RAHS: Video Podcast with Gary and Dave for public viewing.

The video podcast for 22 March dialogue with Gary Klein and Dave Snowden on KM and Risk Assessment is now available for viewing (in four segments of 15-20 mins each). Please click the image below to navigate to the video page.

March 2007

 iKMS 2007 Evening Talk Series

A Dialogue between Gary Klein and David Snowden on “How can Knowledge Management Contribute to Risk Assessment and Horizon Scanning in Organizations?”

Date: Thursday 22 March 2007

Time: 6.30pm-8.30pm

Location: Civil < st1:placename w:st=on>< st1:PlaceName w:st=on>Service< st1:placetype w:st=on>< st1:PlaceType w:st=on>College, < st1:street w:st=on>North Buona Vista Road

This event is free for iKMS members – there will be a nominal charge of $15 for refreshments for non-members. Refreshments from 6.30pm, session will begin at 7pm sharp

For more details, click here.

 Notes of Opening Planning Session held on 10 Mar 2007.

For more details, click here

iKMS members are invited to send their feedback to the iKMS President at plambe@straitsknowledge.com by end of March 2007.

 Open Planning Session

Date: 10 March 2007 (Saturday)

Time: 09.30am – 12.30pm

Venue: SingaporePolytechnic Graduates Guild (Not Straits Knowledge)

All iKMS members are invited to take part in an open planning half day, from 9.30am to 12.30pm, followed by lunch. You'll have the chance to use some new knowledge sharing and brainstorming techniques, network with exco members and each other, and have a say in how we apply your membership dues over the coming two years.

Please RSVP to iKMS President Patrick Lambe at plambe@straitsknowledge.comletting him know (a) if you plan to attend and (b) if you will be staying for lunch. There is no charge for participating in this session.

Venue details: http://www.spgg.org.sg/about.asp#

 iKMS 2007 Evening Talk Series

Date:  8 March2007 (Thursday)

Time:  7pm (refreshments & networking start at 6:30pm)

Venue: Civil < st1:placename w:st=on>< st1:PlaceName w:st=on>Service< st1:placetype w:st=on>< st1:PlaceType w:st=on>College

Talk 1: Managing Content at Telstra: An integrated KM broad audience

This talk outlines an overview of the tools and techniques used to keep Telstra's < st1:city w:st=on>Enterpriseand Government Sales Force up to date with the latest information on products and services. This approach brings together document management, communications and training tools. This toolkit is widely recognised as providing business value through the innovative use of both online and offline techniques, with a strong focus on meeting the needs of a broad audience.

Profile: Keith De La Rue is currently Knowledge Manager of < st1:city w:st=on>Telstra, Australia. He leads a team engaged in the transfer of product and service knowledge to Telstra’s business sales force. This group, where he has worked since 2000, is known both within and outside of Telstra for its innovative work in this field. In this team, he has worked in writing and editing online newsletters and other documents, developing and delivering training, producing an online quiz and other multimedia content and developing and administrating an online document library. Keith is a committee member of the Melbourne Knowledge Management Leadership Forum (KMLF), and is a regular speaker at conferences in Australiaand overseas on a range of topics. He has also had experience in facilitation of personal development and strategic planning workshops. Keith has worked in the Telecommunications and IT industries for over thirty years. Most recently, he spent six years as a Telecommunications Consultant, consulting with a number of major Telstra business clients across a broad range of industries. He holds a degree in Computer Science from RMIT, and is a member of Mensa, where he recently spent six years as a regular columnist for TableAus, the national

magazine. More about him at http://delarue.net/blog/about/.

Talk 2:KM in Project Management

Project management best practices are well documented. There are also well-known professional certifications in project management in the industry. However, at least half of IT projects either end up being delivered late, exceed the budget, do not meet the user requirements, and sometimes all of the above. How can a more deliberate KM approach be used to ensure more successful projects? Using anecdotes from 22 years of experience in IT and KM projects, the speaker will illustrate the role of KM in project management. This talk will focus on KM methods, including Nonaka's SECI model, as applied to project management work at the tactical level. Strategic frameworks will be covered in a paper after more research has been completed.

Profile: < st1:state w:st=on>< st1:State w:st=on>KanSiew Ning is the Director of Technology in the Singapore Police Force. He was previously Deputy Director of Knowledge Management, and General Manager, Cap Vista Pte Ltd, in the Defence Science & Technology Agency (DSTA). Before joining DSTA, he was in charge of KM in the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA). He graduated with degrees from the National University of Singapore. Since 1985, he has worked on numerous ICT and KM projects. Siew Ning is an Assistant Professor (Adjunct) teaching in the Master of Science in Knowledge Management program at the < st1:placename w:st=on>< st1:PlaceName w:st=on>Nanyang< st1:placename w:st=on>< st1:PlaceName w:st=on>Technological< st1:placetype w:st=on>< st1:PlaceType w:st=on>University. He had previously served in the iKMS as Treasurer, Vice President and President.

Do RSVP with < st1:PersonName w:st=on>Kong Heng Sunat khs08ces@yahoo.com by 1 March 07.

February 2007

iKMS Annual General Meeting

The iKMS Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2007 cum new EXCO election will be held on Tuesday, 6 Feb 2007, at 6:30pm. The venue is Civil Service College at < st1:street w:st=on>< st1:street w:st=on>< st131 North Buona Vista Road. The location map can be found here: http://www.cscollege.gov.sg/data/pages/15/doc/CSC_Map.jpg
We have prepared a sumptuous dinner for you and a talk by Dirk Ramhorst, CKO of Siemens Business Services. The programme is as follows:

6:30pm Dinner commences
7:30pm iKMS Annual Report
7:55pm Election of new EXCO
8:10pm KM Talk
9:15pm End of event

Come and join us for a good time of eating, networking and knowledge sharing. We look forward to seeing you at this event. Kindly RSVP to < st1:PersonName w:st=on>Kong Heng Sunat: khs08aces@yahoo.com

December 2006

An Exclusive Invitation to all iKMS Public Sector members,

Join us at Oracle Business Intelligence Seminar

- 5 Dec 2006 (Tuesday)
- Raffles Hotel, Casuarina Suite A, Level 3

At this event you will:

• Learn how Oracle Enterprise Business Intelligence addresses the increasing demand for government agencies to provide timely information and services to the public
• Attend product demonstrations for an in-depth look at Oracle's comprehensive, best-of-breed BI technology
• Get an overview of Oracle's hot-pluggable BI architecture with a focus on how it addresses the challenges of heterogeneous IT environments

Click here now to register for this FREE event. Don't miss your exclusive opportunity to network with your peers and discuss today's most vital business intelligence topics with Oracle experts.
Call Brenda at +65 6327 5688 or email brenda@ie-ideas.com

November 2006

Update: 1 Nov 2006
For those of you who are still interested in attending our iKMS Practitioner's Conference and workshop on 9-10 November, places are rapidly running out. We've chosen a lovely venue at the Singapore Polytechnic Graduates Guildhouse, but it does have capacity limitations.

We now only have four places left on the pre-conference workshop with Kim Sbarcea (November 9), on practical knowledge sharing techniques. This will be especially valuable for KM activists, champions, and KM implementation teams. iKMS members $200 and non members $300.

We have only ten places left for the conference itself on 10 November. Our programme combines presentations from practitioners in Singaporeand Australia, as well as two highly interactive forums on KM in business continuity, and getting management support for KM, where you'll get to interact with experienced practitioners from a number of countries. iKMS members $175 non members $275.

Register now to assure your place! www.kmsingapore.com

October 2006

The Technology Commercialisation Forum 2006 (30 Oct - 1 Nov 2006) is a key technology transfer event in Asia that brings together industry and investors from all over the world to explore the opportunities that Universities in the Asia Pacific present. At the same time, it congregates researchers, technology transfer practitioners and players in the private sector to examine best practices and issues involved in bringing technologies and innovations from laboratories to the market.

More details on Technology Commercialisation Forum 2006 can be found at, http://www.nus.edu.sg/ilo/tcf06 or you may email shannen@nus.edu.sg for any further clarifications.

Fee: $320 (20% discount for iKMS members)

REGISTRATION:
1. https://inetapps.nus.edu.sg/esurvey/onlinesurvey/nec/ilo/TCF2006.htm
2. Select $320
3. Within Company please indicate - iKMS.

Digital Government 2006 is a 3-day event (30th Oct - 1st Nov 2006) featuring real life case studies on latest updates and challenges on e-Government efforts in Asia. Learn how your organisations can consolidate people and processes, get expert advise from peer government and e-government experts and to ultimately deliver efficient services to citizens from all walks of life and promoting the use of these services.
For more information, please contact Ms Colleen Yong at +65 6324 9751, email at cyong@availcorp.com Click here for further details.

September 2006

InfoVision 2006 is a knowledge summit to be held in < st1:city w:st=on>< st1:city w:st=on>Bangalore, Indiaon 28-29 Sept 2006. Initiated in 2005, InfoVision is a premier annual global < st1:city w:st=on>< st1:City w:st=on>Summitin Indiafor the Knowledge Industry and Knowledge society. InfoVision is an intellectual confederation of all stakeholders - academia, industry, government and the user groups, to meet as partners and to develop a unified framework for and formulate strategies for capitalizing knowledge for performance.Some of the speakers lined up for this summit are Jimmy Wales, Leif Edvinsson, Sam Pitroda, Peter Lor, Shoba Purushothaman and Rory Chase.
More details can be found at http://www.infovision.org.in

August 2006

The next iKMS Evening Talk will be on Thursday, 31 August 2006, 7pm. The speakers will be Adrian Khoo and Colin Marson. Click here for further details.

iKMS is co-organizing a 1 day workshop on “Leveraging Social Networks for Knowledge Management” with Straits Knowledge. This will be on 15 August 2006 at Singapore Polytechnic Guildhouse, Event Facility A.
In this workshop, we’ll look at how social networks can help organisations be more effective and resilient, how social network analysis can be used to support this, the techniques for fostering networks and communities in your organisation, and the latest trends in social software.
Fee: S$100 (members); S$200 (non-members); .
Click here for further details.

July 2006

The IP Academy of Singapore is organizing a seminar on Competitive Intelligence: Exploiting the Power of Patent Data and Scientific Literature, on 21 July 2006 (Friday) at the IP Academy. The speaker will be Dr Allen Yeo of Thomson Scientific. iKMS members enjoy a special discount.
Please contact Ms Charlotte Tan directly to register at a special price of $252.00 (GST inclusive).
Click here for further details.

Our next evening talk will be on Thursday, 6 July 2006, 7pm. The speakers will be Dr Michelle Mau, A/Prof Shankar Sankaran, and Mr Tan Tie Wee. Click here for further details.

The Library Assocation of Singapore (LAS) will be organising a half-day course on Blogging on 19 July 06. The speaker will be Mr Ivan Chew from the National Library Board.. Click here for further details.

Master level research degree on Knowledge Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

An opportunity exists for a master level research degree (with an option of converting into a doctoral degree) on Knowledge Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
The focus of the research is KM technology-based.

A monthly stipend will be paid to the successful candidate. This research is full time and requires the student to be based in Hong Kong. Commencement of project is anytime between July and October 2006. Interested parties please send your CV and contact to

Professor Eric Tsui
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
E-mail: Eric.Tsui@polyu.edu.hk
Phone: +862 2766 6609
URL: www.ise.polyu.edu.hk

June 2006

First iKMS Seminar for 2006
Sign up for our first seminar of the year on Wednesday, 7 June 2006 (9am - 5pm). Dr Suliman Hawamdeh and Kan Siew Ning will be your seminar leaders for the day. Free for iKMS members. Click here for more details

May 2006

Call For Proposals: Encyclopedia of Digital Libraries
The Nanyang Technological University - School of Communication and Information would like to invite participation from practitioners, researchers, educators and policy makers from a variety of disciplines such as computer science, library and information sciences, archival and museum studies, human-computer interaction, knowledge management, the social sciences, humanities and other related areas. Submissions of proposals (about 800 - 1,000 words) on all areas are welcome and may include research, system, evaluation, policy and position papers reporting digital library research and development. Proposals may be sent to: Encyclo-DL@ntu.edu.sg Click here for more details

The next iKMS Evening Talk will be on Thursday, 18 May 2006, 7pm. The speakers will be Kate Crawford and William Chew. Click here for further details.

March 2006

The next iKMS Evening Talk will be on Thursday, 23 March 2006, 7pm. The speakers will be Quek Pek Noi and Professor Peter Keen. Click here for further details.

February 2006

iKMS Annual General Meeting cum KM Workshop – 21 February 2006.

The iKMS President, Mr Kan Siew Ning will be giving a quick recap of the iKMS events in 2005 as well as a short presentation of the audited accounts by the treasurer.

There will also be a KM workshop that same evening. The workshop aims to provide insights into some of the practical problems facing KM initiatives, together with some activities to demonstrate these issues. Mark Schenk and Shawn Callahan will be sharing their experiences in designing and managing communities of practice, using narrative to tackle complex problems and how to use techniques in combination to achieve business outcomes. Both Mark and Shawn are directors of Anecdote Pty Ltd, a firm specialising in narrative techniques, knowledge management and organisational change.

The 13-member strong executive committee looks forward to seeing you at the sumptuous halal dinner buffet which will be served at the Civil Service College from 6:30pm onwards.

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January 2006

This is a call for papers for the Internet Librarian International 2006 Conference. Conference dates: 16-17 October 2006. Venue: < st1:placename w:st=on>< st1:PlaceName w:st=on>Copthorne< st1:placename w:st=on>< st1:PlaceName w:st=on>Tara< st1:placename w:st=on>< st1:PlaceName w:st=on>Hotel, < st1:city w:st=on>London.

To learn more, visit the conference website at  http://www.internet-librarian.com/index.shtml

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