Forwarded message from [Ulrich.Reimer@swisslife.ch] sent originally on Fri, 21 Apr 2000 22:17:56 +0200 (MET DST): : [Apologies for multiple submissions] : : PAKM2000: : Third International Conference on : Practical Aspects of Knowledge Management : : 30-31 October, 2000 : Basel, Switzerland : http://research.swisslife.ch/pakm2000 : : -- Call for Papers -- : : Sponsored and supported by: : : ACM SIGGROUP : : SGAICO (Swiss Group for Artificial Intelligence and : Cognitive Science) : : Special Interest Group "Knowledge Management" : of the German Informatics Society : : Rentenanstalt / Swiss Life : : Aims and scope of the conference : -------------------------------- : : To succeed in the accelerating business pace of the "internet age", : companies must efficiently leverage their most valuable and : under-leveraged resource: the intellectual capital of their highly : educated, skilled, and experienced employees. The compression of : communication cycles and the omnipresence of information forces : enterprises to seek a faster return on knowledge - knowledge that : ages rapidly in a market place brimming with innovation. One of the : most important prerequisites in achieving this return is the : systematic management of the key success factor "knowledge" - : previously left to manage itself "somehow". Thus next-generation : business solutions must be focussed on supporting the creation of : value by adding knowledge-rich components as an integral part to : the work process. Therefore, an integrated approach is needed which : combines issues from a large array of fields, originating from : quite different areas such as business and organization sciences, : cognitive sciences, and computer science. : : The PAKM Conference Series acknowledges the above situation and : offers a communication forum and meeting ground for practitioners : and researchers engaged in developing and deploying advanced : business solutions for the management of knowledge and intellectual : capital. We seek attendance and contributions from practitioners, : researchers, and developers who work at the leading edge of : Knowledge Management, pursuing integrated approaches which consider : both, the technological side as well as the proper business side. : PAKM is a forum for people to share their views, to exchange ideas, : to develop new insights, and to envision completely new kinds of : solutions to Knowledge Management problems. Like its predecessors, : PAKM2000 will provide ample time for interaction and discussion. : : By explicitly addressing interdisciplinary approaches to Knowledge : Management, the PAKM conference offers a unique and new kind of : forum. : : Contributions sought : -------------------- : : The overall theme of PAKM2000 are next-generation business : solutions and the role information technology can play in them. : Thus, we seek original contributions in the triangle of business : and organization sciences, cognitive sciences, and computer science : that describe a true advancement in the state of the art of : Knowledge Management: : : * Business and organization sciences give the overall framework : in which to develop a knowledge management approach, which is : first of all a business solution and not an information : technology solution. : : * Cognitive sciences help to design a knowledge management : solution such that it fits smoothly with the cognitive : capabilities of the people involved and is optimally embedded : in their work context - or, to phrase it differently, to : ensure the situatedness of the knowledge management approach. : : * Computer science provides the technology needed to build the : information systems which are often required to make certain : aspects of a knowledge management solution work. : : Contributions to PAKM should show how the approach presented takes : all of those three aspects into account. Additionally, paper : submissions must clearly describe the (real-world) problem being : tackled and point out the added value of solving that problem. The : paper should give a clear description how the problem is solved and : it should further make clear in which aspects the suggested : approach is a new one. : : Submitted papers may be full papers with up to 12 pages and 30 : minutes presentation time, or short papers with up to 6 pages and : 20 minutes time for presentation. All accepted papers will be : presented at the conference. : : Papers may address one or more of the following topics, or any : other topic as long as it fits into the overall conference theme: : : * Building and maintaining an inventory of the knowledge available : in the organization (with people, in files, databases, : documents) : o setting up appropriate communication links between people, : groups, departments to communicate what skills and knowledge : they have : o meta information systems : : * Bringing the knowledge existing somewhere inside or outside : the organization to those places where it is needed : o aligning organizational structures towards a knowledge : sharing community : o group support systems : o decision support systems, just-in-time knowledge delivery : systems, electronic performance support systems : o information retrieval: interest profiles, : information filtering, automatic text understanding, : searching the world wide web, personal web agents : : * Making sure that available knowledge is reused and not reinvented : o documentation and annotation of knowledge to facilitate its : being assimilated by people who did not provide it : o ontologies and enterprise data models to provide a common : terminological framework : o automatic text summarization to facilitate selection of : relevant texts : o group support systems : o automatic indexing and abstracting of texts : : * Capturing and securing knowledge to avoid it from getting lost : o designing business processes such that knowledge generated : in ongoing work is easily and immediately captured : o implementing lessons learned processes : o organizational memories: knowledge integration, : knowledge sharing, versioning, contexts, : high-level modelling languages for non-computer scientists : o knowledge extraction from texts : : * Developing new knowledge : o organizational measures for supporting and stimulating : innovation : o information systems for supporting creative processes : (exploration of data spaces, visualization tools, etc.) : o data mining (from data, text, and the web) : : Invited Talks : ------------- : October 30: Mario Raich (Raich Ltd., UK) - topic to be announced - : October 31: speaker and topic to be announced : : Registration : ------------ : Details about the registration procedure will become available end of : April. : : Conference fee (including lunch for both days): : before September 15: 310 CHF : afterwards but before October 15: 350 CHF : afterwards: 380 CHF : : Important dates : --------------- : : Submission of papers by June, 30, 2000 : Acceptance notices mailed by August, 18, 2000 : Final, camera-ready papers due by September, 22, 2000 : : Submission format : ----------------- : : Full papers may have up to 12 pages, short papers up to 6 pages, : both in an 11 point font and single-spaced. We accept either : electronic submission in Postscript, PDF or Word format, or paper : submissions (in 4 copies) to the following address: : : Ulrich Reimer : Swiss Life : Information Systems Research Group : Postfach : CH-8022 Zurich, Switzerland : Email: Ulrich.Reimer@swisslife.ch : : Special journal issue : --------------------- : : Selected papers from the conference will be considered for : publication in a special issue of the International Journal of : Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management. : : Program committee : ----------------- : : Co-chairs: : Dirk Mahling (Primix, Inc., USA) : Ulrich Reimer (Swiss Life, Switzerland) : : Members: : V. Richard Benjamins (Univ. of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Intelligent : Software Components (iSOCO) S.A., Spain ) : Eric Darr (Ernst & Young, USA) : John Davies (British Telecom Labs, UK) : Rose Dieng (INRIA, France) : Udo Hahn (University of Freiburg, Germany) : Manfred Jeusfeld (University of Tilburg, The Netherlands) : Ann Macintosh (Napier University Edinburgh, UK) : Frank Maurer (University of Calgary, Canada) : Katharina Morik (University of Dortmund, Germany) : Brian (Bo) Newman (Founder, Knowledge Management Forum, USA) : Daniel O'Leary (University of Southern California, USA) : Rajkumar Roy (Cranfield University, UK) : Beat Schmid (University of St. Gallen, Switzerland) : Patricia S. Seemann (Group 21, Switzerland) : Steffen Staab (University of Karlsruhe, Germany) : Rudi Studer (University of Karlsruhe, Germany) : Ulrich Thiel (GMD-IPSI, Germany) : Eric Tsui (Computer Sciences Corporation & University of Technology, : Sydney, Australia) : Gertjan van Heijst (CIBIT, The Netherlands) : Georg von Krogh (University of St. Gallen, Switzerland) : Karl M. Wiig (Knowledge Research Institute, USA) : Michael Wolf (UBS, Switzerland) : (to be extended) : : Organization : Ulrich Reimer (Swiss Life, Switzerland) : : Conference secretariat : Annemarie Nicolet (SI, Switzerland) : : The Venue : --------- : : Basel, a city canton with nearly 200,000 people and 2000 years of : history, is located at the elbow of the Rhine on the borders of : France and Germany. It is easily reached by train, air : (EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg), or car.

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