Moving forward with an enterprise approach to knowledge, information and digital cultures

21 - 23 July, 2008
Melbourne Convention Centre

Drawing on the input of the knowledge, content and information management communities, Ark Group has developed KM Australia 2008 with the specific needs of KM, IM and CM practitioners in mind.

KM Australia 2008 will provide opportunities to:

• Hear keynote addresses from innovators in the knowledge, collaboration, content and Web 2.0 space
  
  
• Gain practical advice from practitioner case-studies, interactive sessions and masterclasses including: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Medibank Private, BAE Systems Australia, SIRFt KM Roundtable, Sensory7, Records Management Association of Australasia (RMAA), Experience Matters, Sensis, Minot State University (USA), Via Media Communications, News Digital Media, The University of New South Wales, The University of Sydney, and Signified
  
  
• Learn through client case studies about how solutions providers have applied their technology within organisations
  
  
• Get involved in interactive sessions including a collaborative roundtable discussion, speed debate, and post-conference masterclasses
  
  
• Actively network with speakers and other attendees in our collaboration space, “KM Arena”
  

Keynote speakers:

Gene Smith Principal nForm User Experience
Jeff Kelly Director of Education Solutions Web 2.0 University Hinchcliffe & Company

Nobuo Saito Associate Chairman W3C; and Dean of Global Media Studies, Komazawa University

Thomas N. Friemel Research and Teaching Assistant Institute of Mass Communication; Media Research at the University of Zurich; University of Zurich, Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research (Switzerland)

Hideo Yamazaki Senior Researcher of IT Management Consulting for the Government Divison at Nomura Research Institute; Managing Director of Knowledge Management Society of Japan.

Additional information

Shawn Callahan, Founding Director, Anecdote and confirmed practitioner at this years conference has written a paper titled "The difference between cooperation and coordination" that should be of interest to all KM attendees.

Speaker feedback from KM Australia 2007:

"One of the best I have spoken at - the arena was an inspiration"
Dave Snowden

"We love working with you. It was an outstanding event. Well done. Cheers "
James Price, Experience Matters

" Thanks to you and your team for the opportunity. I enjoyed myself and got a number of “gems” from the conference. It was a very professionally organised and well run event."
Pat Byrne, HolisTech® Pty Ltd

Past attendees to KM Australia