Ark Group is proud to bring you KM Asia 2007, a pan-Asian event, now in its seventh year. Ark Group has leveraged its position at the heart of the KM community by collaborating with KM practitioners to ensure that the direction and content of the event adds real value to your time at KM Asia 2007.

You will see advances in KM and collaborative methods, coupled with content management approaches that can improve the overall efficacy of your knowledge strategies. We are bringing forth new initiatives including a Knowledge Café which will provide added networking opportunities, a speed debate with interactive voting, and innovative presentations that will provide examples of both international best practice and local Asian accomplishments.

The event will bring together the most accomplished KM and CM practitioners, case studies, and world-renowned experts. You will have the opportunity to join your peers and thought leaders to discuss, debate, analyse and create strategy-based approaches to improving your knowledge management capability.

Keynote speakers:

Dave Snowden has been one of the leading figures in the movement towards integration of humanistic approaches to knowledge management with appropriate technology and process design. Well known for his work on the role of narrative and sense making, he is an entertaining speaker and a formidable realist, and one of the few thought leaders who can bring together the academic and practitioner perspectives into a single, comprehensible purview.
Verna Allee, M.A., founder of Verna Allee Associates is recognised worldwide as a pioneer in value networks, knowledge management, and new business models. Her ValueNet Works™ methodology is being widely adopted by organisations and purposeful networks around the globe as a foundational methodology for understanding complex adaptive organisations and value creation in the knowledge economy. She is a sponsor and supporter of The Value Network Consortium, which addresses the critical infrastructure challenges, standards, and vitality of value networks.
For 22 years Robert H. Buckman served as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Bulab Holdings, Inc. (the holding company of Buckman Laboratories in Memphis Tennessee). Since his retirement in December 2000 he is currently the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Bulab Holdings, Inc. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Tioga Holdings, Inc. and Applied Knowledge Group, Inc., both in Reston, Virginia.
Jeff Kelly is Director of Knowledge Strategy for Hinchcliffe & Company and Head Instructor of Web 2.0 University. Jeff joined Hinchcliffe & Co. from AOL to improve and expand the Hinchcliffe & Company learning and development programs. Jeff is recognised as AOL's thought leader on Web 2.0 and its application to business. He brings to Hinchcliffe & Company the design and knowledge of the very successful "What is Web 2.0 and Why Does It Matter?" learning event and discussion blog implemented at AOL and Time Warner.

Local and international practitioner case studies and workshops:

• Republic of Singapore Navy
• Singapore Sports Council
• Office of e-Government, Western Australia
• Information and Knowledge Management Society (iKMS)
• Medco E&P Indonesia
• Gurteen Knowledge Community
• Hong Kong Knowledge Management Society
• The KM Chronicles
• Verna Allee Associates
• Hinchcliffe & Company
• The Change Studio
• Straits Knowledge
• Tata Sons – 2006 Global MAKE Award Winner
• Buckman Laboratories – 2006 Global MAKE Award Winner

Knowledge Café interactive session Facilitated by David Gurteen, Founder, Gurteen Knowledge Community

A Gurteen Knowledge Café is a simple means for a group of people to have an open, creative conversation on a topic of mutual interest to gain a deeper collective understanding of a subject and the issues involved.

During this café, David Gurteen will discuss:

He will then facilitate a Knowledge Café on the theme “What are the barriers to knowledge sharing and innovation within organizations and how do we overcome them?”

David has run 100s of such Knowledge Cafés over the last few years – this year alone in Moscow, Washington DC, Phoenix Arizona, Jakarta and Stavanger in Norway.

They are great learning and networking events. Everyone engages with the theme and some tremendous insightful, energetic conversations take place.

Better still the café format is one that you can take back with you and use in your own organisations to help create a more collaborative and innovative culture.

This café has limited availability, so you will need to register to attend. See registration page for details.