Innovation: creating valuable knowledge out of ignorance

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Oct 232011
 

The topic of Knowledge Management is, for many , closely related to Innovation. And one reason for a rise in interest in KM is because it has become an imperative for both private and public organisations to innovate to remain relevant in the highly competitive and fast changing modern world.   At the next meeting of the Society we welcome Eric Spain as our speaker and his topic Innovation. Eric’s talk also links nicely to Professor Dr. Wilkesmann’s speech to the September meeting of the Society . She touched on the concept of Ignorance Management and Eric takes the discussion further and proposes that one means of creating valuable knowledge out of ignorance is via Innovation.

Further details on the talk and the speaker can be found below.

The meeting will be held at our usual venue on Thursday 3 Nov Conference Room 2, 22/F, United Centre 95 Queensway (Admiralty MTR Station).

The event is free for members of the HKKMS and HK$200 for non-members.

 

My colleagues and I look forward to seeing you at the meeting.

 

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Max Boisot, a great loss to the KM field

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Sep 302011
 

It is with great sadness that one of the first pieces of news that I bring you is the death of Max Boisot earlier this month in the UK.

Max Boiset at the HK KMS conference in 2010Max at the 2010 HK KMS conference

As many of you know, Max presented on two occasions to the HKKMS, the first of which was to a small group of corporate members at the FCC in December of 2009. Many of you though will remember him as the keynote presenter at our Conference in March 2010. We have a recording of that talk and will look to make it available on this site in the near future.

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Looking behind the curtain: The impact of ignorance in German hospitals

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Aug 222011
 

Speaker Prof. Dr. Maxie Wilkesmann

We welcome Professor Dr. Wilkesmann to the September meeting of the Society.
While the focus of KM has mainly been about the capturing and sharing of knowledge, how can we draw benefits from studying the unknown , sometimes referred to as  Ignorance Management. The session will have relevance to not
only those in the medical profession , but also those taking important decisions when they lack all the information they need.

The meeting will be held at our usual venue Conference Room 1, 22/F, United Centre 95 Queensway (Admiralty MTR Station)

The event is free for members of the HKKMS and HK$200 for non-members

To register for the event, please complete the following form:

Synopsis

In their daily work, physicians have to deal with incomplete decision-making. Mostly, they have no time or no resources to gather all relevant information before they make a diagnosis or administer a therapy. Inconsistent decisions made can lead to further suffering. In the worst case ignorance can cause death. From the management’s point of view, inconsistent decisions can lead to cost escalation, lengthier treatment periods, or legal actions.

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Library Science and knowledge technologies: bringing together two great communities

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Aug 122011
 

We switch gears from the world of Artificial Intelligence and KM , to the convergence of Library Sciences and the Semantic web, and from a leading
researcher from the US to a European who founded what is now Europe’s
largest Conference on KM, attracting more than 500 participants.

The next meeting will be a joint HKKMS/KMRC event and will be held next
Thursday 18 August in our usual venue, Conference Room 1, 22/F, United
Centre 95 Queensway (Admiralty MTR Station).

We are delighted to be able to schedule a couple of hours of Professor
Tochtermann’s time on his brief visit to Hong Kong, and hope many of you
will be able to attend the meeting. Full details including registration
procedures are included in the following PDF document.

Leaflet0818-Library Science & KT (Klaus Tochtermann)

Artificial General Intelligence – the new frontier for KM

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Jul 222011
 

Dr Ben Goerzel from the US has agreed to speak to the Society on the above topic on 28 July.

Please find below the abstract of the talk and Bio of the speaker.

Time: Thursday 28th July (6.30pm – 8.00 pm)
Venue:  Conference Room 1, 22/F, United Centre 95 Queensway (Admiralty MTR Station)
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