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Past Event
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6th Asia Pacific Conference on Knowledge ManagementIntangible Assets – The Wealth of Knowledge-based Economies |
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Knowledge-based economy, information society, post-industrial economy – all these are terms used to describe modernity and complexity of highly developed nations, that based their wealth and competitive advantage on the exploitation of innovation, science, technology, information, and skilled workforce, and other intangible assets. The conference will invite leading local and international presenters from the business and the academe to discuss the competitiveness of knowledge-based economies. It will focus on all levels of an economy: the individual and organizational, the micro- and macroeconomic, with a particular focus on understanding strategies of countries in the Asia Pacific region. The global “knowledge system” includes international bodies (e.g. Asean, World Bank), national innovation and science policy bodies, higher education institutions, think tanks, private commercial organizations, universities and research institutes, professional bodies and last but not least civil society and individuals. How are organizations,cities, regions, countries in the Asia Pacific responding to the complexity and challenges of the knowledge age? The HK Knowledge Management Society (www.hkkms.org) is organizing its 6thAsia Pacific KM conference on 18/19 November in Hong Kong. As an established event for senior professionals interested in managing knowledge-based organizations, the event will for the first time discuss the macro-economical basis for the present and future development of cities and regions as knowledge-based economies. The organizer: The Hong Kong KM Society is a non-profit society for information and knowledge management professionals founded in 1999. Our main function is to serve as forum for professionals who want to keep up with the latest trends and development in this field, learn from each other and exchange information. We have close working relationships with other KM societies in the AP region, e.g. the Singapore Information and KM Society(www.ikms.org), the Japan Knowledge Management Society as well as links to similar overseas organizations. Short description of the event: Audience: Senior managers across business functions, senior government officials Duration: 2 days Format: Panel discussions, presentations, workshops Venue: Intercontinental The presentations will be published in a special issue of the Information and Knowledge Management Journal.
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