Please join us in Bryn Mawr on Tuesday 17 October 2006 to discuss the
emerging roles of Knowledge Management and Electronic Laboratory Notebook
solutions in managing multidisciplinary research activities, innovation
and collaboration. The Open Event will take place alongside our
InnovationWell and eCheminfo Autumn InterAction Meetings.
Attendance at the Open Event & Knowledge Café involves no
registration fee. However seated places are limited and will be
restricted to a confirmed guest list of 100. Please send an RSVP with
your name and organisation via email to innovationwell [at]
douglasconnect.com
Virtual proceedings from the Open Seminars in Bryn Mawr and the recent
Open Event in Oxford, UK will also be made available later this Autumn to
network members through the website.
best regards
Barry Hardy
InnovationWell Community of Practice
InnovationWell Open Seminar & Knowledge Café
Knowledge Management and Electronic Laboratory Notebook Systems for
Managing Research Knowledge, Supporting Collaboration and Driving
Innovation
http://innovationwell.net/COMTY_conferenceopenevent
Tuesday 17th October 2006, Thomas Great Hall
Bryn Mawr College, Philadelphia
16.00-21.00 Open Event on Knowledge Management in R&D and
Electronic Laboratory Notebooks
Join us to discuss the emerging roles of Knowledge Management and
Electronic Laboratory Notebook solutions in managing multidisciplinary
research activities, innovation and collaboration
This is an Open Event and involves no registration fee. However seated
places are limited and will be restricted to a confirmed guest list of
100. Please send an RSVP with your name and organisation via email to
innovationwell [at] douglasconnect.com
Agenda
16.00 Welcome Coffee
16.30 Electronic Laboratory Notebook Presentations
Benchware Notebook: A True 'Enterprise-Class' ELN, Tamsin Mansley,
Applications Scientist, Tripos
The Symyx Notebook Product Suite, Robin Smith, VP Product Strategy,
Symyx
CERF - ELN Framework Requirements to Support Collaborative
Multidisciplinary R&D, Jeff Spitzner, CSO, Rescentris
17.30 Open Seminars & Panel Discussion
Listen and discuss with a panel of experts their experiences in
applying solutions to solve knowledge management in R&D
problems.
17.30 Industry Perspectives on the Knowledge Management & Research
Informatics Requirements for Supporting Drug Discovery &
Development
Dennis Underwood, CEO, Praxeon and Peter Gates, Johnson & Johnson
PR&D
Dennis Underwood will discuss the challenges of the complexity of
data-types and problems associated with building models of understanding
disease therapies that are based on inherently complex and variable
biological systems. Peter Gates will discuss strategies for the
automation of research activities in the mining of data, the planning and
execution of experiments, and the reduction of observations to
data.
18.00 Knowledge Management Perspectives on Support Systems for
Research and Development
Michael Liebman, Director of the Windber Research Institute and Barry
Hardy, Manager, InnovationWell Community of Practice
Michael Liebman will provide an overview of knowledge management
approaches for enabling productivity and successful outcomes in clinical
and translational research. Barry Hardy will discuss knowledge assessment
approaches aimed at the continuous improvement of the innovation and
performance of the R&D organisation and its support ELN
systems.
18.30 Solutions Perspectives to Support Collaborative
Multidisciplinary R&D
Jeff Spitzner, President & Chief Science Officer, Rescentris and
Robin Smith, VP Product Strategy, Symyx
Jeff Spitzner will discuss the design and implementation of
collaboration frameworks for the management of scientific research, and
the role of semantic web technologies in record-keeping solutions that
support the integrated R&D organization. Robin Smith will discuss the
management, protection and exploitation of intellectual property captured
in ELN systems.
19.00 Panel Discussion with Audience
The speakers and audience will discuss Electronic Laboratory
Notebooks and their role in managing and supporting R&D in todays
complex multidisciplinary scientific environment.
19.30 Knowledge Café on Knowledge Management in R&D
Discuss and share your experiences with your peers on knowledge
management challenges and solutions for supporting research and
development activities. In this part of the program participants will
spend time in small groups discussing their own experiences, needs and
interests. Rotation of participants between different groups and tables
will take place periodically.
20.30 Reception
Enjoy refreshments and network further with your peers.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of our event sponsors Tripos,
Symyx, and Rescentris, for this Open Event and Community activity.
Barry Hardy, PhD
Douglas Connect, Switzerland
+41 61 851 0170 (office)
www.douglasconnect.com
