We are holding a 2 day Community of Practice Workshop on "Advances in
Information, Communications and Knowledge Management Support Systems for
R&D" to take place 15-16 October 2007 at Bryn Mawr College,
Philadelphia, USA. The workshop will have a strong emphasis on
peer-to-peer discussions with each workshop session involving a
facilitated Knowledge Café discussion. On Monday evening we will have a
Knowledge Dinner with good food and conversation menus at the Alumni
House, whereas on Tuesday evening we will have a poster session, drinks
reception and buffet dinner in Thomas Great Hall.
For Poster Presentations, you can present as a traditional poster or
setup a computer-based presentation of software for discussion.
Wireless and Internet connectivity are available. Proposed abstracts ca.
300-500 words should be sent to me for review.
We will discuss and share experiences with current information and
communications technology (ICT) supporting R&D, to discuss current
requirements and short term needs with electronic laboratory notebook
(ELN) systems, collaboration support and knowledge tools supporting R&D,
and to create a shared vision and roadmap for next generation knowledge
management (KM) support systems. A wiki will be opened prior to the
workshop to commence group documentation of supporting materials and to
help to populate the workshop program with introductory materials,
suggestions, ideas and experiences. The wiki will continue to be
available after the workshop for supporting continuing interactions in 2008.
*Links:*
Blog: http://barryhardy.blogs.com/theferryman/2007/06/advances_in_inf.html
Website: http://innovationwell.net/COMTY_kmworkshopbrynmawr07
Brochure:
http://barryhardy.blogs.com/theferryman/files/KMWorkshopBrynMawr07web2.PDF
<http://barryhardy.blogs.com/theferryman/files/KMWorkshopBrynMawr07web1.PDF>
*Topics:*
ICT and Knowledge Management systems supporting R&D, Electronic
Laboratory Notebooks, LIMS, Groupware, Collaboration Systems, Search,
Agents, KM Tools, Web 2.0/3.0, semantic web, social software, wikis,
Second Life
*Format:* Seminars, Discussions, Knowledge Cafes, Innovation Café,
Knowledge Dinner
*Audience:*
R&D managers, scientists (biologists, chemists, materials, electronics
etc.), engineers, project managers, computer scientists, MIS and IT
Services, librarians, systems administrators, systems developers,
knowledge managers, innovation managers, patent attorneys, and
regulators working in areas related to R&D (e.g., biotech, chemical,
pharmaceutical, environmental, food and beverage, telecoms, electronics,
IT, space etc. and including industry, university and government labs).
This workshop will be of interest to anyone needing to know more about
the conceptual, design, development, social, technical, legal and
deployment aspects of ICT and KM systems supporting R&D activity
including electronic notebooks, LIMS, groupware, distributed virtual
teams and coworking, KM Tools, semantic web approaches, social software
and other collaborative systems used for achieving the goals of improved
knowledge management and productivity in R&D.
*Presentations to seed Discussions:*
Dimitris K. Agrafiotis, Vice President of Informatics, Johnson & Johnson
Pharmaceutical Research & Development, LLC; The ABCD ELN: Towards a
Fully Integrated Discovery Enterprise
Frank Guerino, CEO, TraverseIT; Semantic-based Frameworks for Enterprise
Content Management
Carl Elkin, Principal Scientist, Schering-Plough; Building Knowledge
Infrastructure: A Bottom-up Wiki in a Large Company
David Gilmour, CEO, Tacit; Peer-to-Peer Knowledge Sharing - Implications
for Enterprise Knowledge Management
Alex Heiphetz, CEO, Delta L Training; Training Simulations and Metrics
in Second Life
Marisol Wesson, CEO, TMS; Enterprise Knowledge Portals and Application
Integration for supporting Collaboration
Richard Lysakowski, President, CENSA; Collaborative eR&D - Vision and
Strategy to Product Realities
Jeff Spitzner, CSO, Rescentris; Research Knowledge Management for the
Post-ELN Era: Envisioning a Multi-Scale 'Scientist's Desktop' with
Unified Information Services, Management and Collaboration
Gladys Range, Consulting Engineer; GVR Systems Automation, Semantic
Knowledge Infrastructures and Services for R&D
We welcome the participation of all individuals and organisations who
value collaboration, innovation and leadership in this field.
best regards
Barry Hardy
InnovationWell Community of Practice
Barry Hardy, PhD
Douglas Connect
Zeiningen, CH-4314
Switzerland
Tel: +41 61 851 0170
Blog: http://barryhardy.blogs.com/theferryman/
