[AISWorld] CfP: 3rd Workshop on Integrated Knowledge Management Systems (IKMS2011) - 6th Conference Professional Knowledge Management

[Stefan.Smolnik at ebs.edu]

(Apologies for crosspostings of this announcement.)

CALL FOR PAPERS

6th Conference Professional Knowledge Management - From Knowledge to Action
WM2011: February 21-23, 2011, Innsbruck, Austria
http://www.wm-konferenz2011.org/indexEN.html
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Third Conference Workshop on Integrated Knowledge Management Systems
(IKMS2011)
http://www.ebs.edu/index.php?id=ikms2011


BACKGROUND AND MOTIVATION OF THE WORKSHOP:
Information systems supporting knowledge management (KM), in brief
knowledge management systems (KMS), are subject of research and practical
application since more than a decade. Nevertheless, analyses show that user
acceptance and usage of KMS vary significantly in different settings,
ranging from high utilization to complete rejection. Empirical findings
suggest that integration is a key success factor for the adaptation and
efficient usage of KMS. Integration in this context has several dimensions:
Firstly, it means to arrange and connect the different technical
functionalities of a KMS or its components to deliver a consistent and
integrated user experience. In addition to this, the KMS should be
integrated soundly into the application landscape of the respective
organization. Secondly, it means to embed a KMS into the business processes
as seamlessly as possible so that users perceive it as a helpful, daily
used tool (instead of a separate, isolated system). Thirdly, in a networked
economy integration means to connect KMS across organizational boundaries.
The ideally integrated KMS offers a rich set of well orchestrated
functionalities, is imperceptible as a separate system because it is fully
embedded into daily work processes and is seamlessly connected within value
network surrounding its host organization. The workshop aims to provide a
forum to discuss issues and exchange experiences about the successful
implementation of KMS, where integration is one important line of thought
which can be complemented by other important success factors.

TOPICS:
Topics of papers submitted can be, but are not limited to:
- Integration of different kinds of information and application systems
within KMS
- Comparison of traditional systems supporting knowledge management with
social software applications
- Integration of social media applications and Web 2.0 technologies within
KMS as well as for community management
- The role of personalization and search as integrating technologies
- The integrating role of semantic technologies
- Usage of modern software technologies (e.g., SOA, Web-Services) to
integrate KMS
- The interplay of KMS applications and generic KM processes
- Embedding of KMS into business processes
- Modeling KMS as socio-technical systems aiming at an holistic knowledge
management solution
- Establishing knowledge-intensive corporate cultures as a prerequisite for
successful KMS
- User-generated content and services in KMS
- User-driven semantic integration of KMS (collaborative semantic tagging)

ADDRESSED AUDIENCE:
The target group includes researchers and practitioners in the fields of
knowledge management systems. Besides paper presentations, this workshop
offers organized and open spaces for targeted discussions. It aims at
offering a forum for the presentation and discussion of new directions and
interesting work in progress.

WORKSHOP DURATION:
Half-day workshop

IMPORTANT DATES:
24th of October 2010 - Submission of workshop papers
30th of November 2010 - Notification of authors about acceptance/rejection
31st of December 2010 - Submission of camera-ready papers

SUBMISSION:
This workshop solicits full research papers that discuss innovative
problems from one of the areas sketched above. The format of a full paper
is max. 10 pages following the LNI formatting guidelines (
http://www.wm-konferenz2011.org/authors.html). Only electronic submissions
(PDF format) to the EasyChair online conference management system (please
refer to http://www.wm-konferenz2011.org/authors.html for further
information) will be accepted. Submission languages are German and English.
At least one author of an accepted paper must register for the WM2011
conference before the deadline for camera-ready-copies of the papers (31st
December 2010). Otherwise, the paper will not be published. All workshop
participants must be registered for the conference.

REVIEW PROCESS:
All submissions will be subject to review by the IKMS2011 Program
Committee. The workshop organizers have final authority over the review
process and all decisions relating to acceptance of papers. Review criteria
include originality of ideas, technical soundness, significance of results,
and quality of presentation. It is intended to have two to three reviews
per submission. Notification of acceptance or rejection of submitted papers
will be emailed to the corresponding author.

CONTACT AND ORGANIZATION:
Prof. Dr. Stefan Smolnik (Chair) - EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht
- stefan.smolnik at ebs.edu
Prof. Dr. Markus Bick - ESCP Europe Wirtschaftshochschule Berlin -
markus.bick at escpeurope.de
Prof. Dr. Gerold Riempp - EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht -
gerold.riempp at ebs.edu

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Andrea Back, University of St. Gallen
Heiko Beier, moresophy GmbH
Markus Bick, ESCP Europe Wirtschaftshochschule Berlin
Norbert Gronau, University of Potsdam
Josef Hofer-Alfeis, Amontis Consulting AG
Franz Lehner, Universität Passau
Ronald Maier, Leopold-Franzens-Universtiy Innsbruck
Claudia Müller-Birn, Carnegie Mellon University
Ludwig Nastansky, University of Paderborn
Gerold Riempp, EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht
Hans-Peter Schnurr, ontoprise GmbH
Stefan Smolnik, EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht
Susanne Strahringer, University of Dresden
Nils Urbach, EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht
Harald von Kortzfleisch, University of Koblenz-Landau


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