ISMICK'01


Eigth International Symposium on the
Management of Industrial and Corporate Knowledge

22-23-24 October 2001

Université de Technologie de Compiègne
   France


During the last 10 years Knowledge Management has been introduced and promoted in the Enterprise. Knowledge is now widely recognized as a major corporate asset. Knowledge management, and in a broader sense knowledge intensive organization and knowledge work, are of importance to organizations to secure competitive advantage. However, managing knowledge is not easy since corporate knowledge is spread amongst diverse resources throughout an organization and its environment, including related knowledge networks.

Since 1993 the ISMICK conference meetings are held yearly. They combine research, professional practice, and consultancy perspectives with respect to capitalizing on knowledge assets. The meeting attracts and mixes people from academia, business, and consulting firms, who often participate in lively confrontations involving theory and practice. Each year the conference addresses a different theme. In 2001 the conference theme will be: ROLE OF INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES IN KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT. ISMICK'01 begins with a one-day reserved to tutorials followed by a two day conference. During the ISMICK'01 conference, the following aspects of the overall theme will be addressed:

Human talent
At all levels in the organization, human talent as a source of knowledge management activities plays an eminent role. For this aspect contributions are invited on research and practical developments on human talent related to knowledge intensive organization(s), namely: on the position and roles of individuals, on their interaction, their cooperation, on the nature of human interfaces to KM systems, and on the role of actual and virtual human groups. A particular topic of interest is "reflection and individual learning" (feedback from the organization/environment).
Organization
This aspect is open to management perspectives. Contributions on new organizational forms in particular in the light of processes of knowledge development, eg. knowledge flows, knowledge management viewed from a strategic view point, are welcome. Of interest are the use of structural approach to establish innovation areas, build scenarios, creating support and consequently creating individual learning processes.
Economics
Again from the view point of the organization, knowledge has a value but also a cost. This aspect invites papers that address issues related to the knowledge economy.
A free aspect
The free aspect is open to interesting contributions related to the conference theme and relevant to the conference and beyond the scope of the previous three aspects.

Tutorials

Tutorials on various Knowledge Management Issues will be organized on Monday October 22.  They may be intended for academic or industrial audiences, and last 90 minutes or 3 hours.
Proposals should be sent to Ms Muriel Petitalot before July 1st, 2001.

Organization

ISMICK'01 is organized by the e-COOP project of the University of Technology of Compiègne (UTC), together with: Institut International pour l'Intelligence Artificielle (IIIA). ISMICK'01 is chaired by Prof. Shigehisa Tsuchiya (Chiba IT), and co-chaired by Prof. Bruno Ramond and Prof. Jean-Paul Barthès (UTC).

The submission of original papers about research, consultancy and practice in the field of knowledge management, e.g. about human talent, organization, or economics, is invited. Academic, business and consultancy papers are welcome.

All submitted papers will be subject to a double blind review by an international committee of peers. Authors of selected papers will be invited to make an oral presentation followed by a discussion during the conference. Through their submission, authors transfer all rights of their publication to ISMICK'01. All selected papers will be included in the proceedings of ISMICK'01.

 
Deadlines
March - June 2001 The intention to participate; submission of a title and a 8-line summary if you wish to submit a paper, to: ISMICK'01 Conference Chair, e-COOP, CS dept, University of Technology of Compiègne, 60200, France.
July 1st, 2001 Four copies of a full length paper (5 -10 pages) must be sent to one of the two following chairpersons:
Prof. S. Tsuchiya, Conference Chair, Chiba Institute of Technology,
2-17-1 Tsudanuma, Narashino-shi, 275-0016 JAPAN
Tel: +81-47-478-0463; Fax: +81-47-478-0354
E-mail: tsuchiya@pf.it-chiba.ac.jp
Prof. JP Barthès, ISMICK'01 Conference co-Chair, e-COOP, CS dept, University of Technology of Compiègne, 
60200 Compiègne, France.
Tel +33 3 44 23 44 66; Fax +33 3 44 23 44 77
E-mail: barthes@utc.fr
September 10, 2001 Notification of acceptance sent to authors.
October 1st, 2001 Final versions of the accepted papers must have been received by the ISMICK'01 Conference Chair,
C/O Ms Muriel Petitalot, GSM Dept, University of Technology of Compiègne, 60200, France.


Scientific & Industrial Review Committee

ANBULAGAN, Bina Nusantara University (Indonesia), Chiang KAO, National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan (ROC),  J-P. BARTHES, IIIA / University of Technology, Compiegne (F), R. DIENG, INRIA Sophia Antipolis (France), S. DUPUY, Consultant, Paris (F), T. van ENGERS, Ministry of Finance (NL),  S. GOURLAY, Kingston University (UK), M. GRUNDSTEIN, IIIA & Consultant, Paris (F), RJ. JORNA, University of Groningen (NL), H. KAINDL, Siemens (Au), J. KINGHORN, South African University of Stellenbosch (SA), C. KOLSKI, University of Valenciennes (F), A. MACINTOSH, Napier University (UK), N. MARS, University of Twente (NL), JP POITOU, University of Aix-en-Provence (F), M. RAMOS, TECPAR Curitiba (Br), JF. SCHREINEMAKERS, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, (NL), S. TSUCHIYA, Chiba Institute of Technology (J), E. VERGISON, Solvay, Bruxelles (B).


Last update: April 9, 2001
Jean-Paul Barthès
Université de Technologie de Compiègne
France