WM2017 – 9th Conference Professional Knowledge Management

5.-7. April 2017 in Karlsruhe




About the conference


5.-7. April 2017 in Karlsruhe

Professional knowledge management is a key success factor for enterprises. Important for a successful knowledge management implementation is the coordination of corporate culture, organisational structure and human resource management as well as the methodological and technical implementation of these factors with the help of information and communications technology.

Focus of the 2017 conference is on “knowledge management in the digital era”. The biennial event brings together representatives of research and practice to participate in presentations, workshops, tutorials and an exhibition by companies, to share experiences, professional applications and discuss future visions.

Similar to previous years, the main technical-scientific program consists of several thematic workshops that make up most of the conference program. The open workshop format allows facilitating new areas of knowledge management and related areas as well as connecting and achieving cooperation between science and practice. Generally all topics with a clear relation to knowledge management can be workshop themes.

We call for interested workshop organisers to submit your proposal for a workshop by 24.10.2016.



Workshop Submissions

If you want to submit a workshop, please follow the below guidelines and do not submit more than three pages:

  1. Contact details of the primary organiser as well as other organisers
  2. Desired length (half day or full day)
  3. Title, acronym, topic (including a statement why this topic is relevant for WM 2017)
  4. Expected outcomes (goals) of the workshop
  5. Summary (maximum of 150 words) for displaying your workshop on the conference website (it is suggested to create a separate website for your workshop upon approval)
  6. Outline of the workshop agenda covering the amount of time available for discussions in contrast to presentations and how the organisers plan to guide the discussions
  7. List of members of the workshop program (suggestions as well as already accepted members)
  8. Explanation of the promotional strategy
  9. Information on expected and minimum amount of participants (give an estimation if your workshop is new)
  10. Necessary room equipment and other organisational requirements

Important dates for workshop submissions:

  • 26.09.2016 24.10.2016 Submission deadline (extended)
  • 26.10.2016 Notification about acceptance or rejection

Important dates for individual submissions to approved workshops:

  • 16.12.2016 Deadline for individual submissions of abstracts
  • 23.01.2016 Notification about acceptance or rejection
  • 06.02.2016 Deadline for the final individual submission

Submit your proposals to wm2017@lists.kit.edu.

You will receive further information about your proposal within four weeks. This allows for an early organisation and promotion.

Accepted workshops need to be announced publicly by the workshop organisers. Additionally there will be a common call for all workshops announced by the WM 2017 conference organising team. Upon approval of your theme, you are asked to create a website for your workshop that covers information on content and planning as well as general information about your workshop. Moreover, workshop organisers can publish a description of two pages in the conference brochure.

All submissions will be published in one common conference proceeding. More detailed information will follow later. Please note that the conference team may cancel or merge workshops without sufficient submissions or participants after coordination with the workshop organisers.

For any questions please contact the conference team Prof. Dr. York Sure-Vetter and Dr. Stefan Zander. Please use wm2017@lists.kit.edu before contacting the team individually.

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