Report from a Global Benchmarking Report
Takahiko Nomura, Fuji Xerox, Japan

Being an Information Detective - Insights from Business Intelligence
John Trudgian, Inference Sydney

Aligning HR strategies with KM
Peter Ho, Operations Director, Mezzo Marketing Ltd

Being an Agile Competitor in today's Knowledge Economy
Geoff Trotter, Ernst & Young

HKKMS Annual General Meeting

Followed by a panel discussion " Developing the right context for KM: cultural barriers to change" with Matthew Harrison, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, Elaine Turner, Clifford Chance, Waltraut Ritter, Chairperson HK KM Society

Time: 2.00pm - 6.00pm, venue: Pacific Place Conference Centre.
For information and registration, please contact: Rita Negishi on 2832 2320 or email events.hk@factiva.com

This event is free of charge.

HKKMS Event of the Year - 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Knowledge Management

KM Asia 2002, Singapore http://www.kmasia.com/

Please quote HKKMS to receive a 15% discount. For details about this event, please contact Lctan@arkgroupasia.com or call Theresa Chong on +64 6238 3751.

The 3rd World Knowledge Forum, Seoul

The HKKMS is the local coordinator for this event, and we would like to offer a special deal for those of you who are interested to join. If you are interested in getting involved in this event as a speaker, or would like to receive information about sponsorship opportunities, we should be glad to hear from you.

For more information about the programme: http://www.wkforum.org/

The Knowledge Manager's Toolkit, Hong Kong

This one day workshop for The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology is intended for knowledge management or HRD practitioners and learners who want some practical tools to help promote better knowledge management and especially knowledge sharing in their organization.

By the end of the workshop, participants will:
- Understand some of the main issues around knowledge visibility and sharing;
- Know the key cultural factors that support or hinder knowledge sharing;
- Be able to identify and enlist key allies in a knowledge-sharing initiative;
- Be able to use a range of tools to promote knowledge visibility and sharing.

Contents: Getting visibility into your knowledge: maps and audits, Assessing your culture for sharing capabilities, Identifying sharing opportunities, Defining the vision and telling the story, Setting knowledge sharing goals, Tools to identify knowledge agents and champions and build collaboration networks, Tools to identify barriers and enablers to sharing, Tools to catalyze sharing, Tools to identify root cause for sharing problems, Technologies to support, knowledge sharing, Action planning.

Course leader: Patrick Lambe, Straits Knowledge, Singapore.

For more information, please press here.

Enquiries: etan@straitsknowledge.com.

Intellectual Capital and Other Knowledge in Modern Economies: Distinguished Public Lecture

Venue: Hong Kong University, Wang Gung Wu Lecture Hall
Time: 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

Speaker: Professor Gary S. Becker, University of Chicago

Professor Gary S. Becker is one of the most prominent and influential economists of today. He is currently University Professor of Economics and Sociology at the University of Chicago and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1992 for having extended the domain of analysis to a wide range of human behaviour and interaction, including, inter alia, investment in human capital, behaviour of the family and household, crime and punishment and market discrimination. In doing so, Professor Becker has stimulated economists to tackle new problems, which have previously been dealt with by other social science disciplines such as sociology, demography and criminology.

At the University of Hong Kong, Professor Becker will speak on "Intellectual Capital and Other Knowledge in Modern Economies." As the world becomes increasingly knowledge-based, Professor Becker's lecture would provide us with much insight on the functioning of the modern economy.