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Programme: 27– 28 November 2003

 
5th Asia Pacific Knowledge Managemet Conference,  at Bloomberg Auditorium, 27th Floor, Cheung Kong Centre, Hong Kong.  
   
 

27/28 November 2003, Hong Kong
Venue: Bloomberg Auditorium


27 November Day One
08:30 Registration
09:00 Welcome
09:15 Session One: Keynote
Investing in Knowledge Capital (presentation) (abstract)
Dr. Shantha Liyanage
University of Auckland, New Zealand
10:00 Session Two: Presentation
Knowledge Management in the Defence Science & Technology Agency (presentation)
Kan Siew Ning, Deputy Director KM, DSTA Defence Science & Technology Agency, Singapore
10:45 Networking break
11:15

Session Three: Expert Panel
The Largest Emerging Knowledge Economy:
KM developments in China (presentation) (abstract)
Dr. Gary Ching, ABC Consultants Ltd., Guangzhou, China Telecom

12:00

Session Four: Presentation
Recorded Information Management - Underpinning KM (presentation)
John O'Brien, Director, Government Records Service Director

12:45 Lunch
14:00

Session Five: Panel Discussion
From Knowledge Sharing to Knowledge Theft:
Intellectual Property and KM
(presentation)
Matthew Laight, Managing Partner, Bird & Bird,
Stephen Selby, Director, Intellectual Property Department, HKSAR
Moderator: Patrick Lambe, Straits Knowledge, Singapore

15:00 Session Six: Presentation and Discussion
KM Practices in Hong Kong-based Companies
Geoffrey Shim, Asst. GM Engineering, Dragonair, (presentation)
K.C. Ko, VP, Corporate Engineering, Johnson Electric
Catherine Wong, IT Director, Schick Asia HK (presentation)
Moderator: Prof. W.B.Lee, Dept. of Industrial & Systems Engineering, The HK Polytechnic University
16:30 Closing comments from the Chair and end of Day One
17:00 Welcome Reception and networking
 
28 November Day Two
08:30 Registration and Morning Coffee
09:00 Session Seven: Keynote and Discussion
Organisational Change through Knowledge Communities (presentation) (abstract)
Kohei Onozaki, Team Leader, Knowledge Engineering Team,
Ethicon, Johnson&Johnson, Japan
09:45 Session Eight: Presentation
Knowledge Management Strategy and its Effect on Corporate Growth (presentation) (abstract)
Dr. Jie Yang, USA
10:30 Coffee and Tea: Networking Break
11:00 Session Nine: Presentation and Discussion
The State of the Art in Developing Knowledge Management Standards (presentation) (abstract)
Sue Halbwirth, Chair, Standards Australia KM Committee, Sydney, Senior Lecturer in KM, University of Technology, Sydney
11:45 Session Ten: Presentation
Knowledge Management and the Human Resources Function
(presentation) (abstract)
Marianne Gloet, Senior Lecturer RMIT, Melbourne
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Session Eleven: Presentation
Managing Knowledge into Projects: The Arup KM Journey(abstract)
Tony Sheehan, Group Knowledge Manager, Ove Arup & Partners, London
14:15 Session Twelve: Presentation
Knowledge Networks and Intellectual Capital: How to Activate the Intangible Assets of Your Organisation (presentation)
Manfred Bornemann, AMC, Austria
15:0030 Coffee and Tea: Networking Break
15:30

Session Thirteen: Case study and discussion
The Role of Corporate Portals in Knowledge Management
Bob Knickman, Regional Manager, Vignette Asia, Singapore (presentation)
Dominic Purvis, e-commerce manager, Cathay Pacific (presentation)

16:15

Session Fourteen: Expert panel
The Job market for KM professionals in Asia: Who is hiring them?
Moderator: Nigel Cumberland, St. George's Consulting, Hong Kong

17:00 Closing Comments from Chair and End of Conference


 
 
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