I-KNOW2006

event series:=I-Know2006 is the title:=6th International Conference on Knowledge Management, located in has location city::Graz, has location country::Austria.

For more information, see web site:=http://i-know.know-center.tugraz.at/.

Objectives and Background
When the only constant is change, knowledge becomes not just important, but indeed vital for the very survival and future success of organizations. While that, in itself, is hardly a new realization, the pace of new insights from current research as well as new applications of knowledge management in practice continually raise the bar for what it means to be leading the way. And only those organizations that are at the cutting edge will be able to beat the competition.

Research and Application
Now in its sixth year, I-KNOW has a tradition of bringing together Europe´s leading researchers and practitioners involved in knowledge management. Attracting more than 400 attendees, I-KNOW is the premier conference on knowledge management in Europe. I-KNOW provides a perfect opportunity to stay abreast of the latest developments in the field. Both the human/organizational perspective and the technology perspective are covered. The novelty and the quality of the accepted contributions are ensured by a high-calibre program committee featuring international experts on a broad range of knowledge management topics.

Networking
Furthermore, I-KNOW has a strong tradition of going the extra mile to enable better networking. Community building is fostered in the special tracks designed around particular themes on the first day, continues with a variety of interactive sessions and deliberately long breaks in a very well-suited venue throughout the conference, Open Space and Open Forum Discussions and is last but not least aided by social events in the evenings.

Proceedings
The conference proceedings containing all accepted papers will appear in cooperation with Springer Publishing Co. In addition, selected papers will also appear in J.UKM (www.jukm.org), an electronic Journal on Knowledge Management published by Springer in cooperation with the Know-Center.

Focus, Topics and Thematic Tracks
I-Know'06 invites the submission of original contributions from academic, public and industrial/commercial sectors. The conference focus is on application-oriented research with emphasis on information technologies for knowledge management and new management tools and methods. We welcome papers which present methods, tools, technologies best practices and case studies.

The first day
The thematic tracks on the first conference day address the following topics:
 * Advanced Semantic Technologies
 * Business Process Oriented Knowledge Infrastructures
 * Integrating Working and Learning in Business
 * Knowledge Sharing in Research and Higher Education
 * Knowledge Visualization and Knowledge Discovery

Student Competition Track
A special student competition track seeks most innovative knowledge management ideas developed by young researchers.

The second and third day
Submissions for the second and third day of I-Know2006 may include but are not limited to the following areas:
 * Knowledge audits, benchmarks, maturity measures
 * Knowledge management case studies
 * Knowledge communication
 * Knowledge work productivity
 * Business intelligence
 * Knowledge-based IT infrastructures
 * Agile approaches to knowledge management
 * Knowledge portals
 * Metadata in knowledge management
 * Distributed knowledge management
 * Semantic technologies
 * Applications of knowledge management in areas like quality management, project management, customer relationship management

Program Committee

 * has PC member::D. Albert, University of Graz, Austria
 * has PC member::A. Back, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
 * has PC member::M. Bonifacio, University of Trento, Italy
 * has PC member::K. Böhm, University of Leipzig, Germany
 * has PC member::H. Dreher, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
 * has PC member::E. Duval, University of Leuven, Belgium
 * has PC member::L. Efimova, Telematic Instituut, The Netherlands
 * has PC member::M. Eppler, University of Lugano, Switzerland
 * has PC member::H. Frederick, Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, New Zealand
 * has PC member::J. Gerdes, University of Cassino, Italy
 * has PC member::W. Haas, Joanneum Research, Austria
 * has PC member::A. Holzinger, Medical University of Graz, Austria
 * has PC member::D. Hicks, Aalborg University Esbjerg, Denmark
 * has PC member::H. Ishikawa, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
 * has PC member::D. Karagiannis, University Vienna, Austria
 * has PC member::D.T. Lee, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
 * has PC member::F. Lehner, University Passau, Germany
 * has PC member::S.-T. Li, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan
 * has PC member::W. Nejdl, University of Hannover, Germany
 * has PC member::P. Nuernberg, Aalborg University Esbjerg, Denmark
 * has PC member::O. Ohren, Sintef, Norway
 * has PC member::S. Reich, Salzburg Research, Austria
 * has PC member::R. Reinhardt, St. Gallen University, Switzerland
 * has PC member::M. Rittberger, HEG Genève, Switzerland
 * has PC member::R. Sabater, University of Murcia, Spain
 * has PC member::A. Scharl, University of Western Australia, Australia
 * has PC member::K. Schneider, University of Hannover, Germany
 * has PC member::U. Schneider, University of Graz, Austria
 * has PC member::T. Schwotzer, TU Berlin, Germany
 * has PC member::C. Sherwood, Griffith University, Australia
 * has PC member::C. Stary, University of Linz, Austria
 * has PC member::R. Studer, TH Karlsruhe, Germany
 * has PC member::B. Tao, University of Southampton, U.K.
 * has PC member::J. Thomas, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
 * has PC member::R. Tolksdorf, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
 * has PC member::I. Tomek, Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada
 * has PC member::J. Viedma, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain
 * has PC member::J. Westbomke, HDM Stuttgart, Germany

Important Dates
Papers: paper deadline:=2006-04-17

Notification of acceptance: Notification:=May 29, 2006

Camera-ready papers due: Camera ready due:=June 26, 2006

KR2006 Conference: September 6-8, 2006