Dear All,

The 7th International Conference on Knowledge Management (http://www.ickm-2010.org/) will be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on October 22-23, 2010.

The Conference provides top researchers and practitioners in Knowledge Management from around the world a forum for discussion and exchange. Since the first ICKM was held in Singapore in 2004, subsequent conferences have been held in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.A. (2005); Greenwich, London, U.K. (2006); Vienna, Austria (2007); Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A. (2008); and Hong Kong, China (2009). In 2010, ICKM will be held in Pittsburgh.

ICKM 2010 will feature invited keynote presentations, research papers, case studies, practioner presentations, and posters in knowledge management and its related areas. Specific topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:

- Indigenous Knowledge Management
- Communication, Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing
- Intellectual Capital & KM Measurements
- Knowledge Discovery (AI, Data Mining, Text & Web Mining)
- Knowledge Organization (Meta Data, Taxonomies & Ontology)
- Knowledge Retention, Policies and Practices
- Knowledge Management in Project Management
- Knowledge Management in Healthcare
- Knowledge Management in Public Sector and Not-For-Profit Organizations
- Knowledge Management Strategies and Implementations
- Knowledge Management Training and Certification
- Learning Organization & Organizational Learning
- Web 2.0 and Social Networking Technologies
- Information Architecture, Content & Digital Right Management
- Knowledge Management in Libraries and Information Centers
- Knowledge Loss and Brain Drain in Turbulent Economic Times
- Social and Ethical Issues
- The Challenges of Complexity 

This conference aims to facilitate dialogue among experts in the academe and the industry. The exchange of insights on related issues will boost up research momentum and contribute to the advancement of knowledge management as a discipline. All interested parties are welcome. 

Important Dates:
Full paper Submission: August 15, 2010
Practitioner Presentations & Panels: September 1, 2010
Research in Progress and Posters:  September 1, 2010

Top refereed papers from the conference will be published in the Journal of Information and Knowledge Management

For more information and specific enquiries about the paper submission or the conference, please contact us at: [log in to unmask] 

Looking forward to your participation in this event.

Best regards,
Dr. Samuel K. W. Chu
Conference Co-Chair
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Samuel Kai Wah Chu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Division of Information & Technology Studies
Deputy Director, Centre for Information Technology in Education
Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2241-5894
Fax: (852) 2517-7194
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Homepage: http://web.edu.hku.hk/academic_staff.php?staffId=samchu
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