KCUK 2008 Programme

  

 

TIME

 

KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND CULTURE

 

CONTENT MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY

 

08:15

 

Registration

 

 

09:00

 

Chair's opening remarks

Claire Andrews, Director of Knowledge Management – Europe and Asia , Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

 

Chair's opening remarks

To be announced

 

09:15

Keynote speaker:

Speaker: To Be Announced

 

09:55

 

Roundtable discussion: What does “Knowledge Management” mean in 2008?

•  How has KM evolved and what is considered “good” KM practice?

•  Evaluating current practice and establishing the gaps in knowledge : w ho are your audience and how do you cater for them?

Kieran McNeff, Interim Head of Information Resources, British Red Cross

Naina Visani, Head of Information & Knowledge Management, AWE plc

Galvin Doyle, Head of KM Strategy and Initiatives, Welsh Assembly Government

Nollaig Greene, Professional Support Lawyer, Funds Team, A&L Goodbody Solicitors

 

 

Redesigning your intranet as an effective internal communication tool

•  Integrating the intranet into internal communications plans

•  10 intranets web design mistakes

•  Analyzing metrics to increase readership

Divyesh Jevtani, Deloitte Resources Operations Coordinator, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

 

10:35

 

Break and product demonstrations

 

 

11:20

 

Developing a “KM strategy for beginners”

•  Aligning your objectives with the business strategy

•  Developing a one-year action plan

•  What tools, if any, should you consider?

Maria Paola Andreoni, International Knowledge Manager, Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)

 

 

Choosing the best governance model for your business

•  Getting buy-in from your organisation

•  Sustaining the day to day management of your governance framework

Shelly Burnside, Director, Communications and Human Resources, Swiss Reinsurance Company

 

 

12:00

 

Roundtable discussion: Tailoring knowledge sharing for Generation Y

•  Establishing the minimum expectations for new starters

•  Striking a compromise between expectations and internal limitations

Ruth Ward, Head of Knowledge Systems and Development, Allen & Overy LLP

Jane Bradbury, Knowledge Management Director, Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP

Cora Newell, KM Consultant, formerly Central Professional Support Lawyer, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP

 

Unifying process and content; an implementer's point of view

•  How can you ensure a smooth implementation of a content management system (CMS)?

•  Developing a transactional CMS

 

 

 

 

Speaker: To Be Announced

 

12:40

 

Lunch and product demonstrations

 

 

13:55

 

Exploiting enterprise –wide search

Industry case study

 

Speaker: To Be Announced

 

14:35

 

 

Evolving KM through eLearning

· Developing an eLearning strategy

· Refining the right tools for your organisation

Richard West, Head of Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration, BAE Systems Plc

 

 

Roundtable discussion: Navigation v. Search

•  Time is money: i s it enough to have one functional system?

•  Assessing the end-user experience and evaluating the latest advances

Keri Harrowven, Intranet Manager, The National Trust

Jeffrey Dreiblatt, Search Optimization Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Mark Hampton, Head of Business Solution, Davis Langdon LLP

 

15:15

 

Break and product demonstrations

 

 

16:00

 

Implementing next generation information retrieval

· Understanding the business critical drivers for next generation information retrieval

· Defining the boundaries of information retrieval, business intelligence and knowledge management

Peter Brooks-Johnson, Product Director, Rightmove

 

Maintaining an effective tagging system

•  How can you best m eet user needs?

•  Metadata, taxonomies and tagging: assessing what works for your company

Liz Machin, Head of Knowledge Management, Mourant du Feu & Jeune

 

 

16:40

 

Pushing the boundaries of your communities of practice

•  Ending information silos and advocating information sharing

•  Developing and launching a collaboration platform

Lawrence Hall, Quality and Impact Manager - Knowledge Learning, IDeA

 

 

Ensuring best practice accessibility and usability on your intranet

•  Undertaking usability studies and card sorts for an accessible structure

•  Executing quality controlled accessibility

Stephen Musselwhite, Intranet Manager, Prudential

 

 

17:20

 

The KM Debate!

As a round up to our first day at KCUK, you will be able to enjoy a drinks reception alongside a chance to quiz our panel of KM gurus on a variety of topics that have been discussed over the course of the day.

 

Jerry Ash, Inside Knowledge

Steve Denning, The James McGregor Burns Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland

Richard McDermott, Richard McDermott Consulting

Victor Newman, The Knowledgeworks and Visiting Professor, University of Greenwich Business School

Tony Quinlan, Narrate Consulting

 

 

18:20

   

Chairs' closing remarks and end of day one

 

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