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Regional Update - Hong Kong

At the end of November, iKMS Treasurer Kan Siew Ning and myself represented iKMS at the 5th Asia Pacific Knowledge Management Conference organised by the Hong Kong Knowledge Management Society (HKKMS). Siew Ning presented the DSTA knowledge management journey, while I chaired a tempestuous and at times mischievous panel discussion on intellectual property. We also found time to hold further discussions with HKKMS and the KM Society of Japan on regional collaboration.

Patrick Lambe is the President of iKMS and still finds time to run his consultancy business in learning, innovation and knowledge management.

iKMS Networking ...

KM practitioners, solution providers and academics meet to accelerate KM.

Corporate members of iKMS gathered on December 16 to discuss how iKMS can contribute to KM in Singapore and the region and what iKMS can do for corporate members and vice versa i.e. getting more out of iKMS.

iKMS is clearly positioned to advance public awareness of KM.

Su Nee is a lecturer in Temasek Polytechnic as well as a passionate member of the iKMS Exco who inspires networking sessions such as this.

Scott Adams' take on KM ...

Membership Affairs ...

Wanted: Involvement of active and passionate professionals as members …

As a year-end gift, iKMS is offering a FREE e-copy of the report “Knowledge Management in Singapore Organisations” (worth $100 – kindly sponsored by Straits Knowledge) to all members who renew or take up membership in the period up to 15 January 2004. Click here for membership forms and details.

Congratulations ...

Wow! Professors...

We congratulate our iKMS President, Patrick Lambe and iKMS Treasurer, Kan Siew Ning who have been appointed Adjunct Professors by NTU’s School of Communication and Information. Adj Prof Patrick Lambe teaches Business Intelligence while Adj Prof Kan Siew Ning handles Learning Organisations, both subjects offered as part of the MSc (Knowledge Management) programme.

“They will inject valuable industry perspective to the knowledge management programme,” said Assoc Prof Abdus, head of this programme, “They have rich experience in research, consulting, and implementation of knowledge management in various organisations in Singapore.”

Sponsored article - Portals

Local case studies to offer ideas and insights for you to take away …

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CSM is the third largest contract wafer foundry in the world. It’s new portal provides customers with a unified, personalized experience, making Chartered’s complete suite of value-added foundry services and solutions easier to access and use. Customers are able to view integrated databases for technical specifications, such as design specifications; experience better information search; and gain broader access to detailed technical and product reports, such as Work-in-Progress (WIP) reports, process reliability monitoring reports and outgoing wafer inspection reports.

Check out these sites - CSM ; Plumtree

Arijit Roy, when not working on the next portal opportunity, is a first year student of NTU's MSc course in Knowledge Management.

Coming up in next issue ...

KM in 2004 – Renew & Revitalise

Is there a sense that the strands of knowledge management are coming together in a way that will herald a new vitality over the next few years in Asia? Or are we facing a year of rehashing the same old themes (the need to make KM more relevant to the needs of business, to concentrate on human and social needs as much as technology, a variety of IT solutions promising that they will find the knowledge you need better, faster and cheaper...)? Send your thoughts to us at Editorial Team