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Understanding and Co-Creating Sustainable Climate Resilience in Society

Description: How can Knowledge and Information management professionals contribute to co-creating sustainable climate resilience in society? What are the sustainable climate-resilient futures we want to see take place in a global, interdependent world, and what is the Knowledge and Information management professionals’ role in making these scenarios happen? K&I Management professionals have essential roles to play in addressing the crises, risks, and urgency that our environment is facing. Their work as tea… more
Date: June 2022
Creator: Kuusipalo-Maatta, Paula & Maatta, Ossi
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KM Practices - Motivational Structures within Tax and Legal Knowledge Management

Description: This presentation deals with motivational ideas and initiatives for knowledge sharing in the field of tax and legal consulting. Sharing knowledge at all levels and in all formats is often difficult or even impossible due to the need to respect confidentiality and data protection laws. However, the example of PwC Switzerland shows how it is still possible to be a knowledge organization, to create a lively and popular exchange between employees and not to reinvent the wheel every day. We will als… more
Date: June 2022
Creator: Otto, Katharina
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Workgroup KM Certification (ISO 30401/DIN SPEC 91443)

Description: New standards (ISO 30401 and DIN SPEC 91443) provide new momentum for knowledge management initiatives. Certification becomes a priority to demonstrate KM-proficiency on an organizational level to external partners (customers, suppliers, future employees) as well as to create a sense of urgency within organizations, in particular among organizational leadership. In this workshop, a joint working group of two independent communities and a research organisation, the Association of Knowledge Mana… more
Date: June 2022
Creator: Alwert, Kay; Bornemann, Manfred; Kohl, Holger; Orth, Ronald & Will, Markus
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Intellectual Capital Management in an Engineering Company

Description: Engineering offices are knowledge companies. Systematically maintaining and developing the existing knowledge in and as a company is therefore an essential task of corporate management. Knowledge management at ZM-I includes a training system (ZM-I Campus), a digital knowledge database (intranet) and workshops. For a systematic analysis and evaluation of the company's intellectual capital, a bi-annual certified intellectual capital report is carried out. For this purpose, employees from all divi… more
Date: June 2022
Creator: Mühlbauer, Christian
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Knowledge Management Enables the Transformation from a Global Steel Supplier to a Technology Service Provider

Description: In 2018, voestalpine High Performance Metals decided to significantly invest in Knowledge Management to foster their strategy to expand into new markets. After conducting a thorough global feasibility study involving different stakeholders at multiple locations, a hybrid KM strategy was proposed creating networks of experts and identifying valuable content for re-use supported by a KM Service Portfolio. Members of pilot “communities of Practice” (CoP) were involved in the co-design of KM Servi… more
Date: June 2022
Creator: Fratzl, Hubert & Plenkers, Sven
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Conversation about KM at NASA

Description: Ed Rogers served as Chief Knowledge Officer with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from 2003 to 2020. He holds a PhD in HRM from Cornell University and teaches a different universities like University of Alabama, George Washington University and Indian School of Business. Since 2020 he is the principal owner of Mayjer Enterprises (Palmyra, Virginia).
Date: June 2022
Creator: Rogers, Ed
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Fit to Collaborate in the Otto Group: Experiences and Perspective

Description: Juliane Dieckmann, Head of Knowledge Management in the Otto Group Holding, is responsible in the Digital & Consulting division for the group-wide transfer of knowledge and the development of KM products specifically aimed at collaboration in organisational units. She focuses with continuing enthusiasm on the task of making Knowledge Management in the Otto Group fit for the path to digital transformation and putting people at the centre of this. The Otto Group is a globally active trading and se… more
Date: June 2022
Creator: Dieckmann, Juliane
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BOSCH Experts Organization: Experiences & Perspectives

Description: The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 402,600 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2021). The company generated sales of 78.7 billion euros in 2021. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility Solutions, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. At 128 locations across the globe, Bosch employs some 76,100 associates in research and development, of which more than 38,000 are software en… more
Date: June 2022
Creator: Ebmeyer, Juergen & Maier, Lothar
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Semantic Networks and Knowledge Management – Context Does the Trick

Description: With an increasing flood of data and at the same time changing requirements, making the relevant information available in the right context to a customer and within the company for the respective development-, technical- and service-departments is a key success factor for many companies and at the same time an enormous challenge. The problem with folders and filing data in tree structures is that information about an object is scattered across different aspects. Access to this information is o… more
Date: June 2022
Creator: Munk, Johannes
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Semantic Networks and Knowledge Management – Context Does the Trick

Description: With an increasing flood of data and at the same time changing requirements, making the relevant information available in the right context to a customer and within the company for the respective development-, technical- and service-departments is a key success factor for many companies and at the same time an enormous challenge. The problem with folders and filing data in tree structures is that information about an object is scattered across different aspects. Access to this information is o… more
Date: June 2022
Creator: Munk, Johannes
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Partner: UNT College of Information
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Intercultural Perspectives on Information Literacy - a Report on a Transnational Project to Foster Information Literacy

Description: In an increasingly interconnected world, there is a need to prepare students to become more knowledgeable of different cultures and global matters. Furthermore, in a time which is characterized by disinformation, information literacy becomes more important than ever before. By taking into account transnational perspectives in learning these topics, e-learning provides us with the opportunity to connect students who otherwise would not have the chance to meet and get into knowledge related disco… more
Date: June 2022
Creator: Griesbaum, Joachim
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Intercultural Perspectives on Information Literacy - a Report on a Transnational Project to Foster Information Literacy

Description: In an increasingly interconnected world, there is a need to prepare students to become more knowledgeable of different cultures and global matters. Furthermore, in a time which is characterized by disinformation, information literacy becomes more important than ever before. By taking into account transnational perspectives in learning these topics, e-learning provides us with the opportunity to connect students who otherwise would not have the chance to meet and get into knowledge related disco… more
Date: June 2022
Creator: Griesbaum, Joachim
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Localizing Knowledge Management with Country Knowledge Programming in the Asia and Pacific Region

Description: This paper seeks to identify factors that contribute to improving the way the Asian Development Bank (ADB) understands and responds to the knowledge needs of its developing member countries (DMCs). The COVID-19 pandemic and continuing uncertainties highlighted the importance of knowledge management in helping governments in DMCs make well-informed decisions to respond to the crisis and work for recovery. As ADB’s DMCs are at various stages of development, it is essential to identify, differenti… more
Date: June 2022
Creator: Jose, Mary Jane Carangal-San; Raman, Vivek & Roth, Susann
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Research Teams: Fostering Scholarship and Practice

Description: This workshop is presented by members of a University of North Texas research team. First, the team will overview their experience as members of the research team and share experience in areas such as trust formation, team roles, productivity, work-life balance, faculty-students interaction, peer and faculty mentorship, dissertation preparation, and job seeking. Second, the workshop will discuss and brainstorm how this format can be implemented for organizations both with faculty-student teams … more
Date: June 2022
Creator: Allen, Jeff M., 1968-; Khader, Malak; Njeri, Millicent & Rosellini, Amy
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From Digital Twins to Digital Selves and Beyond: Perspectives for Social Modeling in a Trans-Humanist World

Description: We discuss the engineering of so-called ‘humanoid’ socio-technical settings mimicking cognitive and social skills. We discuss the influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on digital selves. We introduce relevant approaches to awareness and the emergence of consciousness in artificial agents. We define mandatory properties of digital selves so that digital societies can be modeled and we present our thoughts on the role of KM in a trans-humanist world.
Date: June 2022
Creator: Barachini, Franz & Stary, Christian
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Organizations as Quantum a Metaphor to Prepare for Proliferated Quantum Supremacy

Description: Quantum physics surpasses human imagination. It totally contradicts everyday experiences. Even literal and mathematical explanations cannot substitute for a non-intuitive behavior that puzzles many of us. Commercial quantum computers are in reach within this decade. History provides examples that the appearance of new technologies brought metaphors to life that may explain up to that point poorly understood knowledge domains (e.g., "brains are hardware while thoughts are software"). The author … more
Date: June 2022
Creator: Holtel, Stefan
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Learning to Support Computable Biomedical Knowledge (CBK)

Description: Using technology and e-publication formats, Mobilizing Computable Biomedical Knowledge (MCBK) aims to promote learning health services and reduce time to get healthcare products to patients. This paper summarizes developing a community of practice (CoP) experts, providing educational activities, and plans for sustainable Open Educational Resource (OER) materials online as funded by an IMLS grant.* Activities were part of a pilot training for 20 knowledge managers, students and professionals in … more
Date: June 2022
Creator: Swain, Deborah & Cunningham, Christopher
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Increasing Information Certainty for Post-Traumatic Growth

Description: Trauma, and its associated effects, can be conceptualized as a period of information uncertainty. The natural psychological response to trauma is a period of post-traumatic stress. Trauma occurs when an existing knowledge base has been challenged. Any event that challenges important components of an individual’s assumptive world is said to be traumatic. This post-traumatic period is akin to many theories and concepts in information science including uncertainty reduction, Everyday Life Informat… more
Date: June 2022
Creator: Bank, Nicole & Allen, Jeff M., 1968-
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Psychiatric Disorders Among Opioid Dependents: Socioeconomic and Gender Difference

Description: The psychiatric disorder rates among opioid dependents have alarmingly increased over the last decades, and these disorders are higher for women than men and higher for individuals in low socioeconomic groups. Previous knowledge asserted that opioids had no addictive or harmful effects that could lead to psychiatric disorders, but the recent discovery of opioid-related knowledge reversed the existing belief. The purpose of this research is to discover how the new knowledge has changed regarding… more
Date: June 2022
Creator: Kim, Yong-Mi
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An Ontology and a Reasoning Approach For Evacuation in Flood Disaster Response

Description: Managing flood-related data to assist in the disaster management is a critical process of high importance during a flood disaster. These data are heterogeneous and can be provided from different data sources, and integrating them is a challenging task which allows to infer new information that helps in limiting the consequences of a flood. In this paper, we propose a novel approach that manages heterogeneous flood-related data based on semantic web techniques and helps in limiting the damage ca… more
Date: June 2022
Creator: Daher, Julie Bu; Huygue, Tom; Stolf, Patricia & Hernandez, Nathalie
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Metadata Practices of Academic Libraries in Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar: Current State, Risks, and Perspectives for Knowledge Management

Description: Developing, implementing, and managing metadata is crucial to successful knowledge management, and academic libraries have traditionally played a central role in these activities. The Arabian Gulf countries are underrepresented in the existing research into library metadata practices. This exploratory study used semi-structured interviews of metadata managers at 8 universities with the goal of developing understanding of the current state of metadata practices, including descriptive cataloging,… more
Date: June 2022
Creator: Zavalina, Oksana & Aljalahmah, Saleh
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Using Data Visualization Tools to Mitigate the Influx of Information in Organizations

Description: Considerable research has been conducted on the topic of information overload using different approaches, from marketing and customer demand to information technologies and sciences, and even among mental health professionals. In business the critical question is how does information overload impact processes, operations, and profitability, and how can data visualization help to solve issues with data management and consumption in organizations. The ability to quickly and effectively process in… more
Date: June 2022
Creator: Merlo, Tereza Raquel
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Application of Big Data Analytics in Precision Medicine: Lesson for Ethiopia

Description: Precision medicine is an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that considers individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle for each person. Big data analytics (BDA) using cutting-edge technologies helps to design models that can diagnose, treat and predict diseases. In Ethiopia, healthcare service delivery faces many challenges specifically in relation to prescribing the right medicine to the right patient at the right time. Thus, patients face challenges ranging… more
Date: June 2022
Creator: Woldemariam, Misganaw Tadesse & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
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Stock2Vec: An Embedding to Improve Predictive Models for Companies

Description: Building predictive models for companies often relies on inference using historical data of companies in the same industry sector. However, companies are similar across a variety of dimensions that should be leveraged in relevant prediction problems. This is particularly true for large, complex organizations which may not be well defined by a single industry and have no clear peers. To enable prediction using company information across a variety of dimensions, we create an embedding of company … more
Date: June 2022
Creator: Yi, Ziruo; Xiao, Ting; Kaz-Onyeakazi, Ijeoma; Ratnam, Cheran; Medeiros, Theophilus; Nelson, Phillip et al.
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