Australian Conference on Knowledge Management and Intelligent Decision Support

8 - 10 December 2008
University of Ballarat
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Conference Program

The Conference Program for ACKMIDS09 is currently under development - however, below cor information is the ACKMIDS08 program.

DAY 1 Monday 8 December 2008
Time	Session Information	Venue
8.30 am	Registrations	Foyer
9.30 am	WELCOME Professor David Battersby, Vice Chancellor, University of Ballarat OPENING ADDRESS Minister for Innovation or ICT (TBC)	F301
10.00 am	KEYNOTE SPEAKER Jacques Steyn, Monash South Africa A sober (or somber) view of KM	F301
11.00 am	MORNING TEA	Foyer
11.30 am	PAPER PRESENTATIONS	F301
	Representing Practice Wisdom: Adapting Corporate Modelling for Better Welfare Practice Larry Stillman, Stefanie Kethers, Rebecca French & Dean Lombard
	The Effect of Knowledge Management Initiatives of Small and Medium Scale Software Companies on Competitive Advantage Priyantha Kumarawadu
	Collaborative Knowledge Building Process: An Activity Theory Based Analysis Gurparkash Singh, Lousie Hawkins & Greg Whymark
1.00 pm	LUNCH
2.00 pm	PAPER PRESENTATIONS	F301
	Communities of Practice in Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning Celina M. Olszak & Ewa Ziemba
	Explicit Representations of Reasoning to Support Deliberation within Groups Andrew Straneri, John Yearwood & Heather Mays
	Action Research to Knowledge Management in Construction Projects Danny W.H Tang
3.30 pm	AFTERNOON TEA	Foyer
4.00 pm	PAPER PRESENTATIONS	F301
	Toward Computer Mediated Elicitation of a Community�s Core Values for Sustainable Decision Making Fazeh Afshar, Andrew Straneri & John Yearwood
	An Expert System Methodology for SMEs and NPOs Richard Dazeley
	Indian Knowledge Commission: A Transformation to Knowledge Economy Parveen Babbar & Seema Chandhok
	Spatial infrastructure, information access and knowledge building in regional Victoria Helen Thompson, Andrew MacLeod & Peter Dahlhaus
7.30 pm (for 8.00pm)	CONFERENCE DINNER Innov8 Cafe, Greenhill Enterprise Centre 7.00 Pre-dinner drinks (Caf� area) 7.30 Dinner (Conference Room)	Greenhill Enterprise Centre

DAY 2 Tuesday 9 December 2008
Time	Session Information	Venue
9.00 am	KEYNOTE SPEAKER Professor Eric Tsui (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)	F301
10.00 am	MORNING TEA	Foyer
10.30 am	PAPER PRESENTATIONS	F301
	The Impact of Biometric Systems on Communities: Perceptives and Challenges Sitalakshmi Venkatraman & Siddhivinayak Kulkarni
	Building Knowledge Capabilities: An Organisational Learning Approach Zaana Howard & Mary M. Somerville
	Categorisation of Knowledge Management Processes in the Development of Sustainable Enterprises Rosemary Van Der Meer & Sukunesan Sinnappan
	Knowledge-Sharing in an Organisation: The Enabling Role of an Intranet Udo Richard Averweg
12.30 pm	LUNCH	Foyer
1.30 pm	PAPER PRESENTATIONS (Case Studies)	F301
	One Company, Two Outcomes: Integration vs Disintegration William P. Hall, Susu Nousala & Bill Kilpatirck
	How to get Skunkworks Adopted in an Organisation - Jim's Loos - A Wiki Project Robyn McCutcheon
	A Learning and Credential Provenance (LCP) Protocol Development Case Study Xiao Chen Li, Bruce Calway & Sukunesan Sinnappan
3.00 pm	AFTERNOON TEA	Foyer
3.30 pm	PAPER PRESENTATION	F301
	Invited Paper: The need to know; measuring the success of community based ICT projects designed to combat disadvantage and isolation Dave Lane
4.00 pm	ROUND TABLE	TBC
9.00 pm	OPTIONAL SOCIAL EVENT Blood on the Southern Cross Light and Sound Show at Sovereign Hill This event is optional and at an additional cost to participants. $40.50 per person To book a seat for this activity please contact Kara Hodgson at: k.hodgson@ballarat.edu.au prior to 28 November.	Sovereign Hill Historical Park - Main Road, Ballarat

DAY 3 Wednesday 10 December 2008

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SEARCH WORKSHOP

Conference participants will be invited to split into 3 groups and discuss the three key questions (below). The pairs of panellists will facilitate the discussions around their question and take notes. Another person will be nominated to be the story‑teller for that question. It is intended that participants will spend about 40 minutes at each question and rotate through all three questions as a group.

What do we know from the conference (emergent issues)?
What do we need to know (research agenda)?
What would we like to know (data and policy)?

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