In brief:

Important Dates:
Submission of papers: July 15, 2010
Notification of acceptance: August 15, 2010
Final version due: September 15, 2010

ISMICK 2010: October 13-15, 2010 – Suzhou, China

Please see the complete call for contributions for details. CLICK HERE FOR THE CFP

or here: http://www.ismick.org/cfp/ismick-2010-cfp

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

13th International Symposium on the Management of Industrial and Corporate Knowledge
KNOWLEDGE & TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS, COOPERATION AND MULTICULTURAL PROBLEMS

13-15 October 2010

UTSEUS, Sino-European School of Technology of Shanghai University
SEU, Southeast University

Suzhou, China

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Over more than 15 years Knowledge Management has been explored and promoted both in private organizations and in public administration. Today, the key role of knowledge in socio-economic development and innovation is universally acknowledged, and knowledge management has gradually matured into a recognized discipline.

Since 1993, ISMICK conference meetings are held yearly as working symposia. In the ISMICK meetings we actively seek to combine and discuss ongoing research, professional practice, and consultancy perspectives aimed at capitalizing on knowledge processes and assets. The meeting attracts and mixes an international group of professional people from academia, business, and consulting firms, engaging in lively discussions confronting theory and practice.  ISMICK has started as a series of conferences that were organized by IIIA (Institut International pour l’Intelligence Artificielle, Compiègne, France).  Since 2009, it is becoming an important activity of the IEEE SMC Technical Committee on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD).

The official language is English.

ISMICK 2010 deals with all aspects relating to the management of industrial and corporate knowledge, but will pay special attention to the theme of KNOWLEDGE & TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS, COOPERATION AND MULTICULTURAL PROBLEM. In our networked society, knowledge workers increasingly cooperate and participate across existing organizational and national boundaries. Monolithic organizations are progressively replaced by more open, adaptive and cooperative structures with stronger capacities for innovation. This raises new issues – for practice as well as research – how knowledge management strategies help organizations to survive and thrive in the networked society, and how collaborative problem solving and innovative knowledge creation is to be shaped across multinational and multicultural organizations.
Papers and contributions are invited on all aspects of industrial and corporate knowledge management (KM), including but not limited to:

• Managing knowledge and technology transfer within and among organizations
• Managing knowledge sharing in multicultural organizations
• KM in international communities of practice and expertise
• Case studies, practical experiences, and lessons learnt in KM
• KM in networked organizations

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Keynote Program

The ISMICK 2010 Symposium will include an interesting program of invited talks related to knowledge and technology transfer in the context of intercultural organizations

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Important Dates:
Submission of papers: July 15, 2010
Notification of acceptance: August 15, 2010
Final version due:  September 15, 2010
ISMICK 2010: 13-15 October, 2010, Suzhou, China

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Call for papers

ISMICK 2010 invites authors to submit original papers in English on research, practice and experience in the field of knowledge management, and in particular related to knowledge & technology transfers, cooperation and multicultural problems. Academic as well as business practice and consultancy experience papers are welcome. Each paper, written in English, should be no more than 8 pages (IEEE proceedings format), including references and illustrations. Papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format through the ISMICK 2010 EasyChair website. The deadline for submission is July 15, 2010.

All submitted papers will be subject to review by an international committee of peers. All authors of selected papers will receive notification of acceptance by the conference committee by August 15, 2010. Final versions of accepted papers should be submitted electronically and according to the formatting instructions in PDF format by September 15, 2010. Authors of accepted papers will be invited to give an oral presentation followed by a plenary discussion during the conference. Accepted papers will be included in the proceedings of ISMICK 2010.  A selection of papers will considered to be published in the IEEE-SMC Transactions on CSCWD. All individuals participating in the conference will receive a personal copy of the proceedings.
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Organization

ISMICK 2010 is organized by Shanghai University, General Organization in cooperation with the UTSEUS, China (Prof. Dr. Michel Grenié), University of Technology of Compiègne, France (Prof. Dr. Jean-Paul Barthès), the UTC Center of Innovation (Dr Pierre Gohar) and the IIIA Institute, France.

The Program Committee is chaired by Dr. Milton Ramos (TECPAR – Paraná Institute of Technology, Brazil), and co-chaired by Dr. Adriana Vivacqua (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Prof. Dr. Jean-Paul Barthès (University of Technology of Compiègne, France).

Program Committee

Milton Ramos (TECPAR, Brazil, chair)
Adriana Vivacqua (UFRJ, Brazil, co-chair)
Jean-Paul Barthès (UTC, France, co-chair)

Local Organization Committee

Prof. Dr. Michel Grenié (UTSEUS, China, chair)
Prof. Dr. Qian Jinwu (UTSEUS)
Isabelle SHEN (UTSEUS)
Dr. Elisabeth MUZEAU (UTSEUS)
Stéphanie Tirel, TEEXMA China
ZHANG Jianhua (UTSEUS)
LU Jin (UTSEUS),
LI Yamin (UTSEUS)
Prof. LUO Junzhou (SEU – Southeast University)
Dr. LI Wei (SEU – Southeast University)
Mrs FENG Yu (SEU – Southeast University)

International Program Committee

Prof. Dr. Hans Akkermans (The Network Institute)
Prof. Dr. Ansgar Bernardi (DFKI, Germany)
Prof. Dr. Patrick Brézillon (LIP6, France)
Dr. Filipe Miguel Cassapo (FIEP, Brazil)
Prof. Dr. Tom van Engers (UvA, The Netherlands)
Prof. Dr. Shigeru Fujita (CIT, Japan)
Prof. Dr. Ana Cristina Garcia (UFF, Brazil)
Dr. Michel Grundstein (France)
Prof. Dr. René Jorna (RU Groningen, The Netherlands)
Prof. Dr. Johann Kinghorn (Stellenbosch, South Africa)
Prof. Dr. Peter Kropf (UN, Switzerland)
Prof. Dr. Yue Liu (Shanghai U., China)
Prof. Dr. Xianfeng Luo (Shanghai U., China)
Mr. Christiaan Maasdorp (SU, South Africa)
Prof. Dr. Nada Matta (UTT, France)
Prof. Dr. Qian Jinwu (U. Shanghai, China)
Prof. Dr. Camille Rosenthal-Sabroux (LAMSADE-CNRS, France)
Prof. Dr. Kenji Sugawara (CIT, Japan)
Prof. Dr. Weiming Shen (CNRC, Canada)
Prof. Dr. Faimara Strauhs (UTFPR, Brazil)
Prof. Dr. Cesar Tacla (UTFPR, Brazil)
Prof. Dr. Shoachun Wu (Shanghai U., China)
Prof. Dr. Bofeng Zhang (Shanghai U., China)

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Other Important Information

ISMICK 2010 Conference organization:

Dr. Michel Grenié
UTSEUS (http://www.utc.fr/formations/utseus.php)
Shanghai University, 149 Yanchang Road
Shanghai, P.R.China 200072

Venue:
Hotel SOFITEL
818 East Ganjiang Road
Jiangsu Province
215005 SUZHOU – P.R.China

Homepage:
http://www.ismick.org

Submission page:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ismick10

ISMICK started as a series of conferences that were organised by the IIIA (Institut International pour l’Intelligence Artificielle, Compiègne France) in 1993. IIIA, an industrial program, was created in 1989 by five major European companies (Aérospatiale, today EADS ; Framatome ; Rhône Poulenc ; SGN, a subsidiary of AREVA ; Shell ; Solvay) and the University of Technology of Compiègne. At first the goal of IIIA was to coordinate work and exchange of information on artificial intelligence and knowledge engineering. Progressively IIIA became a center for cooperative work between industry and academia, for mastering industrial and corporate knowledge, which led IIIA to launch the first ISMICK meeting, and progressively open it to other countries and cultures.

After more than a decade ISMICK renewed itself as a networked community of both scientists and practitioners working in the field of knowledge management. The current ISMICK community wants to express its gratitude to these founding fathers