IKMS2009 - 2nd Workshop on Integrated Knowledge Management Systems
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Call for Papers
Background and Motivation of the Workshop
Information systems supporting knowledge management (KM), in brief knowledge management systems (KMS), are subject of research and practical application since more than a decade. Nevertheless, analyses show that user acceptance and usage of KMS vary significantly in different settings, ranging from high utilization to complete rejection. Empirical findings suggest that integration is a key success factor for the adaptation and efficient usage of KMS. Integration in this context has several dimensions: Firstly, it means to arrange and connect the different technical functionalities of a KMS or its components to deliver a consistent and integrated user experience. In addition to this, the KMS should be integrated soundly into the application landscape of the respective organization. Secondly, it means to embed a KMS into the business processes as seamlessly as possible so that users perceive it as a helpful, daily used tool (instead of a separate, isolated system). Thirdly, in a networked economy integration means to connect KMS across organizational boundaries. The ideally integrated KMS offers a rich set of well orchestrated functionalities, is imperceptible as a separate system because it is fully embedded into daily work processes and is seamlessly connected within value network surrounding its host organization. The workshop aims to provide a forum to discuss issues and exchange experiences about the successful implementation of KMS, where integration is one important line of thought which can be complemented by other important success factors.
Topics
Topics of papers submitted can be, but are not limited to:
- Integration of content management, competence management, and collaboration management within KMS
- The integrating role of semantic technologies
- The role of personalization and search as integrating technologies
- Usage of new software technologies (e.g. SOA, WebServices) to integrate KMS
- Embedding of KMS into business processes
- The interplay of KMS applications and generic KM processes
- Modeling KMS as socio-technical systems (i.e. including individuals and organizations and related elements)
- Establishing knowledge-intensive corporate cultures as a prerequisite for successful KMS
- User-generated content and services in KMS User-driven semantic integration of KMS (collaborative semantic tagging)
- Integration of KMS with other information systems (e.g. ERP systems, business intelligence systems, portals)
Addressed Audience
The target group includes researchers and practitioners in the fields of knowledge management systems. Besides paper presentations, this workshop offers organized and open spaces for targeted discussions. It aims at offering a forum for the presentation and discussion of new directions and interesting work in progress.
Workshop Duration
One-day workshop
Important Dates
31th of October 2008 - Submission of workshop papers
New: 14th of November 2008 - Submission of workshop papers
15th of December 2008 - Notification of authors about acceptance/rejection
16th of January 2009 - Submission of camera-ready papers
25th of March to 27th of March 2009 - IKMS2009 workshop
Submission
This workshop solicits full research papers that discuss innovative problems from one of the areas sketched above. The format of a full paper is max. 10 pages following the LNI formatting guidelines (http://www.gi-ev.de/service/publikationen/lni/). Only electronic submissions (PDF format) to the EasyChair online conference management system (http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wm2009workshops) will be accepted. Submission languages are German and English. At least one author of an accepted paper must register for the WM2009 conference before the deadline for camera-ready-copies of the papers (16th January 2009). Otherwise, the paper will not be published. All workshop participants must be registered for the conference.
Review Process
All submissions will be subject to review by the IKMS2009 Program Committee. The workshop organizers have final authority over the review process and all decisions relating to acceptance of papers. Review criteria include originality of ideas, technical soundness, significance of results, and quality of presentation. It is intended to have three reviews per submission. Notification of acceptance or rejection of submitted papers will be mailed to the corresponding author.
Workshop Schedule
[tba in early 2009]
Contact and Organization
Prof. Dr. Gerold Riempp (Chair) and Prof. Dr. Stefan Smolnik
Institute of Research on Information Systems (IRIS)
European Business School (EBS)
International University Schloss Reichartshausen
Rheingaustr. 1, 65375 Oestrich-Winkel, GERMANY
Phone: +49-6723-991-246 /-250, Fax: +49-6723-991-255
Email: stefan.smolnik@ebs.edu
WWW: www.ebs.edu/iris
Program Committee
Andrea Back, University of St. Gallen
Norbert Gronau, University of Potsdam
Josef Hofer-Alfeis, Amontis Consulting AG
Christine Legner, European Business School (EBS)
Ronald Maier, Leopold-Franzens-Universtiy Innsbruck
Ludwig Nastansky, University of Paderborn
Gerold Riempp, European Business School (EBS) (Chair)
Hans-Peter Schnurr, ontoprise GmbH
Stefan Smolnik, European Business School (EBS)
Susanne Strahringer, University of Dresden
Harald von Kortzfleisch, University of Koblenz-Landau
Additional Reviewers
Dr. Oliver Bendel, University of St. Gallen
Stefanie Hain, University of St. Gallen
Nils Urbach, European Business School (EBS)