2-6 September 2002, Sophia Antipolis, France

Reports & Results from the 2nd Knowledge Management Summer School entitled
"The New Scope of Knowledge Management in Theory and Practice"

Review

This year's second KMSS edition was organised by the European KM Forum, in partnership with CERAM, INRIA, ecKM and Groupe ESC-Marseille Provence. It took place at Sophia Antipolis which is situated in the middle of 'Telecom Valley' that reaches from Milan to Valencia and lies at the heart of the French Riviera, between Nice and Cannes only a few miles away from the beautiful Antibes. (enlarge)

The picture shows some of the about 65 participants coming from 16 countries from all over Europe and also from North America, North Africa and Asia. Attendees' professions ranged from Ph.D. researchers to practitioners from consulting and industry. Lots of discussions and various cluster sessions among this truly multi-disciplinary participants were felt as one of the valued outcomes since it networked researcher with practitioner.

Some quotes say:
"KMSS is an excellent opportunity to exchange explicit knowledge, to articulate tacit and to create a shared context. And to find like-minded people to work together" Lilia Efimova

"Wonderful opportunity for networking, community formation, building friendships and support for individual and collaborative research! More!" Doug Seely

"The summer school was a great occasion to get in contact with people with the same interest in KM. The international aspect was quite enriching. The theoretical conferences and exercises were interesting. The geographical situation was wonderful." Nazanine Rashidiaw

Besides quiet a few more statements, comments and useful criticisms were received and will be of great benefit to prepare next year's 3rd Summer School edition KMSS 2003.

There was also an article in the local 'Nice Matin' which reported aobut the KMSS 2002. The photo shows the following from left to right: Fabien Gandon, Daniele Chauvel, Alice Guilhon, Philippe Perez, Dany Sergeant, Bertrand Cahuet, Bernd Bredehorst, Rose Dieng, Kulwant Pawar, Diane Le Moult, Frithjof Weber, Xue Li.

Proceedings

31 papers describing purposes of research, references to existing theories and related works, research methodologies and project results to date have been collected and can be downloaded here:
Proceedings and Supplementary Proceedings

Programm & Presentations

Please also have a look at the full week's round-up written and kindly provided by Matthew Khoe, Martyn Laycock and Gerry Furlong from University of Greenwich, Business School.

All presentations held on the thematic sessions can be downloaded here:

Day 1 - A Review of KM Frameworks for Theory and Practice

Intellectual Roots of KM by Daniel Chauvel and Charles Depres, ecKM Marseille France

Day 2 - Sustainable Communities of Practice

Siemens ICN ShareNet
by Diane Le Moult, Siemens Munich Germany

Preparatory CoP Issues by Bernd Bredehorst, BIBA Bremen Germany

Day 3 - Connecting KM Research and Practice

Panel discussion. No presentations.

Day 4 - Individual and Organisational Learning

KITS Project & KM Quest Simulation Game by Robert de Hoog, University of Twente The Netherlands

Learning as Dialogue by Fabien Giboin, INRIA France

Day 5 - Methodologies and Technologies for KM

Methods and Techniques for Corporate Memories by Rose Dieng, INRIA France

Ontologies in a Nutshell by Fabien Gandon, INRIA France

CoMMA Project in a Nutshell by Fabien Gandon, INRIA France