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Global Knowledge Week - October 14 - 18, 2024

As part of the Global Knowledge Week SKMF is conducting a series of roundtables in Zurich, Lausanne, Geneva and Bern. Various topics will be discussed in our community. For details see the program under the individual cities.

GfWM KnowledgeCamp 2024

The 20th KnowledgeCamp of the Gesellschaft für Wissensmanagement e. V. (GfWM) will take place on October 10 / 11, 2024 on site in Berlin and online. Under the motto "Knowledge Management works. – Wissensmanagement funktioniert." the focus will be on two questions:

What works well in knowledge management in organizations? Present your best practices, successful strategies and innovative approaches in the respective organizational context.
What has been successfully established over the years? We look forward to case studies and best practices from business, public administration, foundations and associations.

Share your experiences and insights on successful knowledge management! Let's find out together how knowledge management works successfully in practice.

WHEN: Thurstay, 10 October 2024, 1pm–6 pm and Friday, 11 October 2024, 9am–4pm

WHERE: frizzforum, Friedrichstr. 23, 10969 Berlin, Germany and online

The KnowledgeCamp is a barcamp and will take place in the tried-and-tested hybrid format, i.e. in person on site and with the option of virtual participation. A curated track will also be offered parallel to the barcamp. The contributions presented will be selected in advance by the GfWM programme team along the #gkc24 theme.

Members of the SKMF Swiss Knowledge Management Forum can participate on site in Berlin at a reduced price of EUR 79.00 (regular price EUR 119.00). Online participation costs 29.00 EUR.

You can register now by purchasing a ticket at: https://gfwm.de/gkc24/#anmeldung

New IKF courses (in German) - CAS Knowledge Management & Organizational learning will begin on November 15, 2024. SKMF members will receive a 5% discount on the total course fee (7'000.- CHF)

Next KMGN Roundtable on Tacit Knowledge Management in the Era of AI will take place on September 18, 2024. Pavel Kraus is on the expert panel. Registration on Eventbrite

KMGN Course 2024: Leveraging The Value Creation of Tacit Knowledge

How can we make effective use of tacit knowledge in our organizations? The upcoming Knowledge Management Global Network (KMGN) online course offers an opportunity to answer this question.

Course details: KMGN course 2024 (English)
Registration: Eventbrite – KM-Course 2024 (Fees: 100 USD for SKMF members, otherwise 200 USD)

Call for SKMF Roundtable Contributions

Would you like to initiate a SKMF Roundtable discussion?

SKMF members are a unique group in Switzerland. We come from a large variety of industries and meet via an inspiring program of Roundtable discussions on leading KM topics.

As a SKMF Member Benefit, you are invited to contribute to the SKMF Roundtable program:

Receive useful feedback on your work
Build your professional network
Learn how different industries solve similar challenges
Share your knowledge
Enrich the SKMF Roundtable program

You only need to focus on your content. SKMF will take care of everything else. Simply send us your Roundtable discussion topic in a few sentences and we will get back to you: p.kraus@skmf.net.

SKMF has joined the global network of knowledge management organizations KMGN. Among other activities we will focus in 2023 on Business aligned or evidence based KM - how to convince executives about KM. This topic started with the KMGN Clinique in October 2022. KMGN is also offering advanced methodologies courses, currently focusing on «Value Creation with tacit knowledge». The next course starts February 14, 2024. Link.

The next SMP project management congress will take place on Thursday April 4, 2024 in Lausanne.
As an SMP partner, we are calling all interested speakers to submit their applications by the end of November. Presentations in English are welcome too.
For more information please click here.

At the general assembly in Bern SKMF members have updated the statues (bylaws). They can be downloaded here. (in German)