Presenter:

Dr. Cindy Gordon, CEO, Helix Commerce International Inc.

Cindy speaks about Web 2.0, virtual worlds, and some research highlights from her upcoming book, 2bevirtual or Not!

Evolution to Web 2.0:

1st wave = email, calendar, discussion forums, group scheduling, groupware

2nd wave = virtual workspaces, instant messaging, portals, web conferencing

3rd wave = blogs, wikis, RSS, social networks, social bookmarking, [...]

Panelist #1:Tom Reamy, Chief Knowledge Architect, KAPS GroupTom talks about the history of ideas, and the future of KM.The crisis in KM:

Rumours of the death of KM
CIO is reporting to the CFO, not the CEO
Second or Third Identity Crisis re: what KM is; feels like we’re lurching, not building
Web 2.0 is not the answer, whatever the [...]

Presenter:

Peter Andrews, Innovation Strategist & Senior Consulting Faculty Member, IBM Executive Business Institute

The needs of the previous generation are very different from today. In today’s context, things change very quickly. Major Web 2.0 tools include:

Blogs and podcasts
social networks
mash-ups and wikis
tags and syndication
virtual worlds

The problem is that many executives don’t get it, so the executive blog is [...]

Presenter:Dave Pollard, VP Knowledge Development, Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants 

Dave’s talk outlines the early KM efforts, from the early days in 1994, to present. He also speaks about where KM is going in terms of the ways the Gen Milleniums are communicating, and the impact of these new communication techniques on the organization.

KM 1.0 model [...]

Presenter: Janus Boye of J. Boye

Janus is a big fan of social media such as wikis and Facebook because they focus on community and knowledge sharing.   Janus presents his Top 4 Knowledge Sharing Enemies:

Intranets – because they are not editable. Wikis can be a solution here.
Knowledge Management – because they tend to be chaotic; there are [...]