KM Conference 2018, 20 - 23 June 2018

Knowledge Management: Research, Organization, and Applied Innovation

Hosted by the Department of Economics and Management, University of Pisa, Italy


Themes: Knowledge Management, Learning, Information Technology


Conference Schedule Overview and Detailed Program

KM Conference Pictures

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Important Dates/Deadlines

  • Submission Deadline of complete papers or abstracts: February 1, 2018 Extended to February 22, 2018
  • Reviews and responses to authors: March 1, 2018 Extended to March 21, 2018
  • Submission of the final version of accepted papers or abstracts: March 28, 2018 Extended to April 17, 2018

What to Submit

  • Full pedagogy/research papers (including work in progress)
  • Abstracts
  • Panels

All submissions are double-blind refereed. See submission requirements here.

High-marked papers will be fast-tracked for publication in the Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management (OJAKM - ISSN 2325-4688), the official publication of the International Institute for Applied Knowledge Management. Other papers and abstracts will be published in the Conference Proceedings.

Registration fee

Early registration (before April 17, 2018), €375
Late registration (after April 17, 2018), €425

Suggested Topics

KM Conference invites empirical and conceptual papers dealing with theoretical and practical aspects of knowledge management, including, but not limited to:

  • Adaptive systems
  • Architectures and design of KM systems
  • Biometrics, Bioinformatics and Healthcare
  • Cybersecurity, Information Security, Ethical and Privacy Concerns
  • e-Learning, m-Learning, Experiential Learning, and Gamification
  • Global and Cross-Cultural Aspects of KM
  • Human Computer Interaction, Multimedia, and Knowledge Visualization
  • Human, Intellectual, Social, and Structural Capital
  • Information Society and Social Networks
  • Integration of Knowledge
  • KM - Analytics, Intelligence and Problem Solving
  • KM - Conceptual Paradigms, System Theory and Development
  • KM - Future Applications and Technology
  • KM - Health and Medicine
  • KM - Project and Risk Management
  • KM - System Initiation, Implementation, and Continuance
  • Knowledge Acquisition, Creation, Discovery, and Sharing Mechanisms
  • Knowledge Economy, Evaluating and Sourcing Knowledge
  • Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
  • Knowledge Services and Sharing – Applications in Business, Education, Government, Healthcare, and More
  • Learning Organization & Organizational Learning
  • Managing Higher Education, Training, and Lifelong Learning
  • Mobile and Ubiquitous Communications
  • Organizational and Interorganizational KM
  • Research Methods and Advanced Statistics in KM
  • Search, Semantics, and Content Management
  • Strategic Aspects of KM


KM2018 Leadership Team


Conference Co-Chairs

Federico Niccolini Meir Russ
University of Pisa,
Italy		 University of Wisconsin - Green Bay,
USA
federico.niccolini@unipi.it russm@uwgb.edu

Program Co-Chairs

Nitza Geri Yair Levy Ewa Ziemba
The Open University of Israel, Israel Nova Southeastern University, USA University of Economics in Katowice, Poland
nitzage@openu.ac.il levyy@nova.edu ewa.ziemba@ue.katowice.pl

KM2018 Conference Organizers and Coordinators

Boštjan Delak Shonda Brown Michelle Ramim Nathan White
Faculty of Information Studies, Slovenia Middle Georgia State University, USA Middle Georgia State University, USA Central Washington University, USA
bostjan.delak@fis.unm.si Shonda.Brown@mga.edu michelle.ramim@gmail.com nathan.white@cwu.edu


KM2018 Program Committee


Program Committee Chairs
Nitza Geri The Open University of Israel, Israel
Yair Levy Nova Southeastern University, USA
Ewa Ziemba University of Economics in Katowice, Poland

Program Committee Members
Nayel Al-Hawamdeh Brunel University, United Kingdom
Azad Ali Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA
Paul Alpar Philipps University at Marburg, Germany
Graziano Aretusi Marine Protected Area "Torre del Cerrano", Italy
Shauna Beaudin Southern New Hampshire University, USA
Dizza Beimel Ruppin Academic Center, Israel
Ofir Ben Assuli Ono Academic College, Israel
Ina Blau The Open University of Israel, Israel
Marko Bohanec University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Steve Bronsburg Nova Southeastern University, USA
Shonda Brown CIGNA Healthcare, USA
Melissa Carlton Nova Southeastern University, USA
Nicola Castellano University of Pisa, Italy
Vincenzo Cavaliere University of Florence, Italy
Witold Chmielarz Management Faculty of Warsaw University, Poland
Dimitar Christozov American University of Bulgaria, Bulgaria
Anat Cohen Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Carla Curado ISEG - University of Lisbon, Portugal
Beata Czarnacka-Chrobot Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
Bostjan Delak Faculty of information studies, Novo Mesto, Slovenia
Helena Dudycz Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland
Monika Eisenbardt University of Economics in Katowice, Poland
Yoram Eshet-Alkalai The Open University of Israel, Israel
Steven Furnell Plymouth University, United Kingdom
Ruti Gafni Tel-Aviv Yaffo Academic College, Israel
Marco Giannini University of Pisa, Italy
John Girard Middle Georgia State University, USA
Michal Golinski Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
Jodi Goode Nova Southeastern University, USA
Jose Luis Guerrero-Cusumano Georgetown University, USA
Julita Haber Fordham University, USA
Robert Hambly Nova Southeastern University, USA
Meliha Handžic International Burch University, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Wilnelia Hernandez University of Turabo, Puerto Rico
Jeretta Horn Nord Oklahoma State University, USA
Anat Hovav Korea University, Korea
Angel Hueca Nova Southeastern University, USA
Pedro Isaias University of Queensland, Australia
Jurij Jaklic University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dorota Jelonek Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland
Oliver Jokisch Leipzig University of Telecommunications, Germany
Frank Katz Armstrong State University, USA
Deanna Klein Minot State University, USA
Alex Koohang Middle Georgia State University, USA
Gila Kurtz HIT - Holon Institute of Technology, Israel
Myungjae Kwak Middle Georgia State University, USA
Anat Lerner The Open University of Israel, Israel
Zoran Levnajić Faculty of information studies, Novo Mesto, Slovenia
Jay Liebowitz Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, USA
Mike Lohle University of Bridgeport, USA
Christiaan Maasdorp Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Magdalena Mądra-Sawicka Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
Gianluigi Mangia University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Eliel Melon University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
Krzysztof Michalik University of Economics in Katowice, Poland
Iwona Miliszewska University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia
Roisin Mullins University of Wales Trinity Saint David, United Kingdom
Federico Niccolini University of Pisa, Italy
Daryl Nord Oklahoma State University, USA
Joanna Paliszkiewicz Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
Ilona Paweloszek Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland
Nuno Pena ISEG - University of Lisbon, Portugal
Paula Peres Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal
Winnie Ng Picoto ISEG - University of Lisbon, Portugal
Michal Pietrzak Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
Przemyslaw Polak Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
Vladislav Rajkovič University of Maribor, Slovenia
Michelle Ramim Middle Georgia State University, USA
Isabel Ramos University of Minho, Portugal
Gilad Ravid Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Meir Russ University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, USA
Dara Schniederjans University of Rhode Island, USA
Aviv Shachak University of Toronto, Canada
Marcin Sikorski Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
Vered Silber-Varod The Open University of Israel, Israel
David Smith Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA
Anna Soltysik-Piorunkiewicz University of Economics in Katowice, Poland
K. Subramani West Virginia University, USA
Eduardo Künzel Teixeira University of the Rio dos Sinos Valley – UNISINOS, Brazil
Bruce Watson Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Nathan White Central Washington University, USA
Jędrzej Wieczorkowski Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
Alessandro Zardini University of Verona, Italy



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