Robert H. Smith
School of Business and EDS Team Up for
Knowledge Management Conference on
November 2
College Park, MD - December 23,
1998 - What is knowledge management?
How is it being used to achieve
competitive advantage? What value does
knowledge management add to an
organization?
These and related questions will be
the focus of a one-day conference
sponsored by the Robert H. Smith School
of Business at the University of
Maryland, College Park, and EDS, a
leader in the global information
services industry. The conference -- Is
Knowledge Management for Real?-- will
run from 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday,
November 2, in Van Munching Hall, home
of the Smith School of Business.
Howard Frank, dean of the Smith
School of Business, and Charles Girard,
senior vice president and managing
principal, Government Consulting
Services, at EDS, will open the
conference at 8:30.
Following is the day's schedule of
presentations and discussions:
9 a.m. What is Knowledge
Management and Should You Embrace It?
Maryam Alavi, The Orkand Professor in
Information Systems, Smith School
10:20 What are the Challenges and
Lessons Learned in Managing KM Projects?
Gregg Wright, Vice President, Strategic
Planning, EDS' Government Industry Group
11 Department of Defense Case
Study Presentation and Discussion
Lt. Col. Betty Turner, Army Medical
Department
12:15 Luncheon Speech
Dean Howard Frank, Smith School of
Business
1:15 How Can the Business Impact
of Knowledge Management be Measured?
Howard Smith, Managing Consultant, EDS
2:15 Roundtable Discussion of KM
and Government Management in the 21st
Century
Charles Girard, EDS
3:15 What is the Future of
Knowledge Management and What Emerging
Technologies Will Help to Get us There?
Scott Faulkner, American Management
Association International
Representatives from regional
industry and governmental agencies
attending this conference will learn
strategies for implementing knowledge
management and how to leverage current
technology in the process. Media
representatives also are encouraged to
attend.
EDS is the official information
technology services provider for World
Cup 1998. The company's more than
110,000 employees specialize in applying
a range of ideas and technologies to
help business and government clients
improve their economics, products,
services, and relationships. EDS, which
serves clients in 45 countries, reported
revenues of $15.2 billion in 1997.
EDS is headquartered in Plano, TX.
Its eastern region headquarters is
located in Herndon, VA.
To register to attend the
conference--Is Knowledge Management for
Real?--at the Robert H. Smith School of
Business, University of Maryland, please
call (301) 405-2158. Seating is limited.
About the Robert H. Smith School
of Business
The Robert H. Smith School of
Business at the University of Maryland
is an internationally recognized leader
in management education and research for
the digital economy. The school offers
cross-functional study options in its
six academic departments, which include
accounting and information assurance;
decision and information technologies;
finance; logistics, business, and public
policy; management and organization; and
marketing. More information about the
Robert H. Smith School of Business can
be found at
http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu.
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For more information:
Jeff Heebner
Robert H. Smith School of
Business
University of Maryland
(
301.405.9469
jheebner@rhsmith.umd.edu |
