Call for Papers

ECKM 2006 provides an opportunity for academics and practitioners from Europe and elsewhere who are involved in the study; management, development and implementation of knowledge management initiatives to come together and exchange ideas. In 2006 the conference returns to Central-Europe: the first two conferences were held in Bled, Slovenia, now ECKM returns to the neighboring country: Hungary.

The advisory group for the conference invites submissions of papers on both the theory and practice of all aspects of knowledge management (KM). The conference in September 2006 is seeking quantitative, qualitative and experience-based papers from industry and academe. Topics may include but are not limited to:

Frameworks for conceptualising KM, parameters of the field of study
knowledge creation and sharing mechanisms, knowledge development;
knowledge asset valuation models;
impact on organisational learning;
KM strategies and impact on business strategy,
architectures for KM systems,
integration of knowledge from different groups in an organization,
how to initiate KM, resourcing KM, managing KM projects
KM case studies,
the evaluation of KM, auditing KM;
KM and the Web and e-Business.

In addition to the main conference, there are two mini-tracks.

Auditing knowledge management - Knowledge management in auditing
The relationship between knowledge management (IT) auditing is double: First, it is a great challenge to check the adequacy of knowledge management solutions, therefore auditing knowledge management processes, used tools, procedures, checking efficiency, and value has a great importance of organisational efficiency.

Second, knowledge has a big role in auditing processes. Collecting past practical experiences, industrial best practice is the basis of auditing. Even the most popular IT auditing Methodology, CobIT is a collection of previous best practices, and IT auditing is nothing else but ultimate knowledge management application.

This track invites papers to explore the auditing possibilities of knowledge management solutions, and to present the possibilities of knowledge management in auditing processes.

Role of knowledge in regional cooperations
Since the enlargement of European Union, there is a vital role of cross-border knowledge sharing and utilisation, cooperation of governmental and local authorities in regions. The required knowledge is independent of national borders, but depends on the real needs of EU citizens, therefore the development of cross-border cooperation has a high role.

One of these initiative is the Central-European ALADIN, that is for cooperation in the ICT fields, which are crucial for the development of the Enlarged Europe, particularly e-Business, e-Geomatics, e-Government, e-Health, e-Learning and e-Logistics, and the interactions among them (e-Integration). In this network common ideas and knowledge in teaching and research is shared. Another practical initiative is the "Safe and Secure e-Region" for the cross-border cooperation of different countries.

The track invites solutions to support regional knowledge sharing, transfer and utilisation.

Measuring Intellectual Capital and Intangible Assets
It is widely recognised by both academics and practitioners that intellectual capital and intangible assets are key performance drives, not only for companies, but also for many public sector organisations as well as cities, regions, and countries. However, a key problem is still how to measure these elusive assets.

Whereas most accountants and economists are resigned to the fact that an objective and all-encompassing measurement approach for intellectual capital and intangible assets is not achievable, many disciplines are not tackling the issue of how to measure intangibles from a broader perspective.

This track welcomes submissions of papers that discuss the measurement and assessment of intellectual capital and intangible assets.

Selected papers from the conference will be considered for publication in the Electronic Journal on Knowledge Management, http://www.ejkm.com

Submission details:

Abstract details: The Abstract should be a minimum of 100 and no more than 300 words including keywords to be received by 14 March 2006. Abstracts must include the proposed title for the paper, the full names (first name and surname, not initials), postal addresses and email addresses of all authors and a telephone number for at least one contact author. Please indicate clearly if the contact author is not the lead author.
File type: By form submission.
Full paper: Only required after acceptance of abstract and not to be more than 5,000 words including abstract, keywords and references references (the Harvard referencing rules need to be followed). Submission date will be no later than 9 May 2006.

Important information:

The selection panel of the conference committee will consider all abstracts received by the submission deadline to ensure that the proposed paper is relevant to the Conference.
The authors of abstracts that describe a relevant paper will receive a notification of abstract selection.
All full papers will be double-blind reviewed by members of the conference committee to ensure an adequate standard, that the proposed subject of their abstract has been followed, that the paper is of a suitable length, the standard of English is adequate and the paper is appropriately referenced.
For authors whose first language is not English we request that you have your work proofread preferably by a native English speaker prior to submission (or at least a fluent English speaker) – papers may be rejected due to a poor standard of English.
Papers that are accepted will be published in the conference proceedings providing at least one author registers and presents the work at the Conference (see the registration section of the conference website for more information about registration).
Due to the large number of papers expected for this conference, the committee only allows an author to present one paper. Therefore if multiple papers are accepted for presentation different co-authors need to present each paper.

Important dates:

Abstract submission deadline: 14 March 2006
Notification of abstract acceptance: 28 March 2006
Full paper due for review: 9 May 2006
Notification of paper acceptance: 20 June 2006
Final paper due (with any changes): 4 July 2006

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