"Ageing Europe confronts demographic time bomb"

The Times
June 2007
Events
We are active participants at industry and professional events, and host regular discussion forums to exchange academic, practitioner and line management points of view on knowledge transfer.
June 2010 - UKCeB's KMM10 Event

During this period of increased pressure to work more effectively within the aerospace and defence industry, the UKCeB is hosting a Knowledge Management Market Place (KMM10) focused on harnessing the value of experience and know-how to improve performance. Sonia Meadows and Alexandra Lee will be attending to showcase our latest offerings and case studies addressing effective knowledge transfer across the defence and energy sectors. April 2010 - Knowledge and Information Management for Oil and Gas

Deployment of expertise and know-how across the Oil and Gas Industry proved to be a highly topical focus for this two-day event in Aberdeen. Alexandra Lee attended the conference focused on improving performance and developing practical strategies for knowledge and information management. Industry case studies, benchmarks and interactive discussion sessions made this a useful and thought-provoking event.

April 2010 - KorteQ co-authors paper for Nuclear 2010, Romania

KorteQ’s Technology Service Line is co-authoring a paper to be delivered at Nuclear 2010 in Romania. The paper details the implementation of a MS SharePoint knowledge base for the IAEA project on Irradiated Nuclear Graphite Properties and it will be presented to stimulate debate and share best practice with other international research efforts (you may wish to follow the link to log-on and see a section of the knowledge base at work). Such efforts are aimed at solving the scientific and technical issues regarding the most competitive systems of nuclear reactors and the problems that affect or limit the acceptance of nuclear power. Please contact us for a copy of the paper. January 2010 - SharePoint Conference, Microsoft HQ, London

KorteQ consultants recently attended a SharePoint conference hosted at Microsoft’s London Offices. The conference entitled Making the Most of SharePoint presented the latest techniques and methodologies used within the industry to optimise the use of SharePoint within all types of organisations. With the forthcoming release of SharePoint 2010, KorteQ is well positioned to incorporate the latest industry techniques into our services and solutions. January 2010 - Learning Technologies & Skills Event, London Olympia

KorteQ joined many of the seminars at this popular 2-day event, concentrating on the central factors in accelerating learning for leading-edge businesses. Interesting themes include how to re-use knowledge and the increasing convergence between content / knowledge and learning management systems. If you are interested in these themes then please contact roger.clark@korteq.com to explore the ideas! September 2009 - World Nuclear Association: London Conference

Paul Adler, KorteQ CEO, speaks on the topic of Modernising Learning, Development and Knowledge Management at this globally renowned forum with over 700 delegates. Extracts of the material will be available shortly, for further information click here. June 2009 - Industry Seminar Series

KorteQ participated in three seminars, reflecting the increasing interest in effective knowledge transfer and skills development, for the design and engineering sectors.

Campbell-Lange Workshop - London
This afternoon seminar on 16th June entitled "Information re-use and social media" provided an informal environment for attendees to discuss ideas, and explored ways to improve working practices while keeping abreast of evolution of the design industry. For further information click here.

Knowledge Management Marketplace - University of Bath
This one-day showcase event on 10th June focused on Knowledge Management in engineering: combining presentations, exhibitions and displays with a discussion panel. KorteQ has been working with the Faculty of Engineering and Design for several years, contributing to its EPSRC-funded research programmes.

St. Cross College - Oxford
KorteQ hosted a private dinner on 29th June for senior industry executives from the Nuclear and Aerospace sectors, with discussion on the topic "Don't Waste a Crisis". March 2009 - Keynote at IET Conference, London

The agenda for "Best Practice Performance in Cloud Computing", the IET's inaugural event shaping the transformation of business through web-hosted applications, included our end-user case study "Demonstrating the Business Case for Cloud Computing". The illustrations drew on emerging international experiences of driving collaboration, content and knowledge-sharing via low-cost infrastructure. September 2008 - Nuclear Decommissioning

Paul Adler presented on "Vital Engineering Know-How: Mitigating the Risks on Major Programmes" as part of the exhibition at this landmark conference sponsored by leading Industry and professional associations. Key imperatives around Safety, Training, Programme Performance, Value-for-Money and Learning from Experience were explored over the course of three days of presentations and debate, culminating with an innovative Knowledge Market for major players in the Nuclear supply chain. March 2008 - Bloor Research Event at the House of Commons

Patrick Mercer, MP OBE, acted as host at a breakfast round table for the KorteQ/Bloor research programme. The topic for debate was "Effective Knowledge Transfer", chaired by Dr. Richard Sykes (pictured), the internationally renowned commentator on the global ICT industry and future business models. Attendees included senior executives from both end-user companies and from the IT industry. June 2007 - Research Programme Launch

KorteQ sponsored an evening discussion forum on the topic "Learning from Experience". Chaired by Lord Butler (pictured), the participants from both public and private sectors contributed to the debate, which forms part of our ongoing research programme with Oxford University.

 

KorteQ News
For topical news stories from key sectors and our role in promoting best practice, please see our news page.

Click Here for more information...