Final preparations are complete and we're almost there: TFPL’s ebic is ready as the platform for thought leaders in the knowledge and information management space to share their thoughts and predictions with us. Ebic is additionally an exciting opportunity for delegates to extend their networks with peers from a wide range of organisations.
The
Social Impact Awards later in the evening will showcase the innovative
application of knowledge and information management in the charity and voluntary sectors. Four finalists (ebic
fellows) from a competition run as part of the preparations for ebic will discuss their initiatives with delegates at a welcome reception.
The
finalists are:
- Deaf Parenting UK:
a charity run by deaf parents for deaf parents which has met the
challenge of aiding its key stakeholders by providing a central
resource of information and facilitating educational events to inform
debate and raise issues of interest at the highest levels in
government.
- The Hub:
a unique enterprise which provides a space and medium for a global
membership (currently 3000) of social innovators to do what they do:
innovate.
- Practical Action:
a charity which provides information and knowledge on technology which
can reduce poverty in developing countries. The majority of Practical
Action's users (currently 500,000) are in 13 countries of
direct operation though in total users span the globe.
- Global Village Energy Partnership (GVEP): a thriving global network of 5000 people, the GVEP works to proliferate sustainable energy sources in developing countries. The key challenge addressed by this organisation has been to connect its diverse network, enabling its members to discover each other and share their knowledge and experience effectively.
After the Thursday morning contributions, case studies from speakers Tony Sheehan, Di Martin and Jessica Frankel, the conference will switch to an innovative scenario planning session. Delegates will form groups discussing three possible scenarios of the future corporate world within a KIM framework. These scenario worlds were developed by Pricewaterhouse Coopers in partnership with the James Martin Institute for Science and Civilisation, Oxford:
The Blue World: Corporate is King
- Big company capitalism rules as
- organisations continue to grow and
- individual preferences trump beliefs about corporate social responsibility.
The Green World: Companies Care
- Social responsibility dominates the corporate agenda and
- concerns about demographic changes, climate and sustainability become the key business drivers.
The Orange World: Small is Beautiful
- Companies begin to breakdown into collaborative networks of smaller organisations and
- specialisation dominates the world economy.
Delegates will consider and discuss the following questions in each of the three worlds:
1. What significant developments/events/trends that will impact on KIM (knowledge and information management) activity can we expect/anticipate across the forecasting time-line in this world?
2. What KIM activity would ensure success in this world?
3. What KIM roles and skills would be of value to organisations in this world?
The outputs from these discussions will be recorded and consolidated and the conclusions for each of the worlds will be reported shortly after the conference ends.
On Thursday evening we'll be taking a tour of Berlin before the conference dinner at the orangerie in the Schloss Charlottenburg.
On Friday we will consider the new business and delivery models with Mark Bootherstone, Jeremy Bentley and Lynne Collier. Keynote speaker, Julian Birkenshaw, of the London Business School, will complete the ebic programme with reinventing management.
Stay tuned next week for a daily update of proceeding highlights.
Speaker and facilitator bios can be viewed here and a detailed event programme is available here.
Ewan McIntosh blogged Paul Saffo's keynote on the first afternoon of EBIC: http://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/2008/10/looking-two-tim.html
Posted by: Hazel Hall | 02 October 2008 at 09:47