CTO Brian Moon to serve on Program Committe for CMC2012

The Fifth International Conference on Concept Mapping, to be held in Malta on Sept 17-20, 2012, follows on the success of the first four Conferences held Pamplona, San José, Tallinn/Helsinki and Viña del Mar in bringing together scholars and practitioners from all over the world interested in concept mapping. It is being organized by the University of Malta and the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, USA.

Save the dates and join us in beautiful Malta, get to know its history, visit its islands, and meet concept-mappers from all over the world. In addition to a broad academic programme, an extensive social programme is being planned with a reception at Verdala's Presidential Palace, a banquet at Villa Arrigo, and a pre-conference tour of Sicily. The call for papers is open for oral presentations, posters, and posters without paper, in both English and Spanish. Simultaneous English-Spanish translation will be provided during the conference.

Visit http://cmc.ihmc.us for more information, and follow the conference on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/events/378509432174974/.

The KM Meta-Model : Beta version

CTO Brian Moon and our strategic partners at K3 Cubed Ltd., have released a beta version of The KM Meta-Model. Interested practitioners are invited to review and comment on the model, prior to public release.

Applied Concept Mapping is now available as an e-book

Readers can now purchase or rent Applied Concept Mapping for use on electronic readers at VitalSource Store.

Knowledge CAO Professional Development Certificates

We are thrilled to announce the launch of Knowledge Capture, Analysis, and Organisation and Knowledge Management Professional Development Certificates offered through the University of Edinburgh. CTO Brian Moon and strategic alliance partners David Griffiths and Peter Evans from K3-Cubed/University of Edinburgh, will be the Course Contributors. Courses will be offered in the UK and the USA. See the websites for details.

The State of Knowledge Management

Highlighting the results of the 2011 Knowledge Management Observatory (KMO) Survey developed by our strategic alliance partner, David Griffiths and CTO Brian Moon have co-authored a feature article for KM World Magazine, The State of Knowledge Management: A survey suggests ways to attain more satisfied users.

Franchise Experts

CTO Brian Moon has co-authored "Franchise Experts," for IEEE's Intelligent Systems, which highlights the attributes of individuals whose performance surpasses that of their best teammates and whose presence and contributions are identified with the spirit of the organization.

Knowledge management for the legal community

K3 Cubed Director David Griffiths and CTO Brian Moon have co-authored a feature article in Managing Partner magazine - "Reaping Growth" - which describes the risks of lost knowledge and ways to mitigate the losses in legal firms. The article appears in the October 2011 issue.