KM Australia is happening in Melbourne in a couple of weeks (August 4-6). The theme for this year is “The Discovery and Re-Discovery of Knowledge.”

Knowledge Management is making a resurgence in all areas. Organisations are realising that they must retain the knowledge not just from retiring baby boomers, but also from Gen Y and Millennials, who tend to move organisations with more frequency than past generations.

These factors brings a reinvention of Knowledge Management as new processes and strategies for collaboration and learning are developed using enhanced and adapted KM practices—giving organisations the opportunity to reap real benefits.

High performing organisations have realised the critical role of knowledge and collaboration in stimulating creativity and enhancing innovation and performance.

There are six post-conference workshops on offer, all of which look great:

Workshop A: A Simple and Effective Approach to Developing Your KM Strategy and Implementing Framework (based on the Working Knowledge CSP Concept | Strategy |Practice (CSP) Model)
Facilitated by: Bill Kaplan, Founder and Principal, Working KnowledgeCSP LLC

Workshop B: Knowledge and Innovation Systems Management in the Public Sector:
A Peer-To Peer Discussion Workshop
Facilitated by: Eight Leading KM Professionals from the Department of Economic Development, Jobs,Transport and Resources, University of Melbourne and Birchip Consulting Group

Workshop C: A Blueprint to KM Sustainability
Facilitated by: Michelle Lambert, Director, Social Media Navigator
Cory Banks, Social Architect, Microsoft

Workshop D: Building Innovation On Collaboration – The Innovation Sweet Spot
Facilitated by: Alister Webb, Owner, Innosis

Workshop E: KNOWledge SUCCESSion, a strategy for sustained high performance
Facilitated by: Arthur Shelley, Intelligent Answers
Founder: The Organizational Zoo Ambassadors Network
Author: The Organizational Zoo & Being a Successful Knowledge Leader
New Book out mid 2015: KNOWledge SUCCESSion
Cirque Du Soleil – speaker to be confirmed

Workshop F: Serious Games – Knowledge Acquisition, Codification and Sharing
Facilitated by: Michael Sutton, Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business, Westminister College

See more: KM Australia 2015