In February 2011 I attended an International Conference on Knowledge Management, entitled: "From Knowledge to Action". Overall, I think that the conference was a good one, with some sessions being more interesting and important than others, at least form my perspective.
Whoever attends/participates such International Conferences knows that, apart from good and challenging presentations from the various experts in the field, an important factor is that you manage to make good contacts.
Through these contacts, one manages to continue the conversations started at the conference. However, one may also challenge his own beliefs or start new ones.
A colleague of mine who was attending the same conference had a discussion morning. Both of us explored a definition of knowledge. We came up with the following concept:
knowledge is information (which is received) which is combined with experience (application), context (situated), adapted (through perception and cognition), becomes a belief (internalized), acquires an attitude (beliefs are intrinsically linked to attitudes) and this influences / motivates behaviour or action.
This concept compliments, and to a certain extent it even maps, the well-known theory: data -> information -> knowledge -> wisdom -> continuum.
Venue
The Conference was held in Innsbruck, Austria. It has snowed for the whole duration of my stay and was a fantastic time for me.
The organizers were fantastic and took care of all the participants' needs as they arose. One last thing to say about the organizers is that they offered us a fantastic dinner. Well done!
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