Using AI to Enable Knowledge Management

Expert Systems 99
Peterhouse College Cambridge
Monday 13th December 1999

Workshop Facilitators

·         Ian Watson – AI-CBR, University of Salford University

·         John Gordon – North West Artificial Intelligence Applications Group

·         Ann Macintosh – Napier University

Agenda

time*

activity

9.35

welcome and housekeeping announcements

9.45

ice-breaker – workshop participants introduce themselves, briefly outlining their background, describing why they are interested in KM and stating what they want to gain from this workshop

10.15

re-write the agenda – is this the agenda you want? It’s not set in stone you can change it now.

10.30

position statements – 5 position papers have been submitted to the workshop, the authors will be given a few minutes to summarise their positions

11.15

coffee

11.30

what is KM - can we agree on a definition of KM?

12.00

group activity – draw an influence diagram (concept map) for KM

12.30

discuss the diagrams – can we synthesise out a single diagram?

1.00

lunch

2.30

discussion – “what has been learned about knowledge in AI”

3.00

discussion – “what currently motivates KM”

3.30

group activity - SWOT analysis for using AI to enable KM

4.00

tea

4.30

group activity – prepare a statement explaining how your group would use AI to enable KM

5.00

future actions – what should we do know, plan for an event in 2000 (ECAI or ES00)???

5.30

close

 



* Times are approximate. The workshop is intended to be a fluid participatory meeting and this agenda is merely a guide to help organise the day.

© 2000 SGES

Last updated January 3rd 2000