new for old conferences connecting all professions worth sustaining

[chris macrae]

Has there ever been an open space type of a conference gathering where
people of a profession can meet people of all professions who have come
to believe that professionals should be better at connecting knowhow
than separating their own business case? If so where was it? How large
did it get? Is it still annually convening?

 Here's a different version of this query that has started doing the
rounds. The background in Europe being after 5 years of two
organizations -commercial conference producer and European Union large
virtual community - enabling an annual free to participate congress of
1000+ people paid for exhibitors and the opportunity to join pay for
expert sessions, this year the conference producer says it will cost
about 1000 dollars to join the main event and the virtual community says
it will host a fringe networking event for about 75 dollars a head, and
nobody yet knows if these will be organized in the same place and week,
though  initial promises had been they would (Amsterdam November)

From: Bala Pillai] 
Sent: 26 July 2005 01:04
To: erumbugal at yahoogroups.com; act-km at yahoogroups.com
Cc: 'sangkancil'; minciu_sodas_en at yahoogroups.com
Subject: Evolution of KM Events & The Dinosauring of Under-adaptive
Academics/Specialists?

Dear all,

What's your imminent view on how adaptiveness-rich, or lack thereof,
corporate-nexus KM conferences are, as compared to (a) what emerging
epistemology expectations are and (b) what these events could be? If you
were such an events strategist how would you facilitate your blend of
priorities?

Here's fodder for thought:-

"(Upcoming Amsterdam KM Event) Nobody yet knows what will happen. Will
the
combined event still attract people numbering in their thousands and if
so
will the Fringe be the majority? If so will this be the largest
non-academic event where people come to network around a discipline and
themes chosen by those who come (as opposed to a conference producer or
speakers)?"  Chris Macrae

Chris Macrae wcbn007 at easynet.co.uk 
http://economicstimes.blogspot.com 



 

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