<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT size=2>*********************************************</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT
size=2>* We
appologize for multiple
copies *</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>*********************************************</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" align=left><FONT
size=2> </FONT><FONT
size=3>5th International Conference on </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left> Practical Aspects of Knowledge Management</DIV>
<DIV
align=left> <A
href="http://www.dke.univie.ac.at/pakm2004">www.dke.univie.ac.at/pakm2004</A></DIV>
<DIV align=left> 2.-3. December
2004, Vienna, Austria</DIV>
<DIV
align=left>
CALL FOR PAPERS</DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2>AIMS AND SCOPE:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2>================</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2>To succed in a world characterisied by the
accelerating pace of the "internet age", organisations must efficiently leverage
their most valuable and underleveraged resource: the intellectual capital of
their highly educated, skilled, and experienced employees. The compression of
communication cycles and the omnipresence of information forces enterprises to
seek a faster return on knowledge - knowledge that ages rapidly in a market
place brimming with innovation. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2>PAKM2004 addresses all aspects of Knowledge
Management and their role in next-generation business solutions. We seek
original contributions in the triangle of business and organization sciences,
cognitive science, and computer science that represent a true advancement beyond
the state-of-the-art of Knowledge Management:</FONT></DIV>
<UL>
<LI>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2>Building and maintaining knowledge
inventories<BR>- knowledge directories<BR>- automatic creation of semantic
annotations<BR>- skill management</FONT></DIV>
<LI>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2>Collaboration and knowledge sharing<BR>- social
and cultural aspects of knowledge sharing communities<BR>- collaboration
platforms<BR>- integration of processes across organizational
boundaries</FONT></DIV>
<LI>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2>Capturing and securing knowledge<BR>- knowledge
capturing within business processes<BR>- lessons learned and debriefing<BR>-
organizational memories</FONT></DIV>
<LI>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2>Knowledge utilization <BR>- content-oriented
search through ontology-based sematic annotations<BR>- integration of
knowledge and business processes<BR>- graphical user interfaces for retrieving
and visualizing knowledge</FONT></DIV>
<LI>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2>Developing new knowledge<BR>- innovation
management<BR>- ontology learning and development<BR>- knowledge mining (from
data, text and the Web)</FONT></DIV>
<LI>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2>Measurement<BR>- measuring the benefits of
knowledge management solutions<BR>- benchmarking<BR>- intellectual capital
</FONT></DIV></LI></UL>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2>Important Dates: <BR>============</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>- Submission of papers by August, 2, 2004 </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>- Acceptance notices mailed by September, 20, 2004
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>- Final, camera-ready papers due by October, 25,
2004</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Conference Chairs:<BR>==============</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Prof. Dimitris Karagiannis, University of Vienna,
Austria</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Dr. Ulrich Reimer, Business Operations Systems,
Switzerland</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Program Committee:</FONT><FONT
size=2><BR>===============</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Kemal A. Delic, Hewlett-Packard, France<BR>Prof. Joaquim
Filipe, Escola Superior de Tecnologia Setubal, Portugal<BR>Naoki Fukuta,
Shizuoka University, Japan<BR>Prof. Norbert Gronau, University of Oldenburg,
Germany<BR>Prof. Ulrich Geske, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft FIRST, Germany<BR>Prof.
Kurt Hinkelmann, FH Solothurn Nordwestschweiz, Switzerland<BR>Prof. Hans
Hinterhuber, University of Innsbruck, Austria <BR>Prof. Achim Hoffmann,
University of New South Wales, Australia<BR>Dr. Manfred Jeusfeld, University of
Tilburg, Netherlands<BR>Dr. Byeong Ho Kang, University of Tasmania,
Tasmania</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Edith Denman-Maier, Donau University Krems, Austria<BR>Prof.
Frank Maurer, University of Calgary, Canada<BR>Prof. Hermann Maurer, Technical
University of Graz, Austria<BR>Prof. Katharina Morik, University of Dortmund,
Germany<BR>Prof. Nicos Mylonopoulos, ALBA, Greece <BR>Debbie Richards, Macquarie
University, Australia<BR>Prof. Bodo Rieger, University of Osnabrueck,
Germany<BR>Dr. Isabel Seruca, Universidade Protucaleuse, Portugal<BR>Prof.
Stefen Staab, University of Karlsruhe, Germany<BR>Prof. Rudi Studer, University
of Karlsruhe, Germany<BR>Dr. Ulrich Thiel, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft,
Germany<BR>Prof. Klaus Tochtermann, I-Know Center Graz, Austria<BR>Prof. Erich
Tsui, Computer Sciences Corporation, Australia<BR>Fritjof Weber, University of
Bremen, Germany<BR>Dr. Rosina Weber, Drexel University, USA<BR>Takahira
Yamaguchi, Shizuoka University, Japan</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Contact and Further Information:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>========================</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><STRONG>Prof. Dr. Dimitris Karagiannis</STRONG><FONT
size=2><BR><STRONG>Elena-Teodora Miron</STRONG><BR>University of
Vienna<BR>Institute for Computer Science and Business Informatics <BR>Department
of Knowledge Engineering <BR>Brünner Str. 72<BR>1210 Vienna, Austria<BR>Phone:
+43-(0)1-4277-38481<BR>Fax: +43-(0)1-4277-38484<BR>E-Mail:
pakm2004@dke.univie.ac.at<BR><A
href="http://www.dke.univie.ac.at/pakm2004">www.dke.univie.ac.at/pakm2004</A></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> </DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>