APQC, a global leader in knowledge management (KM), benchmarking, and business best practices research, in partnership with Projacs Academy, one of the most successful business training and development companies in the Middle East, is bringing the foremost KM Conference in the U.S. to the Middle East region. The conference will take place 18-19 November at the Ritz-Carlton Dubai DIFC.
"There is a growing realization by leading organizations in the Middle East of the real value knowledge management provides. We are excited to support our members and knowledge management practitioners in the regionwith this event," said Dr. Carla O'Dell, APQC CEO. APQC's roots in knowledge management date back to 1993, when Dr. O'Dell helped found it as a business discipline. Over the last 30 years, APQC has helped hundreds of companies worldwide establish and grow KM practices and has hosted successful KM Conferences and workshops in the U.S. for more than 20 years.
In a business context, knowledge is what employees know about their customers, each other, products, processes, mistakes, and successes, whether that knowledge is tacit or explicit. Knowledge management is a systematic effortthat enables information and knowledge to grow, flow, and create value. Organizations implement KM programs to institutionalize and promote knowledge-sharing practices.
Projacs Academy sponsors and conducts local and international seminars and conferences covering not only Project Management but also a wide range of topics and subjects. "The emergence of new economic dynamics in the region made us realize the significance of KM solutions to various industries and we are eager to host this unprecedented event in collaboration with APQC," said Mr.Luay Khoury, Vice Chairman of Projacs International.
"Conference attendees will benefit from Projacs' deep knowledge of the complex business environment and challenges in the region and APQC's experience and expertise in applying KM approaches to meet those challenges head-on. This partnership is a powerful combination, " said Dr. O'Dell.
Through workshops and keynote presentations, the 2015 APQC MENA Knowledge Management Conference will provide attendees of an understanding of what knowledge management is, why KM is good business, how to build a business case for KM, and how KM supports an organization's most important core processes.
Keynote presenters and panelists are some of the leading experts in KM and represent leading, global organizations. Presenters include CEO's, Chief Knowledge Officers, Global KM Leads, and a professor. Organizations represented include Microsoft, CCC, Schneider Electric, Kuwait Oil Company, NASA (the agency of the United States government responsible for the civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research), Energy Ventures, and Kuwait University.
Information about the conference, presenters, the organizers, and registration can be found at www.kmconference.me and for any further information please send an email to info@kmconference.me
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About APQC
APQC is a member-based nonprofit and one of the leading proponents of knowledge management, benchmarking and best practice businessresearch. Working with more than 750 organizations worldwide in all industries, APQC focuses on providing organizations with the information they need to work smarter, faster, and with confidence. Visit www.apqc.org, call +1.713.681.4020, or follow @APQC and learn how you can Make Best Practices Your Practices®.
About Projacs Academy
Projacs Academy, founded in 1984, has established a first-class reputation synonymous with quality, excellence and success. Projacs Academy is ready for the challenges of the 21st century, reinforcing its existing strengths in Project and Construction Management with a new focus on cutting edge ideas such as BIM, Green Building methods, energy saving construction techniques and other avenues.
Projacs Academy also maintains strategic alliances with world renowned and reputed universities as well as professional institutions ,during this time, Projacs Academy has successfully conducted over 16,300 programmes and conferences for more than 313,640 professionals from around the world. As a result, Projacs Academy is one of the leading Project and Construction Management training, development and service providers in the Middle East and other parts of the world.
For more information please contact:
Samir Rushdy
Head of Conferences Unit
Projacs Academy
T. +(973) 17 228 066
srushdy@projacsacademy.com
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