[Sigkm-l] UA/Cuba KM Program November 17-21 2003

[S.Michael Malinconico]

The University of Alabama will sponsor a joint program with scholars, 
information scientists, artists and educators from Cuba, THE 
ALABAMA-CUBA CONFERENCE, 17-21 November 2003 (http://www.cuba.ua.edu/)

As part of that program the University of Alabama School of Library and 
Information Studies will host a program on knowledge management.

JOINT UA/CUBA KM RESEARCH INITIATIVES FORUM

A program on knowledge management will be part of the University of 
Alabama's Cuba Week program.  The University has invited the Director 
General of the Cuban "Instituto de Información Científica y Tecnológica 
(IDICT)" (http://www.idict.cu/), Eduardo Orozco, and an IDICT research 
scientist, Enrique Suarez, to participate in this program.  A copy of 
the original proposal can be found at, 
http://webapp.slis.ua.edu/SMMWeb/CubaKMProgram/.

Both of the individuals who have been invited are actively engaged in 
knowledge management programs at IDICT.  In addition, Mr. Suarez planned 
and organized the conference track on KM of a conference that was held 
in Havana in April 2002 and which is to be repeated in April 2004.  Mr. 
Orozco is the coordinator of INFO 2004 (http://www.congreso-info.cu/)and 
Mr. Suarez is again coordinating the sessions on KM.

The IDICT representatives will describe the KM programs in which they 
are engaged.  In addition, time has been allotted in the program for our 
Cuban guests to meet with interested colleagues from The University of 
Alabama and from other institutions in the US to explore possibilities 
for joint UA/Cuban research efforts in knowledge management and to plan 
a UA/Cuba KM conference to be held both at Tuscaloosa and in Havana.  I 
would like to invite you to participate in the Cuba Week program and in 
particular to participate in the forum to explore possible joint 
research efforts and the planning of a joint KM conference.  Online 
registration forms can be found at the UA Cuba Week program Web site, 
http://www.cuba.ua.edu/cubaweek.html.  If you do plan to participate in 
the KM forum, please let me know at mmalinco at slis.ua.edu.

If you are not interested, but know of someone else who might, I would 
be grateful to you if you could give me his or her name and contact 
information or forward this message to him or to her.

Thank you very much for you kind attention to this request.

-- 
S.Michael Malinconico
School of Library and Information Studies
The University of Alabama
Box 870252
Tuscaloosa, AL  35487-0252

Tel:  +1(205)348-8824
Fax:  +1(205)348-3746

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