Cogneon Praesentation RKM The Case Of EMN

© COGNEON 2009 Knowledge has to be free!2nd Knowledge Cities Summit 2009

Knowledge City Summit 200905.-07.11.2009 in Shenzen/China

Regional KM – The Case of the Metropolitan Region Nuremberg (EMN)Regional KM – The Case of the Metropolitan Region Nuremberg (EMN)

Sister Cities

since 1997

European Office ofShenzhen in Nuremberg

EuropeanMetropolitan

RegionNuremberg

Shenzhen

Announcement of Cooperation at the 10thanniversary of N/S partnership


Agenda

1. Know who and where we are2. Phase 1: Regional Knowledge Portal3. Phase 2: Knowledge City Committee (KCC)

Regional Knowledge Stakeholder Map 5 Example Knowledge Projects

4. (Success Stories and Lessons Learned)

Hint: download presentation at: http://cogneon.de/node/2932

© COGNEON 2009 Knowledge has to be free!

Authors of this Paper

Medical Valley EMN: expert network for medical technologies, runs science and technology park (STP) for medical technology (IZMP).

Cogneon GmbH: management consultants in the fields of knowledge management, knowledge work, learning organization and knowledge society.

2nd Knowledge Cities Summit 2009

M. Hiegl J. Trinkwalter

S. Dueckert


Main Goal of Knowledge Management:Create, Share and Retain Knowledgeto Sustain Conditions of Survival!

Source: Google Earth.



Knowledge Management in Europe

Population 731 Mio. People 50 Countries > 120 Metopolitan Regions

organized in METREX (Network of European Metropolitan Regions and Areas, http://www.eurometrex.org)

European KM Community „Knowledgeboard“ (http://www.knowledgeboard.com)

KM projects funded by the European Union, e.g. MATURE IP (Knowledge Maturing) Open Futures (Future Centers) European Guide to Good Practice in

Knowledge Management) INCAS (Intellectual Capital Statement) Nepomuk (Personal Semantic Desktop)


Source: Google Earth.


Knowledge Management in Germany

Population 82 Mio. People Claim of new Government:

„Education and Knowledge Republic“11 Metropolitan Regions organized in IKM (http://www.m-r-n.com/3331.html), one field of action is „Knowledge Management and Knowledge Regions“

Knowledge Management Society GfWM with >300 Members

>110 nationwide Communities of Practice called„Competence Networks Germany“ (http://www.kompetenznetze.de)

#3 in Gross National Income (USA 1)#15 in Happy Planet Index (USA 150)


Source: http://www.m-r-n.com.


European Metropolitan Region Nuremberg (EMN)

1 of 120 Metropolitan Regions in Europe (METREX)

1 of 11 Metropolitan Regions in Germany (IKM)

12 Cities and 21 Rural areas Polycentric City-Region Population 3.51 Mio. People € 100 Billion GDP (€ 58k/Cap.) 150.000 Companies 19 Universities Website: http://em-n.eu Member of METREX, Eurocities

and IKM Vision: „Home for Creative“


Source: http://www.m-r-n.com.


EMN Governance Model

Metropolitan Governance Model

Governmental and Non-Governmental Representatives are equal(!) Partners.

> 300 Experts from Politics, Administration, Entrepreneurs, Researchers and Cultural Managers advice in six forums on strategies from their field.

The Council is the decision maker and the democratic heart of the metropolitan region.

EMN Leitbild defines six core fields of expertise.


Source: http://www.em-n.eu.


EMN Vision, Strategic Goals, Core Projects


Source: EMN Newsletter at http://www.em-n.eu.

Vision: Home for Creative

Derived Core Projects

Derived Core Topics


EMN Leitbild


Source: EMN Newsletter at http://www.em-n.eu.

Core Knowledge

Domains

(used for Knowledge

Map)

Growth

Quality of Life


Timeline 2007-2009


Time2007 2008 2009

Establishment of the RegionalKnowledge Portal regiolog.com

Establishment of independentKnowledge City Committee (KCC)

Participation ofGeneral Public

2010


Phase 1: Establishment of a Regional Knowledge

Portaland Design of a Regional Knowledge

Map



Five Goals ofKnowledge Portal regiolog.com

1. To support knowledge sharing between science and business

2. To support regional cooperation in general3. To support (existing and new) social networks4. To enable transparency about existing networks,

events and projects5. To enable dialog about the future of the region


Functions of Knowledge Portal/ Social Network regiolog.com

1. A regional knowledge map as navigation structure and for “tagging”.

2. A yellow page section with profiles for users and organizations.

3. A community section where self organizing communities can collaborate.

4. A regional news section with controlled content from an existing paper magazine.

5. A weblog section where every user of the portal can run an own weblog.

6. A regional event calendar where every user can enter relevant events.


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Hints: portal membership is free for every citizen. Used technology is open source software (Drupal) for easy replication.


Regional Knowledge Map (KMap)

Starting Point was the „Bavarian Cluster Strategy“(19 clusters, 6 in EMN).

Knowlege mapping workshops with knowledge communites from each cluster: Energy technologies Information and communication

technologies Mechatronics and Automation Medical technologies New materials Logistics

KMap Constraints: 3 levels of hierarchy, max. 5±2 entries per level.

Existing local Communities of Intrest an Contacts were mapped


Hints: clicking on topic in the knowledge map shows all content elements tagged with this knowledge domain. Used technology is open source software (FreeMind).


Phase 2: Establishment of a Knowledge City

Committee


- Annual MAKCi Award Nomination -


Knowledge City Committee (KCC)


KCC is independend and decentraly organized(as CSR project)

The main Tasks of the KCC are: Creation and Update of

the „Regional Knowledge Stakeholder Map“

Supporting and Connecting existing „Knowledge Projects“

Running the annual MAKCi Nomination Process

Source: Journal of Knowledge Management. 2006.


Knowledge City CommitteeMAKCi Nomination


MAKCi Award 2008:http://www.regiolog.com/node/2435

MAKCi Award 2009:http://www.regiolog.com/node/2761


Regional KnowledgeStakeholder Map


Yes, the new Silk Road really is a web! All Elements will be mapped to a wiki in 2010.


Hint: the presenters are not responsible for the shown project examples. Project owners are indicated at the bottom of the next five slides to give credit to the project teams.


Example 1: Science Day 2009 „Boundaryless Knowledge“


Owner: Universities in the Metropolitan Region Nuremberg (Organizer is rotating)


Example 2:Long Night of the Sciences


Owner: Kulturidee GmbH, Bavarian Ministry for Science and Research, Siemens, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Medical Valley, GfK, Nürnberger Versicherungen


Example 3:SciConomy PHD Camp 2009


Owner: SciConomy, Scientrepreneur, Kontaktstelle für Wissens- und Technologietransfer


Example 4:Startup Weekend 2009


Owner: Open Source Business Foundation (OSBF)


Example 5: Open Days 2009


Owner: Metropolitan Region Nuremberg


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