2015 KNOWLEDGE

SCIENCES SYMPOSIUM
WESTERN NY
SAINT BONAVENTURE
UNIVERSITY, NY

PURPOSE
You are invited to participate in the 2015 Knowledge Sciences Symposium on the campus of St.
Bonaventure University in Olean, New York. This program builds on the work of the 2013 Knowledge
Sciences Symposiums where a blueprint for a regional Knowledge Sciences Center was envisioned.
According to Bedford, Lewis & Moon (2014):
In the knowledge economy, there is as much or more knowledge being created outside
of academia as there is within (Peters 2007). Knowledge economy challenges are
chaotic, dynamic and "wicked". The knowledge economy is not as segmented or
hierarchically structured as was an industrial economy the transformation requires
that all sectors and all stakeholders move together rather than move individually.
The following are the desired outcomes of the Symposium:

Develop an action plan for the creation and implementation of a regional Knowledge Sciences
Center.

Provide a knowledge management learning, resource, and networking event.

Engage the community of knowledge management professionals in Western New York with
other business and community leaders as well as with KM professionals the world over.

Break ground for the nations first Knowledge Sciences Center (KSC). Proceeds from the

Symposium will be designated toward the Knowledge Sciences Center.

HOST
The Symposium is a program of Pioneer Knowledge Services, a nonprofit tax exempt corporation with
the charitable purpose of nurturing knowledge cultures. http://www.pioneer-ks.org/programs

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
David Gurteen is the keynote speaker. He is an International KM expert, thought leader and facilitator.
A citizen of the United Kingdom, Gurteen helps people to share their knowledge to learn from each
other and to innovate and to work together effectively to make a difference. http://www.gurteen.com

LOCATION
The campus of St. Bonaventure University, the nations first Franciscan University, located near
Olean, NY, just 75 miles from Niagara Falls. www.sbu.edu

DATE
8-9 October 2015

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