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At the Knowledge Architecture Connect Conference (KA Connect), the annual Knowledge Management conference for the AEC Industry, senior and emerging leaders from top Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) firms will gather to learn strategies and tactics for building successful knowledge management programs. Attendees will have ample time to network and collaborate with their peers in breakout groups.

If you are passionate about helping your AEC firm create, share, and manage knowledge more effectively, this is the conference for you.

Conference History:

12th KA Connect 2024, August 13-16, 2024, Sundance, UT, USA

Sub-title: A Knowledge Management Conference for the AEC Industry
Conference theme: TBD

Note: KA Connect will be “half conference, half [bar]camp,”.

Conference Program TBD

General Session Presentations:
The Revolution of Knowledge Management at Turner Fleischer
Behind the Scenes of ELEVATE: KTGY’s Professional Development Program
Designing a Successful Hybrid Practice
Knowledge Management: The Secret to Unlocking Sustainable Design
Lessons in Growth: Maintaining Authenticity in Design & Culture at Olson Kundig
The Impact of Knowledge Management on a Growing and Evolving Page

Roundtables:
Knowledge Management
Organizational Development
Learning + Development
Internal Communications

Intranet Tours
Unconference Hangouts
Nature Activities

11th KA Connect Virtual Deep Dives 2020/21, May 5, 2020 – May 20, 2021, San Francisco, CA, USA Virtual location

Sub-title: A Knowledge Management conference for the AEC industry
Conference theme: The Art of Change

Note: Instead of the conference originally scheduled for April 28-29, 2020, there will be a series of virtual deep dives into “Change Leadership and Knowledge Management” starting in May 2020

“Change Leadership and Knowledge Management” virtual deep dives:
Experiments in Virtual Knowledge Sharing at Shepley Bulfinch / May 20, 2021
Book Club: Think Again / Apr 29, 2021
Culture Change / Mar 18, 2021
The Power of Embedded Change Agents / Feb 18, 2021
Employee Resource Groups @ FXCollaborative / Jan 21, 2021
Strategies for Managing Project Metrics at LS3P / Dec 17, 2020
Experiments in Virtual Knowledge Sharing at Shepley Bulfinch / Nov 12, 2020 (CANCELLED; was planned for Sep 24, 2020)
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at Perkins and Will / Oct 15, 2020
Building Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Organizations / Aug 20, 2020
Learning as a Strategy for Organizational Change / Jul 9, 2020
Leading Change / Jun 11, 2020
Designing GMB for Continuous Change and Growth / May 21, 2020
What Now, KM? Knowledge Management in a Time of Rapid Change and Uncertainty / May 14, 2020
Leading Change / May 5, 2020

10th KA Connect 2019, April 30 – May 1, 2019, San Francisco, CA, USA

Sub-title: A Knowledge Management Conference for the AEC Industry
Conference theme: Elevating the Employee Experience

Keynotes:
How to Design an Exceptional Employee Experience
Design Better Intranets through User-Centered Design

Presentations:
Continuously Improving the Employee Experience
Organizational Listening at HGA
The Networked President: Using Social Media to Improve Recruiting and Retention
Delivering on the “One Firm” Promise
Building a Best-In-Class AEC HR Function
The Hidden Benefits of Developing a Teaching Organization
Engaging Engineers with Company Wide Collaboration at AEI
Orchestrating Cultural Transformation through Communications and Collaboration
A Sustainable Approach to Technical Content Maintenance
From “What is Knowledge Management?” to Trusted Advisor in Four Years
Ask the Room – Collaborative Discussion

9th KA Connect 2018, May 1-2, 2018, San Francisco, CA, USA

Sub-title: A Knowledge Management Conference for the AEC Industry
Conference theme: Building a Learning Organization

Keynotes:
Lessons Learned from Lessons Learned
Collaborative Communications: The Key to Business and Culture Change

Interactive Activity + Discussion: Lessons Learned

Presentations:
How a Single Event Influenced the Culture of Sharing Lessons Learned at MKA
Knowledge Reviews in the Flow at Arup: Lessons on the Journey So Far
Operationalizing Lessons Learned at Boulder Associates
Improving Knowledge Flow: The AEC Lessons Learned Pipeline
Onboarding Knowledge and Talent within DLR Group
A Framework for Collaboration and Quality: SMMA’s ISO 9001 Journey
Learning as a Strategic Priority at Turner Fleischer Architects
Integrating Offline and Online Learning at Civiltech Engineering
Learning at RATIO: Building Culture Through Networked Learning
Immersive Virtual Reality as a Knowledge Transfer Tool
Fail It Forward
Crowdsourcing Technical Knowledge at Bergmeyer

8th KA Connect 2017, May 2-3, 2017, San Francisco, CA, USA

Sub-title: A Knowledge Management Conference for the AEC Industry

Sessions:
Keynotes, Critical Knowledge Transfer Case Studies, Case Studies, Interactive Exercise

Keynotes:
How to Make Knowledge Management Succeed
Deep Smarts and Core Capabilities
Connecting Knowledge Strategy to Business Strategy
Secrets of T-Shaped Problem Solvers

Presentations:
Principles of Design Behavior: A 360° View of Knowledge
Seeking Our Higher Gear: Elevating Performance Through Ethnography
Panning for Gold: Finding Critical Knowledge Mid-Stream at Dewberry
Experiments in Critical Knowledge Transfer at Shepley Bulfinch
Key Takeaways: Critical Knowledge Transfer Research Project
An Interactive Dashboard to Transfer Critical Knowledge
Knowledge Management in Action: Berry Island Workshop
Teach Them How to Fish: Enhancing Technical Learning with Knowledge Management Strategies

7th KA Connect 2016, May 10-11, 2016, San Francisco, CA, USA

Sub-title: A Knowledge Management Conference for the AEC Industry

Sessions:
Keynotes, Investing in Knowledge Infrastructure, Tales of Transformation, The State of Knowledge Management in AEC, Deep Dive: Working Out Loud, Smarter by Design, Knowledge Management Leader Spotlight, The Evolving Nature of Knowledge Management, Knowledge Management Tactics Showcase

Keynotes:
Launching NASA’s Knowledge Management Program
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Knowledge Management Organizations
Architecting a Collaborative Culture Using TheCR’s Working Out Loud Framework

Presentations:
From Peer Groups to Communities of Practice: A 20-Year Journey
Behind the Scenes of Shive-Hattery’s Leadership Development Program
Connecting Client Feedback to Organizational Improvement at Haley & Aldrich
Data Visualization and Space Analytics at Ayers Saint Gross
Smarter by Design: A Knowledge Management Manifesto for the AEC Industry
#AskFinch: How Shepley Bulfinch Improved Knowledge Sharing through Measurement
The Evolution of Knowledge Management at AEI
7 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Becoming a Knowledge Manager
The AEC Librarian of the Future
Behind the Scenes: Crowdsourcing Internal Marketing Videos
5 Ways to Amplify Your Communities of Practice
Building Knowledge Strategies with Search Data
Push vs. Pull: A Simple Approach to Improve Knowledge Sharing

6th KA Connect 2015, May 5-6, 2015, San Francisco, CA, USA

Sub-title: The Connected Practice Conference

Sessions:
Knowledge is the Business, Research in Practice, Tales of Transformation, The State of Web Communications, A Deep Dive into Social Learning, Smarter by Design, AEC Knowledge Management Survey

Fireside Chats:
Where is Knowledge Management Headed?
The Data on Data-Centric Practices

Panel Discussions:
Connecting with Clients via the Web
AEC Knowledge Management Survey (incl. Key Findings + Insights Presentation)

Case Studies:
Social Learning at LMN Architects
Small Group Reflection: Social Learning Case Study
Introduction to Social Learning Framework
Applying Social Learning Framework to LMN Architects Case Study
Q+A with Social Learning Case Study Team

Presentations:
The Evolution of Arup University
Design Diffusion at KieranTimberlake
Lessons Learned from Array Architects’ Continuous Improvement Journey
Activating Knowledge Sharing at DLR Group
How Do You Model Tacit Knowledge?
Research First: Growing and Developing Intellectual Content at EYP

5th KA Connect 2014, June 3-4, 2014, San Francisco, CA, USA

Sub-title: The Connected Practice Conference

Keynotes:
Lessons from 50 Years of Thought Leadership Blockbusters and Bombs in Management Consulting
Designing for Longevity
The Current and Future State of Wearable Technology

18-Minute Talks:
Lessons from 50 Years of Thought Leadership Blockbusters and Bombs in Management Consulting
Successful Knowledge Transfer During Leadership Transition
Scenario Planning: A Creative Tool for Future Strategies
Short Passes: 5 Ways to Beat Content Anxiety
Designing for Longevity
The 4X4 Model for Winning Knowledge Content
What Transportation Can Be: Technology for the Next Generation
Integrated Knowledge Flow: Enhancing Culture and Practice
Connecting People with Data
The Evolution of Communities of Practice at Parsons Brinckerhoff
Secrets of Great Communities & Community Managers
Change is the New Black: Building a Sharing Culture at Mead & Hunt
No One Knows As Much As Everyone
Buildings: The Ultimate Smartphone Accessory
The Current and Future State of Wearable Technology
The Construction Worker of the Future
Mobile Marketing: What You Need to Know
The A/E Firm Website of 2015
AEC-APPS: Community as a Competitive Advantage

4th KA Connect 2013, May 7-8, 2013, San Francisco, CA, USA

Sub-title: A Conference about Connected Practices
Conference theme: Pushing the Edge of Practice

Sessions & Joint Q+A:
Differentiating on Data, Research: In Practice
The Future of Knowledge Workplaces
Kickoff
Creating a Knowledge Brand
Systematizing Innovation
Designing a Learning Organization

Founder’s Talk:
What Web 2.0 Wants: Secrets of Highly Connected Practices

18-Minute Talks:
The Social Building; Making Big Data Meaningful at Fehr & Peers
Crowdsourced Urbanism: Engaging Communities and Building Better Cities
Research in Transition: Adapting OLIN’s Research Culture to Change
Can an App Save Your Life, and Your City Too?
R&D at Weidlinger: Past, Present, and Future
Communications and Knowledge Management: Evolution to Revolution
Trust: The Key to a Smarter Workplace
Leading Change: Research as Real Estate, Real Estate as Research
Building a Knowledge-Based Practice in the Digital Age
MKThink: Strategy, Architecture, and Innovation
The Landscape of Thought Leadership in the Built Environment Professions
Collaborative Research: Breaking Boundaries by Connecting Practices
From Idea to Inferno: Lighting the Innovation Fire at Kaiser Permanente
Innovation at Perkins+Will
Tales from the Field: Confessions of a Knowledge Manager
DLRUniversity: Design Culture – Culture Connections
EYP’s AE16 Platform: Connecting Generations, Disciplines, & Knowledge

3rd KA Connect 2012, April 11-12, 2012, San Francisco, CA, USA

Sub-title: A knowledge and information management conference for the AEC industry
Conference Theme: Research, Marketing, and Technology in the AEC Industry

Sessions & Joint Q+A:
Building a Research Function
Converting Knowledge into Products
Skunkworks
The Technology Studio
Kickoff
Thought Leadership 2.0
Service Innovation
Social Media
Culture and Research-Based Practice

Founder’s Talk:
The Connected Practice

18-Minute Talks:
R&D; at TEECOM: Past, Present, and Future
Innovation at SOM
Give it Away: The Marketing Impact of Research
Construction Innovation: Not for the Faint of Heart
Modular Futures: Moving from Service to Product Theory
From Prototype to Product: A Collaborative Journey; From Prototype to Product: A Collaborative Journey; R&D: Reinvention and Design; Engineering Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities
Bricolage and Bootstrapping: Iterative Innovation at Turner
The Third Teacher: Analog, Digital, Practice
The Social Nature of Engineers
Engineering Content: The Story of Arup Thoughts
Correlating Design and the Bottom Line
Design Refined: Operational Modeling and Simulation at RTKL
Competing On More Than Design
Research-Based From the Start: Creating a New Healthcare Studio
Launching into Research: HKS and CADRE
Marrying Research and Intuition

Lightning Talks:
How to Scale a Skunkworks Project
Mobilizing EYP
Still Coding After All These Years
The Story of Project Orange
Giving an Old Technology a New Lease on Life
Using Social Media to Connect to Partners and Clients
The Story of Landscape Urbanism
Brand Strategy in the Social Sphere

2nd KA Connect 2011, April 27-28, 2011, San Francisco, CA, USA

Sub-title: A knowledge and information management conference for the AEC industry
Conference Theme: Teaching, Methodology, and Tools in the AEC Industry
(Part of the Knowledge Week San Francisco)

Sessions w. Panels & Breakouts:
Teaching, Methodology, Tools, Culture

Blue Sky Talks:
A16: A Revolutionary Program for Up/Down Mentoring
Knowledge-Driven Strategy
Organizing Around Intellect
Custom Tools for Wicked Problems
Cultural DNA: The Key to Competitive Advantage
Two Degrees of Separation
Fabricating the Future
Learning to be Lean
You’ve Got a Secret…And You Shouldn’t
Occupant Satisfaction and Sustainable Design
Harvesting Knowledge and Evidence in the Wild
Design Research and the 21st Century Hospital
Data Mining for Design
Social Media @HOK
A New Collaboration Framework For Design and Manufacturing
The Power of the Knowledge Broker
Knowledge Generation for the Small Firm
Tools and Resources that Support EBD in Healthcare

Pecha Kucha Talks:
Great Organizations Give Up Control
Working the Biggest Room Possible
The Path to Enterprise Collaboration
Moving from Building Design to Product Design
Engineering is Poetry
Get Uncomfortable…That’s When It Gets Good!
Creating Organizational Learning Agility
Capturing Distilled Knowledge on Video
Activating Knowledge: Data-Driven Design
IT as an Enemy of Innovation
How to Speak BIM
Why the Future Looks IPD-ish
What the AEC Industry Can Learn from Farmville
What About Me? Retention in the Recovery
Video: Consumer Toy or Power Tool?
The Unstructured Landscape of the Knowledge Worker
Sales: The Fountain of Sustainability
What’s AEC for Entrepreneur?
Leveraging Internal Experts to Build a Learning Program
Flying Together
Digital Fabrication: 7 Steps to a New Workflow
Data Mining and BIM
Curating Digital Design Data
Collecting Evidence is a Team Sport
BIM’s ‘First Mile’ Problem
Benchmarking Isn’t Just Benchmarking
Make Project Management Cool
Teaching 2.0
What You Really Want to Know About Clients
One Project at a Time is Not Fast Enough

Co-located Events:
Understanding Evidence-Based Design, Apr 26 (Orga.: American Institute of Architects, San Francisco Chapter)
KA Client Roundtable, Apr 29

1st KA Connect 2010, April 9-8, 2010, Chicago, IL, USA

Conference theme: How We Build, Practice and Collaborate in the AEC Industry
Sub-title: A knowledge management conference for the AEC industry

Sessions w. Panels & Breakouts:
How We Build, How We Practice, How We Collaborate, How We Learn

Blue Sky Talks:
Parametric Design Knowledge
Design-Build-Bid: A New Delivery Process
Award-Winning BIMs; Unpacking the Mental Blender
Collaborative Knowledge – Synaptic Connections
There are four P’s in Practice
Managing Aspiration and Complexity
If Not Now When? IPD Collaboration
On Collaboration
5 Ways to Supercharge Your Staff Development Efforts
A 12-Step Program for a Learning Organization
Good Looking Dinosaurs: Leverage your Human Capital to Avoid Extinction

Pecha Kucha Talks:
Game Development: An Unlikely Muse
Collaboration, Technology, and Sustainability
Architects Don’t Think: The Role of Thinking in Architectural Process
Building Element Models and Cataloging Tools: Current and Future Trends
CAD Metaphors
Engaging the Tools
Crafting The Digital Project Story
Where’s the Intelligence in BI?
Operational Frameworks
Knowledge, Knowledge Everywhere …
Communicating Value to Your Clients and Prospects
Embracing the Unusual: Confessions of a Five-Minute Manager
Stretch: A Parametric Model for Communication
How to Leverage Corporate Social Media Tools
A Wiki for Your Thoughts
Leveraging Images for Knowledge Management
The Reemerging Midcareer Professional’s Companion
A Change Will Do You Good!
The Power of Giving it all Away
Social Media Strategy for the A/E/C Industry
Storytelling: The Key to Marketing Knowledge
Training Reconsidered: Delivering Understanding
People You Meet in a Knowledge-Driven Firm