Asian Knowledge and Innovation Forum (AKIF)*

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The one-day Asian Knowledge and Innovation Forum (AKIF), formerly the Asian Knowledge Forum, provides a rare occasion in which all management and organizational development professionals and practitioners can benchmark and review annually their know-how with the real work practices from companies and organizations. These corporations have won success in their world-class services from satisfying customers, clients and stakeholders through using knowledge technology and leveraging their hidden organizational knowledge.

The main organizer of the forum is the Knowledge Management and Innovation Research Centre at the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Hong Kong Polytecnic University.

Conference History:

Asian Knowledge and Innovation Forum (AKIF), 30 June 2020, Hong Kong, China / Virtual venue
Conference Theme: Exploring Smart Technology-Led Transformation and Innovation
(in conjunction with the 2019 Hong Kong Most Innovative Knowledge Enterprise (MIKE) Award Presentation Ceremony; Co-organizer: Arup University)

• Pre-conference Masterclasses (CANCELLED): Foresight: exploring the implications of Megatrends (Jun 29)
• Keynotes:
  How artificial intelligence and cloud can fuel digital transformation in business
  Planning of a smart hospital
  ProTech: Integration of information technology in building projects
  Rewriting our brain to exploit collaboration, innovation and learning in the age of digitalisation (CANCELLED)
  How to overcome the challenges of remote collaboration
  Closing Keynote (CANCELLED)

  Interactive workshops (CANCELLED): Exploring the winning recipies of a knowledge management programme

  Hong Kong MIKE Award Presentation
  Presentation/Sharing by Hong Kong MIKE winners

• Pre-/Post-conference Site Visits (CANCELLED): Electrical and Mechanical Services Department Headquarters – Innotour (Jun 29); Sino Innovation Laboratory (Jun 29); Explorium Hong Kong, Fung Academy (Jun 30)
• Co-located events: HKKMS meeting: Opportunities and challenges in Learning & Teaching during the Covid-19 era: Experience gained from HKPolyU (Jun 29); (CANCELLED) Knowledge Management Global Network (KMGN) Conference (Feb 12)

Note: The forum was scheduled for 29-30 June and Februalry 10-11, 2020.

Asian Knowledge and Innovation Forum (AKIF), 25 April 2019, Hong Kong, China
Conference Theme: Knowledge Technology Leading To Innovation
(in conjunction with the 2018 Asian Global Most Innovative Knowledge Enterprise (MIKE) Award Presentation Ceremony; Co-organizer: Arup University)

Keynotes:
Innovation in construction industry
Co-creating cutting-edge living environment with Sino (CANCELLED)
Knowledge management implementation in Huawai (CANCELLED)
Business analytics in aviation management: Decision support applications with data modelling
The innovation landscape in the UK and case sharing
Institutional knowledge Management in the era of big data and artificial intelligence

MIKE Award Presentation Ceremony
Global MIKE Award winners case sharing

Asian Knowledge Forum, 17 March 2018 (afternoon), Beijing, China
(in conjunction with the International Conference on Innovation & Knowledge Management (iKM), Mar 17-18, and the Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise Award (MAKE2017) Presentation Ceremony)

Keynotes:
Smart capital and innovation
From knowledge management to artificial intelligence—thinking and practice of building a smart organization

2017 MAKE Awards Ceremony
Best Practice Sharing of 2017 China, Asian and Global (IOU) MAKE Award winners

Special Events:
Innovation and Knowledge and Management Alliance Launch Ceremony
Launch Ceremony of the Most Innovative Knowledge Organization (MIKE) Award

Asian Knowledge Forum, 12-13 January 2017, Hong Kong
Conference Theme: Enhancing Service Innovation in the Age of Digitalization From Design Thinking to Service Innovation
(in conjunction with the Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise Award (MAKE2016) Presentation Ceremony; Co-organizer: Hong Kong Knowledge Management Society)

• Keynotes:
  Can Design Thinking Help us Understand What it Takes to Survive and Thrive in an Exponential World?
  What is not a Service Business Today
  Future Center and its Support to Open Innovation
  Asia Miles Stakeholders-Centric Innovation – How Corporates can innovate with Design Thinking and Human Centered Innovation?

  Round Table Discussion: How to Implement Design Thinking to Innovation Services

  Luncheon (MAKE Award Presentation Ceremony)

  Service Innovation (sharing session)

  Service Innovation (caes presentations)
  AFCONS – Leader in Adoption of Digitalization in Infrastructure Sector
  Enhancing Knowledge-based Innovation Strategies for Sustainable Competitive Advantage
  Discover Better Answers – Our Digital Platform to Harness the Insights of Our People
  Accelerating Knowledge Activation through Digitalization
  Knowledge Management Technique for Enhancing Company Brand Image Building
  Hong Kong Police Force as a Knowledge Enterprise Seeking Perpetual Service Enhancement
  Enhancing Service Innovation through Leadership in Learning
  Enhancing Clients’ Satisfaction through Better Web Services in Korea Water Resources Corporation
  Digital Intelligence – Knowledge Management for Futuristic Business

• Post-conference Company Visits (Jan 13): Marvel Digital Limited, Woods Bagot, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation

Asian Knowledge Forum, 21-22 January 2016, Hong Kong, China
Conference Theme: All companies are the same, but how they manage their knowledge makes the real difference
(in conjunction with the Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise Award (MAKE2015) Presentation Ceremony)

• Pre-conference Seminars: Knowledge Management and Big Data 2.0
• Keynotes
  The Winning Recipe of Knowledge Management Implementation in Enterprises
  Operationalizing Knowledge Management in the SAF
  Knowledge Management Practices and Trends in China
  Knowledge Management Torches Research, Development and Innovation at COFCO
  Creating Values in Delivering Public Architecture through Learning & Knowledge Management

  Luncheon (MAKE Award Presentation Ceremony)

  MAKE Company Presentations
  Making Company Knowledge Bite-sized and Portable – the Arup Burst
  The Role of IT in Knowledge-based Management at Bandar Imam Petrochemical Co.
  Strategy Management and Knowledge-based Management at Bank Pasargad
  Reflection on Knowledge Management Implementation in the Education Sector
  Powering New Era through Continuous People Development
  Transforming Knowledge at EY
  Accelerating Growth through Knowledge Management
  Leveraging Disruptive Technologies for Fostering KM Program
  Ways to Induce Voluntary Participation from Employees to Knowledge Management
  The Process Oriented Knowledge-based Management at Mobarakeh Steel Co.
  Implementation of Five Priorities Strategic at PT Pertamina (Persero)
  Journey to the Next Level
  Outlook and Trend about Knowledge Management
  TELKOM Indonesia, Strongest by Best People
  Knowledge Management Practices in Retail Industry
  Knowledge Innovation for Creating Value to Customers
  Ready – Steady – Go – The Creation of an Agile Knowledge Platform

  Knowledge Market (Participants meet with speakers in round tables)

• Post-conference Company Visits (Jan 22): CLP Power Hong Kong Limited, Hong Kong Police Force

Asian Knowledge Forum, 13-15 January 2015, Hong Kong, China
Conference Theme: Sustaining your business through knowledge productivity
(in conjunction with the Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise Award (MAKE2014) Presentation Ceremony; Co-organizeer: the Hong Kong Productivity Council)

• Pre-conference Workshops: Social Media and Social Knowledge for Business; Knowledge Management for SMEs; Big Data and Knowledge Management
• Opening Speeches:
  Knowledge Management Sharing
  Knowledge Lights Organizational Intelligence
  Why Knowledge Management – for a Global Consulting Firm?

  Sharing by winners of MAKE Award (Asian, Hong Kong and Mainland China)

  MAKE Award Presentation Ceremony cum Dinner Banquet

• Post-conference Company Visits (Jan 14/15): Hong Kong Productivity Council, Arup, Hong Kong and China Gas Co. Ltd., Huawei, KM Organization in Shenzhen (to be confirmed)

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