Proceedings: OKMDS (session-08) Concluding Event - Thu 2008.05.29 (01)
The 8th and final event of our "Ontology in Knowledge Management and
Decision Support (OKMDS)" mini-series of activities, representing a
joint NASA-Ontolog-KMWG collaboration, took place on Thursday
29-May-2008. (02)
Upon an inspiring talk jointly given by Ms. Jeanne Holm, (Chief
Knowledge Architect at NASA/Jet Propulsion Lab and Co-chair of the US
Federal Knowledge Management Working Group (KMWG)) and Mr. Andrew
Schain (Chief Technology Officer at NASA/Head Quarters), this OKMDS
series that has been going on for almost 8 months came to a successful
conclusion. The talk was entitled "Connecting People Through
Semantics" which really help put the applications of semantics in
perspective. (03)
The general conclusion from those who were involved with this series
agree that, as a joint community, organizers, speakers, participants,
we have, through exploring at the intersection, collectively managed
to expand the scope on the subject matter. This is especially true for
those who are focused more on a specific field, whether they be
knowledge representation/ontology, knowledge management, decision
support. The series has also fostered collaboration among people who
have not been working together traditionally; and provided a wonderful
educational resource. (04)
A huge "thank you" goes to to all members of the organzing committee
for putting the series together; to all panelists and speakers for
sharing with us their insights and for bringing the invaluable content
and knowledge; and to everyone who was able to participate at the
sessions, whether in the "real world" or "virtual world" setting. (05)
Proceedings of the May-29 session has been captured on our wiki page, at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_05_29 (06)
All resources (agenda, proceedings, attendees, slides, audio
recordings, ... ) for the sessions are archived on the respective
session pages. You will be able find a listing of all the OKMDS events
under:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OKMDS#nid153O
(The link at the end of each entry: "ConferenceCall_yyyy_mm_dd" should
take you to the respective session pages.) (07)
We invite everyone to revisit the contents of these sessions, as they
represent some of the best work being done around each of the specific
topics covered. (08)
Thanks and Regards, (09)
Jeanne Holm Peter Yim
Chief Knowledge Architect, Co-convener,
NASA/JPL & KMWG ONTOLOG
-- (010)
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Peter Yim <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, May 28, 2008 at 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: OKMDS mini-series Concluding Event - Ms. Jeanne Holm &
Mr. Andrew Schain - "Connecting People Through Semantics, and OKDMS
Series Summary" - Thu 2008.05.29
To: Ontology in Kowledge Management & Decision Support
<okmds-convene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (011)
Re: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_05_29 (012)
*REMINDER* (013)
The 8th and concluding event of the joint NASA-Ontolog-KMWG "Ontology
in Knowledge Management and Decision Support (OKMDS)" mini-series is
coming tomorrow - Thursday, 29-May-2008 (starting at 10:30am PDT /
1:30pm EDT / 17:30 UTC). The session will be chaired by Ms. Jeanne
Holm from NASA/JPL. (014)
Speaking at this final episode of the OKMDS mini-series will be Ms.
Jeanne Holm (Chief Knowledge Architect of NASA/JPL) and Mr. Andrew
Schain (Chief Technology Officer at NASA Headquarters). They will
explore with us the connections between ontologies, knowledge
management, and decision support and how are they actually used in
applications at NASA. Come for an overview of the key learnings from
this exciting mini-series that has brought speakers from around the
world and diverse fields, and has spanned almost 8-months. Tomorrow's
interactive discussion will highlight the important findings from each
of the speaker sessions. This session will show how the contributions
of the speakers and all of you in this community can be applied within
an organization. NASA's team will demonstrate using semantic
technologies for expertise location (POPS), how international
ontologies for space are being addressed, and how KM methods and
technologies are being applied for decisions on Earth and Mars. (015)
Similar to other sessions on the OKMDS mini-series, this virtual event
will be offered in our normal 'real world' augmented conference call
settings, and also (simultaneously) at the NASA/JPL Explorer Island in
the "Second Life" 'virtual world' settings. [... The latter is for
those who are familiar with, or who would want to explore the
possibilities of virtual world events. Again, an attendee will be able
to attend the session remotely just by having phone and Internet
access. Slides and audio recording of the session will be made
available after the event too. ] (016)
Join us tomorrow when our invited gurus are expected to share with us,
some of the state-of-the-art research and implementations on
hypermedia discourse that would "make sense" in terms of harnessing
collective knowledge to solve problems or support decisions. (017)
*RSVP* by e-mailing the sender <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> off-line (if you
aren't already a [kmgov] or Ontolog member, kindly include your name,
affiliation and job title as well) if you are planning to attend and
haven't already responded. (018)
We look forward to having you at the session. Please refer to all
agenda and call-in details on the session page, whose link appears at
the top of this message. (019)
Regards, (020)
Jeanne Holm Peter Yim
Chief Knowledge Architect, Co-convener,
NASA/JPL ONTOLOG
-- (021)
On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Peter Yim <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> wrote: (022)
> ****************** Headlines ***********************
>
> We take pleasure in inviting you to join us at the next three
> sessions of the joint NASA-Ontolog-KMWG "Ontology in Knowledge
> Management and Decision Support (OKMDS)" mini-series episodes:
>
> *Thu 17 Apr 2008* - "Knowledge Mapping for Sensemaking" with
> invited speakers Dr. Jeffrey Conklin (CogNexus Institute), Dr.
> Simon Buckingham Shum (KMi, The Open University, UK), Mr. Eric
> Yeh (SRI) and Mr. Jack Park (SRI).
>
> *Thu 08 May 2008* - Invited Speaker session with Professor
> Yochai Benkler (Harvard).
>
> *Thu 29 May 2008* - Concluding session of the OKMDS
> mini-series with Mr. Andrew Schain (NASA/HQ) and Ms. Jeanne
> Holme (NASA/JPL).
>
> *Register your attendance* by emailing <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx>
> offline. Please specify the date of name of the session(s) you
> are registering for.
> (023)
> ******************** Details ************************
>
> This "Ontology in Knowledge Management and Decision Support
> (OKMDS)" mini-series is a collaboration between NASA, Ontolog
> and the (US) Federal Knowledge Management Working Group (KMWG),
> and is co-organized by a team of individuals from various
> related communities passionate about creating the opportunity
> for an inter-community, collaborative exploration of the
> intersection between Ontology, Knowledge Management and
> Decision Support, that could eventually lead us toward
> "Better Decision Making." (024)
> The mini-series will span a period of about six months
> (Nov-2007 to May-2008), during which we are featuring Talks,
> Panel Discussions and Online Discourse on pertinent issues. We
> expect all the talks and panel discussion events to be offered
> in both 'real world' (augmented conference calls) and 'virtual
> world' (Second Life) settings. (025)
> Please refer to details about this mini-series on the OKMDS
> project homepage, at: http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?OKMDS
> (026)
> You are cordially invited to join us at the three upcoming
> sessions:
>
> *Thu 17 Apr 2008* - OKMDS-session-06 - "Knowledge Mapping for
> Sensemaking" with invited speakers Dr. Jeffrey Conklin
> (CogNexus Institute), Dr. Simon Buckingham Shum (KMi, The Open
> University, UK), Mr. Eric Yeh (SRI) and Mr. Jack Park (SRI).
> Our panel will be sharing with us various "knowledge mapping"
> approaches to managing information, knowledge and decisions
> and allude to their efficacy in dealing with, among others,
> the class of problems known as "wicked problems," that
> decision makers and knowledge workers would invariably
> encounter. Please refer to details on the session page at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_03_27 (027)
> *Thu 08 May 2008* - OKMDS-session-07 - Invited Speaker
> session with Professor Yochai Benkler (Harvard), whose seminal
> work "Coase's Penguin, or Linux and the Nature of the Firm"
> (NYU, 2002) characterized peer production as a basic
> phenomenon of the networked economy, and the author of "The
> Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets
> and Freedom" (Yale, 2006), will be joining us for the session.
> Please refer to details (closer to the time) on the session
> page at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_05_08 (028)
> *Thu 29 May 2008* - OKMDS-session-08 - Mr. Andrew Schain
> (NASA/HQ) and Ms. Jeanne Holme (NASA/JPL) will be speaking on
> "Connecting People Through Semantics" and provide a Summary on
> the OKMDS mini-series in this concluding session of the
> collaborative endeavor. Please refer to details (closer to the
> time) on the session page at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_05_29
> (029)
> *RSVP* by emailing Peter Yim at <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> offline
> so that we can prepare enough resources to support everyone.
> State clearly the date of the session you are registering for.
> (Kindly include your affiliation and job title if you aren't
> already a member of the Ontolog community or the KMgov
> community.)
> (030)
> The sessions will be recorded. Before participating, please
> make sure you are cognizant of our IPR policy (ref:
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nid32).
> (031)
> Regards,
>
> Jeanne Holm Peter Yim Susan Turnbull
> Chief Knowledge Architect Co-convener Sr. Program Advisor,
> NASA/JPL ONTOLOG GSA
>
> on behalf of the OKMDS project organizing committee:
>
> * Andrew Schain (NASA/HQ)
> * Denise Bedford (WorldBank)
> * Jeanne Holm (NASA/JPL)
> * Ken Baclawski (NEU)
> * Kurt Conrad (Ontolog, Sagebrush)
> * Leo Obrst (Ontolog, MITRE)
> * Nancy Faget (GPO)
> * Peter Yim (Ontolog, CIM3)
> * Steve Ray (NIST)
> * Susan Turnbull (GSA)
> -- (032)
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