Nuclear Knowledge Management

School of Nuclear Knowledge Management, 1- 5 September 2008, Trieste, Italy

Organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA, Vienna, Austria) in cooperation with The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP, Trieste, Italy) and The World Nuclear Association (WNA, London, UK)

1. Introduction

Summary

Final Programme

List of Participants

Interview with Claudio Tuniz, Special Advisor of the Director, ICTP

2. Opening Session

School of Nuclear Knowledge Management: Strategy, Approach and Achivements
   Andrey Kosilov, IAEA

INVITED PRESENTATION
Nuclear Knowledge Management - Experience from Standardized Implementation in Operating US Reactors Can Assist Existing and Emerging Nuclear Power Countries
   Donald R. Hoffman, USA

3. Basics of Knowledge Management

Basic Aspects, Concepts and Methods of Knowledge Management
   Dimitris Karagiannis, Austria
Capturing and Transferring Knowledge: Basic Concepts
   Ed Boyles, USA
Capturing and Transferring Knowledge: Basic Concepts
   Andrey Pryakhin, IAEA

4. Policies and Strategies in Nuclear Knowledge Management

Nuclear Energy for 21st Century - Needs for KM
   Yanko Yanev, IAEA
The Development of the NDA (UK) Approach to Nuclear Knowledge Management
   Ian Upshall, UK
Improving Organizational Performance with a KM System
   Peter Puhr-Westerheide, Germany

5. Human Resources and Knowledge Transfer

Risk Management of Knowledge Loss in Nuclear Industry Organizations
   Ed Boyles, USA
Human Resource Challenges to KM and Industry best practices for managing an ageing work force
   Ed Boyles, USA

6. Managing Nuclear Information Resources

Managing Nuclear Information
   Yanko Yanev, IAEA
Introduction to INIS
   Andrey Pryakhin, IAEA
INIS Demonstration
   Andrey Pryakhin, IAEA
Record Management and Long Term Preservation and Retrieval of Information
   Ian Upshall, UK
Preservation of Nuclear Information and Records
   Andrey Pryakhin, IAEA
General Requirements for Nuclear Knowledge Management Portal
   Andrey Pryakhin, IAEA
Enterprise information portals at GRS
   Peter Puhr-Westerheide, Germany
Practical examples of IT tools to support knowledge management, Part I
   Andrey Pryakhin, IAEA
Practical examples of IT tools to support knowledge management, Part II
   Andrey Pryakhin, IAEA

7. Methods and Tools for KM including Practical Examples

Knowledge representation methods and their application
   Peter Puhr-Westerheide, Germany
Nuclear Knowledge Management in R&D organizations
   Ian Upshall, UK
Knowledge Management: Safety Considerations
   Peter Firbas, IAEA
KM in a German TSO: the GRS experience
   Peter Puhr-Westerheide, Germany
Elements of knowledge management and KM Assessment
   Andrey Kosilov, IAEA
KM Self Assessment – a case study and the practical use of indicators
   Andrey Kosilov, IAEA
Building and Maintaining a Knowledge Sharing Culture
   Tatiana Karseka, IAEA
IAEA Methodology and Guidance on Nuclear Knowledge Management
   Andrey Kosilov, IAEA
Interactive Workshop on “KM needs in National Nuclear Organizations”
   Ian Upshal, UK

8. Networking for Education and Training

Networking for Education and Training: IAEA approach
   Andrey Kosilov, Andrey Pryakhin, IAEA
The World Nuclear University: Achievements and Perspectives
   Madiba Saidy, WNU
World Nuclear University Summer Institute 2008
   Madiba Saidu, WNU
Nuclear Knowledge Management by the European Nuclear Education Network Association - Experience and Perspectives
   Csaba Sükösd, the ENEN Association
Preservation and dissemination of nuclear knowledge with an educational cyber platform
   Andrey Pryakhin, IAEA
Networking for Education and Training in UK
   Ian Upshall, UK
Networking for Education and Training in USA
   Ed Boyles, USA,
Electronic Nuclear Training Catalogue
   Andrey Pryakhin, IAEA
IT/IM Initiatives to Support Nuclear Education and Training
   Andrey Pryakhin, IAEA

9. Resource Material

Strengthening the Agency's Activities Related to Nuclear Science, Technology and Applications, Report by the Director General, September 2006

Strengthening the Agency's Activities Related to Nuclear Science, Technology and Applications, Resolution from 4 October 2008

Handbook of Nuclear Knowledge Management, Second Edition,
Draft, Prepared for School of Nuclear Knowledge Management, 1 – 5 September 2008, Trieste, Italy

Nuclear Information and Knowledge, INIS and NKM newsletter, No. 4, September 2007

Nuclear Information and Knowledge, INIS and NKM newsletter, No. 5, March 2008

Knowledge Management for Nuclear Organizations, Glossary

10. Photo Gallery

make friends
Group photo 1
Group photo 2
Group photo 3
Group photo 4
Group photo 5
Sun set
Pier 1
Pier 2