KMWorld 2023 | KMWorld | 6 November 2023 | JW Marriott Washington, DC, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004, USA

This year's conference theme, KM Joy: Thrills & Challenges of the Tech-Driven KM Journey, focuses on the innovative breakthroughs and learning experiences from KM practitioners as they steer their organizations into the future.

It's co-located events, Taxonomy Boot Camp, Enterprise Search & Discovery, Text Analytics Forum, and newly added Enterprise AI World showcase organizations that have creative digital solutions for their future, are allowing experimental and risk-taking processes to inform their practices, have made solid progress in changing the culture of their enterprises, and know how to utilize AI and other technology in practical and useful ways to charge forward in their industries.

2023 Speakers

Kendra Albright
Goodyear Endowed Professor in KM, School of Information, Kent State University

Karen Anahory
Director, Learning & Innovation, Bridgespan Group

Dominik Aronsky
CMIO, Semedy AG, Vanderbilt University

Kemi Ayanda
Strategic Team Leader, Complex Projects, NEOM

Zachary Baquet
Knowledge Management Specialist, US Agency for International Development (USAID)

Ann Bernath
Software Systems Engineer, Information Technology Solutions Directorate, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

Gemma Bingham
Senior Governance & Capability Manager, Roche Products UK Ltd

Floor Blindenbach-Driessen
CEO, Organizing4Innovation

Arno Boersma
Knowledge Strategist, Island Impact

Barbara Bosha
President, Bosha Design & Communications

Justin Braathen
Sr Solutions Architect, Liberty Mutual Insurance

Lynda BraksiekPrincipal Research Lead, Knowledge Management, APQC

Gloria BurkGlobal Director, Knowledge Management, Slalom

Eyal Cahana
Knowledge Capital Practice Lead, Deloitte

Gary Carlson
Principal, Factor

Frank Cervone
Program Coordinator, Information Science and Data Analytics, San Jose State University

Elizabeth Chaloner
Corporate Process Manager, lastminute.com

John Chmaj
Senior Director, KM Strategy, Verint

Dave Clarke
Founder, Synaptica LLC, USA

Thais Colicchio
KM & Systems Information Researcher, Technology Institute, Unicamp, Innovation Consultant at Inventta

Mark Cruth
Modern Work Coach, Atlassian

Walter DiLello
Knowledge System Product Manager, lastminute.com

Sara Duane
Consultant, Strategic & Business Consulting, Enterprise Knowledge LLC

Jane Dysart
Curator of Curiosity, Dysart & Jones Associates

Patricia Eng
Certified ISO 30401 KM Auditor, Trainer, Speaker, Author, KMHR Systems Auditors

Brad English
Senior Manager, Learning Development, PROS, Inc., ATD Houston

Fernando Fukunaga
President & Executive Director, Brazilian Knowledge Management Society (BKMS)

Stan Garfield
Author of four KM books & Founder, SIKM Leaders Community

Melinda Geist
Enterprise Taxonomy Strategist, Sales and Marketing, Intel

Kim Glover
Director, Knowledge Management & Social Learning, Global, TechnipFMC

Pablo Gomes
Subsea Training Manager, Petrobras & Regional Director, SBGC (Brazilian Society of Knowledge Management)

Doug Green
Director, Corporate Communications, Digital & Operations, TechnipFMC

Taras Grigoryev
Knowledge Management Specialist, Technip Energies

Christian Gross
Search Manager, Raytion GmbH

Mark Gross
President, Data Conversion Laboratory

Susan S. Hanley
President, Susan Hanley LLC, Intranet Consultant, Microsoft MVP

Gordon Hayden
Chief Growth Officer, Semantic Web Company (SWC)

Heather Hedden
Knowledge Manager, Semantic Web Company, USA, Author of The Accidental Taxonomist

Jan H Hellberg
Talent Architect, European Patent Office

Dion Hinchcliffe
VP & Principal Analyst, Constellation Research, Co-Author, Social Business by Design

Patrick Hoeffel
Head, Partner Success, Lucidworks

Ian Hook
Director, KM & Insights Excellence, Novartis

Richard Huffine
Chief, Library and Public Information, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Lauren Kennedy
Head, Customer Success, Glean

Kamran Khan
President & CEO, Pureinsights

Patrick Lambe
Principal Consultant, Straits Knowledge, Author, Principles of Knowledge Auditing

Deneena Lanius
Senior Consultant, Enterprise Learning, Enterprise Knowledge, LLC

Linda Lavelle
Consultant, Knowledge Dynamics

Scott Leeb
Corporate Lead, Global Knowledge, Fragomen

Stephanie Lemieux
President & Principal Consultant, Dovecot Studio

Rowena Leung
Senior Product Designer, Liberty Mutual Insurance

John Lewis
Chief Knowledge Officer, SearchBlox Software Inc., Explanation Age LLC

Paula Little
Senior Information Architect & Taxonomist, Factor

Chad Mairn
Librarian, Innovation Lab, Learning Resources, St. Petersburg College

Jessica Malloy
Senior Knowledge Manager, Harvard Business Publishing

Brian McBreen
Director, Knowledge Analytics; & Author, Organizational Intelligence & Knowledge Analytics, Amgen

Jason McCullagh
Director, Marketplace Alliances, Upland BA Insight Software

Rebecca Miksch
Enterprise Architect Knowledge, Wipfli, CKM, PMP, MLS

Agnes Molnar
Managing Consultant, CEO, Search Explained

Sandra Montanino
Founder & Principal, Navig8 PD, formerly Director, Professional Development, Goodmans LLP

Art Murray
CEO, Applied Knowledge Sciences, Inc., Director, Enterprise of the Future Program, International Institute for Knowledge and Innovation

Michele Myers
Director, Global Education & Enablement, PROS, Inc.

Datin Habsah Nordin
Chief Data Officer, PETRONAS

Marydee Ojala
Editor, KMWorld

Vasko Panovski
Senior Consultant & Project Manager, Raytion GmbH

Taylor Paschal
Knowledge & Information Consultant, Enterprise Knowledge & formerly with Noom

Melissa Patsalides
Senior KMOL Advisor & Systems & Structures Practice Lead, Office of Learning, Evaluation and Research, USAID

Clarissa Perkins
Senior Digital Communications Lead, Bixal

Jennifer Perkins
Digital Sciences Project Manager, Pfizer

Brian Pichman
Director of Strategic Innovation, Evolve Project

Suzan Pickels
Knowledge Manager, CRB

Peio Popov
VP, Operations, & Director, Financial Services, Ontotext

Tim Wood Powell
President, The Knowledge Agency, Senior Fellow, The Conference Board & Author, The Value of Knowledge

Alina Rafaila
Knowledge Management Leader for PwC Tax, Legal & People in Europe,Middle East and Africa, PwC

Tom Reamy
Chief Knowledge Architect & Founder, KAPS Group, LLC, USA, Author, Deep Text

Anthony J Rhem
CEO/Principal Consultant, A. J. Rhem & Associates, Author, Knowledge Management in Practice | Essential Topics in Artificial Intelligence

Juanita Richardson
Manager, Learning Resource Collaboratory, Michener Institute

Adrian Rivera-Reyes
Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning (KMOL) Advisor, Bureau for Policy, Planning & Learning, USAID

Rebecca Rodgers
Principal Consultant & Forum Community Manager, Step Two

Luis Rodriguez
Manager of Knowledge Management, Technip Energies

Lorena Rodríguez Bu
Chief, Knowledge & Learning Division, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

Bruce Rosenstein
Managing Editor, Leader to Leader, Adjunct Professor, The Catholic University of America Department of Library and Information Science.

Susann Roth
Chief, KM, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Ashu Roy
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, eGain

Beth Rudden
CEO, Bast.ai

Rebecca Scales
Head, Technical Learning & Development, Noom

Thom Sinclair
Senior Director, KM & Organizational Learning, Bixal

Beth Smith
Senior Research Consultant, The Cynefin Co.

Dave Snowden
Chief Scientific Officer, The Cynefin Co

Ellie Snowden
Senior Research Consultant, The Cynefin Company (Cognitive Edge)

Disha Solanki
Product Owner II, Liberty Mutual Insurance

Neesham Spitzberg
Senior Program Manager, Knowledge & Learning, Investment & Credit Risk, International Finance Corporation

Tom Summerfelt
Chief Research Officer, Feeding America

Sedarius Tekara Perrotta
CEO, Shelf

Daria Topousis
Content & Search Services Program Manager, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

Gordon Vala-Webb
CEO, Building Smarter Organizations, Board member, International Association of Innovation Professionals

Tamara Viles
Knowledge Management Project Manager, Knowledge Management, TechnipFMC

Harold Villalba
Knowledge & Learning Management Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

Toby Ward
Founder & President, Prescient Digital Media, Digital Workplace & Intranet Global Forum

David Weinberger
Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Author, Everyday Chaos, Everything is Miscellaneous, Too Big to Know, Cluetrain Manifesto (co-author)

Dirk Wenke
Head, Software Development, Semedy AG

Tammy Willey
KM Program Lead, Jacobs

Jeff Willinger
Digital Experience Director, Withum

Owen Wilson
Senior KM Adviser, United Nations

John Yokley
President, CEO, & Founder, Progressive Technology Federal Systems Inc

Cristian Young
AVP, Insights & KM, AT&T

Cynthia Young
Founder/CEO/Knowledge Manager, CJ Young Consulting, LLC, Author, The Knowledge Management Memory Jogger®

Jorge Zamora
CEO, GoLinks

Jakub Zavrel
CEO, Zeta Alpha

2023 Sponsors

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• Coveo
• Deloitte
• eGain
• Lucid Works
• Pure Insights
• Searchblox
• Shelf
• Synaptica
• TopQuadrant
• Verint

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Bloomfire
• Go/ Links
• Journey Team
• KMS Lighthouse
• MFiles
• Ontotext
• Pool Party
• Progress Semaphore
• RWS Tridion
• USU

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Beyond Limits
• Enterprise Knowledge
• Factor
• Feith
• Lucidea
• Semedy
• Zeta Alpha