Dakar, Senegal

Knowledge Management Africa (KMA), in partnership with the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), the Senegalese Government, the African Regional Centre for Technology, and the National Academy for Sciences and Techniques of Senegal is hosting the Knowledge KMA 2009 conference, under the theme "Knowledge to Reposition Africa in the World Economy". The conference is designed to share knowledge and experiences on technology and policy issues affecting sustainable development in Africa.

Deliberations will be focused on:

• knowledge management and economic challenges;
• knowledge management and social challenges;
• knowledge management and environmental challenges;
• knowledge management and governance; and
• knowledge management and innovative paths.

According to the organisers, the sub-themes will form ‘tracks’ according to which conference sessions will be organised. Papers dealing with cross-cutting issues such as technology, institutional development and capacity building, human resource development, employment, infrastructure, and knowledge systems will be absorbed within the appropriate conference sub-themes.

Click here [1] for more information about the conference.

The conference intends to bring together a broad range of people from the academic, research and civil society sectors; as well as representatives from government, development, and financial institutions.

Click here [2] to register online.