IPMA Festival of Knowledge - more information

IPMA Festival of Knowledge is one of the new IPMA technologies, how to promote development and exchange of a new knowledge and its dissemination and transfer to the hands of potential users. It is research, dissemination, collaborative and networking event.

IPMA Festival of Knowledge is cluster of different events under the common umbrella. Each event has different mission and cover different market segment.

The organizers of each IPMA Festival of Knowledge are targeting on the specific problem or challenge which is in the focus of PM researchers and developers interest. Regional research experts, supporting organizations and institutes organize IPMA Research Expert Seminar by support of IPMA Research Management Board, as collaborative event. The main purpose of this event is to present different research results from that area and through information exchange creates new experiences, initiatives or ideas. Such event creates a value for researchers and developers only. How to create additional value for potential users from different industries or public administration? The answer lies in organization of different additional events (see Figure 1) which should cover other market segments (see Table 1). These events need to be organized on collaborative way with the local industry and other relevant stakeholders.




Figure 1: IPMA Festival of Knowledge – cluster of different events connected to the IPMA Research Expert Seminar as core event.



No Name of Event Market Segment Coorganizers
1 IPMA Research Expert Seminar (IPMA RES) Researcher and developers from research institutes and industry Research institutes and research collaborative networks by support of regional MAs and IPMA RMB
2 IPMA General Research Dissemination Workshops All potential users of new knowledge and related solutions Organizers of IPMA RES and organizations – representativess of the regional end users of this knowledge
3 IPMA SIGs Research Dissemination Workshops and Meetings Potential users of new knowledge and related solutions from specific industries or sectors Organizers of IPMA RES and organizations – representativess of specific interesting groups which presents potential end users of this knowledge
4 Unformal Social Networking Open social networking events for all stakeholders Organizers of IPMA RES and supportive regional stakeholders


Table 1: IPMA Festival of Knowledge and Related Events



Benefits for organizers and IPMA:

Brane Semolic
IPMA Research Management Board
12.12.2009