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December 1, 2009

In today’s business environment knowledge and its effective use can be a critical factor to achieving business success, which is why the Intellectual Assets Centre has developed a major one-day conference to help Scotland’s business professionals identify, capture and exploit this all-important know-how.

Presented by the Intellectual Assets Centre, Scotland’s agency for development of businesses and organisations through effective management of their intangible assets, with support from the European Regional Development Fund, this event boasts an array of high profile speakers ranging from Tim Harford, BBC presenter and Financial Times Undercover Economist, to Ian Brinkley of the Work Foundation and includes presentations from such prestigious companies as Fujitsu, whose Knowledge Business Manager, Graeme Mackay, will explore their in-company approach to the challenges and the benefits of effective knowledge management.

However, this event is far from ‘talk-and-chalk’. David Gurteen founder of the Gurteen Knowledge Community – a global learning network of 14,000 people in 153 countries - will be running his legendary knowledge cafe, focussing on developing and utilising knowledge sharing strategies, with legal firm Maclay, Murray, Spens facilitating a legal CPDsession with accredited learning for attending legal professionals.

So if you are a professional adviser working in intellectual property, economic development, knowledge and technology transfer, knowledge management, an accountant, lawyer, director, manager, policy maker, academic or student – there will definitely be something of immense value for you!

As Iain Russell, chief executive of the Intellectual Assets Centre puts it; “Know-how or the knowledge and skill required to do something is an important type of intellectual property; even more so in the current economic climate, where organisations everywhere are searching for a competitive edge. This event will focus on how best to capture an organisation’s know-how and transform it into real bottom line benefits”. If helping businesses develop is your business then this is the one event of the year that you cannot afford to miss! As well as gaining the knowledge, skills and strategies to help business to innovate and flourish through the exploitation of their inherent knowledge and know how, you will have the opportunity to meet with like-minded professionals and build your own network of knowledge-orientated contacts.

To find out how you can become part of Scotland’s knowledge community, simply visit our events page: http://www.ia-centre.org.uk/news_and_events/events/viewer.cfm?intItemId=181 or to book your place on the Gathering, call our Conference Organiser, Vicki Grant on 0141 434 1500.

Hear from international experts such as Tim Harford (BBC, Financial Times), David Gurteen (Gurteen Knowledge Community) as well as major international companies such as Fujitsu, and participate in practical hands-on sessions designed to help you get the most out of what you know.

The Supplier Gathering
1stst December 2009
Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh