KM Societies, Associations & Communities

Africa

• (ZA) KMAfrica (with chapters/SIGs all over Africa)
• (ZA) Knowledge Management Practitioners Group
• (ZA) Knowledge Management Society of Southern Africa
• (ZA) South African Department of Public Service and Administration - Learning and Knowledge Management Network
• (ZA) South African Knowledge Management Professional Association
• (ZA) South African Natinal Centre for Informatics, Knowledge Management and Knowledge Economy

America

• (BR) Sociedade Brasileira de Gestão do Conhecimento
• (BR) The KNOWledge Network Brasil
• (CO) PRÁCTICA - La Sociedad del Conocimiento
• (CDN) KM-GC-Montréal - Le réseau-lab du knowledge management à Montréal (engl. K-net)
• (CDN) KM Community of Practice Vancouver
• (CDN) KM Network (Edmonton, Alberta)
• (CDN) Knowledge Workers Toronto
• (CDN) The Conference Board of Canada - Knowledge Strategy Exchange Network
• (MEX) Instituto Mexicano de la Administración del Conocimiento
• (MEX) Metacommunity for Knowledge Systems
• (USA) American Productivity and Quality Center
• (USA) American Society for Information Science and Technology SIG KM
• (USA) Association of Knowledge Work
• (USA) Boston Knowledge Management Forum
• (USA) Distributed Knowledge Research Collaborative
• (USA) Federal Knowledge Management Working Group
• (USA) Dublin Core Meta Data Initiative - KM Community
• (USA) Green Country Knowledge and Information Professionals
• (USA) Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society - SIG KM
• (USA) International Legal Technology Association - KM Peer Group
• (USA) KM Chicago
• (USA) KM Dallas/Fort Worth
• (USA) KM Network of North Carolina
• (USA) Knowledge & Information Professionals Association
• (USA) Knowledge Management Benchmarking Association
• (USA) Knowledge Management Cluster (with nationwide clusters and one in London, GB)
• (USA) Knowledge Globalization Instiutute
• (USA) Knowledge Management Group Philadelphia Chapter
• (USA) Midwest KM Professionals
• (USA) Pittsburgh Technology Council - Pittsburgh Regional Knowledge Management Consortium
• (USA) Southern California Aerospace KM Exchange Group
• (USA) Strategic Management Society - Knowledge and Innovation IG
• (USA) Systems Integration KM Leaders Community
  
  • Boston Chapter
• (USA) Twin Cities Knowledge Management Forum (Minneapolis)

Asia

• (CN) Knowledge Management Research Center (Taiwan)
• (HK) Asian Knowledge Management Association
• (HK) Asia Pacific Intellectual Capital Centre
• (HK) HK Knowledge Management Forum
• (HK) Hong Kong Knowledge Management Society
• (HK) Knowledge Management Development Centre
• (HKJ) Arab Knowledge Management Society
• (IL) Israeli Knowledge Management Forum
• (IL) Israeli Knowledge Managers Forum
• (IND) Knowledge Management Community - India (with national chapters)
• (IND) Confederation of Indian Industry - KM India
• (J) International Society for Knowledge and Systems Sciences
• (J) Japan Society of Information and Knowledge
• (J) Knowledge Management Society of Japan
• (SA) Arabian Knowledge Economy Association
• (MAL) Knowledge Management Association of Malaysia
• (PK) Knowledge Management Society of Pakistan
• (ROK) Knowledge Management Society of Korea
• (SGP) Information & Knowledge Management Society
• (RI) Knowledge Management Society Indonesia
• (RI) Komunitas KM
• (RP) Knowledge Management Association of the Philippines
• (RP) Society of Knowledge Management Professionals (Facebook page)
• (T) Knowledge Management Institute
• (T) Knowledge Management Professional Center Asia
• (VN) Vietnam Knowledge Management Community

Europe

• (A) IUFRO (Forest) - Information services and knowledge organization
• (A) Int. Fed. for Information Processing - WG 12.6 Knowledge Management Working Group
• (A) Plattform Wissensmanagement
• (A) Semantic Technology Institute International Community
• (A) Verein Knowledge Management Austria
• (A) Wissensmanagement Forum e.V.
• (B) SuperCoP KM Belgium
• (CH) Geneva Knowledge Forum
• (CH) InnovationWell - pharma, life science and healthcare KM
• (CH) savoir* - Netzwerk Wissensmanagement Bundesverwaltung
• (CH) Swiss Knowledge Management Forum
• (D) BDIinitiativ - Innovationsstrategien und WM
• (D) BITKOM e.V. - Arbeitskreis Knowledge Engineering & Management
• (D) Deutsche Notes User Group e.V.
  
  • Arbeitskreis Knowledge Management
  
  • Arbeitskreis Social Software & Knowledge Management
  
• (D) Deutsche Gesellschaft f. Qualität e.V.
  
  • Arbeitsgruppe Wissensmanagement
  
  • RK Nürnberg - Arbeitsgruppe Wissensmanagement
  
  • RK München - Fachkreis Wissensmanagement
  
• (D) Förderkreis IT- und Medien-Wirtschaft München e.V. - AK WM
• (D) Gesellschaft für Informatik e. V. - Fachgruppe Wissensmanagement (SIG KM)
• (D) Gesellschaft für Wissensmanagement e. V.
• (D) Industriearbeitskreis WM in der Praxis
• (D) Innovationsprogramm Web 2.0 - Arbeitskreis Wissensmanagement
• (D) Institut für Knowledge Management e.V.
• (D) KnowTech-Community
• (D) MK² - Münchener Knowledge Management Kreis
• (D) Rationalisierungs- und Innovationszentrum der Deutschen Wirtschaft e.V. - Arbeitskreis zum Wissensmanagement
• (D) Verein Deutscher Ingenieure e.V. - Fachausschuss WM im Engineering
• (D) wimap - Münchener Arbeitskreis Wissensmanagement
• (D) WISSENnetworx - Netzwerk für Wissensmanager
• (D) Wissen NordHessen
• (DK) VidenDanmark
• (E) Asociación Internacional para la Gestión del Conocimiento
• (E) Foro del Conocimiento Intellectus
• (E) Foro Latinoamericano del Conocimiento e Innovación Intellectus (with university members in Latin America)
• (F) Club de Gestion de Connaissances
• (GB) Association for Information Management - Knowledge and Information Management Network
• (GB) Bath Club - KM in the public sector
• (GB) British Computer Society - KIDMM initiative
• (GB) Design Research Society - Special Interest Group on Experiential Knowledge
• (GB) Institute for Knowledge Transfer
• (GB) Henley Knowledge Management Forum
• (GB) Knowledge & Innovation Network
• (GB) Knowledge Politics think-tank
• (GB) London Information and Knowledge Exchange
• (GB) London KM Cluster
• (GB) London Knowledge & Innovation Network
• (GB) Network for Information and Knowledge Exchange
• (GB) 'TFPL Connect' knowledge and information management professionals
• (GB) The KNOW Network
• (GB) The Open Knowledge Foundation
• (GB) UK Multimedia Knowledge Management Network
• (N) Norwegian Computer Society: Faggruppen for Knowledge Management
• (NL) Stichting Nederland Kennisland
• (NL) Maastricht Knowledge Management group
• (PL) Polish Knowledge Management Practioners Association
• (S) Int. Org. for Knowledge Economy and Enterprise Development

Oceania

• (AUS) actKM Forum
• (AUS) Australian (Meta-)Knowledge Management Community
• (AUS) SIRF Roundtables
  
  • Knowledge Management Roundtable Victoria
  
  • Knowledge Management Roundtable New South Wales
  
• (AUS) Melbourne Knowledge Management Leadership Forum
• (AUS) New South Wales KM Forum
• (AUS) Queensland KM Forum
• (AUS) Society for Knowledge Economics
• (NZ) New Zealand Knowledge Management Network

Global

• Association for Computing Machinery - Special Interest Group on 'Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining'
• Comunidad Iberoamericana de Sistemas de Conocimiento (MEX-based with chapters in Spanish speaking countries)
• European Academy of Management - Special interest Group 'Knowledge and Learning (B-based members all over Europe)
• European Consortium for the Learning Organisation (B-based with members all over Europe)
• European Group for Organisational Studies - Standing Working Group on 'Institutions and Knowledge'
• Global Knowledge-Based Development Community (MEX-based with menbers worldwide)
• Gurteen Knowledge Community (GB-based with Knowledge Cafés worldwide)
  
  • (AUS) Adelaide Knowledge Café
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• International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) - Knowledge Management Section (NL-based)
• International Society for Knowledge Organization (with chapters worldwide)
• ISMICK Society
• KnowledgeBoard - your global KM community (GB-based)
• KM4Dev - Knowledge Management for Development (with activities worldwide)
• Knowledge Management Professional Society (USA-based with nationwide and international chapters)
• Mathematical Knowledge Management Interest Group (D-based)
• CPsquare - The Community of Practice on Communities of Practice
• Special Libraries Association: KM Division (USA-based)
• Society for Organizational Learning (USA-based with communities and consortia worldwide)
• The Benchmarking Network - Knowledge Management Benchmarking Association™
• The Conference Board Councils (US-based with members worldwide)
  
  • Learning and Knowledge Management Council
  
  • Asia-Pacific Learning and Knowledge Management Council
  
• The New Club of Paris - forum focused on The Knowledge Economy (A-based with members worldwide)

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