KM Conference 2022, 29 June - 2 July 2022

Hosted by University of Maribor, Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security (FVV), Ljubljana, Slovenia


Join us also for an exciting Pre-Conference Industry Day on 29 June 2022

Themes: Knowledge Management, Cybersecurity, Learning, and Information Technology



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Conference Schedule and Detailed Program

Important Dates/Deadlines

  • Submission deadline of complete papers or extended abstracts: March 1, 2022
  • Reviews and responses to authors: April 10, 2022
  • Submission of the final version of accepted papers or extended abstracts: May 13, 2022

What to Submit

  • Full research papers (including work-in-progress)
  • Extended abstracts or short papers
  • Industry or practitioners presentations/papers
  • Panels presentations/papers

All submissions are double-blind refereed. See submission requirements here.

High-marked papers from the conference will be fast-tracked for publication in the Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management (OJAKM - ISSN 2325-4688), the official publication of the International Institute for Applied Knowledge Management. Additionally, high-marked papers in the context of information security and cybersecurity will be considered for further review for publication in the Emerald's journal of Information and Computer Security (ICS - ISSN 2056-4961). Other papers and abstracts will be published in the Conference Proceedings.

Registration Fees:

Pre-Conference Industry Day Registration (Free)

Conference (In-Person) Early Registration (on or before April 29, 2022), €375

Conference (In-Person) Late Registration (on or after April 29, 2022), €425

Conference (Virtual) Registration, €50

Suggested Topics

KM Conference invites empirical and conceptual papers dealing with theoretical and practical aspects of applied knowledge management, cybersecurity learning, and information technology including, but not limited to:

  • Adaptive systems
  • Architectures and design of KM systems
  • Cybersecurity and Information Security
  • e-Learning, m-Learning, Experiential Learning, and Gamification
  • Ethical and Privacy Concerns, Risk Management, and System Auditing
  • Global and Cross-Cultural Aspects of KM
  • Healthcare and Health Informatics
  • Human Computer Interaction, Multimedia, and Knowledge Visualization
  • Human, Intellectual, Social, and Structural Capital
  • Information Society and Social Networks
  • Integration of Knowledge
  • KM - Analytics, Intelligence and Problem Solving
  • KM - Conceptual Paradigms, System Theory and Development
  • KM – Innovation, Future Applications and Technology
  • KM - Health and Medicine
  • KM - Project and Risk Management
  • KM - System Initiation, Implementation, and Continuance
  • Knowledge Acquisition, Creation, Discovery, and Sharing Mechanisms
  • Knowledge Economy, Evaluating, and Sourcing Knowledge
  • Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
  • Knowledge Services and Sharing – Applications in Business, Education, Government, Healthcare, and More
  • Learning Organization and Organizational Learning
  • Managing Higher Education, Training, and Lifelong Learning
  • Mobile and Ubiquitous Communications
  • Organizational and Interorganizational KM
  • Research Methods and Advanced Statistics in KM
  • Search, Semantics, and Content Management
  • Strategic Aspects of KM
  • Sustainability, Social Responsibility, and Corporate Governance


KM2022 Leadership Team


Conference Co-Chairs

Boštjan Delak Igor Bernik
Faculty of Information Studies, Slovenia Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, Slovenia
bostjan.delak@fis.unm.si Igor.Bernik@fvv.uni-mb.si


Program Co-Chairs

Melissa Carlton Jean-Henry Morin Molly Cooper
Houston Baptist University, USA University of Geneva, Switzerland Ferris State University, USA
mcarlton@hbu.edu Jean-Henry.Morin@unige.ch MollyCooper@ferris.edu


Local Conference Organizers and Coordinators

Blaž Markelj Simon Vrhovec
Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, Slovenia Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, Slovenia
blaz.markelj@fvv.uni-mb.si simon.vrhovec@fvv.uni-mb.si


General Conference Organizers and Coordinators

Yair Levy Shonda Brown Michelle Ramim Nathan White
Nova Southeastern University, USA Middle Georgia State University, USA Nova Southeastern University, USA Central Washington University, USA
levyy@nova.edu Shonda.Brown@mga.edu ramim@nova.edu nathan.white@cwu.edu


Conference Workshop Co-Chairs

Christiaan Maasdorp Celina Sołek-Borowska
Stellenbosch University, South Africa Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
chm2@sun.ac.za csolek@sgh.waw.pl

KM2022 Program Committee


Program Committee Chairs
Melissa Carlton Houston Baptist University, USA
Jean-Henry Morin University of Geneva, Switzerland
Molly Cooper Ferris State University, USA

Program Committee Members
Paul Alpar Philipps University at Marburg, Germany
Amy Antonucci Western Governors University, USA
Gunnar Auth HSF University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Michael Bartolacci Penn State University, USA
Dizza Beimel Ruppin Academic Center, Israel
Ofir Ben Assuli Ono Academic College, Israel
Eric Berkowitz College of Lake County, USA
Carlene Blackwood-Brown Seneca College, Canada
Ina Blau The Open University of Israel, Israel
Marko Bohanec Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
Michał Borowy Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
Steve Bronsburg Nova Southeastern University, USA
Shonda Brown Middle Georgia State University, USA
Brian Buckles National Defense University, USA
Michael Burt Prince George's Community College, USA
Melissa Carlton Houston Baptist University, USA
Witold Chmielarz University of Warsaw, Poland
Dimitar Christozov American University of Bulgaria, Bulgaria
Malgorzata Cieciora Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology, Poland
Molly Cooper Ferris State University, USA
Carla Curado ISEG - Ulisboa, Portugal
Beata Czarnacka-Chrobot Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
Bostjan Delak Faculty of information studies, Novo Mesto, Slovenia
Horatiu Dragomirescu Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania
Helena Dudycz Wrocław University of Economics, Poland
Monika Eisenbardt University of Economics in Katowice, Poland
Ruti Gafni Tel-Aviv Yaffo Academic College, Israel
Nitza Geri The Open University of Israel, Israel
Tirthankar Ghosh University of West Florida, USA
Michał Goliński Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
Jose Luis Guerrero-Cusumano Georgetown University, USA
Julita Haber Fordham University, USA
Meliha Handzic International Burch University, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Wilnelia Hernandez WH-Consulting, Puerto Rico
Angel Hueca Carnegie Mellon University/CERT, USA
Pedro Isaias University of New South Wales (UNSW – Sydney), Australia
Dorota Jelonek Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland
Oliver Jokisch Leipzig University of Telecommunications (HfTL), Germany
Sathish Kumar Cleveland State University, USA
Anne Kohnke University of Detroit Mercy, USA
Gila Kurtz HIT - Holon Institute of Technology, Israel
Yair Levy Nova Southeastern University, USA
Christiaan Maasdorp Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Eliel Melon University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
Kim Muschalek San Antonio College, USA
Federico Niccolini University of Pisa, Italy
Sergio Nunes ISEG - University of Lisbon, Portugal
Mírian Oliveira Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul - PUCRS , Brazil
Ilona Pawełoszek Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland
Michal Pietrzak Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
Margarida Piteira SOCIUS - Research Centre in Economic and Organizational Sociology, Portugal
Mia Plachkinova Kennesaw State University, USA
Przemyslaw Polak Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
Tommy Pollock Nova Southeastern University, USA
Daphne Raban University of Haifa, Israel
Michelle Ramim Nova Southeastern University, USA
John-David Rusk University of North Georgia, USA
Meir Russ University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, USA
Joanna Santiago Universidade de Lisboa - ISEG, Portugal
Dara Schniederjans University of Rhode Island, USA
Sara Scipioni University of Pisa, Italy
Tamar Shamir-Inbal The Open University of Israel, Israel
Ingo Siegert Otto von Guericke University, Germany
Vered Silber-Varod The Open University of Israel, Israel
Celina Sołek-Borowska Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
Anna Sołtysik-Piorunkiewicz University of Economics in Katowice, Poland
K. Subramani West Virginia University, USA
Eduardo Teixeira University of the West of Santa Catarina - UNOESC, Brazil
Mathupayas Thongmak Thammasat Universit, Thailand
Bruce Watson Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Nathan White Central Washington University, USA
Jędrzej Wieczorkowski Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
Amir Winer The Open University of Israel, Israel
Ewa Ziemba University of Economics in Katowice, Poland
Rina Zviel-Girshin Ruppin Academic Center, Israel




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