Electronic Lab Notebooks and Knowledge Management in R&D

Please join us in Bryn Mawr on Tuesday 17 October 2006 to discuss the 
emerging roles of Knowledge Management and Electronic Laboratory Notebook 
solutions in managing multidisciplinary research activities, innovation and 
collaboration.  The Open Event will take place alongside our InnovationWell 
and eCheminfo Autumn InterAction Meetings.

Attendance at the Open Event & Knowledge Café involves no registration fee. 
However seated places are limited and will be restricted to a confirmed 
guest list of 100. Please send an RSVP with your name and organisation via 
email to innovationwell [at] douglasconnect.com

Virtual proceedings from the Open Seminars in Bryn Mawr and the recent Open 
Event in Oxford, UK will also be made available later this Autumn to 
network members through the website.

best regards
Barry Hardy
InnovationWell Community of Practice


InnovationWell Open Seminar & Knowledge Café

Knowledge Management and Electronic Laboratory Notebook Systems for 
Managing Research Knowledge, Supporting Collaboration and Driving Innovation

http://innovationwell.net/COMTY_conferenceopenevent

Tuesday 17th October 2006, Thomas Great Hall
Bryn Mawr College, Philadelphia


16.00-21.00 Open Event on Knowledge Management in R&D and Electronic 
Laboratory Notebooks

Join us to discuss the emerging roles of Knowledge Management and 
Electronic Laboratory Notebook solutions in managing multidisciplinary 
research activities, innovation and collaboration

This is an Open Event and involves no registration fee. However seated 
places are limited and will be restricted to a confirmed guest list of 100. 
Please send an RSVP with your name and organisation via email to 
innovationwell [at] douglasconnect.com

Agenda

16.00 Welcome Coffee

16.30 Electronic Laboratory Notebook Presentations
Benchware Notebook: A True 'Enterprise-Class' ELN, Tamsin Mansley, 
Applications Scientist, Tripos

The Symyx Notebook Product Suite, Robin Smith, VP Product Strategy, Symyx

CERF - ELN Framework Requirements to Support Collaborative 
Multidisciplinary R&D, Jeff Spitzner, CSO, Rescentris

17.30 Open Seminars & Panel Discussion
Listen and discuss with a panel of experts their experiences in applying 
solutions to solve knowledge management in R&D problems.

17.30 Industry Perspectives on the Knowledge Management & Research 
Informatics Requirements for Supporting Drug Discovery & Development
Dennis Underwood, CEO, Praxeon and Peter Gates, Johnson & Johnson PR&D

Dennis Underwood will discuss the challenges of the complexity of 
data-types and problems associated with building models of understanding 
disease therapies that are based on inherently complex and variable 
biological systems. Peter Gates will discuss strategies for the automation 
of research activities in the mining of data, the planning and execution of 
experiments, and the reduction of observations to data.

18.00 Knowledge Management Perspectives on Support Systems for Research and 
Development
Michael Liebman, Director of the Windber Research Institute and Barry 
Hardy, Manager, InnovationWell Community of Practice

Michael Liebman will provide an overview of knowledge management approaches 
for enabling productivity and successful outcomes in clinical and 
translational research. Barry Hardy will discuss knowledge assessment 
approaches aimed at the continuous improvement of the innovation and 
performance of the R&D organisation and its support ELN systems.

18.30 Solutions Perspectives to Support Collaborative Multidisciplinary R&D
Jeff Spitzner, President & Chief Science Officer, Rescentris and Robin 
Smith, VP Product Strategy, Symyx

Jeff Spitzner will discuss the design and implementation of collaboration 
frameworks for the management of scientific research, and the role of 
semantic web technologies in record-keeping solutions that support the 
integrated R&D organization. Robin Smith will discuss the management, 
protection and exploitation of intellectual property captured in ELN systems.

19.00 Panel Discussion with Audience
The speakers and audience will discuss Electronic Laboratory Notebooks and 
their role in managing and supporting R&D in today’s complex 
multidisciplinary scientific environment.

19.30 Knowledge Café on Knowledge Management in R&D
Discuss and share your experiences with your peers on knowledge management 
challenges and solutions for supporting research and development 
activities. In this part of the program participants will spend time in 
small groups discussing their own experiences, needs and interests. 
Rotation of participants between different groups and tables will take 
place periodically.

20.30 Reception
Enjoy refreshments and network further with your peers.


We gratefully acknowledge the support of our event sponsors Tripos, Symyx, 
and Rescentris, for this Open Event and Community activity.


Barry Hardy, PhD
Douglas Connect, Switzerland
+41 61 851 0170 (office)
www.douglasconnect.com