Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Knowledge ...

Biographies <strong>of</strong> <strong>Conference</strong> Chairs, Programme Chairs and
Keynote Speakers
<strong>Conference</strong> Chairs
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. Franz Lehner has been assistant pr<strong>of</strong>essor at <strong>the</strong> Institute for
Organizational Research at <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Linz, Austria, since 1986. Before this
he ga<strong>the</strong>red experience in <strong>the</strong> field <strong>of</strong> EDP as head <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> educational centre at a
s<strong>of</strong>tware house and as an independent consultant. From 1992 to 1994 he was
pr<strong>of</strong>essor for business administration and information management (MIS) at <strong>the</strong>
Koblenz School <strong>of</strong> Corporate Management (WHU, Germany) where he was
elected as dean <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> faculty in 1994. After that a short period followed as
president <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> new founded Danube-University at Krems which is a centre for
postgraduate studies in Austria. In 2004 he accepted a call to <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong>
Passau where he holds now <strong>the</strong> Chair for Information Systems
(Wirtschaftsinformatik) since
April 2004. He has published 25 Books (including some as co-author) and
more than 100 articles in national and international journals to various topics in <strong>the</strong> field <strong>of</strong> information
science and information management. His research is focusing on E-Learning as well as Information and
Knowledge Management.
Programme Chair
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. Klaus Bredl was assistant pr<strong>of</strong>essor at <strong>the</strong> Institute for Information
Systems at <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Regensburg, Germany from 2001 until 2005. Before
this he had ga<strong>the</strong>red experience in <strong>the</strong> training centre at Toshiba Europe. In
2006, he was first pr<strong>of</strong>essor for media at a private College. After that he received
a call to <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Applied Sciences Neubrandenburg where his teaching
and research was in <strong>the</strong> field <strong>of</strong> Social Informatics. In 2009, he accepted a call to
<strong>the</strong> Institute <strong>of</strong> Media and Educational Technology (Chairman <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Board) at
<strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Augsburg. His team is focused on <strong>the</strong> research <strong>of</strong> Digital Social
Media in <strong>the</strong> field <strong>of</strong> E-Learning and Knowledge Management.
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Ronald Maier holds a PhD in Management Information Systems (MIS) from
WHU Otto Beisheim School <strong>of</strong> Management in Vallendar, Germany, and a
habilitation degree from University <strong>of</strong> Regensburg, Germany. After positions as
Visiting Pr<strong>of</strong>essor at University <strong>of</strong> A<strong>the</strong>ns, Georgia (USA) and as Chair <strong>of</strong> MIS at
Martin-Lu<strong>the</strong>r-University <strong>of</strong> Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, he has been appointed
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Information Systems at University <strong>of</strong> Innsbruck, Austria, since 2007.
He has published numerous articles in journals and conference proceedings and
books on knowledge management systems and enterprise knowledge
infrastructures. His research interests include flexible and adaptive business
processes, knowledge management and technology enhanced learning.
Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr Klaus Tochtermann is a pr<strong>of</strong>essor for Computer Media at <strong>the</strong>
Christian-Albrechts University <strong>of</strong> Kiel (Germany). From 1997 to 2000 he was
deputy head and later head <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> department for Environmental Information
Systems at <strong>the</strong>, FAW Ulm (Germany). The FAW was an industry research
institute with a strong focus on knowledge management and knowledge
technologies. From October 2000 to Jun 2010, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Tochtermann was <strong>the</strong>
director <strong>of</strong> Austria’s first industry-based research institute on knowledge
management Know-Center. The work <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Know-Center includes projects on
knowledge management, knowledge relationship discovery, semantic
technologies, workplace-integrated learning, Web2.0. Since 2004 Klaus
Tochtermann has also been head <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> institute for knowledge management
at Graz University <strong>of</strong> Technology. Klaus’s doctoral <strong>the</strong>sis in <strong>the</strong> field <strong>of</strong> formal models for hypermedia and
Internet-based services resulted is a scholarship from <strong>the</strong> Max-Kade Foundation that enabled him to pursue
post doctoral research at Texas A&M in <strong>the</strong> USA. In addition to his pr<strong>of</strong>essorial duties, Klaus is <strong>the</strong> Director
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics. With about 270 employees maintaining more than
4,2 Million documents related to economics, ZBW is <strong>the</strong> world’s largest library for economics.
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