1. The document summarizes a presentation given at the 2nd Knowledge Cities Summit 2009 in Shenzhen, China about knowledge management practices in the Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg, Germany. 2. A regional knowledge portal called regiolog.com was launched to connect stakeholders across industry clusters and support knowledge sharing. A knowledge map structures content by topic. 3. An independent Knowledge City Committee was established to maintain a knowledge stakeholder map and recognize excellent knowledge projects with an annual award. 4. Examples of successful knowledge projects in the region were provided, as well as lessons learned about launching a knowledge portal and cultivating online knowledge communities.

1. Knowledge City Summit 2009 05.-07.11.2009 in Shenzen/China 2nd Knowledge Cities Summit 2009 Regional KM – The Case of the Metropolitan Region Nuremberg (EMN) Sister Cities since 1997 European Office of Shenzhen in Nuremberg European Metropolitan Region Nuremberg Shenzhen Announcement of Cooperation at the 10th anniversary of N/S partnership

4. Main Goal of Knowledge Management: Create, Share and Retain Knowledge to Sustain Conditions of Survival! Source: Google Earth. 2nd Knowledge Cities Summit 2009

9. EMN Vision, Strategic Goals, Core Projects 2nd Knowledge Cities Summit 2009 Source: EMN Newsletter at http://www.em-n.eu. Vision: Home for Creative Derived Core Projects Derived Core Topics

10. EMN Leitbild 2nd Knowledge Cities Summit 2009 Source: EMN Newsletter at http://www.em-n.eu. Core Knowledge Domains (used for Knowledge Map) Growth Quality of Life

11. Timeline 2007-2009 2nd Knowledge Cities Summit 2009 Time 2007 2008 2009 Establishment of the Regional Knowledge Portal regiolog.com Establishment of independent Knowledge City Committee (KCC) Participation of General Public 2010

12. Phase 1: Establishment of a Regional Knowledge Portal and Design of a Regional Knowledge Map 2nd Knowledge Cities Summit 2009

16. Phase 2: Establishment of a Knowledge City Committee - Annual MAKCi Award Nomination - 2nd Knowledge Cities Summit 2009

18. Knowledge City Committee MAKCi Nomination 2nd Knowledge Cities Summit 2009 MAKCi Award 2008: http://www.regiolog.com/node/2435 MAKCi Award 2009: http://www.regiolog.com/node/2761

19. Regional Knowledge Stakeholder Map 2nd Knowledge Cities Summit 2009 Yes, the new Silk Road really is a web!  All Elements will be mapped to a wiki in 2010.

20. 2nd Knowledge Cities Summit 2009 Hint: the presenters are not responsible for the shown project examples. Project owners are indicated at the bottom of the next five slides to give credit to the project teams.

21. Example 1: Science Day 2009 „Boundaryless Knowledge“ 2nd Knowledge Cities Summit 2009 Owner: Universities in the Metropolitan Region Nuremberg (Organizer is rotating)

22. Example 2: Long Night of the Sciences 2nd Knowledge Cities Summit 2009 Owner: Kulturidee GmbH, Bavarian Ministry for Science and Research, Siemens, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Medical Valley, GfK, Nürnberger Versicherungen

23. Example 3: SciConomy PHD Camp 2009 2nd Knowledge Cities Summit 2009 Owner: SciConomy, Scientrepreneur, Kontaktstelle für Wissens- und Technologietransfer

24. Example 4: Startup Weekend 2009 2nd Knowledge Cities Summit 2009 Owner: Open Source Business Foundation (OSBF)

25. Example 5: Open Days 2009 2nd Knowledge Cities Summit 2009 Owner: Metropolitan Region Nuremberg

26. Success Stories and Lessons Learned 2nd Knowledge Cities Summit 2009

29. Thank you! Xièxie! 2nd Knowledge Cities Summit 2009 Cogneon GmbH Henkestr. 91 91052 Erlangen Germany http://www.cogneon.de Mr. Simon Dückert [email_address] +49 9131 616 6666 Weblog: http://www.cogneon.de/blog/2 (mainly german) Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/SimonDueckert (english) Social Networks: Xing: http://www.xing.com/profile/Simon_Dueckert LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=2250028 Tianji: http://www.tianji.com/profile/simondueckert