From November 7 - 11, 2016, the third International Conference on Nuclear Knowledge Management (NKM) was held in Vienna International Center. The conference addressed and brought together managers, decision-makers and KM specialists from all types of organizations involved in the nuclear sector. Senior Vice President of Shanghai Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) and President of (SNERDI), Dr. Mingguang ZHENG, was invited to give a keynote speech and chair the technical session during the conference.

Dr. ZHENG made a keynote speech

Dr. ZHENG made a speech named DKM for NKM Example Based on Intelligent Digitalized Design System. He demonstrated the concepts and purpose of DKM during the whole life of Nuclear Power Plant, introduced the initiatives on training, data service and the establishment of intelligent digitalized design system that facilitated the knowledge cultivation, generation, transferring, sharing and application in SNERDI. He deemed that data and knowledge based quality management system and related standards needed to be developed, including software, hardware and data security. At last, he suggested the whole industry, including universities, jointed together and put forward the DKM for NKM consistently.

Dr. ZHENG Chaired Technical Session

On November 8, 2016, Dr. ZHENG was invited to chair the technical and plenary sessions for human resource development and capacity building. The sessions discussed the trending and challenges for nuclear industry human resources, and proposed guidance on nuclear policy, talents structure, and creative capability and so on.  

Exhibition Booth from SNERDI

The conference is a follow-up to the first and second conference organized by the IAEA on nuclear knowledge management. The conference provided an opportunity to share experiences and lessons learned in the nuclear sector related to managing nuclear knowledge and to share practical approaches to KM that can be used at the organization, national, and international levels to develop and maintain a strong nuclear knowledge base.