Speakers:

Karen McFarlane CMG FCLIP

Karen is an independent knowledge and information management professional. She has extensive experience of operating at senior levels in knowledge and information management in the UK government sector. She was formally Government Head of Profession for Knowledge and Information Management.  She was a founding member of the Government’s Knowledge Council and chaired the Council for 2 years.  

She is a Fellow of CILIP, a CILIP Trustee, and member of CILIP’s KM Chartership Project Board. She also represents CILIP on BSI’s Knowledge Management Systems Committee. 

She was awarded a CMG in 2013 for services to knowledge and information management.

Dion Lindsay MCLIP

Dion is a committee member of CILIP’s Knowledge and Information Management Group, and Chair of its East of England Regional Group. 

Dion writes in Information Professional, Refer and eLucidate, and is the author of Best Practices in Social Media Governance.

His first job was as MAFF’s law librarian, and these days he is a Knowledge Management specialist, running public and on-site courses, and providing consultancy in how to design KM services.