The speakers

Ivar Gaute Strøm

Ivar Gaute Srøm from BNI (Business Network International) has for many years worked with strategic business networks.

He has held hundreds of courses and lectures on network building and relations to help firms and organizations to succeed. He is one out of three persons in Scandinavia who is educated in training people to become "certified network builders" in business; in order to help people to succeed by using good relations.

BNI's programme is based on a structured and goal-oriented work-method, which should help give the members new clients through personal references.

Petter Gottschalk

Petter Gottschalk is Professor of information systems and knowledge
management, Department of management and organisation at the Norwegian
School of Management (BI).

His research includes knowledge management in
law firms, and his results are published in journals and books. His stages
of growth model for knowledge management systems in law firms have been
implemented in several law firms. Dr. Gottschalk's most recent article on
Eurojuris was entitled "Sharing knowledge in law firms" in the
International Journal of Innovation and Learning.

Earlier articles include
"Benefits from information and communication technology facilitating
inter-organisational knowledge networks: The case of Eurojuris law firms in
Norway" and "Strategic knowledge networks: The case of IT support for
Eurojuris law firms in Norway" in the International Review of Law,
Computers & Technology. Dr. Gottschalk's most recent book entitled
"Knowledge Management in Policing and Law Enforcement" with Dr. Dean was
published by Oxford University Press.

Inger Marie Moen Reiten

Inger Marie Moen Reiten is a catalyst, professional trainer and counsellor. Her commitment is to help businesses and their people to succeed through better results - both on professional and personal areas. Moen Reiten has worked with sales and marketing of medical equipment for six years.

She has also worked as a freelance consultant for Statskonsult for two years, and as a project consultant within strategy development and market orientation in the public sector. For eight years she worked as a communications counsellor in Burson-Marsteller, as a specialist on health communication. Moen Reiten's background includes a Major in Marketing and Management with specialisation in Leadership and Human Behavior, MBA in Strategy and Leadership and a NLP Master Practitioner.

Moen Reiten is also a certified coach in Inspiring Coaching from the Ringom Institute.

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