The Ferryman

Walking with Lions and Licked By Cheetahs; a visit with the Mukuni Project in Zambia

On the way back home in November from our expedition in Namibia, we stayed a few days in Livingstone in Zambia. As the rains had been falling on and off for two weeks, the Victoria Falls there were very pretty when we visited them.  But the really interesting experience was discovering and visiting a new lion and cheetah re-introduction initiative: the Mukuni Project.

More on our experience there below!

Predictive ADME and Toxicology workshop in Oxford

For the first time we are holding a predictive ADME and Toxicology workshop in Oxford this summer.  It should be a valuable and rewarding experience that adds to our summer workshop activities there.  I believe we have a really good group of facilitators gathered that should make for an excellent working week. We will take a hands-on, problem-solving approach to case study datasets throughout the week.

More information at:
http://barryhardy.blogs.com/cheminfostream/2009/02/predictive-adme-and-toxicology-workshop-in-oxford.html

Barry

This year's Knowledge Management Training Week in Basel

We have had rewarding Knowledge Management Training weeks in Basel the past two years and an excellent international group of managers and practitioners with us from many countries, industries and different perspectives.  In addition to the extensive eLearning and practice-based teaching, the group interactions, exercises and end-of-week presentations have been productive and enriching.

We continue to develop the faculty for the program with this year's training week supported by a group of six leading instructors and facilitators with an excellent combination of experience and skills needed to cover and support the full breadth of topics and discussions. 

The Certified Knowledge Manager (CKM) Training week will take place 4-8 May 2009 at the Merian Hotel in Basel.  You will find more information at:
http://douglasconnect.com/html/knowledge.htm
and can download a pdf brochure from here:

Download KMTrainingBrochure

I hope you can make it!

Barry

Experiences from Expedition work in the Caprivi Delta

In November we went out to work on a new community-based conservation project in a remote area of Northwestern Namibia called the Caprivi Delta. The approach was that a group of 12 volunteers including Nicki and I would travel to a new base camp there and help the local scientists with their work on the project.  The project is working on gathering information on the local wildlife in two large areas of wilderness which form two relatively new wildlife parks.  In between the parks are conservancies where the locals live in small villages.  Most of the local villagers are small subsistence farmers, i.e., they have a few cattle and goats, plant a small number of crops and use fishing and plants and wildlife from the local bush to provide themselves a basic living.  The people there are very poor by western standards. They have no doctor in the area, no computers or playstations, although a village may have a radio and more recently a mobile phone which is often shared!  Most people have to walk to school, work or to get water.

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