SansGov business briefings and conferences evolved out of a gap in the market where business, Government and industry were bombarded with a range of events that, at the end of the day, cost a lot and delivered little in terms of new knowledge and learning.

In 2001 SansGov ran its very first conference, the Global Knowledge Management Conference. It was the first truly global briefing on knowledge management, a key issues confronting Government and the enterprise. At the time we made the decision to bring in practitioners - people who had actually implemented knowledge management and were now in a position to talk about the successes and the failures. Through our extensive network we scaled the globe. Our speak line up included the CIO of the United States Department of the Navy, the CKO of the United States National Defense University, the Director of Education for the World Bank and representatives of the United Nations. More than 300 people from across the globe attended and for a decade since, attendees of that first conference have returned time and time again to learn and evolve. In fact, over time, attendees have also become speakers.

State of the Education Nation and Information Nation have been run since 2003 and, in the case of State of the Education Nation, has been a resounding success both here in Australia and New Zealand.

Our business briefings and conferences are "hits" of knowledge, case studies and information. In the case of our business briefings we recognise time is a fact, which is why we run them during the morning to allow people to return to work in the afternoon. We also podcast speeches and are in the midst of updating our conference sites to include forums and interactive chat.

In 2010 we are adding two new business briefings that are focused on some significant challenge and opportunity areas. The first is our "Green Business Briefing" series that provides business, Government and industry snapshots into what is happening in the area of green industry, innovation, regulation and practical steps organisations can take to reduce carbon footprints.

The second new briefing being introduced for 2010 is around "Ethics in Business" and is more a workshop style session. There are a number of examples and cases studies that prove employees and executives still have a long way to go when it comes to understand the "how's" and pitfalls of doing business offshore. This new briefing provides a powerful new learning experiences that ultimately acts as a risk mitigation tool.

Keep an eye out for new briefings and conferences being developed for 2011 and 2012 such as the Global Green Business and Industry Conference.