There are only three Knowledge Management (KM) related organizations that we've identified as presently active, however new groups are emerging as we write. Professor Michael Buckland of UC Berkeley's School of Information Management & Systems is currently in the process of establishing a special interest group in knowledge management within the American Society for Information Science and is looking for participants. Email him at buckland@sims.berkeley.edu if you are interested in joining.

• Knowledge Management Consortium - "A society of knowledge management scientists, practitioners, and managers. Developing definitions, standards, and metrics for the KM industry." This organization appears to be the only official organization dedicated exclusively to KM. It is relatively new and still getting its bearings.
  
  
• The American Productivity & Quality Center "(APQC) helps enterprises manage change, improve processes, leverage knowledge, and increase performance by becoming more agile, creative, and competitive." APQC conducts a great deal of research and benchmarking. Its staff also appears as speakers to some KM conferences.
  
  
• Association for Information and Image Management International (AIIM) - "AIIM International is the leading industry association and trade show for IT professionals in document intensive businesses. Its mission is to help institutional users understand document technologies and how they can be applied to improve critical business and exploding enterprise and Web-based processes. AIIM's focus is information and process management, including Web-enabled document management, workflow and industry-specific solutions.

In addition to the three organizations listed here, you may want to consider looking for informal roundtables for CIOs and CEOs sponsored by major consulting firms. These often times require invitations. Another alternative is to look for organizations in areas like anthropology, organizational learning, and human resources that relate to KM.