ebic conference, 1-3 October 2008, Berlin Connecting with the future Social impact awards Knowledge and information management (KIM) tools and techniques can make a real difference to charities and not-for-profit organisations - both in delivering innovative ways to meet their social objectives and by improving efficiency and effectiveness in their management and operations. As information technology becomes more affordable, these organisations can more easily take advantage of new KIM approaches. But vital learning opportunities offered by events like ebic conference 2008 are generally out of the reach of their limited budgets. The ebic conference 2008 organisers are planning to help bridge this gap by offering five free delegate places to ebic Fellows - the finalists of an innovation competition held in the run up to ebic. Entrants will need to propose a novel or imaginative use of KIM tools, processes, technologies or approaches to a social objective, and we will encourage entries that relate to the ebic conference 2008 theme, Connecting with the future. After assessment by a judging panel, the five top proposals will be invited to ebic conference 2008 without charge as ebic Fellows. During the conference, there will be a 'social impact evening' during which the finalists will present their entries to the conference delegates. One of them will be announced as the overall winner and will receive a prize. A great opportunity for everyone Details of opportunities to sponsor the Social impact awards and/or the Social impact evening are available on the sponsors page. If you have a sponsorship enquiry, please contact either Melanie Goody (melanie.goody@tfpl.com) 07879 603092 or Angela Abell (angela.abell@tfpl.com) 07787 124025.