Lotus Development and IBM announced formation of the Institute for Knowledge Management (IKM), a commercial research consortium composed of executives from member corporations who, with Knowledge Management experts from Lotus, IBM and leading academic institutions, will conduct applied research on the creation and deployment of successful Knowledge Management solutions. The first <A HREF="http://www.lotus.com/lotus/press.nsf/a10dd8d2e75f06bc852564a5004cd7ea/11d73322a9da4c118566fe00112c3c7?OpenDocument">IKM</A> seminar, which is open to those interested in potential membership, will be held January 28-29 at the IBM Executive Conference Center in Palisades, NY. The seminar is designed to introduce attendees to IKM programs and research strategies.