INBEKON Management Institute develops web content in the field of ICT for the world of ICT practice and application, based on sound academic research. In support of this activity the company also offers regular seminars in which problem issues are addressed by leading international academics.

Our web content development and seminar activities address a fundamental shortcoming of the ICT industry, where a deep divide exists between the academic world and the world of practice and application. Contrary to most other disciplines, there is very little contact or cross-fertilization between the two groups, who live apart and rarely notice each other.

Academics teach, do research and discuss their results amongst each other at conferences and seminars which no practitioner would dream of attending. Practitioners and users develop systems, struggle with technological developments and attend briefings by vendors and industry analysts. Many of the problems confronting the world of practice might already have been resolved by research, but the results have not been communicated to them and are unlikely to ever reach them.

Over the years, a situation of mistrust has developed between the two groups and it has become increasingly difficult to bridge this gap.

INBEKON and INBEKON Management Institute have actively been involved in the world of practice for many years, and, in INBEKON Management Institute, there has been a deep involvement in IS academic and research work. We have international connections and obligations that keep us in constant contact with developments and research in the academic world of Information Systems. This allows us to be aware of and familiar with innovative ideas and results that emerge in academic research.

Our mission is to bring those ideas and results to practitioners – both ICT professionals and users.