CoP-1 Knowledge Management

What CoP-1 Knowledge Management does

CoP-1 Knowledge Management is a French non-profit professional association (Association de loi 1901) founded in 2014 and domiciled in Paris, France. It operates as a community of practice for Knowledge Management professionals, with a stated mission to develop, improve, and promote KM approaches and systems that create value for its members, their organizations, and their ecosystems. The organization is led by founding members including co-founder Martin Roulleaux-Dugage and Louis-Pierre Guillaume, with a total headcount of approximately 8 employees and no external ownership or equity funding.

The association's core activities consist of three pillars: monthly members-only meetings where KM professionals share experiences confidentially; annual working groups that define research directions jointly between academics and practitioners; and an annual conference co-organized with SKEMA Business School, with the 11th edition held on November 20, 2025. Conference topics over the past decade have progressively engaged with AI's implications for KM (2018: "Doping company knowledge with AI"; 2023: "Generative AI and KM"; 2025: "Knowledge at the age of AI: chaos or KM?"). Distribution is via the CoP-1 website, LinkedIn page, and YouTube channel (@cop-115), which hosts conference replays.

CoP-1 does not develop or sell commercial software, does not operate an API, and has no proprietary technology stack; its "products" are community, events, and publications. As a non-profit association, revenue is not publicly disclosed, and pricing/membership fees are not stated. The entity has no subsidiaries, no M&A history, and no regulatory actions on record. Customer concentration, financial scale, and AI capability depth are therefore not meaningful in a commercial-investment sense — the organization is best assessed as a membership-driven thought-leadership platform rather than a technology or revenue-generating business.

Name

CoP-1 Knowledge Management

Legal name

Association CoP-1 Knowledge Management

Website

https://cop-1.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CoP-1 Knowledge Management is a Paris-based French non-profit association (loi 1901, founded 2014) that runs a community of practice for Knowledge Management professionals through monthly meetings, working groups, and an annual conference co-organized with SKEMA Business School.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Association / Knowledge Management Community

NAICS

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAEAJAJ

Knowledge Management & KCS Programs

Business & Public Services/IT & Digital Services (Managed Services, Systems Integration)/IT Service Management (ITSM) & Service Desk

Keywords

• Knowledge management community
• Community of practice
• Professional association
• KM conferences
• Working groups

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CoP-1 Knowledge Management is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) that operates a community of practice for Knowledge Management professionals. It organizes monthly confidential meetings among KM practitioners, annual working groups that bring together academics and professionals to define research directions, and an annual conference on a selected KM theme. Its activities center on facilitating knowledge sharing, capitalization, dissemination, and transfer among KM professionals and the broader KM community.

Product overview

CoP-1 Knowledge Management is a professional association (Association de loi 1901) headquartered in Paris, France, focused on Knowledge Management practices. The organization does not offer commercial software products; instead, it provides a community platform for KM practitioners through monthly meetings, working groups, annual conferences, and publications on KM topics. Its activities center on facilitating knowledge sharing, capitalization, dissemination, and transfer among professionals through organized events and collaborative forums.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CoP-1 Annual KM Conference An annual conference organized by CoP-1 (co-organized with SKEMA Business School) that selects a single Knowledge Management theme each year and brings together organizations, academics, and KM professionals through expert panels and roundtables. The 11th edition was held on 2025-11-20 on the theme of AI and Knowledge Management.
• CoP-1 Monthly Member Meetings Recurring monthly meetings for CoP-1 association members where KM professionals share their Knowledge Management approaches, experiences, and challenges in a confidential peer setting.
• CoP-1 Annual Working Groups Yearly working groups that define research directions shared between academics and KM professionals, producing outputs that are then shared with association members.
• CoP-1 Publications Regular publications on Knowledge Management topics hosted on the CoP-1 website, including conference announcements, thematic reflections (such as 'IA: le KM pour éviter le Chaos?'), and conference replay content.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SKEMA Business SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing strategic partnership with annual KM conferences co-organized at SKEMA campuses. Collaboration includes joint conferences, academic research sharing, and working groups bringing together academics and KM professionals. SKEMA provides venue and academic framework while CoP-1 provides industry expertise and practitioner community.
• Cercle Knowledge & Collaborative IntelligenceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partner in organizing KM events and conferences. The cercle brings together academics and professionals focused on knowledge management and collaborative practices.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• APQC (American Productivity & Quality Center): APQC is a long-established non-profit membership organization that helps organizations improve performance through knowledge management, benchmarking, and research. Both APQC and CoP-1 operate as practitioner-focused KM communities offering conferences, working groups, and best-practice research, though APQC operates globally while CoP-1 is anchored in France.
• MAKE (Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises) / Teleos: Teleos runs the MAKE (Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises) program and publishes research recognizing exemplary knowledge enterprises. It overlaps with CoP-1's practitioner-development and best-practice mission in the KM space.
• KMWorld: KMWorld is a leading information resource serving the KM community through a magazine, annual conference, and ongoing content. Comparable to CoP-1 in its practitioner-focused KM conference and community activities, but operates as a media property rather than a non-profit association.

Direct peers

• KM Institute: KM Institute offers knowledge management training, certification, and a community of KM practitioners worldwide. It is comparable to CoP-1 as a practitioner development and networking body with conferences, publications, and continuing education in KM topics.
• Knoco Ltd. Knoco is an international Knowledge Management consultancy and training firm that runs practitioner conferences and workshops (e.g., KM Fests). It directly parallels CoP-1 by serving KM professionals with conferences, working groups, and publication-style outputs on KM best practice.
• Cercle Knowledge & Collaborative Intelligence: Cercle Knowledge & Collaborative Intelligence is a French-language KM community that already collaborates with CoP-1 in organizing KM events and conferences. Direct overlap in mission, geography, and audience for KM practitioners in France.

Others

• SKEMA Business School: SKEMA Business School is CoP-1's core strategic partner, co-hosting the annual KM conferences and providing the academic framework. While not a competing community, SKEMA's broader research and executive education programs intersect with CoP-1's practitioner community activities.

Emerging players

• Siemens Knowledge Management Community / Siemens MIND: Siemens MIND is a corporate in-house KM community of practice that hosts sharing sessions for practitioners. Comparable to CoP-1 in its community-of-practice concept applied to KM, though it operates as a single-firm community rather than an open industry association.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@cop-115
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cop-1-knowledge-management

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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M&A

Investments

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