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28 October 2016 Crowne Plaza Alamo, Austin & San Jacinto rooms 8686 Kirby Drive Houston, Texas 77054 I-610 South Loop at Kirby Drive near NRG Park and the Texas Medical Center Conference theme: QUALITY MAKES $EN$E Keynotes • Avoiding Land Mines in Your Records and Emails — Nancy Singer, President, Compliance Alliance LLC • Quality Makes $en$e — Jie Xue, Vice President, Supply Chain Operations, Cisco Systems, Inc. Leadership track • Lean Leadership Initiative: The Toyota Kata & TWI — Conrad Soltero • Managing Up! Bossing the Boss — Margaret A. Johnson, P.E. • Oceaneering: Proactive approach to quality — Benjamin Moyer • Leading Amidst Chaos and Confusion — Nita Costello, M.Ed. Fourth Annual Registration is open 7:00 AM Check-in opens 7:15 AM Continental breakfast 7:45 AM Welcome and introductions 8:00 AM Keynote — Nancy Singer 8:45 AM Break 9:00 AM Track session one 10:15 AM Break 10:30 AM Track session two 11:45 AM Lunch 12:10 PM Announcements 12:30 PM Keynote — Jie Xue 1:15 PM Break and book signing(s) 2:00 PM Track session three 3:15 PM Break 3:30 PM Track session four 4:45 PM Break 5:00 PM Closing announcements and door prize(s) 5:30 PM Conference closes After close of conference, informal attendee networking is welcome in the Cattleman's Bar & Grill located at the front of the Crowne Plaza complex Disclaimer: schedule may be subject to change as determined by the Conference Committee Registration ASQ Member Non- Member AUG – SEP 140.00 160.00 OCT 1 – 27 150.00 170.00 OCT 28 160.00 180.00 Student pricing: $35.00 w/valid student ID Fee includes breakfast, lunch, and break refreshments ASQ Houston Regional Quality Conference 2016 Risk Management & Improvement track • Is Quality part of the Risk Equation? — Gordon Smith • Kaizen Kanban — Fabrice Bouchereau • Achieving Success in Procurement using Lean Six Sigma — Gurpreet Singh • Deep Change: Learning to Lead in Complexity — Kathryn LeRoy & Jerry Larson Quality Management Standards track • The Initial Internal Audit of an ISO 9001:2015 QMS — Michael Prior • ISO 9001:2015 standard transitioning from the registrar/certification point of view — Mike Chaudron • Quartz – Global Quality Program at Technip — David Valentine & Valerie Godfrey • API Q2 for the Petroleum & Natural Gas Industry — Bryan Wollam Health Care and Medical Devices track • Tools and Strategies for improving patient safety in Diagnostics Imaging — Ranganath K. Iyer • Handling Stressful Situations During an FDA Inspection — Nancy Singer • Valid Statistical Rationales for Sample Sizes — John Zorich • Case Study of a QMS to improve delivery — Brian Herod, MS ѽ More details at www.asqhouston.org/events/164/ ? Register online at www.asqhouston.org/events/164/ Earn CEUs or RUs attending the Conference ✓
