ASQ's 2nd Annual SoCal Quality Conference (SCQC) 2009
Hosted by
Los Angeles, San Gabriel Valley & San Fernando Valley ASQ Sections
Staying Alive Through Challenging Times!!
The big day is on Saturday, 24 October 2009 at Kellogg West Conference Center Cal Poly University, Pomona, CA. This will be the largest SoCal Quality Conference with an expected attendance of 200-250 participants!! Variety of topics planned on Lean, Sustainability, Risk Management, Root Cause Analysis, Continuous Improvement , Career Assistance and more!

Planned for enthralling and interactive sessions with industry leaders such as Rob Bryant, Pauline Goodman and many others. Pete Andres's, riveting presentation on "Future Study - No Boundaries".

RSVP to register for the conference! .

Program Plan
Time
Activity/Presentation
Speaker
Title and Company
Topic/Category
Level
7.30 - 8.20 AM
Registration
8.20 - 8.30 AM
Opening and Welcome Address
CG Mistry
SCQC 2009 Chair
    
8.30 - 9.30 AM
Motivational Lean!
Rob Bryant
VP -Business Improvement - CSC
**Key note**
  
9.30 - 9.45 AM
Break
        
Track A
        
Lean Six Sigma for Breakfast
Joel Smith
Commercial Sales Rep, Minitab Inc.,
Lean/Six Sigma
Basic
9.45 - 10.45 AM
System thinking and cross Functional Process Redesign reduction of Non-value added tasks‏
Stephen Lawrence
Management Consultant
Lean/Continous Improvement
Intermediate
How to Become a "Must Keep" Employee
Roger Olson
Partner, Systems Quality Consulting
Career Assistance
Basic
Linking Quality with Strategy (TBD)
Akhilesh Gulati
Principal, Pivot Management Consultants
Sustainability
Intermediate
10.45 - 11.00 AM
Break
        
Track B
        
Thinking about Kaizen: A Systems View
William Bellows
Associate Fellow, Pratt and Whitney
Lean/Six Sigma
Intermediate
11.0 AM - Noon
Robust Engineering Design (The Taguchi Method)
Kurt Palmer
Associate Professor, USC
Six Sigma
Advanced
QbD (ICH Q8) and Risk Management (ICH Q9)
Bob Mehta
Senior Regulatory Compliance Manager, Edwards Life Sciences
Risk Management
Intermediate
11.0 AM - Noon

Quality Management through Continuous Improvement

  
Pauline Goodman 
Chief Performance Officer - IT & BI Southern California Edison
**Featured Speaker**
  
Noon - 12.30 PM
Lunch
        
12.30 - 1.30 PM
Futures Study - No Boundries
Pete Andres
President - ASQ
**Key note**
  
1.30 - 1.45 PM
Break
        
Track C
        
Sustainable Corrective Actions Using Quality Tools
Larry Bartkus
Supplier Qualtiy Program Manager, EV3 Inc
Root Cause Analysis
Intermediate
1.45 - 2.45 PM
What is sustainability, Green and Product Environmental Requirements?
Vinay Goyal
Staff Product Environmental Specialist, Beckman Coulter
Risk Management
Intermediate
Recession Proof Your Career
Rosemarie Christopher
Owner, MedExecIntl
Career Assistance
Basic
Methodology's part in Project Failure
Todd Williams
President - eCameron Inc
Risk Management
Intermediate
2.45 - 3.00 PM
Break
        
Track D
        
Quality Jeoprady
Joe DeSimone
Owner, DeSimone Engineering Inc.,
Sustainability
Intermediate
3.00 - 4.00 PM
Six Sigma(TBD)
Holly Duckworth
Director - Six Sigma, Kaiser Aluminum
Six Sigma
Intermediate
Measuring Inventory Quality
Doug Howardell
Principal, Symbiotic Solutions
Continuos Improvement
Intermediate
Managing risk in medical devices
Gopal Mohanty
Boston Scientific Corp
Risk Management
Intermediate
4.00 - 4.15 PM
Conference Close
  
ASQ 706
SCQC 2010 Chair
    
**Note** Speakers and Session Schedules are subject to change without prior notice.

For further details please contact C.G. Mistry for section 702, Chen Low for Section 700, Cheryl Jones for Section 706
For sponsorships/advertising please contact Cheryl Jones