To receive information or to register for ASQ Education Courses and Conferences, contact Education Development and Promotion, ASQ, 600 N. Plankinton Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53203, 800-248-1946, 414-272-8575, fax 414-272-1734, Web site www.asq.org. For AQP Courses and Conferences, contact AQP at 800-733-3310 or fax 513-381-0070

SEPTEMBER .

3-6 Quality Week 2002 Conference. San Francisco. Call SR/Institute at 415-550-3020 or e-mail qw@qualityweek.com.

4-11 International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) 2002. Chicago. Call IMTS at 703-893-2900 or fax 703-749-2759.

9-13 Six Sigma Green Belt Training. Raleigh, NC. Call NC State University-IES at 800-227-0264 or e-mail linda_collier@ncsu.edu.

10-12 Root Cause Analysis Methods Seminar. Hopewell, VA. Call Reliability Center at 804-458-0645 or e-mail info@reliability.com.

11-12 Mastering Highly Accelerated Life Test and Highly Accelerated Stress Screening. Milwaukee. Call Hobbs Engineering at 303-465-5988 or fax 303-469-4353.

11-12 Preparing for ISO 9001:2000 Transition Training. (Registrar Accreditation Board certified.) Nashville, TN. Call Brewer and Associates at 972-641-8020 or fax 972-641-1327.

12 Practical Skills for Managers and Supervisors. Dallas. Call Hogan Center for Performance Excellence at 972-406-1976 or fax 972-406-2922. Also Sept. 26 and Oct. 10, Dallas.

18-20 ASQ Education Course. Black Belt/Quality Engineering Statistics. Milwaukee.

19-20 Statistical Process Control Using SQCpack 2000. Dayton, OH. Call PQ Systems at 800-777-3020 or e-mail beth@pqsystems.com.

19-20 ASQ Education Course. Theory of Constraints. St. Petersburg, FL.

19-20 ASQ Education Course. Measurement, Data Analysis and Continual Improvement. San Diego.

22-25 ASQ Conference. 13th Conference on Quality in Commercial Aviation (CQCA). Dallas. Call Lynda West at 254-776-3550 or e-mail lyndaw@sgmeet.com.

22-25 National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) 27th Annual Education Conference. Nashville, TN. Call 800-966-9392 or e-mail info@nahq.org.

23 Calibration and Control of Measuring Systems. Southfield, MI. Call Excel Partnership at 800-374-3818 or fax 203-426-7811.

23 AQP Education Course. Conducting a Baldrige Assessment. Williamsburg, PA.

23-24 AQP Education Course. New Roles for Today's Managers. Williamsburg, PA.

23-24 The Memory Jogger II: Seven Quality Control Tools. Boston. Call GOAL/QPC at 800-643-4316 or fax 603-870-9122.

23-24 ASQ Conference. 11th Annual Service Quality Conference. Las Vegas.

23-25 AQP Education Course. Advanced Facilitation Skills. Williamsburg, PA.

23-25 2nd Annual Lean Management Solutions Conference. Seattle. Call Institute of Industrial Engineers at 800-494-0460 or fax 770-263-8532.

23-25 ASQ Conference. First Quality Applications Institute. Milwaukee.

23-26 AQP Education Course. Facilitating Teams and Groups. Williamsburg, PA. Also Nov. 18-21, Orlando, FL.

23-26 ASQ Education Course. Plexus Team Spirit: A Laboratory Experience. Phoenix.

23-26 ASQ Education Course. ASQ IWA for Health Care Trainer and Coach. Milwaukee.

23-27 ASQ Education Course. Introduction to Quality Engineering. Milwaukee. Also Oct. 21-25, Dallas.

24-25 ASQ Education Course. 16-Hour ISO 9001:2000 Lead Auditor Training. (American National Standards Institute/Registrar Accreditation Board accredited.) Orlando, FL.

25-26 The ISO 9001:2000 Course: Making the Transition and Implementing the New Standard. Chicago. Call ABS Consulting at 301-921-2345 or fax 301-921-0264.

25-27 Lean Value Stream Management. Dearborn, MI. Call Lean Enterprise Institute at 617-713-2900 or e-mail registrar@lean.org.

26-27 ASQ Education Course. Project Management for ISO 9001:2000 Transition. Orlando, FL.

29-Oct. 1 ASQ Conference. 10th National Quality Education Conference (NQEC). Columbus, OH.

29-Oct. 2 46th European Organization for Quality (EOQ) Conference. Harrogate Inter-national Center, United Kingdom. Call Institute for Quality Assurance at 44-0-20-7245-6722 (UK) or e-mail iqa@iqa.org.

30 Six Sigma Management Overview. Detroit. Call Stat-A-Matrix at 800-472-6477 or fax 732-548-4085.

30-Oct. 1 ASQ Conference. Customer Supplier Division Conference. Louisville, KY.

30-Oct. 1 ASQ Education Course. Hospital System Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (Design and Process FMEA). Milwaukee.

30-Oct. 1 Outlook on Quality Standards Conference. Dearborn, MI. Call Inform at 703-680-1436 or fax 703-680-1356.

30-Oct. 1 ASQ Education Course. Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (Design and Process FMEA). Las Vegas.

OCTOBER

3 47th Annual Toronto Quality Forum. Toronto. Call Barbara Simpson Fisk at 519-426-4999 or e-mail barbara.simpson@aims.on.ca.

7-8 ASQ Education Course. Improving Business Performance: Using ISO 9000 as a Means To Support Compliance in Healthcare. Chicago.

7-8 Jack Miller Seminar on Total Quality Management. Nashville, TN. Call Group Communications at 800-231-3353 or e-mail Jack@JackMiller.com.  

7-9 ASQ Conference. ASQ's Western Regional Conference. Fremont, CA. Call Bay Area Quality Council (ASQ Silicon Valley, Golden Gate and San Francisco sections) at 858-486-0400 or fax 858-486-8595.

7-10 CCE-ASQ Best Practices Conference and 2002 Baldrige Regional West Conference. San Jose, CA. Call California Council for Excellence at 858-486-0400 or fax 858-486-8595.

8-9 Human Error Prevention Seminar. Boston. Call Ben Marguglio at 845-265-0123 or e-mail b.marguglio@att.net. Also in Toronto and Pittsburgh.

8-10 Robust Design: DOE Tools for Reducing Variation. Minneapolis. Call Stat-Ease at 612-378-9449 or fax 612-378-2152.

10-11 ASQ Conference. Six Sigma Roundtable. Fort Lauderdale, FL.

14-16 Statistical Process Control Workshop. Marietta, GA. Call Southern Polytechnic State University's Center for Quality Excellence at 770-528-7454 or fax 770-528-7454.

19 ASQ Certification Exams. Quality Technician (CQT), Reliability Engineer (CRE), Quality Inspector (CQI), Quality Auditor Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP), Quality Manager and Six Sigma Black Belt. Milwaukee. Application deadline Aug. 23.

21-22 Quality Society of Australia (QSA) Asia Pacific Forum 2002. Sydney. Call QSA International at 61-2-8833-6408 (Australia) or e-mail conference@qsanet.com.

21-22 ASQ Education Course. Quality Audits for Improved Performance. Dallas.

21-22 ASQ Education Course. ISO 9001:2000 Customer Satisfaction Compliance. Dallas.

21-23 ASQ Education Course. Implementing and Auditing an ISO 9001:2000 Quality System. Dallas.

21-24 ASQ Education Course. Process Improvement Methods and Analysis. Dallas.

21-25 ASQ Education Course. ISO 9001:2000 Lead Auditor Training. (American National Standards Institute/Registrar Accreditation Board accredited.) Dallas.

21-25 ASQ Education Course. Software Quality Engineering. Dallas.

23-24 ASQ Education Course. Lean Manufacturing. Dallas.

24-25 Customer Satisfaction Measurement. Las Vegas. Call American Management Association at 800-262-9699 or fax 518-891-0368.

24-25 ASQ Education Course. ISO 9001:2000 Transition Training for Internal Quality Auditors. Dallas.

25 AQP Education Course. Lean Thinking Applied to Services and Administrative Functions. Dallas.

28-30 ASQ Conference. 12th International Conference on Software Quality (ICSQ). Ottawa.

29-30 ASQ Education Course. Registrar Accreditation Board (RAB) Approved ISO 9001:2000 Transition Training for RAB Certified QMS Auditors. Nashville, TN.

29-31 Fabtech International 2002. Cleveland. Call Fabrication and Manufacturing Association International at 815-399-8775 or fax 815-484-7700.

30-Nov. 1 ASQ Education Course. Software Functional Testing. Ottawa.

30-Nov. 1 ASQ Education Course. Internal Quality Auditor Training. (American National Standards Institute/Registrar Accreditation Board accredited.) Dallas.

30-Nov. 1 ASQ Education Course. Software Metrics. Ottawa.

NOVEMBER

5-8 Product and Process Design Improvement Using the Taguchi Approach. Detroit. Call Nutek at 248-540-4827 or e-mail rkroy@wwnet.net.

7-8 Product Safety and Liability Prevention. Los Angeles. Call 414-529-8697 or e-mail rgoodden@go.com

11-14 40th Annual Reliability Engineering and Management Institute. Tucson, AZ. Call University of Arizona at 520-621-2495 or fax 520-621-8191.

18 AQP Education Course. The Strategic Value of Teams. Orlando, FL.

18-19 ASQ Education Course. How To Transition to ISO 9001:2000. Indianapolis.

18-19 AQP Education Course. Baldrige Assessment for Education. Orlando, FL.

18-19 AQP Education Course. New Roles for Today's Managers. Orlando, FL.

18-20 ASQ Education Course. Baldrige Award Self-Assessment Training for Education. Indianapolis.

18-20 ASQ Education Course. Statistical Process Control. Indianapolis.

18-20 ASQ Education Course. Building Software Quality Skills. Indianapolis.

18-21 14th International Conference of the Israel Society for Quality. Jerusalem. Call Israel Society for Quality at 972-2-6520574 (Israel) or e-mail congress@isas.co.il.

18-21 ASQ Education Course. Plexus Team Spirit: A Laboratory Experience. Indianapolis.

18-22 ASQ Education Course. Introduction to Quality Management. Indianapolis.

20-21 ASQ Education Course. Measuring and Managing Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty. Indianapolis.

20-21 AQP Education Course. Building High Performance Teams. Orlando, FL.

21-22 ASQ Education Course. Software Metrics. Indianapolis.

21-22 ASQ Education Course. Using Quality Tools and a Problem-Solving Process for Sustained Improvement. Indianapolis.