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, website www.asq.org. For AQP Courses and Conferences, contact AQP at 800-733-3310 or fax 513-381-0070.

DECEMBER

2-4 American Society for Training and Development Return on Investment Network Conference. College Park, MD. Call Jenifer Homer at 703-683-8123 or e-mail jhomer@astd.org.

2-4 Design of Experiments. Chicago. Call Affiliated Educational Consultants at 773-262-8140 or e-mail info@aecltd.com.

3-5 Root Cause Analysis Methods Seminar. Hopewell, VA. Call Reliability Center at 804-458-0645 or e-mail info@reliability.com.

4-5 Preparing for ISO 9001:2000 Transition Training. (Registrar Accreditation Board certified) Orlando, FL. Call Brewer and Associates at 806-745-8030 or fax 806-748-0890.

4-6 Lean Value Stream Management. Orlando, FL. Call Lean Enterprise Institute at 617-713-2900 or e-mail registrar@lean.org.  

5 Auditing Computer System Providers. Somerset, NJ. Call Validation Associates at 215-354-1720 or fax 215-354-1725.

5-6 ASQ Education Course. Project Management for ISO 9001:2000 Transition. Las Vegas. Also Feb. 3-4, Phoenix.

7 ASQ Certification Exams. Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Quality Auditor (CQA), Software Quality Engineer (CSQE) and Quality Improvement Associate (CQIA). Milwaukee. Application deadline Oct. 4.

9 Calibration and Control of Measuring Systems. Brea, CA. Call Excel Partnership at 800-374-3818 or fax 203-426-7811.

9-11 ASQ Education Course. Internal Quality Auditor Training. (American National Standards Institute/Registrar Accreditation Board accredited.) Las Vegas.
Also Jan. 28-30, Atlanta, and Feb. 19-21, Los Angeles.

9-12 Institute for Healthcare Improvement's (IHI) 13th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Healthcare. Orlando, FL. Call IHI at 888-320-6937 or fax 617-754-4848.

9-13 ASQ Education Course. ISO 9001:2000 Lead Auditor Training. (American National Standards Institute/Registrar Accreditation Board certified.) Las Vegas. Also Feb. 10-14, Orlando, FL.

9-13 ASQ Education Course. Reliability Engineering. Las Vegas.

9-13 ASQ Education Course. ASQ-Plexus Trainer/Coach Training. Las Vegas. Also Feb. 24-28, Milwaukee.

10-11 ISO 9000:2000 Upgrade, Implementation and Interpretation. Denver. Call Cavendish Scott at 888-857-7002 or fax 303-480-9000.

12-13 Understanding ISO 9001:2000 Requirements. Marietta, GA. Call Southern Polytechnic State University at 770-528-7454 or fax 770-528-7454.

16-17 Internal Auditing. Dayton, OH. Call IQC at 800-450-1387 or e-mail iqc@iqcinc.com.  

19-20 Project Management II. Milwaukee. Call Marquette University's College of Professional Studies at 414-288-7345 or e-mail register@marquette.edu.

JANUARY 2003

14-16 Advanced Productivity Exposition (APEX) 2003. Orlando, FL. Call Society of Manufacturing Engineers at 800-733-4763 or e-mail lipndav@sme.org.

20-21 Jack Miller Seminar on Total Quality Management. Orlando, FL. Call Group Communications at 800-231-3353 or e-mail Jack@JackMiller.com.  

20-22 ASQ Education Course. Design of Experiments. Las Vegas.

20-24 ASQ Education Course. Introduction to Quality Engineering. Orlando, FL.

27-28 ASQ Education Course. ISO 9001:2000 Transition Training for Internal Quality Auditors. Las Vegas. Also Feb. 10-11, St. Petersburg, FL.

27-28 ASQ Conference. ASQ's Third Annual Six Sigma Conference. Palm Springs, CA.

28-29 ASQ Education Course. Quality Audits for Improved Performance. San Diego.

29-30 ASQ Education Course. How To Transition to ISO 9001:2000. Las Vegas. Also Feb. 12-13, St. Petersburg, FL.

29-31 ASQ Education Course. Implementing and Auditing an ISO 9001:2000 Quality System. Orlando, FL.

FEBRUARY 2003

3-5 Internal Quality Auditing for the Aerospace Industry. Washington, DC. Call Stat-A-Matrix at 800-472-6477 or fax 732-548-4085.

6-7 ASQ Conference. 11th Annual ASQ Quality Audit Division Conference. Reno, NV.

6-7 ASQ Education Course. ISO 9001:2000 Transition Training for Registrar Accreditation Board Certified QMS Auditors. (Registrar Accreditation Board approved.) Phoenix.

10 ASQ Education Course. ISO/TS 16949: 2000 Overview. Detroit.

10-14 ASQ Education Course. Black Belt/Quality Engineering Statistics. Phoenix.

11-12 ASQ Education Course. After the Audit: Continual Improvement From the Audit Process. Atlanta.

17-18 ASQ Education Course. 16-Hour ISO 9001:2000 Lead Auditor Training. (American National Standards Institute/Registrar Accreditation Board certified.) Los Angeles.

17-18 ASQ Education Course. Lean Manufacturing. Las Vegas.

17-18 ASQ Education Course. Quality Cost Principles. St. Petersburg, FL.

18-19 ASQ Education Course. Failure Mode and Effects Analysis. Dallas.

23 AQP Education Course. Conducting a Baldrige Assessment. New Orleans.

24-25 Ninth Annual Research Seminar. New York, NY. Call W. Edwards Deming Institute at 212-636-6219 or e-mail staff@deming.org.  

24-26 AQP Education Course. Advanced Facilitation Skills. New Orleans.

24-27 ASQ Education Course. Process Improvement Methods and Analysis. Phoenix.

24-27 AQP Education Course. Facilitating Teams and Groups. New Orleans.