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.

JANUARY

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

14-17 TL 9000 Quality Management System Auditing. Chicago. Call Excel Partnership at 800-374-3818 or fax 203-426-7811.

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.

21-22 Mastering Highly Accelerated Life Test and Highly Accelerated Stress Screening. San Diego. Call Hobbs Engineering at 303-465-5988 or e-mail learn@hobbsengr.com.

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.

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

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

3-4 ASQ Education Course. Project Management for ISO 9001:2000 Transition. Phoenix.

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 accredited.) Phoenix.

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

10-11 ASQ Conference. 1st Annual ASQ Business Excellence and Customer Satisfaction Conference. New Orleans.

10-14 ASQ Education Course. ISO 9001:2000 Lead Auditor Training. (American National Standards Institute/Registrar Accreditation Board accredited.) Orlando, FL.

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 accredited.) Los Angeles.

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

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

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

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

24-25 9th Annual Research Seminar. New York. 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.

24-26 AQP Conference. 17th Annual National Team Excellence Competition. New Orleans.

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

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

24-28 ASQ Education Course. ASQ-Plexus Trainer/Coach Training. Milwaukee.

MARCH

1 ASQ Certification Exams. Certified Quality Technician (CQT), Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE), Certified Quality Inspector (CQI), Certified Quality Auditor--Hazard Analyses and Critical Control Points (HACCP), Certified Quality Manager and Six Sigma Black Belt. Milwaukee. Application deadline Jan. 10.

10-14 ASQ Conference. 15th Annual Quality Management Division Conference. Phoenix.

11-12 ASQ Conference. 10th Annual ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 Conference. Dallas.

30-April 2 Baldrige National Quality Program. 30th Quest for Excellence Conference. Washington, DC.

31-April 1 Customer Satisfaction Measurement. New York. Call American Management Association at 800-262-9699 or customerservice@amanet.org.