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Beyond Change Leading Excellence in The Digital Age


September 19, 2026



ASQ INSPECTION DIVISION & ASQ TORONTO SECTION JOINT CONFERENCE 2026 BEYOND CHANGE: LEADING EXCELLENCE IN THE DIGITAL AGE

CONFERENCE AGENDA:

SECTION 1

SECTION 2



8:00 am - 8:30 am



Registration



12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

Tulay Guneysel (Keynote)
The RAISE Framework: A Governance Model for AI Risk in Financial Reporting and Audit


8:30 am -8:35 am

Opening Remarks
ASQ Toronto Section & ASQ Inspection Division


1:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Chaitanya Baliga
AI/ML Framework in Regulated Industries


8:30 am - 9:15 am

Michael Mladjenovic (Keynote)
From Material Flow to Intelligence Flow: The Next Frontier of Enterprise Quality Excellence


1:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Afshin Yousefi
Leading Change in the Digital Age: The Knoster Model Meets Digital DMAIC


9:15 am - 9:50 am

Alina Codreanu
From Process Efficiency to Digital Trust: How Fintech Is Reshaping Operational Excellence


2:00 pm - 2:15 pm


Demo:
eBase Solutions|Minitab



9:50 am - 10:30 am

Kevin Richards & Mark Volk
Operationalizing Digital Clinical Quality for the Next Era



2:15 pm - 2:45 pm

Salima Jaffer Change Management in Digital Transformation



10:30 am - 10:45 am

Demo: SigmaXL Inc.

2:45 pm - 3:15 pm

Kallol Barua
The Future of Quality Inspection with AI-Powered Vision Systems

10:45 am - 11:00 am

Demo: Interfacing Technologies Corporation

3:15 pm- 3:35 pm

Draw

11:00 am - 11:30 am

Tony Bruneau-Bouchard
From Documents to Decisions: AI-Powered Digital Twins for Quality, Compliance & Operational Excellence

Sponsors:
RPM Academy
Simplicity Advantage
Quality Gurus Inc.
Tulay Guneysel

11:30 am - 12:30 pm

LUNCH

3:35 pm - 4:00 pm

Follow-Up

*Schedule Subject to Change 


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