Sessions: Tuesday, March 14
 

Keynote Speaker: Willie Lyles, Director of Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, NASA JSC

Featured Speaker: Brian Kubik, VP, Quality & Mission Success, Missiles and Fire Control, Lockheed Martin

Session 1: Choice of Panel or Training/Workshop

• Panel: Making the Case for Early Engagement of Quality in the Program Lifecycle
• Training/Workshop: Supplier Evaluation - Basics to Hidden Secrets

Luncheon Keynote Speaker: Timothy R. McRae, SES, Program Director for GMD, MDA

Featured Speaker: Wayne Monteith, President and General Manager of National Aerospace Solutions, LLC

Session 2: Choice of Panel or Training/Workshop

• Panel: Keeping Up with Supply Chain Risk Management
• Training/Workshop: Successful Strategies to Enable a Quality Culture

Sessions: Wednesday, March 15
 

Keynote Speaker: Michele Miller, VP of Security and Mission Assurance, Ball Aerospace

Featured Speaker: Chris DeLuca, Director for Specialty Engineering, DoD Office of the Executive Director for Systems Engineering and Architecture 

Session 3: Choice of Panel or Training/Workshop

• Panel: Industry Associations and Their Role in the QA Universe 
• Training/Workshop: Audit Best Practices, Defect Trends and Corrective Action Tips

Luncheon Keynote Speaker: Mark Bontrager, Technical Director, Launch and Range Operations, Space Systems Command, U.S. Space Force 

Featured Speaker: Gina Woullard, VP, Mission Assurance, Aeronautics Systems, Northrop Grumman

Session 4: Choice of Panel

• Panel 1: Challenges with Retention and Recruitment of the QA Workforce
• Panel 2: New/Young Quality Professionals

Sessions: Thursday, March 16
 

Keynote Speaker: Janet Sellars, Director of HR, NASA Kennedy Space Center

Keynote Speaker: Michael Shields, Executive Director, Quality Assurance, DCMA

Session 5: Panel

• A Quality Mindset for Cybersecurity Challenges