Collaboration on Quality in the Space and Defense Industries Forum
March 14 - 16, 2023
Cape Canaveral, Florida
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