Saint Louis Quality Conference 2018
St. Louis – Section 1304
2018 Annual Quality Conference
Gateway to Quality
08 November 2018 on World Quality Day
Millennium Student Center
University of Missouri – St. Louis
1 University Blvd.
St. Louis Missouri, MO 63121
Questions: conference@asqstl.org
Early Bird (until 9/30): $199 ASQ Member, $249 Non-Member
Day of the Conference: $299
Download the LOUCON18 brochure.
The St. Louis Section of ASQ invites you to help us honor World Quality Month 2018 by attending our Quality Conference on November 8, 2018, at the Millennium Student Center on the University of Missouri-St. Louis campus. The theme of the Quality Conference is “Gateway to Quality” and you will see presentations on such topics as:
- Supply Chain/Supplier Quality
- Implementing a Quality System
- Mentoring
- Agile Project Management
For more information on the ASQ St. Louis Fall Conference, see the information page at 123SignUp-dot-com. If you want to save your spot at the Fall Quality Conference, register at the 123SignUp site.
NOTE: You can save $100 by signing up during the early registration period, which ends September 30.
From October 1 through October 31, the regular registration fee applies of $249. If you register in November, you will pay the Full Conference price of $299, so REGISTER EARLY!
Our conference host will be the University of Missouri –St. Louis. The location will be the Millennium Student Center’s conference facility on the main campus at 1 University Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63121.There is no better way to kick-off WORLD QUALITY MONTH than to bring the quality community together for this discussion. The one-day conference is November 8, 2018. Registration and breakfast start at 7:00 A.M. with speakers at 8:00 A.M.The ASQ St. Louis Section is kicking off our Annual Quality Conferences which we have branded LOUCON. We have been working hard over the last year and have put together a World Class Program discussing important and relevant Quality topics to share with the Quality Community.
LOUCON 2018: Gateway to Quality |
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| ASQ-STL NOV 08, 2018 FALL CONFERENCE | ||||
| UMSL – North Campus, Millennium Student Center | ||||
| 7:30 – 8:30 | REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST | |||
| 8:30 – 8:40 | CONFERENCE OPENING | |||
| 8:40 – 9:40 | Bill Hathaway (President, MoreStream) Swimming Upstream: The Agile Design Imperative |
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| 9:40 – 10:00 | MORNING BREAK with SNACK | |||
| Supply Chain / SQA |
Implementing QMS | Mentoring | Agile Project Management | |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Session A-1 Andrew Cleveland Managing Supplier Quality in the New Age of Healthcare |
Session B-1 Todd Snover Integrating Business Process Tools & Techniques in your Quality System |
Session C-1 Mark Edwards Coaching as a Mentor |
Session D-1 Bill Hathaway Quality by Design: The Catapult Design Challenge |
| 11:00 – 11:10 | BREAK | |||
| 11:10 – 12:10 | Pat LaLonde (Past Chair, ASQ) Changing Competencies for Qulaity Professionals |
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| 12:10 – 1:00 | LUNCH / BREAK | |||
| 1:00 – 2:00 | Session A-2 Bob Beyer Understanding the CQO (Cost Quality Outcomes) Movement |
Session B-2 Chuck Kuhn One Person, One Kaizen (1P1K) |
Session C-2 Nadine Kouba What’s So Important About Having or Being a Mentor |
Session D-2 Bob Hernandez GovermAgile – Bringing Agile into a Waterfall World |
| 2:00 – 2:10 | BREAK | |||
| 2:10 – 3:10 | Session A-3 Mary Alice Gallagher SCM Excellence – Collaboration , Leadership & Relationships |
Session B-3 Chris Anderson How to Increase the Effectiveness of Your Quality Management System |
Session C-3 Rik Nemanick The Mentor’s Way: Eight Rules for Bringing Out the Best in Others |
Session D-3 Chad Gallant The “True” Enterprise Backlog |
| 3:10 – 3:30 | AFTERNOON BREAK with SNACK | |||
| 3:30 – 4:30 | Edward Corno (Chief Technology Leader, IBM) Think Blockchain! |
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| 4:30 – 5:00 | POST CONFERENCE NETWORKING | |||
