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NEQC CONFERENCE ASQ - NEQC 56th Conference Program -Tuesday / Wednesday October 17-18, 2006
 
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    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2006
    7:30-8:30 Registration - Refreshments - Exhibit Hall
    8:30-9:30 KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Mr. Joseph DeFeo, President and CEO of Juran Institute; “Creating a Lean Six Sigma Customer-Supplier Partnership Between Large and Small Companies”
    9:30-9:45 Break - Exhibit Hall
    Track Track 1
    Six Sigma
    Track 2
    Management Systems
    Track 3
    Software
    Track 4
    Special
    9:45-10:45 11A
    Stopping the 'Six Sigma Data Shuffle' - How to put your best people on tasks that really matter, instead of massaging, scrubbing, manipulating data from here until next Sunday






    - Evan Miller
    12A
    Using ISO 9001 to Help Manage the Sarbanes-Oxley Risks
    - Sandy Liebesman


    Using ISO 9001 and Information Technology to Help Manage the Sarbanes-Oxley Risks

    -John Walz
    13A
    Comparative Analysis of Several Quality Systems







    - Alex Elentukh
    14A
    The Human Factor: How to Get People to do What They’re Supposed To






    - Wally Hauck
    10:45-11:00 Break - Exhibit Hall
    11:00-12:00 11B
    Understanding DFSS for Translating Customer Needs into Product Design.


    - Jay Patel
    12B
    Keep Your Eye on the System - Getting the Most from ISO 14001.


    - Gabe Crognale
    13B
    Do You Have the Right Information for Excellence?



    - David Brown, Ph. D.
    14B
    ASQ Current State of Affairs.




    - Roger Keller
    - David Levy
    12:00 - 2:00 LUNCHEON KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Harry Hertz Director- MBNQA Program, NIST; “Performance Excellence in 2006: Where Is It Going and How Do You Get There?”
    2:00-3:00 11C
    Six Sigma and Your Bottom line


    - Eli Baron
    12C
    Procedures- for Improving Quality and Productivity.


    - Charles Marsman
    13C
    Managing Software Outsourcing.


    - Sanjay Patel
    14C
    Quality Jeopardy – A Fun Way to Sharpen Your Quality Skills.

    - Diane Dixon
    - Carol Beauchesne
    3:00-3:10 Break - Exhibit Hall
    3:10-4:10 11D
    DOE Using the Paper Helicopter




    12D
    The Relevance of the Criteria for Performance Excellence to Manufacturing’s Current Crisis


    - Kay Kendall
    - Dr. Harry Hertz
    13D
    The Structured Testing Methodology for Software Quality Analyses of Networking Systems


    - Vladimir Riabov
    14D
    Do Companies that Practice Continuous Improvements and Continuous Innovation Outperform those that Practice Only One?

    - Mahesh Chandra
    - James P. Neelankavil
    4:20-5:20





    - Jack Meagher
    12E
    The Human Side of Auditing




    - Mark Hehl
    13E
    Measuring and Managing your Functional Requirements


    - David Herron
    14E
    Creative Thinking: Thinking “Outside the Box” to Build Relationships


    - James August
    5:30-7:30 RECEPTION,ENTERTAINMENT, AWARDS, AND PRIZES: Comedy Theatrics By Rob Peck



    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2006
    7:30-8:00 Registration - Refreshments - Exhibit Hall
    8:00-9:00 KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Mr. Jim Pearson, VP of Customer Quality and Six Sigma –EMC Corporation; “Six Sigma Drives The Way We Work”
    9:00-9:10 Break - Exhibit Hall
    Track Track 1
    Lean
    Track 2
    Performance Excellence
    Track 3
    Software
    Track 3
    Reliability
    9:10-10:10 21A
    Kaizen Workshop



    - Steve Szydlowski
    22A
    Managing Data – A Roll of Total Quality Management.


    - Charity Callahan
    23A
    Root Cause Analysis for Customer Reported Problems

    - Stephen R. Rakitin
    24A
    Sample Size Conundrum for Reliability Testing: How Big or How Small?

    - Nihar Senapati
    10:10-10:20 Break - Exhibit Hall
    10:20-11:20 21B
    Implementing Lean Six Sigma in a Service Environment.

    - Joan Forrer
    22B
    A Quick Start Guide to Strategic Planning.


    - Sandi Voogd
    - Scott N. Crawford
    23B
    Software Quality Planning – the Essential Elements


    - Tony Raymond
    24B
    Comparison of HALT/HASS Implementations.


    - Gene Bridgers
    11:20-11:30 Break - Exhibit Hall
    11:30-12:30 21C
    Faster Team Solutions: The Six Thinking Hats.

    - Wally Hauck
    22C
    Gage R & R Hands on Workshop

    - Jack Reardon
    23C
    Avoid Creep – Discover the REAL Requirements.

    - Robin F. Goldsmith
    24C
    FRACA Process Overview – Tools for Success.

    - Aaron C. DerMarderosian, Jr
    12:30-2:15 KEYNOTE SPEAKER : Mr. Jay P. Patel, CEO , Quality & Productivity Solutions, Inc.; “Development and Execution of Winning Strategies in the 21st Century for Supply Chain”
    2:15-3:15 21D
    Lean Supply Chain Collaboration – Optimizing Customer-Supplier Cash Flow

    - Andy Novotny
    22D
    Pareto Visual Tools for Process Analysis and Progress Monitoring


    - George Zeliger, Ph.D.
    23D
    The Flavors of Software Test Automation



    - John Pustaver
    24D
    Hardware Reliability Growth Estimations and Projections – What is Valid and What is Not.

    - Dave Dwyer
    - Jonathan Cahill
    3:15-3:30 Break - Exhibit Hall
    3:30-4:30 21E
    Value Stream Mapping Workshop.



    - Tom Doherty
    22E
    Supplier Monitoring and Certification – More than Quality and Delivery Improvement

    - David Potty
    23E
    Software Development in the FDA-Regulated World: Why Test Only When We’re “Done”?

    - Brian Shoemaker, Ph.D.
    - Ron Morsicato
    24E
    Current State of Software Reliability.



    - Obaid Qadri