AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR QUALITY, Delaware Section 506 and Region 5

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Professional and Continuing Studies

Program Agenda

• 7:30-8:30 a.m.—Registration and Breakfast
• 8:30-9:00 a.m.—Welcomes
  • ASQ Delaware Section
  • Governor Ruth Ann Minner or designate
• 9:00-10:00 a.m.—Keynote Speaker: Peter Anders, ASQ President-Elect—Making the Economic Case for Quality
• 10:00-10:30 a.m.—Break
• 10:30 a.m.-noon—Featured Speaker: Curt Coffman, Senior Scientist and Consultant with MAJERS Consulting Group—The Leadership Imperative: Excellence through People
• Noon-1:00 p.m.—Lunch
• 1:30-2:45 p.m.—Concurrent Sessions 1-4
  • Amy Waltuck, Vice President, Sellery Associates and Michelle Mason, ASQ—Advocating Excellence
  • Bruce Waltuck—The NIATx Process Improvement Model
  • Col. Steven Harrison, USAF, AMC, 436 AW/CC—Going for the Gold: A Baldrige Journey
  • Tom Mudge, David Little, and Leta Thrasher, ASQ—ASQ Leadership Training: Back to Basics
• 2:45-3:15 p.m.—Break
• 3:15-4:45 p.m.—Concurrent Sessions 5-8
  • Dr. Sergio Huerta, Laboratory Director, DNREC, Division of
    Water Resources Environmental Laboratory Section—To Lead or to Follow? Tools you need to become a leader
  • Al Leigh, President, 3V Consulting, Inc.—Who’s Your Green Belt? Observations on Six Sigma Training Efforts
  • Lisa Weis, DEMEP, Manufacturing Specialist and Paul Foster, Manager, DNREC, Air Quality Management—Case Study in Process Improvement
  • Tom Mudge, David Little, and Leta Thrasher, ASQ—ASQ Leadership Training Workshop: Back to Basics (continued)
• 5:00 p.m.—Adjourn