ASQ | 2008 Northern Illinois Quality Conference

 

 

Mark your calendar for the 11th Annual Northern Illinois Quality Conference (NIQC) 2008 for Monday November 3, 2008. The Theme for NIQC 2008 is “ Sustainable Organizational Excellence ”. There will be three outstanding keynote speakers form Gookins Technology Ltd, Northern Illinois University, and Grant Thornton LLP. The venue for NIQC 2008 is Holiday Inn Select in Naperville, Illinois.

 

Welcome To 2008 NIQC

This is a “cannot miss” event focusing on issues that all businesses in all industries must recognize. NIQC offers attendees the opportunity to learn more about issues that face all business leaders today. This conference was designed to give attendees the hands on tools to take and quickly apply.

Three outstanding keynote speakers are scheduled for Monday morning: Dr. Elmer (Bud) Gookins, President of Gookins Technology Ltd., Elyria, Ohio.  Dr. Denise Schoenbachler, Dean, College of Business, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois. and Dr. Sridhar Ramamoorti, Partner, National Corporate Governance Group, Grant Thornton LLP, Chicago, Illinois.

Pre-Conference Workshops for Process Improvements in Regulated Environment, Leadership Development, Information Integrity for Quality Management, What to Expect during a TS-16949 Audit, and Lean Quality Management Systems are scheduled for Sunday November 2, 2008.

Post-Conference Workshops for Practical Approaches to Root-Cause Analysis, Achieving Performance Excellence, Supply Chain Compliance Management, Increase Business Value of Your Quality Management System, and Seven Steps to effective Leadership are scheduled for Tuesday November 4, 2008.

Separate tracks for Internal Audits, Organizational Excellence, Global Excellence, and Healthcare Excellence are scheduled for Monday afternoon. The speakers are recognized industry professionals, some with global credentials and published works.

NIQC 2008 is sponsored by five American Society for Quality (ASQ) Sections: Chicago, Fox Valley, Heart of Illinois, Illiana, Northeastern Illinois, and the Information Integrity Interest Group.

We are currently soliciting corporate and organizational sponsorships to make the conference more affordable for all attendees. Your organization will get one free admission to the November 5, 2007 conference for every $500 in sponsorship funds. In addition each sponsor will be acknowledged in the conference brochure and program.

Contact

Dan Brown, Conference Chair NIQC 2008, danbrown@dbpsllc.us , 312-615-3530

Dr. Manu K. Vora, Vice Chair NIQC 2008, manuvora@b-einc.com , 630-548-5531

Kam Gupta, citkam@gmail.com

NIQC committee, asqniqc@niqc.org

Copyright 2007 NIQC