32nd Collaboration on Quality in the Space and Defense Industries Forum

Starts:  Mar 11, 2025 07:00 AM (ET)
Ends:  Mar 12, 2025 05:00 PM (ET)

Collaboration on Quality in the Space and Defense Industries Forum

Register at https://mp.gg/bdhoo7iw

The theme for this event is Building and Sustaining Resilience in Quality...navigating the workforce, customer experience, supply chain, and critical skills needed. Consistent with previous events CQSDI attendees will enjoy featured senior level speakers, panel sessions, and concurrent interactive workshops over the two days with an additional day of NASA content at the QLF. This event will feature speakers from SCMA, MDA, NASA, commercial space providers and commercial aerospace companies.


Keynote and featured speakers:
•    Harmony Myers, Acting Deputy Chief, NASA Safety & Mission Assurance 
•    Sonya Ebright, Deputy Commander, DCMA
•    Lindsay Muth, VP of Quality, Lockheed Martin Aeroautics
•    Kevin Lowdermilk, CEO, Vayaspace 
•    Thomas Allen, Managing Director, Quality Systems, Alaska Airlines
•    and speakers from MDA, Blue Origin, Space Force and more…..


Panel Topics:
•    Embracing the Future: Helping your Organization Transition from QC to QA for Greater Benefits  
•    What organizations are doing to retain/grow the quality workforce to achieve quality objectives/requirements
•    Balancing Digital Evolution with Touch Labor (on-site staffing challenges with desire/requirement to work remotely)
•    Quality early in Product Development using novel approaches with non-traditional Quality tools

Workshops:
•    Developing and aligning program SCRM risk factors to align with quality    
•    Root Cause & Corrective Action Process: Integrating non-quality employees, recognizing bias and tools    
•    Government Perspective on Partnering with Supply Chain    
•    Past, Present, and Future from a Young Quality Professional    
•    Creating an Effective Quality & Safety Culture    
•    Hear from the Aerospace Industry Association Quality Assurance Committee: Industry Benchmarks and Shared Best Practices

We have also added a new-attendee orientation session based on feedback received. 

Program agenda is subject to change. Final program will be released before the event.

This event is supported by:
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
    Department of Defense (DoD)
    Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
    Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)

NASA Quality Leadership Forum (QLF) will be held on March 13, 2024 at the same venue. 

QLF Information:
https://sma.nasa.gov/sma-disciplines/quality/qlf

Location

Radisson Resort at the Port Conference Center
8701 Astronaut Boulevard
Cape Canaveral, FL 32920
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Contact

Belinda Chavez
281.467.6045
belinda.chavez@us.kbr.com