To receive information or to register for ASQ Education Courses and Conferences, contact Education Development and Promotion, ASQ, 600 N. Plankinton Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53203, 800-248-1946, 414-272-8575, fax 414-272-1734, Web site www.asq.org. For AQP Courses and Conferences, contact AQP at 800-733-3310 or fax 513-381-0070.

MAY

2-3 ASQ Education Course. How To Transition to ISO 9001:2000. San Diego. Also June 10-11, Orlando, FL.

6-7 Jack Miller Seminar on Total Quality Management. Atlanta. Call Group Communications at 800-231-3353 or fax 281-530-2505.

6-8 Six Sigma Statistics Basic Course. Tulsa, OK. Call Statsoft at 918-749-2217 or e-mail training@statsoft.com.

6-10 ASQ Education Course. Software Quality Engineering. Tampa, FL.

6-10 ASQ Education Course. Introduction to Quality Engineering. Orlando, FL. Also June 17-21, Milwaukee and July 22-26, St. Louis.

7-8 ASQ Education Course. ISO 9001:2000 Transition Training for Internal Quality Auditors. Milwaukee.

7-10 Product and Process Design Improvement Using the Taguchi Approach. Detroit. Call Nutek at 248-540-4827 or e-mail rkroy@wwnet.net.

9-10 ASQ Education Course. Quality Audits for Improved Performance. Milwaukee.

9-11 Practical Skills for Managers and Supervisors Course. Dallas, TX. Call Hogan Center at 972-406-1976 or fax 972-406-2922.

13-16 28th Annual Reliability Testing Institute. Tucson, AZ. Call University of Arizona at 520-621-2495 or e-mail dimitri@u.arizona.edu.

13-17 Design of Experiments. Cincinnati, OH. Call Mesa Consulting at 513-677-8207 or e-mail info@mesacg.com.

18-19 ASQ Education Course. 16-Hour ISO 9001:2000 Lead Auditor Training. (American National Standards Institute/Registrar Accreditation Board accredited.) Denver.

18-19 ASQ Education Course. Improving Business Performance: ISO 9000 as a Means To Support Compliance in Health Care. Denver.

18-19 ASQ Education Course. Integrated Process Management: A Quality Model. Denver.

18-19 ASQ Education Course. Lean Manufacturing. Denver.

19 AQP Education Course. How To Use Baldrige To Assess and Improve Your Organization. Denver.

20-22 ASQ Conference. 56th Annual Quality Congress and Exposition (AQC). Denver.

22-24 AQP Education Course. Advanced Facilitation Skills. Denver.

23-24 ASQ Education Course. Performance Consulting. Denver.

23-24 ASQ Education Course. ISO 9001:2000 Transition Training for Registrar Accreditation Board Certified Quality Management System Auditors. (Registrar Accreditation Board approved.) Denver.

23-24 ASQ Education Course. Quality for the New Age: E-Business Quality Management. Denver.

23-24 ASQ Education Course. Theory of Constraints. Denver.

29-31 ASQ Education Course. Design of Experiments II: Process Modeling and Optimization. Las Vegas.

29-31 ASQ Education Course. Using Baldrige Assessment To Improve Business Performance. Las Vegas.

30-31 ASQ Education Course. Training Fundamentals. Arlington, VA.

JUNE

1 ASQ Certification Exams. Quality Engineer (CQE), Quality Audit (CQA), Software Quality Engineering (CSQE) and Quality Improvement Associate (CQIA). Milwaukee.

3-4 ASQ Education Course. Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (Design and Process FMEA). Arlington, VA.

3-6 Second Short Course on Applied Reliability Engineering and Product Assurance. Berlin, Germany. Call Society of German Engineers at 49-0-211-62-14-2-01 or e-mail wissensforum@vdi.de.

3-6 47th American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Turbo Expo 2002: Land, Sea and Air. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Call International Gas Turbine Institute of ASME International at 404-847-0072 or e-mail torrem@asme.org.

3-7 ASQ Education Course. Introduction to Quality Management. San Diego, CA. Also July 15-19, St. Louis.

3-7 ASQ Education Course. Reliability Engineering. Charlotte, NC.

10-12 ASQ Education Course. The Project Management Process. San Diego.

12-13 ISO 14000 Overview and Integration Quality Expo. Detroit. Call Reed Expo at 203-840-5680 or 888-267-3794 or e-mail bblake@reedexpo.com.

12-14 ASQ Education Course. Internal Quality Auditor Training. Orlando.

13-14 ASQ Education Course. Project Management for ISO Transition. New Orleans.

17-21 ASQ Education Course. ISO 9001:2000 Lead Auditor Training. New Orleans.

19 TL 9000 Quality Management System Implementation Course. Chicago, IL. Call Excel Partnership at 800-374-3818.

24-26 ASQ Education Course. Design of Experiments. Columbus, OH.

24-26 ASQ Education Course. Process Capability. New Orleans.

25-26 ASQ Education Course. Quality Cost Principles. Columbus, OH.

25-27 ASQ Education Course. Implementing and Auditing an ISO 9000 Quality System. Las Vegas.

JULY

8-10 ASQ Education Course. Implementing and Auditing an ISO 9000 Quality System. Nashville, TN.

15-19 ASQ Education Course. Introduction to Quality Management. St. Louis.

22-26 ASQ Education Course. Introduction to Quality Engineering. St. Louis.

29-31 ASQ Education Course. Knowledge Management for Quality Professionals. Las Vegas.