2011 Quality and Productivity Research Conference -  June 8-10, 2011 - Roanoke, Virginia
Schedule


  Download a PDF of the Conference at-a-glance schedule:
 qprc-ataglance.pdf



Detailed Schedule - qprc-Schedule.pdf

Wednesday, June 8, 2011
7:30 - 8:30 Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:00 Opening
9:00 - 10:00 Plenary Speaker, Blan Godfrey, Conference Honoree
10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:00 Stat-Ease Software Demonstration
11:00 - 12:30 I-W-1A: "Process/Design Excellence for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises"
I-W-1B: "Statistical Engineering"
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 3:00 I-W-2A: "Multivariate and Auto-Correlated Data"
I-W-2B: "Statistical Issues in Aerospace/Aeronautics"
3:00 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 5:00 I-W-3A: "Industrial Statistics Research from Latin America"
I-W-3B: "Design of Experiments in the U.S. Department of Defense"
6:00 - 7:00 Cash Bar
7:00 Banquet
Thursday, June 9, 2011
7:30 - 8:30 Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 10:00 I-T-1A: "Multivariate Tools for Quality Improvement"
I-T-1B: "Design of Experiments for Computer Experiments"
C-T-1: "Statistical Process Control I"
10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:00 Minitab Software Demonstration
11:00 - 12:30 I-T-2A: "Robust Design and Design of Experiments for Time Series Data"
I-T-2B: "Topics in Statistical Process Control"
C-T-2: "Miscellaneous I"
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 3:00 I-T-3A: "Advances in Reliability and Design"
I-T-3B: "Measurement Systems and Uncertainty"
C-T-3: "Statistical Process Control II"
3:00 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 4:00 JMP Software Demonstration
4:00 - 5:30 I-T-4A: "Prognostics and Field Reliability"
I-T-4B: "Measurement Systems Analysis"
C-T-4: "Design of Experiments"
5:30 - 7:00 Posters and Reception
Friday, June 10, 2011
7:30 - 8:30 Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 10:00 I-F-1A: "Quality Issues in the Pharmaceutical Industry"
I-F-2B: "Modeling and Analysis of System Reliability"
C-F-1: "Miscellaneous II"
10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 12:00 I-F-2A: "Choice Experiments"
I-F-2B: "Mary Natrella Session"


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