2004 Quality & Productiving Research Conference: Schedule

Program For 2004
Quality and Productivity Research Conference
May 19-21, 2004

Statistics and Six Sigma - What Works, What Doesn't

Tuesday, May 18, 2004
9:30-4:40 Pre-conference Short Course - "Teaching Design of Experiments Using Statistical Software"
Mark Johnson, University of Central Florida
Chris Nachtsheim, University of Minnesota

Wednesday, May 19, 2004
8:30-8:45 Welcome
Steve Jones - Vice Chancellor for Research & Extension, NC State University
John Sall - Executive Vice Presindent and Co-Founder, SAS Institute Inc.
Angie Patterson - Chair, ASA Section on Quality and Productivity
8:45-10:30 Opening Plenary

Opening addresses by participants of the first Quality and Productivity Conference twenty years ago will open the conference with short talks on where statistics and quality have been in the past twenty years and their personal visions of where quality, productivity and statistics will be in the next twenty years.

Stu Hunter, Princeton University
Michele Boulanger, Motorola
Jeff Hooper, International Network Services
Ramon Leon, University of Tennessee
Blan Godfrey, NC State University

10:30-11:00 Morning Break
11:00-12:30 Two special concurrent invited sessions.
"Bioinformatics Work in the SAMSI Data Mining Year"
Organizer: David Banks, Duke University
Chair: Leanna House, Duke University
"Exploring a complex metabolism dataset with recursive partitioning"
Susan Simons, UNC-Wilimington
"Pooling Experiments for Hight Throughput Screening in Drug Discovery"
Jacqueline M. Hughes-Oliver, NC State University
"Deep Clustering via rSVD"
Stan Young, National Institute of Statistical Sciences
"Model Robust Design"
Moderator/Chair: William Li, University of Minnesota
William Li, University of Minnesota
Kenny Ye, University of Minnesota
"Bayesian D-Optimal Supersaturated Design"
Bradley Jones, SAS Institute, Inc.

12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00 Two special concurrent invited sessions.
"Six Sigma Case Studies"
Moderators/Chairs: Cliff Seastrunk, NC State University and Tim Clapp, NC State University
Brian Zevius, BOC Edwards
Steve Smith, Curtiss-Wright Controls
"Using Six Sigma for New Product Development"
Dick June, Parkdale Mills
"Complex Data Sets"
Moderator/Organizer: Alan Karr, NISS
"Cherry Picking: Multidimesional Perspective"
Leanna L. House, Duke University
"Issues in Mining `Real' Data"
Ashish Sanil, NISS
"Instrumenting Software to Predict Failure"
Murali Haran, NISS

3:00-3:20 Break
3:20-4:00 Special Keynote Presentation - "From Box and Wilson (1951) to Q&P (1984) to Six Sigma and Beyond: A Retrospective"
Ray Myers, Virginia Tech
4:00-5:30 Panel - "Software and Statistics"
John Sall - Executive Vice President and Co-Founder, SAS Institute, Inc.
Barbara Ryan - President & CEO, Minitab Inc.
Leland Wilkinson - Senior Vice President, SPSS Inc.

5:30-6:30 Reception
6:30 Dinner and Socializing

Thursday, May 20, 2004
8:30-10:00 Keynote Session
Talk by Stu Hunter, Princton University. - 25th Anniversary of Box, Hunter and Hunter and introduction to the second edition.
10:00-10:30 Morning Break
10:30-12:15 Special Plenary Session - "Six Sigma, What Works, What Doesn't"
Organizer/Chair: Chris Nachtsheim
Jim Buckman, University of Minnesota
Kevin Linderman, University of Minnesota
Peter Kolesar, Columbia University

12:15-1:15 Lunch
1:15-2:45 Special presentations by winners of Mary Natrella Fellowships
Contributed Papers and Poster Sessions
2:45-3:00 Afternoon Break
3:00-3:30 Transportation to SAS Headquarters in Cary
3:30-5:30 Tour and Demonstrations of Software Devleopment and Research Facilities
SAS Hosted Reception during demonstrations

Friday, May 21, 2004
8:30-10:30 Two special concurrent invited sessions.
"Statistics, Six Sigma and Healthcare"
Moderators/Chairs: William Burton, Duke University and Margaret O'Brien, NC State University
"Dutch Experiences Implementing Six Sigma In Healthcare"
Ronald Does, University of Masschusetts-Amherst
Soren Bisgaard, University of Masschusetts-Amherst
"Implementing Six Sigma in a Large, Complex Organization"
Doug Sears, Bon Secours Health System
Wendy Novicoff, University of Virginia Medical College
"DOE and Six Sigma"
Moderator/Chair: Sastry Pantula
"An Overview of DOE within Six Sigma"
Geoff Vining, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and University
"Beyond the Six Sigma classroom"
Angie Patterson, GE
"Six Sigma: New Directions for DOE"
Doug Montgomery, Arizona State University

10:30-11:00 Morning Break
11:00-12:30 Closing Plenary- "Does Six Sigma Have a Future? A Debate"
Gerry Hahn and Roger Hoerl, General Electric
12:30-1:30 Box Lunches
1:30-3:30 Post meeting of QPRC Steering Committee and Planing Committee
wrap-up, lessons learned, and planning for next year's conference.

Tuesday, May 18, 2004
9:30-4:40	Pre-conference Short Course - "Teaching Design of Experiments Using Statistical Software" Mark Johnson, University of Central Florida Chris Nachtsheim, University of Minnesota

Wednesday, May 19, 2004
8:30-8:45	Welcome Steve Jones - Vice Chancellor for Research & Extension, NC State University John Sall - Executive Vice Presindent and Co-Founder, SAS Institute Inc. Angie Patterson - Chair, ASA Section on Quality and Productivity
8:45-10:30	Opening Plenary Opening addresses by participants of the first Quality and Productivity Conference twenty years ago will open the conference with short talks on where statistics and quality have been in the past twenty years and their personal visions of where quality, productivity and statistics will be in the next twenty years. Stu Hunter, Princeton University Michele Boulanger, Motorola Jeff Hooper, International Network Services Ramon Leon, University of Tennessee Blan Godfrey, NC State University
10:30-11:00	Morning Break
11:00-12:30	Two special concurrent invited sessions. "Bioinformatics Work in the SAMSI Data Mining Year" Organizer: David Banks, Duke University Chair: Leanna House, Duke University "*Exploring a complex metabolism dataset with recursive partitioning" Susan Simons, UNC-Wilimington "Pooling Experiments for Hight Throughput Screening in Drug Discovery" Jacqueline M. Hughes-Oliver, NC State University "Deep Clustering via rSVD" Stan Young, National Institute of Statistical Sciences "Model Robust Design" Moderator/Chair: William Li, University of Minnesota William Li, University of Minnesota Kenny Ye, University of Minnesota "Bayesian D-Optimal Supersaturated Design"* Bradley Jones, SAS Institute, Inc.
12:30-1:30	Lunch
1:30-3:00	Two special concurrent invited sessions. "Six Sigma Case Studies" Moderators/Chairs: Cliff Seastrunk, NC State University and Tim Clapp, NC State University Brian Zevius, BOC Edwards Steve Smith, Curtiss-Wright Controls *"Using Six Sigma for New Product Development"* Dick June, Parkdale Mills "Complex Data Sets" Moderator/Organizer: Alan Karr, NISS "*Cherry Picking: Multidimesional Perspective" Leanna L. House, Duke University "Issues in Mining `Real' Data" Ashish Sanil, NISS "Instrumenting Software to Predict Failure*" Murali Haran, NISS
3:00-3:20	Break
3:20-4:00	Special Keynote Presentation - "From Box and Wilson (1951) to Q&P (1984) to Six Sigma and Beyond: A Retrospective" Ray Myers, Virginia Tech
4:00-5:30	Panel - "Software and Statistics" John Sall - Executive Vice President and Co-Founder, SAS Institute, Inc. Barbara Ryan - President & CEO, Minitab Inc. Leland Wilkinson - Senior Vice President, SPSS Inc.
5:30-6:30	Reception
6:30	Dinner and Socializing

Thursday, May 20, 2004
8:30-10:00	Keynote Session Talk by Stu Hunter, Princton University. - 25th Anniversary of Box, Hunter and Hunter and introduction to the second edition.
10:00-10:30	Morning Break
10:30-12:15	Special Plenary Session - "Six Sigma, What Works, What Doesn't" Organizer/Chair: Chris Nachtsheim Jim Buckman, University of Minnesota Kevin Linderman, University of Minnesota Peter Kolesar, Columbia University
12:15-1:15	Lunch
1:15-2:45	Special presentations by winners of Mary Natrella Fellowships Contributed Papers and Poster Sessions
2:45-3:00	Afternoon Break
3:00-3:30	Transportation to SAS Headquarters in Cary
3:30-5:30	Tour and Demonstrations of Software Devleopment and Research Facilities SAS Hosted Reception during demonstrations

Friday, May 21, 2004
8:30-10:30	Two special concurrent invited sessions. "Statistics, Six Sigma and Healthcare" Moderators/Chairs: William Burton, Duke University and Margaret O'Brien, NC State University *"Dutch Experiences Implementing Six Sigma In Healthcare"* Ronald Does, University of Masschusetts-Amherst Soren Bisgaard, University of Masschusetts-Amherst *"Implementing Six Sigma in a Large, Complex Organization"* Doug Sears, Bon Secours Health System Wendy Novicoff, University of Virginia Medical College "DOE and Six Sigma" Moderator/Chair: Sastry Pantula *"An Overview of DOE within Six Sigma"* Geoff Vining, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and University *"Beyond the Six Sigma classroom"* Angie Patterson, GE *"Six Sigma: New Directions for DOE"* Doug Montgomery, Arizona State University
10:30-11:00	Morning Break
11:00-12:30	Closing Plenary- "Does Six Sigma Have a Future? A Debate" Gerry Hahn and Roger Hoerl, General Electric
12:30-1:30	Box Lunches
1:30-3:30	Post meeting of QPRC Steering Committee and Planing Committee wrap-up, lessons learned, and planning for next year's conference.