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22nd Annual AFQAM Training Conference, Dallas, TX

The 22nd Annual AFQAM Training Conference will be held in Dallas, TX on October 17-20, 2023. Information on conferences beyond 2023 can be found on the Training Opportunities page. Conference details and registration are posted in the late spring of each year.

MORE INFORMATION WILL BE RELEASED SPRING 2023!

Questions about conference registration should be directed to the President-Elect and Program Committee Chair.

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  Registration

Registration refunds will be applied according to the following schedule:

Registration IS CLOSED!!!

REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE HERE

REGISTER FOR THE EVENING EVENT HERE

If paying by invoice, please put the attendee(s)’ name in the Description box when prompted.

Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel
4130 Lake Tahoe Blvd
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
530-544-5400

Room rates are as follows:
10/7 – 10/8 @ $159/night for king std.
10/9 – 10/13 @ $109/night for king std.; $129/night for 2 queen std.
10/14 – 10/16 @$159/night for king std.
RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE BY 9/7/2022 TO OBTAIN GROUP RATE!!!

Please add $10 for each additional adult over two, plus $20 for suites with 2 queen beds. The hotel occupancy tax rate is currently 14% plus $3.58 per suite per night. A $24 per night per suite resort fee will apply.

Transportation:
Fly into Reno-Tahoe International Airport (RNO).

The airport does list a wide variety of ground transportation options. According to the hotel concierge, Uber/Lift could be around $30-40/trip and Taxi/Cab could be around $50/trip. Check out their website for more details, schedule, cost, and booking information.

You can also consider the South Tahoe Airporter, which takes you from the airport to South Lake Tahoe hotels, including ours.

For vehicle rentals from RNO, there’s Alamo, AVIS, Budget, dollar, enterprise, Hertz, National, Payless, and Thrifty.

Meeting Topics

Keynote Speaker:
Dean Gialamas, Executive Coach and Mentor
Over thirty-one years of progressively responsible success in private industry and government positions with seventeen of those years in high-level executive management. Accomplished and energetic presenter, instructor, innovator, entrepreneur, author and high-performance coach in the areas of technology, business operations, strategic planning, executive management and leadership – focusing on large scale businesses and operations.

  Conference Agenda

Monday, October 10th

Time Slot	Presentation/Activity
9:00am – 5:00pm	ANAB workshop – Improving Your Internal Auditing Skills Registration fee: $250 Please follow this link to register.
6:00pm – 8:00pm	Registration

Tuesday October 11th (8:00 AM – 5:00 PM)

Time Slot	Presentation/Activity
6-8:00am	Registration & BREAKFAST (included)
8:00am	Welcome
8:15am	Keynote Speaker: Dean Gialamas
9:45am	Vendor Presentation (CTS)
9:55am	Morning Break with Vendors
10:15am	Employee Wellness (virtual presentation), Theresa DeAngelo
11:15am	Pyrovio
11:20am	Vendor Presentation (Advanced Imaging System)
11:50am	LUNCH (Sponsored by Advanced Imaging System)
1:20pm	Basic Metrology, Mark Ruefenacht
2:20pm	Vendor Presentation (Ron Smith & Associates)
2:30pm	Afternoon Break with Vendors
3:00pm – 4:30pm	Panel Discussion: Succession/Mentorship, Katrina Featherston, Vicki Hopkins & Emma Dutton Patti Williams
6:00pm – 8:00pm	Opening Reception (vendor sponsored)

Wednesday October 12th (8:00 AM – 5:00 PM)

Time Slot	Presentation/Activity
6-8:00am	BREAKFAST (included) and Registration
8:00am	NIST-AAFS Cooperative Agreement: Implementation of Standards on the OSAC, Alison Getz, Erika Ziemak & Laurel Farrel
9:30am	Morning Break with Vendors
10:00am	Panel Discussion: OSAC Implementation, Chris Krug, Dan Richardson & Delilah Ortiz-Meyer
11:30am	Vendor Presentation (LabVantage Solutions, Inc.)
12:00pm	LUNCH (Sponsored by LabVantage Solutions, Inc. and PinPoint Testing, LLC)
1:30pm	Vendor Presentation (PinPoint Testing, LLC)
2:00pm	Accrediting Body Updates: ANAB & A2LA, Emma Dutton Patti Williams & Brittney Rollison
3:00pm	Afternoon Break with Vendors
3:30pm	Understanding and Maintaining Impartiality, Emma Dutton
4:00pm – 5:00pm	AFQAM Business Meeting
6:00pm – 9:00pm	EVENING EVENT (vendor sponsored)

Thursday October 13th (8:00 AM – 5:00 PM)

Time Slot	Breakout Sessions	Breakout Sessions
6:00am	BREAKFAST (included)
8:00am – 9:45am	5 Whys Cause Analysis, Debra Smith Root Cause Analysis Toolkit, Anja Einseln	Maturity Models: Guiding Your Continuous Improvement Journey, Mahindra Varma, Phil Berry
9:45am – 10:15am	Morning Break…………………………	…………………………………………………
10:15am – 12:00pm	5 Whys continued Root Cause continued	How Human Factors Drive QA, Pate Skene or TBD
12:00pm	LUNCH ON YOUR OWN OR..	WITH A BUDDY
1:30pm	NO SESSION	Value Stream Mapping of a Piece of Evidence that requires Multidisciplinary Testing, Mahindra Varma, Phil Berry
3:15pm	Afternoon Break…………………….	…………………………………………………
3:45pm – 5:30pm	NO SESSION	Improving Internal Auditing Skills, Stacey Wilson/ Martha Zamora-Pineda

Friday October 14th (8:00 AM – 12:15 PM)

Time Slot	Presentation/Activity
6:00am	BREAKFAST (included)
8:00am	Laboratory Library: Mess to Organized for Free, Christy Keller
8:30am	Digital Forensics, Lisa Yoshida
9:00am	Good Policy Design and Implementation, Chris Krug
10:00am	Morning Break
10:30am	Compare and Contrast ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO/IEC 17020, Anja Einseln
11:30am	Stay Interviews, Jessica Toms
12:00pm	Conference adjourned

  Evening Event

Evening Event (Wednesday, October 12, 2022)

Join us for a fun night of networking, Mini golf and local beverages at Flatstick Pub. 

Flatstick Pub is a local beer focused pub that features a unique and challenging indoor miniature golf course.  They also offer Duffleboard (a table top version of miniature golf), Giant Jenga and Cornhole.  

If you’re new to the game, don’t worry you’ll have a GREAT time. They are family owned business committed to locally sourced ingredients, specifically beer.

Cost: $50.00