When

Wednesday May 16, 2018 from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM PDT
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Where

Biltmore Hotel 
2151 Laurelwood Road
Santa Clara, CA 95054
 

 
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Contact

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Dennis Mellon
Arrangements Chair
 
American Society of Quality 
arrangements@asq-silicon-valley.org 

  George Marcel

George Marcel
Program Chair
ASQ Silicon Valley - Section 0613
programs@asq-silicon-valley.org

 

American Society of Quality Dinner Forum 

Speaker Topic: Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Risks in the Supply Chain

Join us on Wednesday, May 16, and hear from our panel of subject matter experts and practitioners on best practices to identify human trafficking risks in the supply chain. Learn more about the STRT (Slavery and Trafficking Risk Template), and how companies utilize and benefit from it.  The panel discussion will be moderated by Lydia Hultquist, Founder of the Silicon Valley Conflict Minerals & Human Trafficking Forum, and will include keynote speakers Travis Miller, General Counsel, Assent Compliance; Larry Smith, Regulatory Compliance Manager, GE; Chris Demers, Former Sr. Manager, Supply Chain Sustainability, SunPower.

 
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                                                       Meeting agenda:

  • 5:00 - 5:30 - Check In & Registration
  • 5:30 - 6:10 - Networking
  • 6:15 - 6:55 - Dinner
  • 6:55 - 7:10 - Section Business: Section Chair
  • 7:10 - 8:25 - Presentation  
  • 8:25 - 8:30 - Door Prize drawing

Registration Scheme 

               Early Reg Date - May 9; Adv Reg Date - May 14, Late Reg Date - After May 14

Cancellation Policy: No refunds will be available unless
you notify us by midnight Monday before the meeting.

The ASQ Silicon Valley Leadership Team welcomes you all at our dinner meeting!

Douglas has many years of experience as a consultant, manager, and engineer in the computer and software industries . In addition to teaching, he provides organizational assessments, strategic quality planning, and test planning services. His recent technical work has focused on equivalence class analysis, test oracles, and advanced test automation architectures. He is a regular speaker at conferences worldwide, holds credentials for teaching Computer Science at the college level, and has taught management, technical, and quality assurance related university classes for several Universities on both coasts. He has been very active in the Section's activities; teaching classes, leading the Software TAG (SSQA), and he holds the distinction of being ASQ's SV Section Chair twice. He is also a founder, Lead instructor, and Past President of the Association for Software Testing (AST), an international professional society.