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SUMMARY:ASQ: Social Event
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URL:https://www.mfests.org/event/asq-social-event/
LOCATION:Punch Bowl Social Minnepolis\, 1691 Park Place Boulevard\, St. Louis Park\, Minnesota\, 55416
CATEGORIES:ASQ
ORGANIZER;CN="ASQ-MN Section":MAILTO:info@mnasq.org
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SUMMARY:ASQ: From Vision to Value - Turning AI-Enabled Inspection into Quality Intelligence
DESCRIPTION:Join MN ASQ for a session with Abdullah Al Masum Jabir\, Quality Engineer at Andersen Corporation\, on turning AI-based inspection into actionable quality insights. \nAI and vision systems are transforming defect detection\, but real-world challenges—like material variation\, lighting changes\, and inconsistent defect interpretation—can affect reliability. Abdullah will share practical strategies for improving defect definitions\, decision criteria\, and data accuracy\, while building trust in inspection systems. \nLearn how reliable inspection data can go beyond defect detection to support trend analysis\, root-cause investigation\, and continuous improvement. \nKey Takeaways: \n• Challenges of AI inspection in real environments \n• Improving detection consistency and data reliability \n• Using inspection data for better decisions \n• Integrating AI into quality systems \nEarn 0.2 RU (Recertification Units)! \nRegister now for July 14!
URL:https://www.mfests.org/event/asq-from-vision-to-value-turning-ai-enabled-inspection-into-quality-intelligence/
LOCATION:Virtual Webinar – Webex / Microsoft Teams / Zoom
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SUMMARY:ASQ: To Accelerate AI\, Focus on Quality
DESCRIPTION:About this event\nAs industry changed over the past 150 years\, how we think about and practice quality has changed: \n\nIn the Inspection era\, we asked “Is this good enough?”\nIn the Design era\, we asked “How do we build this right the first time?”\nIn the Engagement era\, we asked “Is everyone aligned on what good means?”\n\nBut now\, we’ve entered the AI era\, where generative tools make creating code and artifacts almost free. This means the ability to differentiate based on quality becomes the scarce resource. In the AI era\, we need to ask “Given a thousand possible solutions\, which one is right for us?” This indicates that value is migrating from how we produce to how we define and judge the quality of what we produce. We built machines to create\, only to discover the harder problem was knowing what we wanted. What now? \nAI can now generate a thousand solutions in the time it took you to build one. So why isn’t everyone 1\,000x more productive?” The companies winning with AI aren’t the ones generating the most code the fastest. They’re the ones who know what “good” looks like. \nAs production becomes effortless\, defining quality becomes everything. \nVenue:  Zoom/Live Online Event. Zoom Link will be provided closer to the event date. \nDate: Thursday\, May 21\, 2026 \nTime:  5:00 pm – 6:00 pm CST \nCost:  $15 \nYou do not have to be an ASQ Member to attend. We would love to have you join the conversation. \nTHE EMAIL USED DURING REGISTRATION IS THE EMAIL USED FOR ALL EVENT COMMUNICATION\, INCLUDING THE ZOOM LINK. \nCertificates of Completion: Issued via email\, after event completion\, for .2 ASQ RUs or .2 CEUs \nQuestions: Please contact Karen Peifer\, Committee Chair\, at asqmnbmc@gmail.com \nYour Speaker \nNicole Radziwill \nDr. Nicole Radziwill is Co-Founder and CTAIO of team-x.ai\, focused on unlocking human+AI potential one team at a time. A former SVP and Chief Data Scientist and tenured Associate Professor of Data Science and Production Systems\, Nicole is an Academician in the International Academy of Quality (IAQ) a Fellow of the American Society for Quality (ASQ). She has a PhD in Quality Systems\, and is the author of data science and statistics textbooks used in 30+ universities\, as well as Connected\, Intelligent\, Automated: The Definitive Guide to Digital Transformation and Quality 4.0 (ASQ Quality Press\, 2020) and Data\, Strategy\, Culture & Power (2024). \nSponsor Information \nThe MN ASQ Biomedical Consortium (BMC) is a group of quality professionals promoting and advancing quality tools\, principles\, and practices through educational events.  We focus on the medical device industry but promote events for other regulated environments. \n\nFollow us on LinkedIn to stay informed of upcoming events: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/90642322/\n\nTo become a member of the MN ASQ Biomedical Consortium\, please contact Karen Peifer\, Committee Chair or Sahi Datla\, Committee Co-Chair\, at asqmnbmc@gmail.com. \nThe American Society for Quality (ASQ)\, is a knowledge-based global community of quality professionals\, with nearly 80\,000 members dedicated to promoting and advancing quality tools\, principles\, and practices in their workplaces and communities.  As your career partner\, ASQ membership benefits are designed to help meet your growing needs as a quality professional.  Membership provides exclusive access to quality knowledge\, solutions\, and resources to solve challenges\, and skill development to advance your career. ASQ is committed to providing enhanced expertise\, professional networks\, tools\, and solutions to help our members advance their products\, services\, and industries. \nASQ:  https://www.asq.org/
URL:https://www.mfests.org/event/asq-to-accelerate-ai-focus-on-quality/
LOCATION:Virtual Webinar – Webex / Microsoft Teams / Zoom
CATEGORIES:ASQ
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SUMMARY:ASQ: Program Meeting - First Pass Design Controls
DESCRIPTION:First Pass Design Controls –\nGetting it Right on your First Medical Device\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you’re part of a new startup or an insulated development team in a larger company\, you probably know how daunting it can be to collect the evidence required to demonstrate to a regulatory body that design requirements have been met. \nFDA regulations require design controls to help ensure this\, which can translate into many hours of reviews\, oversized spreadsheets\, and enough signatures to slow a change assessment system to a crawl. \nBut when implemented correctly\, design controls enhance – rather than hinder – development efforts while providing the assurance needed to enter the submission process with confidence. \nThis presentation takes a practical look at design controls within FDA regulations and how they’ve been implemented across the medical device industry. And you’ll earn 0.2 RU’s (Recertification Units)! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClick Here for more info or to register!
URL:https://www.mfests.org/event/asq-program-meeting-first-pass-design-controls/
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SUMMARY:ASQ: Biomedical Consortium - Situational Leadership
DESCRIPTION:Situational Leadership – \nInfluence people to build solutions\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou didn’t get into quality to be the bottleneck. \nYou’re here to build excellence and ensure quality. But if your days are filled with friction\, constantly having to enforce rules with resistant colleagues and frustrated teams\, it’s exhausting. Being seen as the primary rule enforcer can make you feel like a bottleneck\, not a strategic partner. \nIt’s time for a new approach. \nIn this 90-minute virtual masterclass\, you will learn a proven leadership framework to diagnose why people resist and exactly how to adapt your approach to get buy-in\, reduce conflict\, and champion quality effectively. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClick Here for more info or to register!
URL:https://www.mfests.org/event/asq-biomedical-consortium-virtual-session/
LOCATION:Webinar
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