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SUMMARY:MnSPE: Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:MnSPE’s Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony on May 1\, 2026 at North Oaks Golf Club. The event includes lunch and educational sessions worth 4 PDHs. Registration is required. Cost is $105 for MnSPE members and $260 for non-members.
URL:https://www.mfests.org/event/mnspe-annual-meeting-and-awards-ceremony/
LOCATION:North Oaks Golf Club\, 54 E Oaks Rd\, North Oaks\, Minnesota\, 55127
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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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