3rd Annual Lab Quality Confab
September 29-30, 2009 | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta Hilton

Agenda & Program Guide:

Our program is under development. If you have suggestions for sessions or speakers, please email us at info@darkreport.com.

Our tentative agenda…

Monday, September 28, 2009
5:00pm – 7:00pm   Welcome Reception

Tuesday, September 29, 2009
7:00am – 5:00pm    Master Classes, General Session and Posters
12:00pm – 2:00pm  Lunch with Exhibitors
2:00pm – 5:00pm    Concurrent Breakouts
5:00pm – 5:45pm    General Session
5:45pm – 7:30pm    Reception with Exhibitors

Wednesday, September 30, 2009
7:00am – 5:00pm    Master Classes, General Session and Posters
12:00pm – 1:00pm  Lunch
1:00pm – 3:00pm    Concurrent Breakouts
3:00pm – 4:00pm    Closing General Session

Thursday, October 1, 2009
Optional Post Conference (separate registration required)
8:00am – 1:00pm Post Conference Workshops

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS TO DATE

	Infusing Lean into Our Lab's Working Culture and Mindset: Lessons from Four Year's Experience Cindy Mand, Director, Lean Enterprise, Blood Center of Wisconsin
Cindy Mand

	How to Build the Quality Improvement Mindset and Sustained Effort into the Lab Organization Bonnie Messinger, Quality Manager, ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, UT
Bonnie Messinger

	Easy Steps to Internally Benchmark Your Lab and Unlock Major Improvements Patrick Maul, Principal Consultant, BD Diagnostics Healthcare Consulting, Franklin Lakes, NJ
Patrick Maul

	Simplified Six Sigma: How Three Primary Tools and the DMAIC Process Can Yield Fast Improvements for Your Laboratory Susan Stegall, Managing Partner, Sprick, Stegall & Associates LLC, Salem, OH
Susan Stegall

	Achieving Lean Workflow by Simple Improvements in Your Lab's Layout and Floor Plan Steve Stone, Managing Director, Argent Global Services, Oklahoma City, OK
Steve Stone

	ISO 15189: Taking Your Lab from Concept to Accreditation Caroline Maurer, Program Director, College of American Pathologists, CAP 15189 Accreditation Program
	More will be posted soon, please check back...

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