Events information
Check out our conferences, seminars and world-wide events - set up to allow networks of quality personnel in business to get together and discuss the latest developments.
CQI principal events
National awards and gala dinner
21 July, Lord's Cricket Ground, London
Celebrate business improvement with the CQI and London Excellence. Join us as we announce the winners of the prestigious CQI Quality Leader and London Excellence Awards for 2008. The evening will feature:
- drinks reception on the lawn accompanied by musical entertainment
- keynote speech
- gala dinner
- awards presentations
- networking opportunity
- a chance to explore the Lord's museum
World Quality Day 2008
13 November 2008
World Quality Day provides an opportunity for organisations in all business sectors and of all sizes a chance to celebrate quality, and the hard work their people put in to achieve it. As part of the day's activities the CQI will be hosting a conference on Competing through innovation and quality. World Quality Day events and conference
CQI national events
Quality in action: Model of Sustainable Organisation working group
12 June 2008, London
This working meeting will continue to develop the open-source Model of Sustainable Organisation (MoSO), which is being evolved by the Deming Special Interest Group. The intention is to make a significant contribution to the evolving international dialogue on sustainable organisations by developing a Deming-based open source resource. More information
Customer service: are we getting it right
30 September 2008, London
An opportunity to review customer service, the different approaches to it, and to look at what works and what doesn't work. More information
CQI Nuclear SIG launch events
15, 16, 17 July 2008, in Cumbria, Merseyside and London
The Nuclear SIG is has been formed to provide a forum for CQI members to maintain awareness, share experience and knowledge with their peers and aid professional development. To mark its creation, the Group is holding three launch events on consecutive days. With a presentation for a representative of the Internaltional Atomic Energy Agnecy, these events will provide a unique networking opportunity for professionals in the nuclear industry. More information.
CQI regional events
Tyne and Wear October branch meeting
Date: Wednesday 8 October at 7pm
Venue: Throckley Brick Works
Further details from Branch Hon Secretary, or our website: www.thecqine.org
CQP and the CPD scheme
3 September, 7.00 pm, Bowburn Hall Hotel
Joint meeting CQI Tyne and Wear and CQI Teesside
Speaker: Brian Cutter, Regional Council Member
The future of the Leicester branch
10 September, 7.30pm, Trelleborg Industrial AVS, Beaumont Leys, Leicester
CQI Leicester
Joh Adshed, Wates Group: Business excellence and British Standards, why they do not work in UK construction. Plus a discussion of the future for the Leicester branch of the CQI.
EOQ events
EOQ, the European Organization for Quality, is the European interdisciplinary organisation striving for effective improvement in the sphere of quality management as the co-ordinating body and catalyst of its Full Member Organizations (FMOs). EOQ-sponsored events provide an opportunity to share knowledge and experience across the full range of European industry and commerce
No Quality. No Business. 52nd EOQ Congress
4-6 June 2008, Vienna, Austria
Nowadays quality management happens beyond site and country borders and thus has an intercultural dimension. A strong brand and quality are two sides of the medal of success. However, quality does not only play a decisive role in trade and industry. It is also increasingly becoming important in the service sector. The Viennese congress "Quality is back - Back to Quality" offers results of studies, trend analyses, practical examples and comprehensive international exchange of experience relating to all these topics. More information.
CQI-supported events
Asia Pacific Quality Organisation International Conference and International Conference of Quality Managers
August 23-25 2008, Tehran
Based upon the quality conferences held in Tehran in recent years, and attended by over 5,000 delegates from around the world, this event is set to be an event bigger success than previous years. There are already a great number of quality and excellence professionals speaking at the event to share their skills and experience. More information
Quality today and beyond: exploring uncharted dimensions
18-20 November 2008, Jerusalem
The 17th International Conference of the Israel Society for Quality, this conference will deal with questions such as: What is the role of the quality manager today? Do we still need quality managers/engineers? More information