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11th and 12th June 2015

Is Qualitya Philosophyor is ita Mindset?

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59th

EOQ Congress

Join a major international event, attracting keynote

speakers and qualityprofessionals from all over the

world, who will meet up in a city that is once again

on the rise.

Athens, EEDE Premises

www.quality2015.eu

EEDE being the National Representative Organi-zation of EOQ in Greece has the honour and re-sponsibility of organizing the 59th EOQ Congress.The EOQ Congress 2015 will be hosted in Athens, Greece, on 11-12 June 2015, and proceedings will focus on the theme "Is Quality a Philosophy or is it a Mindset?"

This event serves as an opportunity to draw to-gether leading international speakers and profes-sionals specializing in the field of quality. It pro-vides a unique platform for both researchers and practitioners from around the world to meet and discuss challenges in quality leadership.

At least 300 participants from Greece and abroad are expected to attend. The Congress will attract a community of top-level executives, managing directors, general managers, experts, executives and advisers in the field of quality management, representatives from international quality associ-ations, who share a passion for exchanging ideas and analysis in the specific field.

Apart from the enlightening experience that the keynote speakers themselves will provide, the Organisers aim to present a rich and diverse list of abstract topics, tailored to a truly international audience of experts and specialists. Through a wide variety of sessions participants will be en-couraged to exchange experiences, expertise and good practice, as well as to undertake initiatives which may lead to long-lasting quality projects, partnerships and networks.

Important DatesSubmissions of abstracts open: 20 November 2014

Submissions of abstracts deadline: 30 January 2015

Notification of acceptance: End of February 2015

Full paper submissions deadline: 3 April 2015 (non-negotiable)

Information on the event

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Track topics and procedure of submissionIf you wish to present a paper at the EOQ Congress 2015 you are welcome to send anabstract to speakers@quality2015.eu. This mail should include a short biography of the author(s), the title of the paper and a maximum 500 word abstract, submitted in Word document format, using 10 point Times New Roman font, single line spacing. The abstracts should be sent no later than15 January 2015 and should focus on one or several of the following topics.

The 59th EOQ Congress track topics include, but are not limited to:

– Quality Management philosophy: preventative and appraisal quality activities– Quality control and management– Quality assessment methods– Quality systems thinking– Knowledge management, quality management vs. innovation– Quality systems applicable to government organizations– Quality in human resource development areas– Quality management applicable to educational systems– Quality assurance in the medical industry– Quality assurance in healthcare– Software quality assurance– Integrating Quality in strategic management– Total Quality Management: principles and case studies– Policy Trends with implications for Quality Assurance– Performance measurement and quality audit– Method of self-assessment, quality auditing– Determining Quality policy as part of a company's core values– Leadership in service delivery– Benchmarking, local versus global perspectives– Recent development in models and standards– Role of standards in quality improvement– Quality Management-focused research– Innovations in making Quality matter– Internationalization and its impact on quality and Quality Assurance– Key strategies for creating a Culture of Compliance– Personal Certification

Authors will be informed whether their paper has been selected for presentation or not by the end of February 2015. Authors of accepted papers will then be sent technical requirements for full paper. Full papers should reach the conference secretariat no later than 3 April 2015. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, provided that they meet the required standards and that at least one of the authors is registered to attend the conference.

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