WASHINGTON -- The annual NASA Quality Leadership Forum (QLF) will take place March 20-21 in Cape Canaveral, FL.

Topics include best practices, lessons learned, emerging trends, quality threats, and risk mitigation techniques of particular relevance in today’s rapidly evolving and cost constrained environment. Among the topics:

• Counterfeit Parts Legislation & Related Issues … Where policy, legislation, standards, and practicality collide [Henry Livingston, BAE Systems]
• Counterfeit Parts Detection: Taxonomies and Assessment [Mohammad Tehranipoor, University of Connecticut]
• Counterfeit Parts Test Laboratory Round Robin Results [Steve Walters, Honeywell]
• The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Approach to Counterfeit, Fraudulent and Suspect Items (CFSI) [Dan Pasquale, NRC]

There is no fee or cost to attend. Interested attendees must register for the event by completing the questionnaire on the QLF home page, to be provided in early 2013. For additional questions, please contact Diane Shellman at diana.shellman@jpl.nasa.gov.