ISO 9000 & AUDITS WORLD CONFERENCE SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY

Robert Freeman

President, Practical Perspectives, Dallas, TX USA

Robert Freeman is president of Practical Perspectives in Dallas, Texas. Practical Perspectives is a management systems and transitional management consultancy that has assisted more than 300 organizations with the development and implementation of quality, environmental and occupational health and safety management systems. These organizations cover a broad range of sizes and industries, and include both manufacturing and service organizations from the public and private sectors. Robert’s background includes senior level positions within organizations from both an operations and quality perspective, having served as both a Plant Manager and as a Director of Quality. He is a member of ISO Technical Committee (TC) 176 and serves as the lead U.S. technical expert on the next revision of ISO 9004. Robert is also a member of the United States Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to ISO Technical Committee (TC) 176 – Quality Management and Quality Assurance standards (including ISO 9001 and ISO 9004), and a member of Project Committee (PC) 302 – Auditing standard (ISO 19011), having served as the Head of Delegation for the United States for PC302. He is a senior member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), having published a number of articles in Quality Progress, and is a registered lead auditor for ISO 9001 through Exemplar Global.

Call for Proposals

Proposal Submission Deadline:
October 11, 2019

Acceptance notification date:
November 11, 2019

Early Registration Deadline:
February 11, 2020

Please make sure to review and prepare the material needed before you start the on-line Proposal Submission Form. Click here to see Proposal Submission Guidelines.

Who May Submit: This online form may be used by a principal speaker, co-speaker, contact person, or a committee member submitting on behalf of a speaker.

Multiple Proposals: You may submit multiple proposals.

Conference Registration Fee:
The conference registration fee is waived for the principal speaker of accepted proposals. Speakers are responsible for their travel expenses and arrangements. Co-speakers will receive a 30% discount for the conference that they are presenting at.

Length of Presentations: Technical sessions are typically 35 minutes. There will be a limited number of "double" sessions, 70 minutes, at the end of each day.