With our 2021 Supply Chain + International Trade Summit fast approaching, we’re looking forward all of our upcoming events, including our annual Quality Summit and IMDS & Product Chemical Compliance Conference. As with last year, these events are once again virtual – which means you can join us from the comfort of your home or office, select sessions and networking opportunities to engage with based on your schedule, and even access recorded content after the event.

Ready to find out more? Check out the following summaries for a quick look at these upcoming events, or click any of the links below for additional detail and to reserve your spot today.

Supply Chain + International Trade Summit: Join us this September to explore “Connecting the Links of the Supply Chain: Leveraging the Power of Process, Technology and Change”!

Session highlights for this one-day virtual event include “A Conversation with Chris Conner” from the American Association of Port Authorities, “Supply Chain Management of Battery Electric Vehicles” with Ford Motor Company’s Mike Arnold and Nissan North America’s Tom Cook, and various other presentations on everything from supply chain challenges and resiliency, to where the CBP will focus next.

Click here to check out additional event details – and reserve your virtual seat – today!  

2021 AIAG Virtual Quality Summit: With parallel tracks in English and Spanish respectively, this year’s agenda features both unique regional sessions and concurrent delivery of common content, like the IATF Initiative Status Update – which includes the IAOB’s CB of the Year announcement – and in-language OEM presentations from Ford, GM and Stellantis.

Additional sessions range from BSI Group’s Robert Brown discussing “The Application and Impact of Virtual Audits in the Automotive Sector” to Action Engineering’s Jennifer Herron and Ryan Gelotte sharing “How QIF and MBD Can Streamline Your PPAP Process While Establishing a Digital Thread.”

Click here to learn more about this year’s virtual event and join us this October!

IMDS & Product Chemical Compliance Conference: Presentations at this year’s virtual event will focus on a range of timely topics, including SCIP and IMDS REC019 requirements/challenges, impacts from the Chemical Strategy of Sustainability, what’s new in IMDS version 13.0, and what’s coming next.

Other event highlights include an OEM/Supplier Panel discussion led by Brenda Baney, (BCubed Consulting, Inc.) with Mark Frimann (Cree, Inc.), Mayrie Eckermann (Cummins, Inc.), Timo Unger (Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center GmbH), Matthew Griffin (Jaguar Land Rover Limited), Christopher Sidney (FCA US LLC), and Leanne Mallini (Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.). Together, they will address both IMDS-specific topics as well as experiences leading electronics reporting groups, the new SIAP (Substance Impact Assessment in Products) process management, other SCIP topics, and much more.

Click here for additional detail and be sure to register soon to secure your spot!