====== CALL FOR PAPERS (DEADLINE IS APPROACHING) ======= The Fourth International Conference on Quality and Reliability 9 - 11 August, 2005 Beijing, P.R. China www.Quality-Reliability.cn ICQR 2005 ~ Quality and Reliability in theory and practice CALL FOR PAPERS The 4th International Conference on Quality and Reliability welcomes all papers related to the broad theme of quality and reliability, which includes topics such as six Sigma, service quality, design for quality and reliability, Reliability modelling, Maintenance optimization, and Customer Relationship Management. The conference ICQR2005 is focused on the problems of Quality and Reliability in theory and practice, to provide a forum for academics and practitioners from around the world to share the results of recent research efforts, visions and experiences in the field of quality and reliability. ICQR 2005 invites papers on but not limited to the following topics: Best Practices in Achieving Performance Excellence Knowledge Management Six Sigma, Design For Six Sigma Customer Relationship Management Service Quality Quality in Education, Health Care, and the Public Sector Design for Quality and Reliability Quality Engineering Calibration, Inspection, Testing and Measurement Quality Management Systems and Sector Specific Standards Environmental Systems, Occupational Safety & Health Systems Integrated Management Systems Product Safety, Product Liability, Risk Management & Assessment Physical Asset Management: RCM, TPM, CBM. Maintenance Decision Analysis Applications for FMECA , FTA and FRACAS Maintenance modeling and maintenance optimization Methods in reliability analysis Analysis for reliability data Software reliability Case study on Quality & Reliability Reliability modeling Network Reliability Warranty analysis Human reliability Analysis for testability Analysis for life cycle cost of products Reliability optimization Fault diagnosis Logistic support analysis Authors are requested to submit an abstract to the ICQR2005 conference secretariat by E-mail. The abstract should be about 150-250 words, including title of the paper, keywords, name and affiliation of the authors. The preferred version is pdf format. Each submission will be reviewed for technical merit and content. Registration fee US$400 (US$500 after June 1, 2005) Fee for student US$200 (excluding banquet) Banquet ticket US$100 Deadline for submission of abstracts: April 1, 2005 Notifications of acceptance: April 15, 2005 Final Paper: May 15, 2005 Payment of registration fees: June 1, 2005 ICQR2005 conference: August 9-11, 2005 For more information, please visit the website or contact the Conference Secretariat. www.Quality-Reliability.cn [log in to unmask]