This 1½ day event featuring keynote speaker Mark Rosekind, administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), among several other speakers, will highlight the industry’s best practices in proactive/preventive engineering and quality processes, methods, and tools to increase the safety, reliability, and durability of parts, systems, and vehicles. A range of sessions along two tracks—quality and product development—will enable participants to learn about the latest tools and techniques in traceability, new product quality planning, model-based development, data mining, and product validation testing.