RE:RE:Meetingshttps://www.railwayage.com/event/aars-32nd-annual-quality-assurance-auditor-and-industry-conference/ It would be a place to "meet and greet", but not sell. A
AR’s 32nd Annual Quality Assurance Auditor and Industry Conference aims to improve the safety and productivity of rail transportation through quality. The conference will be held January 28-30 in Fort Worth, Texas. Topics are based on recommendations from the QAC, AAR Auditors, and attendees from past conferences. AAR announced there will be “a full day of free QA workshops on January 30 open to all attendees. Please plan on attending three full days of informative presentations and workshops.” Open sessions are on January 28-29, and workshops on January 30. Tentative session listed below will be presented by AAR Quality Assurance Committee members and Industry Railway Professionals: • Root Cause Analysis Tools • M-1003 Audit Findings and Best Practices • Statistical Process Control/Statistical Methods • Rail Supply Institute • Keynote Speaker • AAR Committee Updates • Workshops: TBD • 7.1 Nonconformance & M-1003 Certified Facilities
HOWEVER: The key meeting - if Kelso gets lucky - is the AAR Tank Car Committee April 22-23, 2020 (Location TBD) Contact: Ken Dorsey, (202) 639-2262, kdorsey@aar.org
https://www.aar.com/standards/pdfs/meeting/C-13502%202020%20Spring.pdf