Under the patronage of His Excellency the Minister of Commerce and Investment, Chairman of SASO's Board of Directors, Dr. Majid bin Abdullah Al Qasabi, SASO organizes the National Quality Conference in its sixth session, during the period 10-12 Rabi' Al-Awwal 1439, corresponding to 28 - 30 November,  in Dammam. The conference will be under the slogan (Quality ... the Road to excellence and leadership), with the participation of excellent quality experts from inside and outside the Kingdom, in order to support and enhance the quality process in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as well as presenting international and local experiences in the application of quality.

     The sixth session of the conference comes as a continuation of SASO's efforts to root and consolidate the concepts of quality and its applications in the targeted business sectors within the Project of the National Quality Strategy, and to achieve the vision of the Kingdom, which is " Saudi Arabia with its products and services shall be a global standard for quality and excellence by 2020".

     The conference aims to spread the culture of quality in different sectors of society, to be familiarized with modern trends and applications in the field of total quality, and to highlight its role in strengthening the national economy. In addition, the conference aims to focus on applied quality practices, to disseminate and promote quality culture in the governmental sector, to review and exchange local and international practices in the fields of quality, and to promote principles and methodologies of creativity and innovation in order to develop and improve the quality of national services and products.

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    However, the conference adopts the combining methodology of reviewing the future directions, benefiting from the distinguished international experiences and practices, and reviewing the leading national experiences. This methodology reflects the keenness of the bodies participating in organizing the conference that this conference has to achieve a qualitative leap to adopt quality practices on the ground.