QA or the Highway - 2017
Location, Location, Location
For those of you who don’t know Miami University is about 1 hour north of Cincinnati, OH - not in Florida like some may think. So now that we have established where Miami is and where I work for that matter, when I tell you that the QA or The Highway Conference is located in Columbus, OH, which according to Distance Between Cities its only 118 miles by car, which is like a nice day trip.
Local resources
For a state institution like Miami, we are trying to get the most out of as little money as possible. I mean my own taxes ultimately pay my salary, right? So We are always looking for opportunites that are reasonably priced that we can get good value from. While [Searching for knowledge](({% post_url 2016-01-15-Searching-for-knowledge %})) I stumbled across the QA or The Highway](https://www.qaorthehighway.com) Conference and I was like awesome, a QA conference in Columbus, OH, no way, that sounds awesome.
So upon further investigation we decided to send 3 Miami staff to the conference, and make a day of it.
Worth the Investment
So it was definately a long day, we left Oxford around 4:30 am, and journeyed halfway across the state to the Ohio Union on the OSU campus. It was a great experience full of several keynote sessions and several smaller sessions around the building.
Returning again next year
I will definately be returning next year. This is a good local conference, a way to learn and get experience with local companies and see how Miami can incorporate practices that others around the state have used that we can leverage and learn from.