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Quality in the Triangle Conference: Call for Proposals

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Quality in the Triangle (QIT) – Oct 7, 2025, McKimmon Center, Raleigh, NC

What’s New with Q?

Over the past few years, companies in every industry have developed new quality processes to meet new modern challenges.  Professionals like you are using quality concepts and tools in new and unique ways every day and expanding the reach of quality practices into new areas and environments. The quality community is also expanding and diversifying, bringing fresh perspectives to established processes. Join us to learn how to take quality to new heights!

The 2025 Quality in the Triangle conference will offer actionable strategies and deep insights into organizational excellence, new or disruptive technologies, leadership and change management, and quality fundamentals. Attendees will come away with vital tools and tactics to affect change, increase value, and drive their organizations toward quality goals.

We are looking for innovative, exciting, and knowledgeable education sessions focused on quality topics and initiatives for the 2025 QIT.

Below are some example topic areas:

  • Incorporating new techniques/technologies into your processes/systems
  • New or unique applications of existing tools and techniques
  • Managing the impact of innovation and disruptive technologies
  • Change management approaches, tools, and techniques
  • Personal and/or career development
  • Leadership skills


Call for Proposals:

Do you have a quality story or project that you would like to share?  The QIT committee is accepting proposals for 1-hour concurrent sessions that fit with the theme of this year’s conference.  To submit, write a summary to introduce your proposed topic and its learning objectives, and develop a high-level outline of your proposed presentation.  Send this writeup to Stephanie Parker at stephanie.parker@boonedam.com by April 18th to be considered for this year’s conference.

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First SIG Meeting of 2025

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The ASQ Raleigh Special Interest Group (SIG) kicked off the New Year with a meeting at Frontier RTP on January 9. We welcomed some new faces and non-members and had a record turnout of 11 people representing mostly the life sciences and semiconductor industries.

We had two hours of active discussion while enjoying free beverages offered by Frontier RTP’s weekly Out of Office event. The meeting’s theme was Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), a topic many quality professionals deal with regularly. Some points of discussion included

  • What is risk?
  • How do we deal with assessor’s bias?
  • How do we prioritize risks?
  • Who are the stakeholders, and what are their interests and perspectives on risk?
  • What other tools are used to manage risks?

Since launching this monthly in-person event in 2024, we have seen an increasing number of participants. Thanks to all who led and contributed to the discussion!

We will have our next meeting on February 13. The theme will be R&D Management. Hope to see you there!