May 23 - 26, 2027 | Dallas,TX
Elevate
Join Your Quality Peers in Dallas at the 2027 World Conference on Quality and Improvement
Quality has never mattered more. As organizations navigate an increasingly complex and competitive landscape, quality professionals are stepping out of their traditional roles and into the center of organizational strategy. The 2027 World Conference on Quality & Improvement (WCQI) is built for this moment. Anchored by the theme "Elevate," this year's conference brings together quality leaders, practitioners, and innovators from across industries to explore how the power of quality can drive meaningful, lasting change at every level of an organization.
Why WCQI
WCQI 2027 is your opportunity to grow in ways that extend well beyond the conference floor. Whether you are looking to sharpen your technical skills, expand your professional network, or build the confidence to take your seat at the strategic table, there are opportunities for you. Through dynamic sessions, hands-on workshops, and connections with peers who share your passion for excellence, you will leave equipped not just with new knowledge, but with the conviction to apply it. Your expertise is already shaping outcomes. WCQI 2027 will help you amplify your influence and maximize your impact.
Who Should Attend WCQI?
ASQ WCQI 2027 will bring together thousands of professionals representing manufacturing, consulting, health care, government, education, aerospace, and more for 3+ days of learning that will produce long-term gains in an organization’s quality mission. From emerging quality practitioners to experienced professionals, WCQI 2027 offers meaningful networking, education, and product discovery to help individuals and organizations pursue excellence through quality.
Focus Areas
Your Influence: Focusing on the ever-changing landscape of leadership and continued pressures in workforce disruption as well as emphasizing the importance of cross-industry collaboration and the strategic value of quality initiatives.
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Session topics may include: Applying methodologies across industries, leadership communication, advocating for quality as a business priority, leadership-driven models, leadership in the age of AI.
Your Expertise: Focusing on ensuring compliance and product quality excellence, leveraging both time tested and emerging technologies within the Quality Management System.
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Session topics may include: Supply chain management, strengthening supplier collaboration, modernized data governance, innovation in existing methodologies, building resilient systems, cross-functional continuous improvement, integrating voice of customer.
Your Impact: Quality professionals help organizations turn improvement into a measurable impact by connecting people, processes, requirements, and outcomes across departments. This area will focus on your impact using emerging technologies and proven quality approaches that help professionals move beyond theory, applying practical, accessible tools to drive continuous improvement, lower risk, and strengthen business results across industries.
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Session topics may include: Reframing traditional tools, decision matrixes, prioritization and management, data collection and analysis, ensuring methodologies are actionable, strengthening knowledge sharing, reducing waste, cross-industry applications.
Submission Timeline
| Call for Proposals Live |
Monday, August 24, 2026 |
| Call for Reviewers Live | Monday, August 24, 2026 |
| Call for Reviewers Deadline | Monday, September 7, 2026 |
| Call for Proposals Deadline | Monday, September 14, 2026 |
| Proposal Review and Selection Complete | Week of October 19, 2026 |
| Selected Speakers Notified | Tuesday, October 27, 2026 |
| Declined Speakers Notified | Monday, November 2, 2026 |
| Presentations due to TPC | Monday, March 8, 2027 |
| TPC Review Complete | Monday, March 29, 2027 |
| Final Presentations Uploaded | Friday, April 23, 2027 |
Previous attendees' titles include:
Analyst Quality Assurance & Technology Manager Quality Project Manager Quality Engineer Quality Auditor Global Quality Director Quality Specialist Quality Leader Principal Data Scientist CQE Strategy & Process Leader Manager Operational Excellence SVP Quality and TrainingIndustries represented include:
Aerospace and Defense
Manufacturing
Government/Military
Engineering
Software
Medical Device and Healthcare
Education
Automotive
And so much more!
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