Fort Worth Convention Center, Forth Worth, TX. This two-day event is held alongside Aerotest America, and its focus is the unique quality challenges facing those in all levels of aerospace manufacturing. Manufacturing professionals coalesce to share insights, the latest technologies and process updates directed towards anyone responsible for quality in aerospace, including manufacturing directors and managers, new product and process development engineers, design engineers, quality engineers and manufacturing engineers. Measurement and inspection are the topics for the first day, covering technology updates, optimizing use of existing technology and case studies. The second day is devoted to data collection and analysis including technology/software updates, how to better use existing tools, process updates and improvements and case studies. For more information, contact the Society of Manufacturing Engineers at (800) 733-4763.