(Pointools: Barnet, UK) --  A high-tech digital map created with laser-scanning technology is underway for the Flanders region of Belgium.

(CENAM: Santiago de Queretaro, Mexico) -- The committee from Mexico’s national metrology center, Centro Nacional de Metrología (CENAM), invites researchers, professionals, and all personnel in the metrology field to participate

(QMI/Visual-Lean Institute: Byron Center, MI) -- Poka-yoke devices—i.e., visual guarantees for mistake-proofing products and processes—embed quality attributes so seamlessly into the work landscape that we often forget they are there.

(Verisurf Software: Anaheim, CA) -- Verisurf Software Inc. is set to provide manufacturers with everything they need to make the transition to the 21st century and produce higher quality products in less time and at a lower cost.

(IAPC: Buenos Aires, Argentina) -- Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the Argentine Institute for Quality (Instituto Argentino para La Calidad—IAPC) invites you to the COINCAL 2010 International Quality Congress. COINCAL will take place Oct.

(SOA: Schaumburg, IL) -- Findings from a new study commissioned by the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and completed by consultants with Milliman Inc. estimate that measurable medical errors cost the U.S. economy $19.5 billion in 2008.

(EtQ: Farmindale, NY) -- EtQ LLC announces its production part approval process (PPAP) module as part of its latest release, Reliance 7.1. EtQ’s PPAP module provides a collaboration process to efficiently manage the flow of information between a vendor and a customer on product design.

(NCQA: Washington) -- The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) recently released Quality Compass 2010: Commercial, the nation’s leading database of comparable information on clinical performance and patient experience for 404 commercial health plan products serving 94 million covered

(League for Innovation in the Community College: Phoenix) -- The League for Innovation in the Community College will hold its first STEMtech conference Oct. 31–Nov. 3 at Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

(Institute for Supply Management: Tempe, AZ) -- The third-annual Sustainability and Social Responsibility (SSR) Conference will take place Nov. 4–5 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, at the Disney's Yacht & Beach Club Resort.