The 55th Annual Fall Technical Conference will be held in Kansas City, MO between October 13-14, 2011. This conference is the premier forum to discuss topics at the interface of statistics and quality. The theme of this year’s conference is “Quality and Statistics: Getting up to Date.” The goal is to engage researchers and practitioners in a dialogue that leads to more effective use of statistics to improve quality. The conference will serve to bring innovations in statistical methodologies and quality tools to the forefront.