National Quality Education Conference (NQEC) Conference for teachers, school administrators, and others involved in improving schools. Sessions focus on how quality relates to assessment, systemic change, standards, and continuous improvement for all education processes. http://nqec.asq.org/index.html

National Manufacturing Week Annual conference on manufacturing technology and solutions from a variety of manufacturing industries. http://www.manufacturingweek.com

EtroniX Trade show for the electronics manufacturing industry. http://www.etronixexpo.com

Quality Expo International Trade show that covers issues of quality assurance and product reliability technologies for manufacturers. http://www.quality.reedexpo.com

Frontline Expo Trade show for manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, logistics, transportation and field-service professionals. Technologies highlighted include bar-code, wireless-communications, mobile-computing, radio-frequency-identification (RFID). http://www.frontlineexpo.com

AIMARKET Specializes in industrial product marketing. http://www.aimarket.com/