On a recent trip to Brazil, ASQ President Ron Atkinson met with the governor of the state of Rio Grande do Sul and officials from Programa Gaucho da Qualidade e Produtividade (PGQP), an ASQ WorldPartner. Shown in the top photo, left to right, are Edgar Bertschinger, Partner Manager, PGQP; Joal Teitelbaum, Director, PGQP; Atkinson; Governor Germano Rigotto; and Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter, President, PGQP. In the bottom photo, Atkinson chats with Governor Rigotto. The meeting took place July 4 at the Piratini Palace in Porto Alegre, seat of the state government. While in Brazil, Atkinson presented a keynote address on innovation and the future of quality at PGQP’s Seventh International Quality Congress.