Quality and Safety Conference

The 2025 Quality and Safety Conference marked two decades of collaboration, progress, and dedication to raising the standards of surgical practice and improving patient care. The theme of this year’s conference was “Embracing Change and the Future of Quality.” Change is synonymous with growth; it is not something to resist but rather a force to embrace. The evolution of surgical quality and safety has been driven by those willing to innovate, adapt, and challenge the status quo. This year’s sessions reflected on the past, assessed the present, and explored the future of surgical care, emphasizing the importance of adaptability and resilience in our field.

Jack Becker is a highly decorated, combat proven US Navy fighter pilot.

Renowned as one of the most dynamic keynote speakers in the industry, Jack Becker has spoken to some of the highest-performing organizations in the world including General Electric, Allied Transportation, the American Heart Association, and Truist Bank. His keynotes deliver action-packed lessons of fighter pilot combat missions to instill a culture of continual process improvement. Regardless of your business, Jack’s keynotes simply reduce human error. Your team will make fewer mistakes! Within all seven regions of GE Power and Water alone, Jack’s program has reduced OSHA recordable mishaps over 60%.

As one of the Navy’s most highly decorated Landing Signals Officers (LSO), Jack was instrumental in incorporating the process improvement model of CRM to help pilots improve quickly while landing supersonic fighter jets on nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.

He was responsible for over 21,000 mishap-free carrier landings. Jack’s unique experience as both an LSO and as the Navy’s top CRM instructor, he saw an opportunity to relay the same skills of Brief-Execute-Debrief-Perfect to the American workplace. From healthcare groups to manufacturing, construction, sales teams, and insurance firms, Jack’s dynamic keynotes, and seminars leave a lasting impression.

Celebrating 20 Years: Share Your ACS Quality and Safety Conference Memories

The 2025 ACS Quality and Safety Conference marks 20 years of advancing surgical quality and patient safety—made possible by your dedication and contributions. You can help celebrate this milestone by submitting photos from past meetings, including its early years as the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) Conference. Your photos will showcase the connections, progress, and impact of the past 2 decades, honoring the role you and your peers have played in shaping surgical quality and patient care.

Conference Objectives

The ACS Quality and Safety Conference strives to:

PROVIDE a professional forum to discuss and apply the most recent knowledge pertaining to national, international, and local quality and safety initiatives in the field of surgery.

PRESENT methods used to analyze data from ACS Quality Programs and demonstrate practical ways to use the data for quality improvement.

ASSIST hospitals and providers in managing, analyzing, and interpreting data by providing education on proven methods that will empower hospitals and centers to make a positive impact at their facilities.

ENHANCE the learning experience by offering breakout sessions that educate attendees on the topic areas of their choice and with consideration of their level of programmatic experience.