2008年世界质量改进大会(暨第62届美国质量大会)在得克萨斯州休斯顿市的乔治·布朗会议中心举行,得克萨斯州休斯顿位于美国南部,紧邻墨西哥湾。其地势平缓,很少有起伏,该因其为远古时代冲刷沉积形成所至。休斯顿建立于一百多年前的1836年,但其真正发展则在1900年加尔维斯敦(Galveston)遭受大飓风袭击之后。从那以后,德州南部的工商业重心从加尔维斯敦转移到休斯顿,休斯顿才得以兴旺发达,以至到现在成为全美国第四大城市,最 The 2008 World Quality Improvement Conference (62nd American Quality Congress) is held at the George Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas, and Houston, Texas, is located in the southern United States, close to the Gulf of Mexico. Its flat terrain, with little ups and downs, due to its ancient era of erosion deposition formed. Houston was founded more than 100 years ago in 1836, but its real development came after the hurricane hit Galveston in 1900. Since then, the center of business in southern Texas has shifted from Galveston to Houston, and Houston has thrived and is now the fourth-largest city in the nation.