From April 6 to 9, 2025, the world's top certification conference - A2LA Annual Conference (AnnCon25) was held in Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. BACL, as a leader in the testing and certification services industry and an internationally recognized authoritative third party, was invited to deliver a keynote speech at the event and discuss the latest developments in the field of certification and quality with industry experts and peer elites from all over the world.

Keynote speech by Ms. Laura, BACL Senior Specialist, on “Beyond the Checklist: Soft Skills for Accreditation”

The conference is rich and diverse, centering on various topics such as laboratory change management strategies, the importance of accreditation soft skills, non-targeted PFAS and targeted PFAS analysis, R&D laboratory accreditation value mining, quality management system construction, auditing technology upgrade, proficiency testing and risk assessment, problem solving and leadership, etc., which is aimed at providing an excellent communication platform for accreditation professionals to promote the new skills learning and deepen cooperation.

A2LA Annual Conference Site

At the conference, Ms. Laura, a senior expert from BACL, delivered a speech entitled “Beyond the Checklist: Soft Skills for Certification”, emphasizing that certification is more than just a checklist, but also soft skills such as effective communication and teamwork are crucial to improve the efficiency of certification and ensure compliance. Based on the practical cases of BACL's service to clients around the world, Laura shared how to strengthen the soft skills training, optimize the communication process, and set up cross-departmental collaboration mechanisms to significantly improve the efficiency of the certification program and customer satisfaction. Her unique insights were highly recognized by the participants and received a warm response from the audience.

Ms. Laura, BACL Senior Specialist, on-site presentation

In the future, BACL will continue to deepen the application of soft skills in certification services, continuously improve service quality and response speed, and help customers quickly respond to market challenges; at the same time, BACL will also continue to strengthen communication and cooperation with global partners to explore new technologies and methods in the field of certification, so as to provide more high-quality and professional certification services for global customers.

About A2LA:

A2LA stands for American Association for Laboratory Accreditation and is a member of the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC). A2LA has been a thought leader in the accreditation industry for more than 40 years, beginning as a small organization dedicated to improving quality in the sciences and growing to become one of the largest accreditation bodies in the world, with certificates issued by A2LA being recognized internationally by the MRA Multilateral Mutual Recognition (MRA).

About BACL：

BACL, founded in 1996 and headquartered in Silicon Valley, is a comprehensive third-party testing and certification organization integrating testing, certification, inspection, equipment manufacturing, metrology and calibration, laboratory information consulting, software development and technical training. Over the years, BACL has always been renowned worldwide for its one-stop solution with the service concept of "professional, authoritative, precise and efficient", creating miracles in the industry.

Currently, BACL has more than 2,000 employees, more than 10 comprehensive laboratories and more than 40 branches worldwide, and has set up local service organizations in Asia, South America, Africa, the Middle East and other regions, which can provide testing, inspection and certification services for various consumer products such as electromagnetic compatibility, radio frequency performance, communications, safety, chemistry, physics, energy efficiency, reliability, batteries, etc. BACL's global service network will escort your products to the world!