QAI at Beijing SPIN 2002 Tsinghua University, one of the largest universities in China hosted the Beijing SPIN meet on 13th April 2002. Beijing SPIN and QAI together organized the event as a prelude to the SEPGSM conference in China. The meet discussed CMM®, its benefits, CMM® for small companies, and other CMM® related issues and implementation techniques. Mr Indradeb P Pal, a senior CMM® consultant of QAI, and a founder member of the Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN) in Bangalore, gave a two-hour presentation on CMM® and its role in the growth of software industry. Around 70 to 80 people including members of Beijing SPIN, SEPGSM heads of large Chinese corporations, Directors of software companies, students from the Chinese University and people from the press, formed a part of the gathering. The attendees at the end of the session also received free CDs of the Best Practices from Indian High Maturity firms (from the SEPGSM conference held in India in the month of Feb). The meet charged up the attendees and the delegates from the Chinese industry who were looking forward to the SEPGSM conference. Back