I am very excited to hear about the launch of the International Society of Robust Engineering Professionals. In Japan, the Quality Engineering Society was established in 1993 and it has been conducting extensive research in Robust Engineering. To date, it has over 2,000 members and is growing. Until today most of these exciting findings have been kept within Japan and in the Japanese language. At the same time, ASI has developed various applications outside of Japan for over a decade. I am excited to see ISREP will be a global vehicle to share knowledge and experience on Robust Engineering and related topics. I hope that ISREP will close the gap between academics and practitioners in the field of Robust Engineering.