National Baldrige Quest for Excellence

Register today for the 30th Anniversary Quest for Excellence® conference, April 8-11, 2018 in Baltimore, MD and learn best practices from the 2017 Baldrige Award recipients, as well as 12 former Award recipients!

Come celebrate our 30th Anniversary and take home solutions to help your organization achieve breakthrough performance and results. Take advantage of conference sessions and activities including:

  • The Baldrige Award Ceremony, which will honor the 2017 Award recipients on Sunday, April 8.
  • An opening plenary session featuring the senior leaders of the 2017 recipients as they share role-model leadership practices.
  • A keynote presentation on Wednesday April 11 by Seth Mattison, Founder and Chief Movement Officer of Future Sight Labs.  Seth is an internationally renowned expert on workforce trends and generational dynamics. Seth advises many of the world’s leading brands and organizations on the key shifts happening around talent management, change and innovation, leadership, and the future of work.
  • 50 sessions featuring current and former Baldrige Award recipients from all sectors sharing their proven performance management practices and real-world insights in strategy, customers, workforce, and many more areas important to business success.  Visit the Quest home page to see our list of former recipients participating, as well as the organizations being recognized for Category Best Practices.
  • The presentation of the Harry S. Hertz Leadership Award to Nick Macchione, Agency Director for the County of San Diego Health & Human Services Agency and the presentation of the E. David Spong Lifetime Achievement Award to Larry Potterfield, Founder and CEO of MidwayUSA.
  • Baldrige Criteria Pre-Conference Workshops on the afternoon of April 8 for beginner and intermediate users of the Baldrige Criteria.
  • The Baldrige Cybersecurity Pre-Conference Workshop on Sunday, April 8.  This will be a practical, interactive workshop on how to conduct a self-assessment of an organization’s cybersecurity program, utilizing the Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder.
  • Opportunities to network with and learn from Baldrige recipients, applicants, examiners, Alliance for Performance Excellence program representatives, as well as Baldrige experts and users in all industries.

Register by March 12 for the $125 early bird discount and book your stay today at the Marriott Baltimore Waterfront at the special attendee rate.