2025 Baldrige 36th Quest for Excellence Conference

Learn the secrets to organizational resilience and long-term success from nationally recognized thought leaders, authors, and leading industry executives, including Baldrige Award Recipients.

Attend the premier learning event for improving your organization’s performance and take home solutions to help your organization achieve breakthrough performance and results in areas such as leadership; strategy; customers; workforce; and operations.

Conference Highlights

Conference sessions and activities include:

• Baldrige Award Ceremony, Sunday, March 30
  Recognizing the 2024 Baldrige Award recipients followed by a celebratory reception.
• Opening Keynote Presentation by Tucker Bryant
  Poet and Innovation Keynote Speaker, formerly with Google.
• Monday and Wednesday Morning Plenary Sessions
  Featuring leaders of the 2024 Baldrige Award recipients, who will share their Award-winning strategies for success.
• Monday Luncheon Keynote Presentation by José Pires
  Founder and CEO of Global Excellence & Innovation, an executive leader and advisor for companies ranging from startups to Fortune 50 organizations.
• Tuesday Morning Business Executive Plenary Session
  Featuring Ron Norris, Director of Innovation for Georgia-Pacific and Mike Koralewski, Chief Supply Chain Officer for First Solar.
• Wednesday Morning Keynote Presentation by Rami Goldratt
  CEO at the Goldratt Group and son of Eliyahu Goldratt, author of “The Goal”.
• Concurrent Sessions on Monday and Tuesday
  Featuring former Award recipients and other high-performing organizations speaking on relevant topics of interest, such as leadership and social responsibility, community engagement, strategy, customer engagement, operations and operational continuity, and workforce issues.
• Baldrige Framework Pre-Conference Workshops
  On the afternoon of Sunday, March 30 for beginner and intermediate users of the Baldrige Framework.
• Networking
  Opportunities to network with and learn from Baldrige recipients, applicants, examiners, Alliance for Performance Excellence program representatives, Communities of Excellence participants, Quest sponsors, and Baldrige experts and users in all sectors.

You can register and book your hotel room today through Showcare, the official conference registrar and housing bureau. So, don’t delay in reserving your seat.

For more information about the Quest for Excellence Conference, visit the conference webpage. For questions about registration or housing, contact Showcare at quest@showcare.com or (888) 288-3598.