The Quest for Excellence® Conference

The Official Conference of the Baldrige Award

The 25th Annual Quest for Excellence® Conference and Award Ceremony was held April 7-10, 2013 at the Marriott Baltimore Waterfront in Baltimore, MD.

Thank you to all who joined us to celebrate our 25th Anniversary!  Conference highlights included:

• The 25th Anniversary Gala, featuring dinner, music, and remarks from the leaders of four former Award recipients
• The Award Ceremony honoring the 2012 Award recipients
• Congratulatory video messages from President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton
• The 2012 Award recipients sharing their best practices in all Baldrige Criteria categories
• A plenary session featuring International Award recipients
• More than 20 former Award recipients sharing their success stories in concurrent sessions
• A keynote address by Dr. Ben Carson, Director of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins
• A great new conference venue in Baltimore!

We would like to recognize our conference sponsors for their tremendous support of Quest.

Check out Baldrige Program Director Harry Hertz’s insights on Quest conference themes and his twenty years of learnings from Quest for Excellence.

Mark your calendar to join us at the Baldrige Regional Conferences in Chicago and Dallas in September.

We hope you can join us next year for the 26th Annual Quest for Excellence® Conference and Award Ceremony, to be held:

April 7-9, 2014
Baltimore, MD
Marriott Baltimore Waterfront

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Quest Conference Sponsors

Platinum Sponsor

• Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital

Gold Sponsor

• AtlantiCare

Silver Sponsors

• ASQ
• Goonan Performance Strategies, LLC
• BaldrigeCoach, Inc.

Keynote Speaker Sponsor

• The Boeing Company

Examiner Recognition Sponsor

• Cargill, Inc

Additional Conference Sponsors

• Baltimore Marriott Waterfront
• The Boeing Company
• Concordia Publishing House
• Core Values Partners, Inc.
• Donor Alliance, Inc.
• Henry Ford Health System
• The Joint Commission
• Juran Institute, Inc.
• Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control
• Premier Healthcare Alliance
• The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company
  (now part of Marriott International)
• Sharp HealthCare
• University of Colorado Health
  (formerly Poudre Valley Health System)
  

Gala Sponsors

Diamond Sponsor

• Nestlé Purina PetCare Co.

Sapphire Sponsor

• AARP and AARP Foundation
  
• Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation -- U.S.
• Schneck Medical Center
• Tata Group
  

Emerald Sponsor

• ASQ
• Freese and Nichols Inc.
  
• Institute for Healthcare Quality Research & Education
• Mercy Health System
• PRO-TEC Coating Company

Additional Gala Sponsors

• Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control

 

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