#BaldrigeQuest
The 36th Quest for Excellence® Conference
The 36th Quest for Excellence® Conference was held March 30-April 2, 2025, at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, in Baltimore, MD.
Thank you to all who joined us to learn role-model best practices from Baldrige Award recipients, nationally recognized thought leaders, and representatives from other high-performing organizations.
Conference highlights included:
- Baldrige Award Ceremony, Sunday, March 30
Recognizing the 2024 Baldrige Award recipients - 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 shared 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 spoke on relevant topics of interest, such as leadership and social responsibility, community engagement, strategy, customer engagement, operations and operational continuity, and workforce issues.
Future Quest Conference Dates
March 29-April 1, 2026
Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, Baltimore MD
April 4-April 7, 2027
Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, Baltimore MD
What Quest Attendees Are Saying
learned more in three days at Quest...than ten years in leadership
2024 Quest for Excellence Conference Attendee
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This whole process has been mind-blowing as a leader.
I learned more in three days at the Quest conference than I have in ten years in a leadership capacity.
The Baldrige Program extends a sincere thank you to Baldrige Foundation donors and the 36th Quest for Excellence® Conference sponsors (listed below). Sponsor support helps to defray conference costs and make Quest a better conference experience for all attendees.