COME. LEARN. NETWORK. ENGAGE.

Join us at the Quest for Excellence 2026! We are excited to bring the Baldrige community together to celebrate and learn from the 2025 Baldrige Award recipients.

Enjoy sessions featuring leaders of Baldrige Award recipients and other high-performing organizations and take-home solutions to help your organization achieve breakthrough performance and results in areas such as leadership, strategy, customers, workforce, and operations.

Registration and Hotel Reservations

Both conference registration and hotel reservations will be made through Showcare. Block rooms will not be available directly from the Marriott.

Hotel Room Block Cut-Off:  March 2, 2026
Advance Conference Registration Fee Deadline:  March 2, 2026, 5:00 p.m. (EST)

Award Ceremony  | Sunday, March 29 

Join us Sunday evening for the Baldrige Award Ceremony and Reception honoring the 2025 recipients. Attendees have the opportunity to network with members of the Baldrige community, such as Award recipients, Examiners, Judges, Overseers, Fellows, Foundation members, and Alliance program representatives.

Keynote Speakers

Molly Baldrige 

Daughter of Malcolm Baldrige, the 26th Secretary of Commerce

Shane A. Yount

Chairman, Competitive Solutions, Inc.

Jason O. Harris

Speaker & Former Air Force Pilot

Dr. Latitia McCane

Director of Education, The Apprentice School at Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries

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