The Quest for Excellence Conference XVIII, the official conference of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, will be held next spring in Washington, D.C. The event will be held April 23–26 at the Hilton Washington. It will feature presentations from the 2005 Baldrige Award winners, who will share their journeys to performance excellence and the lessons that they learned along the way. The conference is designed to maximize learning and networking opportunities.

The 2005 Baldrige Award winners will be announced in late November. Registration will open shortly after the winners are announced.

For more information, visit www.baldrige.nist.gov.

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