2009 MPEA Conference & Awards Ceremony  

Maryland Performance Excellence Awards
Conference & Awards Ceremony

University of Maryland, College Park, MD
March 23, 2009
 8:30am - 3:30pm

Don�t miss the Maryland Performance Excellence Awards Conference and Awards Ceremony on Monday, March 23, 2009 when business and organizational leaders gather at the University of Maryland to learn best practices from world class organizations and celebrate performance excellence.

Full day conference includes:

1. Keynote presentations by high-performing organizations who implement the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence to produce world-class results.  Speakers include Baldrige National Quality Award recipients and Maryland�s own U.S. Senate Productivity Award recipient--

• MESA Products - Tulsa, Oklahoma - 2006 Baldrige Award Recipient
• City of Coral Springs - Florida - 2007 Baldrige Award Recipient
• Howard Community College - Columbia, Maryland - 2007 U.S. Senate Productivity Award Recipient

2. Presentation of the 2008 Maryland Performance Excellence Awards by Senators Barbara Mikulski and Benjamin Cardin and the University of Maryland

3. Breakout sessions with keynote presenters�smaller group sessions to learn more from a keynote speaker and to address your specific questions about their experience with the Baldrige framework and how it helped to make them world class organizations

4. Opportunity to network with leaders of Maryland organizations who are working to improve Maryland�s economy through performance excellence in the workplace

Conference Registration - Individual     $150
Conference Registration - Group of 10    $1300

Registration Deadline - March 13, 2009

For additional information and to register visit-- http://www.mpea.umd.edu/
Questions:  or 301-405-4837