We invite you to join the community of life science industry supporters of Keystone Symposia. What your support makes possible:

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1 What your support makes possible: Catalyzing Collaborations Keystone Symposia Support and Recognition Opportunities Accelerating Discoveries Preparing and Positioning the Next Generation of Leading Life Scientists We invite you to join the community of life science industry supporters of Keystone Symposia. a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization

2 KEYSTONE SYMPOSIA PARTICIPATION DATA AND SURVEY RESULTS TOTAL PARTICIPATION 2012: 12, : 12, : 12, : 13,414 Attended on scholarship from Keystone Symposia: 5% Organized, or invited to present at, the meeting: 11% Paid registration fee/externally funded to attend: 84% PARTICIPANT DEMOGRAPHICS Academic: 73% Other: (Industry/ 27% Government/Nonprofit) Under 30: 18% 30 34: 19% 35 44: 31% 45 54: 19% 55 64: 10% Over 65: 3% Professor: 15% Associate Professor: 7% Assistant Professor: 9% Postdoctoral Fellow: 21% Student: 22% Other: 25% US: 57% Europe & Eurasia: 25% Asia & Pacific: 10% Canada: 4% Central & South America & Caribbean: 2% Africa (non-mediterranean): 1% Middle East & North Africa: 1% CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION HABITS* Attend Keystone Symposia conference and no more than 1 other conference per year: 56% Attend 3 5 total conferences per year: 33% Attend 6 9 total conferences per year: 8% Attend 10+ total conferences per year: 3% OVERALL KEYSTONE SYMPOSIA SCIENTIFIC RATINGS* Attendees who rate conferences Excellent or Very Good: 92.06% Attendees who rate conferences Good: 6.64% Attendees who rate conferences Fair:.67% Attendees who rate conferences Poor:.04% No response:.59% VALUE PARTICIPANTS GAINED FROM KEYSTONE SYMPOSIA CONFERENCES* > 75% of 2015 survey respondents reported that they made a useful contact at the conference they attended that will lead to a collaboration or sharing of information, data or techniques. > 63% of respondents in a longitudinal survey published in The Scientist magazine said that the conference resulted in a new collaboration when they were contacted 18 months after the event. > 63% of 2015 survey respondents concur that they saved research time or money as a result of information gained at the conference, or that their participation accelerated reaching a research objective. > 71% of attendees in 2015 learned something at the conference anticipated to alter the direction of a research initiative. > 75% of 2015 participants learned something that will change their laboratory methodology as a result of conference attendance. *Data from the Keystone Symposia conference season post-meeting survey, unless otherwise noted.

3 Keystone Symposia serves as a catalyst for the advancement of biomedical sciences by convening open, international, peer-reviewed conferences that connect the world s leading life scientists within and across disciplines. In addition to catalyzing valuable collaborations that accelerate life science discovery, our organization plays a key role in mentoring and positioning the next generation of investigators. Approximately 40% of Keystone Symposia meeting participants are postdoctoral fellows and graduate students. To encourage the scientific cross-talk so vital to biomedical advances, we strive for a healthy mix of participation from academia, industry and government investigators both in the meeting planning process and on conference programs. Industry participants in the life science community have always been invaluable to the work of Keystone Symposia. As a scientist and member of the biotech industry, I highly value the Keystone Symposia as one of the last venues of true open scientific dialogue spanning both academia and industry in the biological sciences, and am happy to be able to support this work. Daniel A. Elkes, Ph.D. There are a number of areas to which you can direct your support: conference program expenses, scholarships and travel awards. Program support may be directed to individual meetings or to the discretionary Directors Fund. Gifts to the Directors Fund allow Keystone Symposia the flexibility to fund all conferences in a given meeting season while providing maximum recognition for particular meetings of your choosing. AVAILABLE DONOR RECOGNITION BENEFITS > Corporate Logo on Home Page of Main Keystone Symposia Website > Conference Abstract Books (covers and inside pages) > Keystone Symposia Website (meeting webpages and donor sections) > Slide Loops Running between Speaker Sessions at Conferences > Exclusive Mobile App Sponsorship and Banner Ad Recognition (please contact the Development Office for more details) > Mobile App Recognition on Meeting Sponsor Pages > Literature Table Space > Delegate Bag Inserts (e.g., giveaways, information, job postings) Please see the next two pages for more details about the specific benefits available at different tiers of Directors Fund support, and visit to view our conferences. To customize your recognition benefits, contact the Development Office at or development@keystonesymposia.org.

4 KEYSTONE SYMPOSIA DIRECTORS FUND RECOGNITION BENEFITS Benefits shown are for each Keystone Symposia fiscal year/meeting season, July 1 to June 30. KEYSTONE SYMPOSIA CHAMPION ($100,000+ ONGOING ANNUAL SUPPORT) > Your corporate logo on home page of main Keystone Symposia website ( > Choice of 5 meetings for sponsorship recognition, including corporate name on front cover of associated abstract books; name, logo and link on meeting webpages; logo in slide loops; and logo and corporate profile on the meeting sponsor page of the Mobile App > Your company s name listed as Directors Fund Sponsor on back cover of ALL abstract books for entire season (50+ meetings, reaching some 13,000 investigators) > Listing in Directors Fund recognition sections inside all meeting season abstract books, plus meeting support recognition inside specific abstract books for meetings of your choice > Prominent recognition in slide loop presentation at all meetings > Recognition on Keystone Symposia webpages with your logo and a link to your website > Material inserts in delegate bags, or literature table space, at meetings of choice (in consultation with Keystone Symposia Development Office) BENEFACTOR ($50,000) & SUSTAINING BENEFACTOR ($50,000+ X 3 YEARS) > Choice of 3 meetings for Benefactors and 5 meetings for Sustaining Benefactors for sponsorship recognition, including corporate name on front cover of associated abstract books; name, logo and link on meeting webpages; logo in slide loops; and logo and corporate profile on the meeting sponsor page of the Mobile App > Your company s name listed as Directors Fund Sponsor on back cover of ALL abstract books for entire season (50+ meetings, reaching some 13,000 investigators) > Listing in Directors Fund recognition sections inside all meeting season abstract books, plus meeting support recognition inside specific abstract books for meetings of your choice > Prominent recognition in slide loop presentation at all meetings > Recognition on Keystone Symposia webpages with your logo and a link to your website > Material inserts in delegate bags, or literature table space, at meetings of choice (in consultation with Keystone Symposia Development Office) SPONSOR ($25,000) & SUSTAINING SPONSOR ($25,000+ X 3 YEARS) > Choice of 1 meeting for Sponsors and 2 meetings for Sustaining Sponsors for sponsorship recognition, including corporate name on front cover of associated abstract books; name, logo and link on meeting webpages; logo in slide loops; and logo and corporate profile on the meeting sponsor page of the Mobile App > Your company s name listed as Directors Fund Sponsor on back cover of ALL abstract books for entire season (50+ meetings, reaching some 13,000 investigators) > Listing in donor recognition sections inside all meeting season abstract books, plus meeting support recognition inside specific abstract books for meetings of your choice > Prominent recognition in slide loop presentation at all meetings > Recognition on Keystone Symposia webpages with your logo and a link to your website > Material inserts in delegate bags, or literature table space, at meetings of choice (in consultation with Keystone Symposia Development Office)

5 PARTNER ($10,000+) > Material inserts in delegate bags at up to 5 meetings of your choice (in consultation with Keystone Symposia Development f ice) > Literature table space privileges at up to 12 meetings of your choice > Listing in donor recognition sections inside all meeting season abstract books > Program support recognition inside speci ic abstract books for up to 5 meetings of your choice, plus corporate logo in slide loop presentation, logo and link to your website on program webpages for these meetings; and logo and corporate pro ile on the meeting sponsor page of the Mobile App > Recognition on Keystone Symposia webpages with corporate logo and link to your website PATRON ($5,000+) > Material inserts in delegate bags at up to 2 meetings of your choice (in consultation with Keystone Symposia Development f ice) > Literature table space privileges at up to 6 meetings of your choice > Listing in donor recognition sections inside all meeting season abstract books > Program support recognition inside speci ic abstract books for up to 2 meetings of your choice, plus corporate logo in slide loop presentation, and logo and link to your website on program webpages for these meetings > Recognition on Keystone Symposia webpages with corporate logo and link to your website DONOR ($2,500+) > Literature table space privileges at up to 3 meetings of your choice > Listing in donor recognition sections inside all meeting season abstract books > Program support recognition inside speci ic abstract books for 1 meeting of your choice, plus corporate logo in slide loop presentation, and logo and link to your website on program webpage for this meeting > Recognition on Keystone Symposia webpages with corporate logo and link to your website or more information about bene its associated with giving to the Directors und or to speci ic meetings, or to customi e your recognition bene its, please contact the Keystone Symposia Development f ice at or development@keystonesymposia.org.

6 ABOUT KEYSTONE SYMPOSIA AND THE CONFERENCES > Keystone Symposia has been conducting scientific conferences since 1972 when founded as UCLA Symposia in Los Angeles, California. We relocated to Colorado in 1990 and became an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in > Conference topics and organizers are selected by a Scientific Advisory Board of distinguished, international research scientists from academia, government and industry. > We strive for diversity in all aspects of participation and encourage the selection of organizers and speakers who are female or from underrepresented backgrounds. Our Diversity in Life Science initiatives encompass Scholarships, Early-Career Travel Awards and a Fellows Program. > Keystone Symposia s website ( received 984,000 visits in FY2015. > We offer open registration for all our conferences. > To keep our conferences affordable for all participants, we seek external support for speaker expenses and student scholarships, as well as for travel awards for investigators from underrepresented backgrounds and for investigators/clinicians from developing nations. > At least 40% of our participants are graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. > Keystone Symposia does not provide honoraria or stipends to organizers or invited speakers, but we do offer limited travel and lodging subsidies to organizers and invited speakers from academic and other nonprofit institutions. > As a nonprofit, 30 35% of our expenses are funded by annual donations from corporations, foundations, government entities and individuals, with the remaining funded by registration fees. > Only 4% of Keystone Symposia s expenditures go toward fundraising costs. KEYSTONE SYMPOSIA TOPIC AREAS > Biochemistry > Biophysics > Cancer > Cardiovascular Diseases > Cell Biology > Developmental Biology > Drug Discovery > Genetics/Genomics > Immunology > Infectious Diseases > Metabolic Diseases > Microbiology > Molecular Biology > Neurobiology > Plant Biology > Structural Biology > Technologies > Virology DEVELOPMENT OFFICE CONTACTS Amanda Deem Sarah Lavicka Assistant Director Assistant Director amandad@keystonesymposia.org sarahl@keystonesymposia.org PO BOX US HIGHWAY 6, SUITE 200 SILVERTHORNE, COLORADO USA printed on 10% post-consumer-waste and FSC-certified recycled paper

7 Company name: October 2015 to June 2016 Meeting Season PLEDGE AGREEMENT We wish to support Keystone Symposia with a total gift in the amount of: $ Company officer and title: Mailing address: (For gift levels and recognition details, please see enclosed Donor Brochure) City: State/Province: Zip/Post Code: Country: Telephone: Our pledge is for Directors Fund support of the 2015/2016 meeting series. Meeting(s) for recognition Meeting names(s): Our pledge is for non-directors Fund support of specific 2015/2016 meeting(s). Meeting name(s): Signed: Date: Thank you for your support. Please , mail or fax the signed pledge form at your earliest convenience. Keystone Symposia Development Office PO Box 1630 Silverthorne, CO Fax: (970) development@keystonesymposia.org Keystone Symposia is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, headquartered in Colorado. Gifts to Keystone Symposia are tax-deductible as allowable by U.S. law.