Redefine. the Future SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 9-13 OCTOBER 2011 MAXIMISE YOUR EXPOSURE.

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1 9-13 OCTOBER 2011 DUBAI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE Redefine the Future SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES MAXIMISE YOUR EXPOSURE Organised by

2 MAXIMISE YOUR EXPOSURE Engage your brand with the true potential of experiential marketing. Connecting over 136,000 international ICT professionals with over 3,500 exhibitors, make sure you stand out from the crowd and maximise your brand exposure both before and during GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK. For all participating exhibitors, we offer customised packages of all sizes to boost your brand profile and visibility at the show. Whether you want presence online or offline, across the exhibition collaterals or onsite at the features, conferences and events, we can bespoke a package to suit your needs. Opportunities include: PRE SHOW Visitor Trade Invite Official Pre-Registration Sponsor Sponsorship and Advertising Branded Official Staff Shirts During Build Up GITEX: Online Interactive Route Planner Mobile Apps Route Planner ONSITE FEATURES GITEX Global Conferences Exhibitor Reception GITEX Majlis Lounge Media Centre Host Your Own Press Conference Exhibitor Presentation Features In-Hall Promoters GITEX: Onsite Hospitality Lounge ONSITE REGISTRATION Registration Counters Registration Staff Shirts Visitor Registration Tickets ONSITE BRANDING Carrier Bags Visitor Lanyards Conference Lanyards Visitor Badge Holder Zabeel to Hall 1 Link Branding Hall 4 5 Link Branding Overhead Hanging Banners In-Hall Banner Advertising Directional Carpet Signage WHY SPONSOR? GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK is a proven platform for you to raise brand awareness and shout about your latest launches and activities, maximising your return on investment during the event. By sponsoring, you can: Raise brand awareness Create positive PR Build brand positioning Increase visitors to your stand Gain extra exposure Launch new ideas and products Support your sales campaign Create maximum impact MAKE SURE YOU STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD Please contact our Sponsorship Project Team on gitex@dwtc.com Tel: / 6566 Fax:

3 PRE-EVENT BUILD THE EXCITEMENT BEFORE THE SHOW VISITOR TRADE INVITE Extend your brand reach to trade visitors all around the world who will receive a trade invitation to attend GITEX TECHNOLOY WEEK This is a fantastic opportunity to prominently display and promote your company logo and stand number on all trade invitations before the event has taken place. Trade invitations are mailed to the GITEX visitor databases, inserted into key publications and also sent by exhibitors, pavilions and agents to all their customers and prospects. Your logo will be seen on a global scale by decision makers across multiple industries. Price: AED 80,000 Quantity: 250,000 + pieces Exclusive for one company only. OFFICIAL PRE-REGISTRATION SPONSOR Enjoy high profile brand visibility through this one-of-a-kind opportunity to be part of our pre-show promotion. With increasing visitor numbers to the event, more visitors are opting to pre-register online to save time and take advantage of our online cost savings. As our exclusive pre-registration sponsor, your company logo will appear on our homepage and registration pages as well as marketing collaterals preshow including advertisements, s and mailed information. Price: AED 100,000 Exclusive for one company only. SPONSORSHIP AND ADVERTISING Highlight your brand to the most targeted audience before the show. We implement a comprehensive, segmented campaign before, during and after the show to target our trade visitor database worldwide. Your logo will appear on all s relating to GITEX (excluding Majlis member s). Price is per with options for 4, 6 or 8 s. If more than 8 s are required please contact the sponsorship project team. Price: AED 5,000 per blast For more information visit

4 PRE-EVENT BUILD THE EXCITEMENT BEFORE THE SHOW BRANDED OFFICIAL STAFF SHIRTS DURING BUILD UP Add your logo to our staff polo shirts worn during build up, highly visible as we interact with exhibitors and early enquiries. Your logo will appear with the GITEX logo. Shirts produced by DWTC. Colour, size and placement subject to discussion. Price: AED 25,000 Quantity: 200 shirts ONLINE Extend your brands reach to all pre-registered GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of the promotion of ConneXions@GITEX, an exclusive product and supplier sourcing service that provides serious senior buyers an opportunity to identify key companies effectively and maximise their business experiences at the show. As a sponsor your logo will appear on the webpage as well as preshow marketing collaterals for ConneXions@GITEX. Please contact the Sponsorship Project Team for full details on this sponsorship opportunity. INTERACTIVE ROUTE PLANNER This is a unique opportunity for you to get your brand in the forefront of visitors minds while they plan their visit. With the interactive route planner, visitors will search for exhibitors and plan their route before they arrive. Your stand can be the 1st to be highlighted driving more visitors to your stand. Please contact the Sponsorship Project Team for full details on this sponsorship opportunity. Contact the Sponsorship Project Team on: / 6566

5 PRE-EVENT BUILD THE EXCITEMENT BEFORE THE SHOW MOBILE APPS ROUTE PLANNER Get your brand in front of the visitor on their mobile phone. Visitors will be able to download the mobile Apps route planner to their smartphone to plan their visit. Your brand can be the 1st they see as they download the app and your stand location can be highlighted before other exhibitors, driving more traffic to your stand. Please contact the Sponsorship Project Team for full details on this sponsorship opportunity.

6 ONSITE REGISTRATION BE THE 1 ST TO BE SEEN REGISTRATION COUNTERS First impressions last. Fully branded registration counters mean your brand is the first that visitors will see on arrival, offering you high profile branding within the concourse. Sponsor to provide artwork on CD to our ops team. Sponsor to provide branded pens for form filling counters. Registration counters produced by organisers. Price: AED 400,000 (Up to 10 registration points across the venue subject to location and change.) REGISTRATION STAFF SHIRTS Ensure every visitor receives a warm welcome from the registration staff wearing your fully branded polo shirts. Sponsor to provide red polo shirts for both female and male staff. Women sizes to be small to medium, men sizes to be large to extra large. Quantity and correct sizes to be advised. Shirts to include sponsor logo and GITEX logo with wording on the back of the shirt (wording, logo, size and placement to be discussed). Alternatively production can be arranged at an additional cost. Price: AED 110,000 VISITOR REGISTRATION TICKETS Your logo and message on the receipt for every visitor who purchases their entry to the show, delivered personally into their hands. Why not invite them to your stand to enter a prize draw? Price: AED 60,000 For more information visit

7 ONSITE FEATURES ENGAGE YOUR BRAND TO A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE GITEX GLOBAL CONFERENCES SPONSORSHIP Heighten your brands visibility at GITEX Conferences, continually at the forefront of information leadership and where serious Global ICT leaders gather. Cloud Confex offers a highly informative conference that facilitates the opportunity for visitors to hear experts addressing key issues around Cloud Computing. GITEX Global Leaders Summit hosts top-class speakers and some of the world s foremost thinkers that divulge global insights into today s hottest ICT topics and issues. Engage with Senior Executives at the exclusive series of opening keynote addresses. Exclusive sponsorship opportunities are available offering you high level brand visibility within the event including widespread marketing promotions during the pre-show campaign. Please contact the Sponsorship Project Team for sponsorship opportunities and speaker opportunities. EXHIBITOR RECEPTION Promote your brand to a significant audience of exhibiting companies and their guests. Your logo will be prominently displayed on all invitations and collaterals as well as the event itself. You will have the opportunity to provide a guest speaker to address the audience. Detailed packages & prices are available upon interest, please contact the Sponsorship Project Team. Contact the Sponsorship Project Team on: / 6566

8 ONSITE FEATURES ENGAGE YOUR BRAND TO A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE GITEX MAJLIS LOUNGE Align your brand with Gitex Majlis, a VIP club for today s senior corporate executives. The club brings together over 3,000 c-level executives at GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK. With brand exposure both inside and outside the lounge, plus your logo and messages on printed collateral, targeted adverts, website and s pre-show, TV on looping setting for DVD s, giveaways and a host of other opportunities. This is a must have option to connect with the highest level decision makers. SPONSORSHIP INCLUDES Web banner on GITEX Majlis page. Inclusive of GITEX Majlis lanyards and badge pouches. (produced by DWTC) Logo on all GITEX Majlis specific collateral including adverts, mailers and EDMs. Your exclusive branding inside and outside the lounge. Price: AED 325,000 Exclusive for one company only. MEDIA CENTRE SPONSORSHIP Exclusive opportunity to create a unique level of awareness amongst the world s trade press and media organisations. THE PACKAGES INCLUDE Sponsor acknowledged in a letter of invitation to the media. Sponsor s logo as Media Centre Sponsor on all show collateral. Sponsor s logo on Media badges and lanyards. GITEX TECHNOLOY WEEK Sponsor s logo on Media Centre signage. Sponsor may provide branded items and/or giveaways for the Media Centre e.g. Pens, Notepads, Goodies etc. (production and costs to the sponsor). Sponsor s logo incorporated in the GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK show press pack. Sponsor s press release bound into the GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK press pack. Separate display area within the Media Centre for sponsor s press packs and brochures to standout from other exhibitor s collateral. Dedicated Media badge collection counter can be branded with the sponsors logo. Price: AED 160,000 Exclusive for one company only. Sponsor to supply and network (including onsite technical support) laptops, printers, scanners for use by the media. For more information visit

9 ONSITE FEATURES ENGAGE YOUR BRAND TO A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE HOST YOUR OWN PRESS CONFERENCE Exclusive opportunities to host your own press conference or brand awareness/product launch event. We will provide the room, AV equipment and seating, plus refreshments, making this easy for you. We will then work with you to highlight your event to the media as part of their show information pack and updates pre-show. THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES Conference Room Seating and head table Refreshments Signage Inclusion in show event activities scheduled for the Media Price: AED 5,000 EXHIBITION PRESENTATION THEATRES Located in key areas around the event, these staged areas offer a valuable addition to your stand participation as you showcase your products, services and vision to a seated audience of up to 40 visitors on the show floor. The presentation schedule is promoted to visitors and media as part of the features and events schedule. Price: AED 2,000 Per session (1 hour) IN HALL PROMOTERS Restricted to operating within the halls, official promoters are the only permitted way to hand out flyers and other promotional material outside your stand. They can wear uniforms or costumes of your choice (subject to guidance from the organisers). Price: AED 15,000 Per promoter for duration of the show. Contact the Sponsorship Project Team on: / 6566

10 ONSITE FEATURES ENGAGE YOUR BRAND TO A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE CONNEXIONS@GITEX: ONSITE First impressions last. Brand the ConneXions@GITEX kiosks onsite strategically positioned at the key entrances around the show. Be the first brand to be seen by each and every visitor to the show. As a sponsor your logo will appear on the kiosks and ConneXt you to the GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK. Please contact the Sponsorship Project Team for full details on this sponsorship opportunity. HOSPITALITY LOUNGE Capture the attention of the visitors while they relax in the hospitality lounge. This is a fantastic opportunity to put your brand in front of visitors as they relax and network away from the hustle and bustle of the show. The hospitality lounge offers many different branding opportunities from literature distribution to pop up posters and much more. Please contact the Sponsorship Project Team for full details on this sponsorship opportunity. Contact the Sponsorship Project Team on: / 6566

11 ONSITE BRANDING KEEP YOUR BRAND IN FRONT OF THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS CARRIER BAGS What better way to promote your presence at GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK. Maximise your company s brand presence around the entire show and beyond. Bags are distributed to each visitor by registration personnel. Visitors value the bags as they are used to hold all the materials and promotional literature collected throughout the show, plus they take them home, extending your brand visibility even further. Your brand image will appear on one side of the carrier bag. GITEX s logo will appear in a strip at the bottom of your artwork. Price: AED 95,000 Per side. Includes production by DWTC (Available to two companies). Price: AED185,000 Both sides, includes production by DWTC (Exclusive to one company only). VISITOR LANYARDS Worn by all visitors to the show, lanyards are a walking advert for your brand. Ensure your company logo and message is seen by thousands of visitors, exhibitors and media. Price: AED 220,000 (excludes production) Quantity: 150,000 pieces Exclusive for one company only. CONFERENCE LANYARDS Worn by all delegates to the conferences, lanyards are a walking advert for your brand. Ensure your company logo and message is seen by high level delegates and speakers. Please contact the Sponsorship Project Team for full details on this sponsorship opportunity. For more information visit

12 ONSITE BRANDING KEEP YOUR BRAND IN FRONT OF THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS VISITOR BADGE HOLDER Sponsorship of the visitor badges is exclusive. These will be worn by all visitors and your logo will be prominent in the special strip. Logo of sponsoring company will appear alongside the show logo. Price: AED 100,000 (excludes production) Quantity: 150,000 pieces Exclusive for one company only. ZABEEL TO HALL 1 LINK BRANDING Create maximum visual impact with your branding and messages in the busy walkway between Zabeel and Hall 1 with column and wall space available for your messages. Price: AED 45,000 Price excludes production, rigging and dismantling. We can offer these services at additional costs. Sponsor company required to visit the site for measurement and visualisation purposes. (Exclusive to one company only.) OVERHEAD HANGING BANNERS Draw attention to your stand location by displaying a banner suspended from the ceiling above your stand. Price: AED 1,100 per sqm Per side of banner supplied. Price excludes production, rigging and dismantling. We can offer these services at additional costs. Note: Price is for a single sided banner only. Double sided, three sided and four sided (box or ring banner) will be charged as per the number of sides. Banners must be hung within the space of the stand and cannot exceed the borders of the stand space. Contact the Sponsorship Project Team on: / 6566

13 ONSITE BRANDING KEEP YOUR BRAND IN FRONT OF THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS IN-HALL BANNER ADVERTISING Advertise your location, brand and key messages by taking advertising banners within the halls. Drive awareness and even point your buyers in the right direction to visit your stand. Price: AED 1,250 per sqm Single-sided banner supplied. Price excludes production, rigging and dismantling. These services can be offered at additional costs. DIRECTIONAL CARPET SIGNAGE Make it really easy for your buyers to find you! They can follow the carpet signage direct to your stand. Available in several formats, these are a fun and eye-catching way to make sure you stand out from your competition. Price: AED 1,500 per placement. For more information visit

14 REACH THE WIDEST AUDIENCE ONLINE OPPORTUNITIES AT Every piece of promotional collateral, including mailers, advertisements, html s and telemarketing will drive visitors and media to the show s official website Get your brand in front of visitors early, with a trackable click through advertising banner to your own website, landing page or exhibitor listing. All banners are replicated on our Arabic version website to give you maximum exposure to this market. BANNER ADVERTISING Fully trackable. Hyperlinked to you website. Prices are for placement only. We can co-ordinate banner creation for an additional fee. PLACEMENT Home page or sub pages: GITEX Business Solutions, GULFCOMMS, Consumer Technology, Digital Media and Marketing, Card Technology, Cloud Confex, Mobile Apps and Content, Conferences, Features, Visitor Information, Exhibitor Information, Travel Centre etc. ONLINE BANNER ADVERTISING Fully trackable, hyper linked to your website. Prices are for placement only, we can co-ordinate banner creation for an additional fee. PLACEMENT Home page or sub pages: GITEX Business Solutions, GULFCOMMS, Consumer Technology, Digital Media and Marketing, Card Technology, Cloud Confex, Mobile Apps and Content, Conferences, Features, Visitor Information, Exhibitor Information, Travel Centre etc. Contact the Sponsorship Project Team on: / 6566

15 OFFICIAL SHOW WEBSITE ADVERTISING ADVERTISING RATES Advertising Unit Size (Pixels) Pricing per month April to August September October Homepage Leaderboard 560 x 80 AED 20,000 AED 30,000 AED 40,000 Homepage Skyscraper 180 x 600 AED 10,000 AED 20,000 AED 30,000 Sub page Leaderboard 560 x 80 AED 15,000 AED 22,500 AED 30,000 Sub page Skycraper 180 x 600 AED 6,500 AED 9,900 AED 15,000 FEATURED EXHIBITOR Your logo (with hyperlink to your exhibitor listing) featuring on the home page or sector pages for maximum impact. Can rotate or flip with your hall/stand number. Pricing per month Advertising Unit Size (Pixels) April to August September October Homepage Featured Exhibitor 560 x 80 AED 10,000 AED 20,000 AED 30,000 Homepage Featured Product 180 x 600 AED 10,000 AED 20,000 AED 30, OCTOBER 2011 DUBAI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE For all enquiries about sponsorship and advertising at the exhibition, conference or events please contact our Sponsorship Project Team: Organised by Tel: / 6566 Fax: gitex@dwtc.com