Sponsorship and Exhibition opportunities EGEE-3 3 conference Athens 18-22 /4/2005
18-22/4/2005 "3rd EGEE conference" The 3rd EGEE (www.eu-egee.org) project conference will be hosted by GRNET in Athens, Greece. EGEE led by the paneuropean Organisation CERN constitutes the most significant project in the area of Grid technologies. The EGEE project brings together experts from over 27 countries with the common goal of building on recent advances in Grid technology and developing a production-quality Grid infrastructure in Europe which is available to scientists 24 hours-a-day. The project aims to provide researchers in academia and industry with access to major computing resources, independent of their geographic location attracting a wide range of new users to the Grid. Today more than 50 sites have been integrated in the EGEE paneuropean infrastructure offering more than 8.000 CPUs and 5 Peta Bytes (5.000 Tera Bytes or 5.000.000 Giga Bytes) of storage space to more than 3.000 users of different application areas (High Energy Physics, Bioinformatics, etc.)
18-22/4/2005 "3rd EGEE conference (2/2) Funded by the European Commission with 32 Million Euros (total budget in the order of 100 Million), the EGEE project community has been divided into 12 partner federations, consisting of over 70 contractors and over 30 non-contributing participants covering a wide-range of both scientific and industrial applications. The conference will be a workshop based event, where many members from various EC Research Infrastructure Grid projects will participate to discuss key issues and work together to overcome known problems, to relay solutions and to discuss the potential problem areas with the next stage of the Project.
Sponsors and contributors to the Meetings get: Keynote speech in opening plenary Main sponsor only Exhibition space Conference area hall General rules Company's name and logo in conference rooms on the EGEE-3 conference WWW pages direct mail and e-mail Visibility in individual sponsorship packages: Option for companies wishing to target specific materials, speaker sessions or social events during the Meetings Logos in pens, budges, notepads etc. Exclusive invitations to social events Gala party and Opening Reception
Sponsorship possibilities at a glance (all amounts are quoted in euro) Main Sponsor (only one available) 20,000 and up Primary Sponsor 10,000-19,999 Special individual packages Opening Reception (only one available): 17,000 Gala party (only one available): 19,999 Sponsor 5,000-9,999 Terminal Room (only one available): 7,500 Meeting T-shirts, badges & pen (only one available): 9,999 Meeting Lunch (4 available): 9,999 Contributor 2,000-4,999 Notepad bloc, Invitation: 3,000 Program: 4,000 Coffee Breaks (4 available):4,800 Gift : 4,900 Meeting Bag (only one available):4,999 Sponsorship is not limited to financial sponsorship per se, but can also take the form of provision of materials, hardware/software, etc.
MAIN SPONSOR (only one available) > 20,000 The Main Meetings Sponsorship package combines mass marketing and branding association before the event and provides the sponsor with unique marketing exposure during the Meetings. Main Sponsor Benefits include: Programme Programme itself. This may take the shape of a keynote speech As Main Sponsor, we will consult with you on the best way of raising your company s profile in the EGEE conference
MAIN SPONSOR (2/3) Meetings Brochures company's name and logo will be featured prominently in all conference rooms and some promotional material. These include the pre-mailing publicity, posters and the meeting web pages. company's brochure material can be included in the bag, which will be distributed to all participants upon registration.
MAIN SPONSOR (3/3) Marketing Exposure (participants) to the European grid research community via direct mail, e-mail contact (non-participants and press through publicity) via the web and other relevant publications Sponsors will be acknowledged in the opening and closing plenary sessions Delegate Passes three complimentary invitations to the conference dinner or the reception Exhibition Space Booth and/ or display area in the conference pre-function area for the display of corporate literature or other promotional items
PRIMARY SPONSOR 10,000-19,999 Primary Sponsor Benefits include: Meetings Brochures company's name and logo on promotional materials & pre-mailing publicity, posters, meeting web pages company's brochure material can be included in the bags, which will be distributed to all participants upon registration
PRIMARY SPONSOR (2/2) Marketing Exposure direct mail and e-mail contact, web Mail promotional literature to all (potential) delegates Sponsors will be acknowledged in the opening and closing plenary sessions of the Meetings Delegate Passes three complimentary invitations to the conference dinner and/or the reception Exhibition Space Booth and/ or display area in the conference pre-function area for the display of corporate literature or other promotional items
OPENING RECEPTION (only one available) 17,000 This type of sponsorship provides an opportunity to mix with delegates in a more informal and relaxed atmosphere Brief Address A representative of your company may make a brief address at the beginning of the event Company's name and logo will be featured prominently at the Opening Reception Hall Additional Marketing Exposure Your company will be recognized as sponsor of the Opening Reception in the Final Programme Delegate Passes The Main Sponsor will be offered three complimentary invitations to the reception
GALA PARTY (only one available) 19,999 Benefits include all Primary Sponsorship benefits plus: Brief Address brief address at the beginning of the event. Additional Marketing Exposure your company will be recognized as sponsor of the gala party in the final programme Delegate Passes up to three representatives to attend the gala party
SPONSOR 5,000-9,999 Brochures Company's name and logo in all meetings & some promotional materials Company's brochure material can be included in the Meetings bag Marketing Exposure Direct mail, and e-mail press, web and other relevant publications Sponsors will be acknowledged in the opening and closing plenary sessions Delegate Passes Two complimentary invitations to the conference dinner or the reception. Exhibition Space Booth and/ or display area in the conference pre-function area for the display of corporate literature or other promotional items
Other Individual Packages MEETING T-shirts, Badges, pens (only one available) 9,999 Benefits include all Sponsorship Benefits plus: Additional Marketing Exposure T-shirt with company s logo T-shirts are often collected and so prolong the logo visibility (70 partners signatures in the T-shirts?!)
Individual Packages MEETINGS LUNCH: 9,999 Benefits include all Sponsorship Benefits plus: Additional Marketing Exposure Company's name and logo will be prominently featured at the lunch venue Lunch Passes Up to three representatives to the lunch
CONTRIBUTOR 2,000-4,999 Euros Meetings Brochures Company's name and logo will be featured in all meetings & some promotional materials Marketing Exposure Direct mail and e-mail contact Sponsors will be acknowledged in the opening and closing plenary sessions of the Meetings Delegate Pass One invitation to the conference dinner or the reception Company literature Display area in the conference pre-function area for the display of corporate literature or other promotional items
Individual packages Benefits include all Contributor Benefits, plus Notepad bloc and invitation: 3,500 Company's name and logo will be prominently featured at the blocs Program (only one available) 4,000 Euros Company's name and logo will be prominently featured at the posted program in the main hall and programme screens Coffee breaks (four available): 4,800 Company's name and logo will be prominently featured at the coffee area Gift (only one available):4,900 Company's name and logo will be featured at the gift (via a message) Meeting bag (only one available): 4,999 Company's name and logo will be featured at the meeting bag
Contact information EGEE Public Relations GRNET team: Krystallia Drystella, Dimitra Kotsokali, Hara Biba +306977606615, +302107474254 egee-pr@admin.grnet.gr or egee3@grnet.gr Other (Project Office, TERENA)?