ADVERTISING & SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 2015 Onsite Wastewater Mega-Conference November 3-6, 2015 Virginia Beach Convention Center, Virginia Beach, VA Check out these options to help drive traffic to your booth and leave a lasting impression with attendees: Conference program advertising. Reserve space in the onsite program distributed to all conference attendees. See below for pricing. Partners may take a 20% discount off of advertising rates shown below. o Space deadline: October 15, 2015 o Ad materials due: October 17, 2015 Conference Program Advertising Sizes Rate Add 4-color Full page, black & white $900 $300 ½ - page, black & white $525 $300 ¼ - page, black & white $350 $300 Back cover (4-color) $2,000 Inside front cover (4-color) $1,600
Terrific Sponsorship Opportunities! Item Description Registration bag logo Make an impression beyond the conference $2,700 with a 1-color version of your corporate message on the registration bag. Includes a registration bag insert. Flash Drive 2GB Thumb Drive will include all conference $5,000 proceedings and will be distributed to all attendees. It will be size of credit card, allowing for highly visible company messaging on both sides. In addition, Sponsor may include up to 500MB of information on the flash drive. Holiday Inn Shuttle Bus Sponsor the Shuttle which will operate between $1,250 the Holiday Inn and the convention center Nov. 4-5. Includes magnetic sign with sponsor logo for bus. Registration bag insert Include up to a 4-page, 8 ½ x 11 inch brochure in the registration bag distributed to all conference registrants. Material to be inserted must be received by October 24, 2014. $400 Pre-conference email We ll send your marketing message to blast conference attendees via our broadcast email $300 service. Up to six companies may take advantage of this opportunity. Stand Out With An Event Sponsorship Sponsoring an activity at the 2015 Onsite Wastewater Mega-Conference will extend your reach and exposure at the meeting. Sponsors will be recognized with signs at the conference and at the sponsored event, on the conference website, in the conference program and in prepared remarks by a major conference speaker. Sponsors may also provide literature about their company during their event. Date Event/Description Nov 3, 6:00 pm Welcome Reception in Convention Center. Help $1,000 8:00 pm welcome attendees to Virginia Beach. Nov. 4, 7:00 am 8:00 am, 10:00 am 10:30 am, 12:00 pm 1:10 pm General Session. Get a head start on the competition by sponsoring the food functions associated with the general session. Sponsor a single event or sponsor the entire morning! If you sponsor the entire morning we will do a literature drop at each seat in the General Session. A la carte events: Breakfast: Morning Break: $500 Lunch: $1,250 Various Package: All three events: $1,750 Nov. 4, 3:00 pm Afternoon break. $500 3:30 pm Nov. 4, 5:00 pm 7:00 pm Opening reception in expo hall. Help kick off the conference right by sponsoring the opening event. Includes full conference registration for all company $2,500
Nov. 4, 5:10 pm 7:00 pm Nov. 5, 8:00 am 1:00 pm Nov. 4, 7:00 pm 11:00 pm representatives not covered by booth comp registrations. NOWRA National Backhoe Roe-D-Hoe. The Roe- D-Hoe champion will be crowned at the Mega- Conference. Top individual qualifiers during the open competition at the Mega-Conference will compete for a spot in the finals against the winner of the State Champions elimination round. Sponsorship includes signs on the Roe-D-Hoe equipment, recognition by Roe-D-Hoe emcees, the opportunity to place a retractable banner in the Roe-D-Hoe competition area, pictures with the Roe-D-Hoe winner, acknowledgement in post conference publicity and electronic media (i.e., photos, videos). VOWRA s Virginia Beach Aquarium Party. VOWRA has reserved function space at the famous Virginia Beach Aquarium. Enjoy two complimentary cocktails and hors d oeuvres while strolling through the aquarium. Sharks, Komodo Dragons, Crocodiles, Rays, and scores of other fish and reptiles await. Busses will shuttle between the convention center and the Aquarium to bring ticketed guests to the Aquarium, with return busses going to the hotels and convention center. Sponsorship includes magnetic sign on each bus with your logo. Two co-sponsors at the $1,100 level are sought, or an exclusive sponsor for $1,800. 5 sponsorships available at $1,875 each. $1,100 (2 cosponsors) Or $1,800 (exclusive sponsor) Nov 5, 8:00 am 9:00 am Nov. 5, 11:30 am 1:00 pm Nov 5, 2:40 pm 3:30 pm Nov 5, 5:30 pm 6:30 pm Breakfast in Expo Lunch in Expo Leave a lasting impression with $1,250 attendees by buying them lunch! Afternoon break in Expo. $500 NOWRA Annual Business Meeting and Reception Support your association and get a final opportunity to connect with conference attendees. Field Trip: NAWT Treatment Symposium Field Trip to HRSD Facilities. Sponsorship includes magnetic sponsor signs with your logo on the bus, and 2 company reps participating in the trip. Field Trip: Brock Environmental Center and Eastern Shore of Virginia. Sponsorship includes magnetic sponsor signs with your logo on the bus, and 2 company reps participating in the trip. Field Trip: VA/NC Coastal Areas. Sponsorship includes magnetic sponsor signs with your logo on the bus, and 2 company reps participating in the trip. $600
Advertising/Sponsorship Agreement November 3-6, 2015 Virginia Beach Convention Center, Virginia Beach, VA Company/Contact Information (please print or type) Company Address City/State/Zip Phone number Website Sales contact for program Pre-conf. contact Contact at Show Fax Email Email Email Conference Program Advertising Conference Program Advertising Rates Add 4-color Discount Totals Full page, black & white $900 $300 $ ½ - page, black & white $525 $300 Varies $ ¼ - page, black & white $350 $300 According to $ Back cover (4-color) $2,000 BBP Level $ Inside front cover (4-color) $1,600 $ Conference Sponsorships Item Totals Flash Drive $5,400 $4,500 $ Registration bag $2,700 $2,400 $ Registration bag insert $400 $340 $ Pre-conference e-mail blast $300 $250 $ Holiday Inn Shuttle Bus $1,250 $1,000 (Continued on next page)
2015 Onsite Wastewater Mega-Conference Advertising/Sponsor Agreement (cont d) Event Sponsorships (Available on a First-come, first-served basis) Event Totals Welcome Reception, Nov. 3 $1,000 $850 $ November 4 General Session, (full package) $1,750 $1,500 $ General Session, (breakfast only) $650 $ General Session, (break only) $500 $400 $ General Session, (lunch only $1,250 $1,100 $ Afternoon break $500 $400 $ Opening reception in expo hall $2,500 $2,000 $ NOWRA National Backhoe Roe-D-Hoe. (5 co-sponsors) $1,875 $1,500 $ VOWRA s Virginia Beach Aquarium Party, (Single sponsor) $1,800 $1,625 $ VOWRA s Virginia Beach Aquarium Party, (2 co-sponsors) $1,100 $1,000 November 5 Breakfast in Expo $650 $ Lunch in Expo $1,250 $1,110 $ Afternoon Break in Expo $500 $400 $ NOWRA Annual Business Meeting and Reception $600 $450 $ November 6 Field Trip: NAWT Treatment Symposium to HRSD Facilities $650 $ Field Trip: Brock Environmental Center/Eastern Shore of VA $650 $ Field Trip: VA/NC Coastal Areas $650 $ Grand Total (Ads, sponsorship) $ Payment information Enclosed is a check, payable to NOWRA, for $ Please charge my VISA Mastercard Amex Discover in the amount of $ Card number Exp. Date Security code (on back of card) Name on card Signature Billing Address Mail completed & signed form with payment in full to: 2015 Onsite Wastewater Mega-Conference, c/o NOWRA, 1199 N. Fairfax St., Suite 410, Alexandria, VA 22314, or fax your credit-card-paid forms to 703-997-5609. Questions? Call 800-966-2942 or email executivedirector@nowra.org.