EVENT SPONSORS

Gold Level Sponsors

Silver Level Sponsors

Bronze Level Sponsors

Sponsor, Exhibitor and Advertising Opportunities Available:

The Georgia Tech In Silico conferences are attended by industry, academic, research, government and students within the bioinformatics and biomedical fields from across the globe. Our event is an ideal opportunity for institutions and businesses wishing to show good will or market to these individuals. This can been done through one or more of our three relational opportunities: exhibiting on site, advertising in our confernce handbook or sponsorhip. Each of these opportunities are described in detail below.

Please direct all inquiries for sponsorship, exhibit space, and advertising to Liz McCarty at Liz.mccarty@biology.gatech.edu.


EXHIBITOR OPPORTUNITIES, limited to 20 participants
Exhibitors at this year's Bioinformatics conference will have full attention of all attendees. Exhibitor booths will be placed strategically in the flow area of the conference to obtain maximum traffic from all conference participants. In addition, all exhibitors will be listed in the official conference program book with a short description provided by your firm. In the past attendees were equally distributed between decision making industry professionals and academia. Exhibitor space is issued on a f irst come, first serve basis. As of June 22, 1999 17 spaces are still available.

Cost to exhibit is $1800 and includes:

-6ft. x 30 inch black skirted table

-2 chairs

-1 wastebasket

-2-limited conference packages to include the following food items (welcome reception, 3 continental breakfasts, am and pm coffee/snack breaks) and as available seating to conference speaker sessions.

Exhibitor registration form and contract


ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES
The Official In Silico Biology Conference program book will be distributed on-site to all meeting registrants. The program contains a comprehensive description of all symposia, lectures, seminars, poster abstracts, and exhibitors. The book is the only material handed out during conference registration and will be kept and used as a reference by attendees for months after the meeting.

Type/Size	Dimensions	Non Exhibitor Rates	Exhibitor Rates
General Section (B/W Only)	-	-	-
Full Page	7-1/8" x 9-1/4"	$400	$300
1/2 Page Vertical	3-3/8" x 9-1/4"	$300	$200
Premium Spaces (4 color)	-	-	-
Outside Back Cover	7-1/8" x 9-1/4"	$550	$450
Inside Back Cover	7-1/8" x 9-1/4"	$450	$350
Inside Front Cover	7-1/8" x 9-1/4"	$450	$350

Specifications and Mechanical Requirements:
The general section ads will look similar to those seen in Science and Nature Magazine. Negative Film or Camera-ready art is required for all ads in the program book. Maximum 133 line screen for halftones. No bleeds accepted. Any charges for alterations incurred on behalf of the advertiser or its agency will be billed to the advertiser at cost.

Deadlines:
Reservation and Payment Deadline: September 3, 2001 Film or Art Deadline: October 3, 2001

Advertising reservation form


SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES:
Sponsors are the only way we are able to hold this conferences. Briefly, sponsors are featured on our website with links to their homepages and are given full credit in the front pages of our official conference handbook. The book includes the conference agenda, speaker information and abstracts and will be a reference tool for conference participants in the future.

Gold level sponsorship - $10,000 or more (US$)
Silver level sponsorship - $5,000 to $9,999 (US$)
Bronze level sponsorship - $2,000to $4,999 (US$)


Please contact Liz McCarty via email at liz.mccarty@biology.gatech.edu to arrange for sponsorship.