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Meetings: Sponsors and Exhibitors

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Sponsors and Exhibitors

Sponsorship Opportunities

Show your support, from symposia to workshops!

-- Sponsor/Exhibitor Workshops
-- Two-Day Seminars
-- Special Events
-- Corporate Identity
-- Extended Sponsor Opportunities

Sponsor/Exhibitor Workshops

Sponsors and exhibitors have an exclusive opportunity to promote products and programs in classroom or theater style hands-on workshops open to all meeting attendees.

These workshops, which draw strong attendance, have more than doubled in number in recent years, proving to be popular and valuable marketing tools.

$700 Workshop fee includes:

100-person capacity meeting room
60- or 90-minute time slot during most Exhibit Hall hours
LCD projector with stand and 8’ x 8’ screen, overhead projector, flip chart, laser pointer
Directional signage from the Exhibit Hall
Listing in the on-site Meeting Pocket Guide and Program Book

For more information about the Exhibitor Workshops, please contact Jill C. Perla at (202) 326-6736.

Two-Day Seminars

Areas at the forefront of discovery are examined in-depth, attracting groundbreaking scientists and educators. More information will be available this summer.

Special Events

Sponsor the special activities that round out this important conference.

	•	Career Weekend
		A powerful recruitment tool, attracts prospects to workshops on job market trends, resume writing and interviewing.

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American Junior Academy of Sciences

Provide support for the activities of more than 130 of the best and brightest science students from high schools around the nation. Join AAAS in presenting their research, and enjoy a unique opportunity to meet and talk with the nation’s future top scientists.

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Student Poster Competition

Sponsor the special awards honoring the best undergraduate and graduate student researchers for poster presentations showing their work in physical sciences, life sciences, computers and engineering, and social sciences.

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Family Science Days

A popular two-day event, it drew nearly 3,000 children and family members in 2005. Held in the Annual Meeting's Exhibit Hall, hands-on workshops and demonstrations combine to educate and entertain.

Corporate Identity

There are a variety of opportunities to promote your company name and attract the attention of attendees.

•	Registration
	Be among the first to be seen, by imprinting badge holders, terminals and printers within the registration/information area.
•	Opening Night Reception
	Use one of the Annual Meeting’s best attended functions to promote your organization with extensive signage throughout the Exhibit Hall and special incentives to visit your booth.
•	Press Areas
	Ensure visibility with signage in press areas serving more than 1,200 media registrants.
•	Internet Access Center
	Your company name or logo on a computer terminal will catch the attention of thousands of attendees as they visit the center to check e-mail and access the web.
•	Snack Breaks/Coffee Breaks
	Special signage near the break areas in the Exhibit Hall will tell attendees that your company is hosting daily snack/coffee breaks.
•	Totebags
	An imprint of your company logo on the official AAAS Annual Meeting totebag is a sure way for your group to get noticed!

Extended Sponsor Opportunities

Continue the momentum you gain as a sponsor of the AAAS Annual Meeting with additional sponsorships during the year.

•	AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy
	Sponsor the prestigious annual forum held in April that brings key policymakers and high-level members of the scientific and engineering community together in a candid discussion of policy issues and Administration priorities. Publications distributed include the AAAS Science and Technology Policy Yearbook, AAAS Report on R&D, and Congressional Action on R&D.

For more information about the AAAS Annual Meeting,
please contact Jill C. Perla at (202) 326-6736.