Are you looking for ways to connect with your customers?
Make a lasting impression. Exhibit at the 2003 annual meeting.
Identify your customers
Getting to know and interact with plant health professionals is the main reason to participate in the 2003 annual meeting. Meeting attendees are plant specialists working in areas of plant health management, all with their own special focus.
The American Phytopathological Society is an international organization dedicated to the study and control of plant disease.
The Audience - Average attendance at the APS Annual Meeting is 1,500
2002 Annual Meeting Profile
Employment
APS Members have Purchasing Power and Influence
Purchasing Responsibility†
Involvement with Chemicals†
† Source:
APS Member Survey
Meet your customers in person
APS invites you to exhibit at its annual meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, August 9-13, to meet your customers and prospects. There is nothing like making a lasting impression in person. The meeting is where connections are made and attendees can learn about your products and services. Simply, there is no substitute for face-to-face communication.
Invite your customers
Increase traffic at your booth by sending a personal invitation. Placing an ad in the program book is an excellent way to invite attendees to learn about your company. The program book provides a place for introductions and another reinforcement of your sales message. Advance registration lists are also available for your own direct mail promotion.
Maximize your time and investment at the annual meeting
- Introduce a new product at the New Products and Services session.
- Join a committee meeting relevant to your product or service.
- Attend sessions relating to your product or service.
- Co-sponsor the Industry Extension Social and/or Graduate Student Breakfast and also attend these important events.
- Attend the First Timer's Orientation on Saturday-meet new prospects and lend a hand in acclimating those attending their first APS annual meeting.
- Network at the Opening Reception on Sunday.
- Invite a client to an event of mutual interest.
Follow up with your customers
Following up after the meeting strengthens the connections you made in Charlotte. A complete list of registrants is given FREE to all exhibitors. This is just one more way to maximize your efforts.
Join us
Advertise and exhibit in Charlotte. For additional information, please contact:
Rhonda Wilkie
Sales Representative
Phone: +1.651.994.3820
Fax: +1.651.454.0766
E-mail: rwilkie@scisoc.org
The value-added exhibit
- Purchase one 10' X 10' exhibit booth for $800 or reserve two for $1,100. APS Sustaining Associates Special Rate: If you are an APS Sustaining Associate, your 10' X 10' booth costs only $700 and a double is $1,000. Interested in becoming an APS Sustaining Associate? See enclosed application for details.
- Two FREE meeting registrations are included with the purchase of one booth. Three FREE registrations are included with the purchase of two booths. A deposit must accompany all exhibit booth registrations to reserve space. See enclosed Exhibit Booth Reservation Form for complete price information and registration details.
- FREE listing in the program book (distributed at the meeting) and June issue of Phytopathology News. Exhibit balance must be paid by May 15, 2003, to guarantee listing in the program book.
- FREE copy of post-convention registration list.
- Exhibitor-friendly floor plan! Meeting attendees will pass through the exhibit area to reach poster presentations and publication displays. The technical program is designed so that these attendees can spend quality time with you.
Exhibit hours
APS exhibits will be at the Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, North Carolina.
| Set up | Sunday, August 10 | 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
| Show | Sunday, August 10 | 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
| Monday, August 11 | 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | |
| Tuesday, August 12 | 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. | |
| Take down | Tuesday, August 12 | 4:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. |
Sponsorship opportunities
Take advantage of new ways to market your company or products/services at the APS Annual Meeting. Sponsorship opportunities are numerous. Possibilities include hosting a coffee break that encourages networking, supporting a cyber café that keeps attendees in touch with their offices, or providing tote bags that keep the meeting materials together. Your ideas for other types of sponsorship are welcome, and the APS staff looks forward to working with you to maximize your marketing dollars. Sponsorship opportunities can be shared or exclusive, and all sponsors will receive special recognition in the program book as well as through signage at the meeting. For more information or to discuss your idea, contact Rhonda Wilkie, telephone +1.651.994.3820.
IMPORTANT 2003 DATES
Mark your calendar with these important meeting dates!
March 21
New Products and Services application due
April
15
Exhibit
reservation deadline to list your company in the June issue of Phytopathology
News
April 25
Orders due for placing an ad in the June issue
of Phytopathology
News
May 1
Advertising materials due for the June issue of
Phytopathology News
May 15
Exhibit
payment due in full
Exhibit reservation and product description deadline to include your company in the Program Book distributed at the meeting
Program Book Advertising orders due
June 2
Program
Book Advertising materials due
August 9-13
APS Annual Meeting
Reach out early to your customers
Long before you exhibit, you can advertise in the publications of APS. This is an excellent way to get your message out months ahead. You can reach key professionals who have the influence with purchasing power.
For advertising information contact:
Rhonda Wilkie
+1.651.994.3820
rwilkie@scisoc.org
Plant Disease, MPMI and Phytopathology News
Thank You
We would like to thank the following companies and organizations for their support and contributions to APS throughout the years.
Academic Press
Adcon Telemetry
Adgen Ltd.
Agdia, Inc.*
AgraQuest, Inc.*
Agric. & Agri-Food Canada*
Agritechnove, Inc.
Alf Christianson Seed Co.*
American Society of Agronomy
Arvesta Corporation*
Association of Applied Biologists
Ball Horticultural
Co.*
BASF Corporation*
Bayer CropScience*
Bio-Rad
Biolog, Inc.
BIOREBA AG*
Bioworks, Inc.
Blackwell Publishing
Burkard Manufacturing
Co., Ltd.
Busch Agricultural Resources, Inc.*
CABI Publishing
Cambridge
University Press
Campbell Scientific, Inc.
The Canadian Phytopathological
Society
Cepheid
Cereal Research Non Profit Co., Inst.*
CerexAgri,
Inc.
Chr. Hansen Biosystems
CID, Inc.
Cogent Technologies Ltd.
Controlled Environments
Conviron
The Council for Agricultural Science
and Technology (CAST)
Dow AgroSciences LLC*
DuPont Crop Protection Products*
Dynamax Inc.
Ecogen Inc.
Eden Bioscience Corp.
Elsevier Science
Enconair-Ecological Chambers, Inc.
Encore Technologies LLC
Entomological
Society of America's
Environmental Growth Chambers
Gempler's Inc.
Griffin LLC*
Gustafson LLC*
Gylling Data Management, Inc.
H. J. Heinz
Co.*
IAPPS
ISK Biosciences Corp.*
Janssen Pharmaceutica*
Juniper
Systems
Kinetic Laboratory Equipment Co.
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Landis International, Inc.*
LemnaTec
Loewe Biochemica GmbH
Lubrecht
+ Cramer, Ltd.
Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Co., Ltd.*
Micro Score LLC
Monsanto Company*
Multidata LLC
National Academy of Sciences
National
Alliance of Independent Crop Consultants
Olympus America, Inc.
Orsetti
Seed Co., Inc.*
Percival Scientific, Inc.
Pessl Instruments
Pest Pros,
Inc.*
PHI Enterprises, Inc.
PPIL-Plant Pathogen Identification Laboratory
Qubit Systems, Inc.
Redox Chemicals, Inc.
Ricerca, Inc.
Sakata Seed
America, Inc.*
Sampling Technologies, Inc.
SARDI*
Science Publishing,
Inc.
The Scotts Co.*
Spectrum Technologies, Inc.*
STA Laboratories,
Inc.*
Superior Water Solutions
Syngenta Crop Protection*
Syngenta
Seeds*
Syngenta Seeds*
TopPro Specialties
Uniroyal Chemical Co Inc*
United Soybean Board
University of California Agriculture & Natural Resources
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture - APHIS, PPQ
Valent BioSciences Corp.*
Valent
USA Corp.*
Wescor Environmental
* Denotes Sustaining Associate Members of APS
