Sponsorship Opportunities
- General Conference Support, Up to $500: (designated & undesignated)
- Session or Workshop Support, $500 & up: list below
- Special Event Sponsorship, $1,000 & up : list below
- Conference Advertising, $125- $475 (b/w and color ads)
- Conference Exhibit Hall, $325 (varies)
Categories of Sponsorship
1. GENERAL CONFERENCE SUPPORT, Up to $500:
Undesignated contribution toward general conference costs & to encourage attendance
Designated sponsorship opportunities include:
- Audio Visual Equipment (digital projectors, microphones/sound system, T1 connections)
- Donation to VRAffle (Raffle items)
- Exhibits Hall Coffee Breaks ($250 & up)
- VRAffle Reception
- Luraine Tansey Education Fund
- President’s Fund
Recognition:
- Listing in Conference Program as a sponsor
- Corporate logo featured on VRA conference web site through the end of the conference on March 31, 2007 from the date that both the donation and electronic logo are received by Jane Darcovich (darcovic@uic.edu) or Heidi Raatz (hraatz@artsmia.org).
2. SESSION, SEMINAR OR WORKSHOP SUPPORT, $500 & up:
Descriptive program information at www.vraweb.org/conferences/vra25/
Program List includes:
Sessions:
- Session 01: “Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? The VRA at 25”
- Session 02: Melting Pot or Bouillabaisse: The Aggregation Dilemma
- Session 03: When Servers Crash: Disaster Planning in the Digital Age
- Session 04: Strategies for Data Migration in the Age of CCO and VRA Core 4.0
- Session 05: From Fair Use to Fair Trading: Creating a Digital Image Matchmaking Commons
- Session 06: Is Anyone Using? A Cavalcade of Interoperability Strategies
- Session 07: Color Management from A-Z
- Session 08: A Burgeoning Beyond Restraint: Delivering Video, Audio, and Image Data to the Classroom
- Session 09: Image Indexing: Current and Emerging Research of Access to Visual Materials
- Session 10: International Adoption and Use of VRA Core 4.0 and CCO
- Session 11: Managing Student and Faculty Member Collections: Trials and Triumphs
Seminars:
- Seminar 01: The VRA 2006 Professional Status Survey
- Seminar 02: 35mm Slide Collections: Retention Criteria, Preservation Issues, Donation Ideas
- Seminar 03: What is a Work?
- Seminar 04: Are We Speaking the Same Language? Communication Strategies for the VR Professional
Ask the Expert Corner. Daily one-on-one problem-solving type sessions.
Workshops:
- Workshop 01: Educating the Educators: Teaching Faculty to Teach with Digital Images, ½ day
- Workshop 02: XML, the VRA Core, and the Image Collection, ½ day
- Workshop 03: Cataloguing Asian Art, ½ day
- Workshop 04: Getting Past No: Assessing Copyright Risk, ½ day
- Workshop 05: Image Metadata Crash Course, full day
Recognition:
Same as #1 General Conference Support, plus:
- Sponsorship statement accompanies session or workshop in conference publications and materials, on session signage & in conference information on the web.
- Moderator’s introduction recognition statement
3. SPECIAL EVENT SPONSORSHIP, $1,000 & up, depending on cost of event; see list below:
Special Events:- VRA 25th Anniversary Silver Jubilee Members’ Reception: estimate: $4000
- First-time Attendees’ and New Members’ Breakfast: estimate: $1500
- VRA Leadership Luncheon: estimate $1200
- Refreshments before the VRAffle: estimate $1000
Recognition:
Same as #1 General Conference Support, plus:
- Full naming of the event, which will appear in all conference publications and material, on session signage and in conference information on the web.
- Individual introduction in preliminary remarks at event
4. ADVERTISING ($125-$475, accepted only until March 4, 2007)
Advertising rates:
- $475 color/$400 bw Back cover/full page
- $375 color/$300 bw Inside cover/full page
- $225 color/$175 bw Inside cover/half page
- $275 color/$200 bw Interior/full page
- $175 color/$125 bw Interior/half page
Please contact Lise Hawkos (lise.hawkos@asu.edu) if you are interested in advertising.
