Vitae Researcher Development International Conference 2015

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Sponsorship opportunities

opportunitites The established Vitae Researcher Development Sponsorship and exhibition benefits

International Conference, now in it’s fifteenth year,

is the largest dedicated event that brings together The Vitae Researcher Development International all those with a strategic and practical role in Conference 2015 is a unique platform to developing researchers and has attracted many demonstrate your commitment to the professional thousands of participants over the years. development of researchers. Over the 2 days, you will be able to promote your organisation to around With the vast majority of all UK Higher Education 350 influencers in the researcher development field Institutions having signed up for the additional and through them reach a wide community of benefits of Vitae Membership in the last year, this researchers and professional staff is clearly a fundamental time to be involved and get your brand out to our members. Our sponsorship and exhibition benefits will provide

you with an opportunity to: We are pleased to invite you to sponsor this year’s conference. Our sponsorship opportunities are . make face-to-face contact with new and existing staff from universities across the overleaf. UK and internationally

. network with up to 350 participants and establish new contacts with strategists

and practitioners who deliver career development activities for researchers in higher education

. engage with key stakeholders, decision- makers and budget holders from the academic community

. enhance your visibility to a quality audience and explore international business opportunities

. use the conference as a launch-pad for new products or services to support researchers’ careers

For further information about the conference please visit:

www.vitae.ac.uk/conference2015 To speak to someone about sponsorship please call 01223 448527

Conference and attendees overview

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In addition to general Conference themes packages of sponsorship that provide widespread exposure The conference will address the strategic and practical implications of the following themes: over the two days of the conference, we also welcome . policy developments relating to doctoral education and employing researchers sponsorship of specific . building institutional capacity for researchers' professional development to activities in the conference maintain research excellence programme and sponsorship . demonstrating the value of researcher development on research outputs, of the conference app. An researcher careers, economic prosperity and society important part of attending a . sustainable practice to support researcher skills, professional and career conference is to establish development personal contacts and to develop networks with other Audience profile participants and interested parties from around the world Typical conference attendees include staff supporting researchers, researchers, – social events such as the practitioners, trainers, career specialists, supervisors, PIs, senior research managers, welcome drinks, conference policy makers, research funders, senior staff, budget holders, professionals from the dinner, lunches and breaks private and public sector, international support and services staff. are well attended and provide exceptional exposure for Attendee breakdown at Vitae Researcher Development International conference sponsors. 2014

‘52% of those who

responded said that their main reason for attending the

Vitae Researcher Development conference last year was to network with new and existing

contacts and to keep abreast of recent developments and ideas in the About us

researcher Vitae (https://www.vitae.ac.uk/), is an international programme led and managed by CRAC, development arena’ a not-for-profit registered UK charity dedicated to active career learning and development. Working in the UK since 1968, when we ran our first project to support transitions of doctoral researchers to industry, Vitae has great expertise at enhancing the skills and career impact of researchers locally, within a global context.

As the established world leader in researcher development, our annual international conference is the largest event that brings together all those with a strategic and practical role in developing researchers.

For further information about the conference please visit: Contactwww.vitae.ac.uk/conference2015 details and call to action etc To speak to someone about sponsorship please call 01223 448527

Sponsorship opportunities Vitae International Researcher Development Conference 2015

Headline sponsor . recognition of your sponsorship on all . opportunity to address the full conference £12,000 + VAT promotion. Your organisation will be referred during a five minute speaking slot to in the following format: “Vitae Researcher Development International Conference 2015 . opportunity to present a workshop in collaboration with……” . inserts into the participant pack . your logo and organisation profile prominently featured on the conference . exhibition stand in a prominent location guide as ‘Headline Sponsor’ . two full residential conference passes . your logo and link to your organisation website displayed prominently on the conference webpage

Conference dinner and . representative from your organisation to . your logo and organisation profile in the drinks sponsorship welcome participants to the dinner conference guide £5,000 + VAT . prominent display at the dinner with your . your logo and link to your organisation logo and message website displayed on the conference webpage . your logo and a short message on the dinner menu

Sponsorship of the . we are hosting the UK final of the Three . recognition of your support and sponsorship Three Minute Thesis Minute Thesis Competition (3MT®) at the alongside Vitae, on all the printed and online (3MT) competition conference. The 3MT® challenges doctoral materials relating to the 3MT® final (up to £5000+VAT) candidates to present a compelling spoken presentation on their research topic and its . your logo and organisation profile in the Vitae significance in just three minutes. The UK annual conference guide final is the culmination of over 50 institutional competitions and an online semi-final hosted . representative from your organisation to be by Vitae part of the judging panel

Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is an . financial support for the competition of up to academic competition developed £5,000 + VAT, which would include a prize by The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia worth £3,000 for the winner, to be used to further communicate and disseminate their research

Pre-dinner drinks . prominent display with your organisation’s . your logo and organisation’s profile in the reception (3,000+VAT) logo and message conference programme

. your logo and link to your organisation’s website displayed on the conference webpage

Special interest session . Two representatives from your organisation to present a special interest session To present a special interest (subject and topic to be approved by the workshop panel) session £1,250 + VAT

For further information about the conference please visit: www.vitae.ac.uk/conference2015 To speak to someone about sponsorship please call 01223 448527 Sponsorship opportunities

Vitae International Researcher Development Conference 2015

Refreshment breaks Gain that extra advertising edge by This option includes: sponsoring the refreshment breaks and not only £1,750 + VAT – 1 day reap all the benefits that come with an exhibition . screen advertising your organisation as the £2,950 + VAT – 2 days stand but also have the name of your organisation, refreshment sponsor in the area where the including the logo, as the official refreshment refreshments are served for the day/days that sponsor displayed on large screens for the relevant you sponsor. Please note that drinks break on the day that you choose to sponsor. sponsorship in the evening is not included in this package.

. main screen in the plenary advertising your organisation as the official refreshment sponsor before and after each refreshment break

Conference guide advert Get full visual coverage of your organisation by This option will allow your organisation to have: advertising in the hard copy of the Vitae Full page £750 + VAT conference guide. . Visibility to each of the 350+ Half page £500+ VAT participants who receive and take Quarter page £250 + VAT home the guide

. The flexibility to choose between the 3 size options available depending on your budget

Conference App Get sponsorship recognition the smart way Benefits of sponsoring the conference app would £3,750 + VAT by being the official conference app sponsor. The include: successful launch of the Vitae conference app last year has opened up a new dynamic arena for . Company logo and the words ’sponsored networking, workshop selection, programme and by …’ on the main app home page and speaker information, and not forgetting the programme page popular public voting option during the 3MT competition! . Company logo and the words ’sponsored by …’ on all references to the app on our website, in the conference guide and mailshots that include reference to it.

Exhibition £950 + VAT Showcase your organisation on day one of the . profile and logo on the conference website conference by having a stand which includes all the . networking opportunities at the evening drinks following benefits: reception . two x one day passes . 3m x 2m area . buffet lunch . clothed table and two chairs . access to plenary sessions and workshop . one insert in the conference pack sessions . profile and logo in the conference guide . free wifi

For further exhibition opportunities please contact [email protected]

For further information about the conference please visit: www.vitae.ac.uk/conference2015 To speak to someone about sponsorship please call 01223 448527

Institutions represented 2008 - 2014 Vitae Researcher Development International Conference

A H Aarhus University Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Academy of Medical Sciences Heriot-Watt University Arts and Humanities Research Council Higher Education Academy Aston University Higher Education Funding Council Auckland University of Technology Hiroshima University

B I Bangor University Idox Barrie Foundation Institution of Environmental Sciences Bath Spa University Imperial College London Bielefeld University Institute of Cancer Research Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Institute of Education Birmingham City University Institute of Food Research Bournemouth University Institute of Physics British Antarctic Survey International Consortium of Research Staff Associations British Council (ICoRSA) British Council Japan Irish Universities Association British Library Brunel University J John Innes Centre C Cancer Research UK K Cardiff Metropolitan University Karolinska Institutet Cardiff University Keele University Central Queensland University King's College London CFE Research KKI Associates Limited Cofactor Ltd Council of Graduate Schools L Coventry University Lancaster University League of European Research Universities D Leiden University Dahlem Research School (DRS), Freie Universität Berlin Liquid Thinker Daphne Jackson Trust Liverpool Hope University DCC, University of Glasgow Liverpool John Moores University De Montfort University London School of Economics and Political Science Dublin City University London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Durham University London South Bank University

Loughborough University E Lund University Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen

Economic and Social Research Council M Equality Challenge Unit Maastricht University Edge Hill University Macmillan Science Communication Edinburgh Napier University Manchester Metropolitan University Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response Estonian Research Council Network European Commisison - DG Research Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine European Science Foundation MEXT, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy European University Institute Florence Middlesex University F FAMS International School And College N Fistral Training and Consultancy Ltd. Nagoya University Fonds National de la Recherche Natural Environment Research Council Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Graduate Academy Natural History Museum Nature Publishing Group G National Centre for Universities and Business Ghent University New Economics Foundation Glasgow Caledonian University Newcastle University Glasgow School of Art NHS R&D North West Goethe University Frankfurt am Main Niigata University Goldsmiths University of London Northumbria University GuildHE and CREST Nottingham Trent University

For further information about the conference please visit: www.vitae.ac.uk/conference2015 To speak to someone about sponsorship please call 01223 448527 Fo r Institutions represented 2008 - 2014 Vitae Researcher Development International Conference

O University of Bolton Organisation for Economic Co-operation and University of Bradford Development University of Brighton Open University University of Bristol Osaka University University of Cambridge Oxford Brookes University University of Canterbury, New Zealand University of Central Lancashire P University of Chester Plymouth University University of Copenhagen Postdoc Career Development Initiative University of Cumbria PostdocTraining University of Dundee ProQuest University of East Anglia University of East London Q University of Edinburgh Queen Margaret University University of Essex Queen Mary, University of London University of Exeter Queensland University of Technology University of South Wales Queen's University Belfast University of Glasgow University of Goettingen R University of Groningen Radboud University Nijmegen University of Hertfordshire Research Councils UK University of Huddersfield Research Fortnight University of Hull Royal Holloway, University of London University of Kent Royal Literary Fund University of Kobe Royal Society of Chemistry University of Leeds Ruhr University Bochum University of Lincoln University of Liverpool S University of Manchester Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust University of Northampton Science Careers Magazine University of Oslo Science Europe University of Oxford Scottish Graduate School for the Arts & Humanities University of Portsmouth Sheffield Hallam University University of Reading SkillsForge Ltd University of Salford Society for Experimental Biology University of Sheffield Society for Research into Higher Education University of Southampton Southampton Solent University University of St Andrews Swansea University University of Stirling Symmetry Coaching Ltd University of Strathclyde University of Sunderland T University of Surrey Teesside University University of Sussex The Brilliant Club University of Technology, Sydney The Genome Analysis Centre University of the Arts London The Higher Education Academy University of the Highlands and Islands The Open University University of the West of England The Professional and Higher Partnership University of Tokyo ThinkWrite University of Wales Trinity St David Times Higher Education University of Warwick Trinity College Dublin University of Westminster University of Wolverhampton U University of York UHI Millennium Institute UK Council for Graduate Education V Universitas 21 Victoria University, Australia University College Cork Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand University College Dublin University College London W University of Aberdeen Wellcome Trust University of Bamberg al3 527 University of Bath University of Bedfordshire University of Birmingham

For further information about the conference please visit: www.vitae.ac.uk/conference2015 To speak to someone about sponsorship please call 01223 448527 Fo r

Vitae, is an international programme led and managed by CRAC, a not-for-profit registered UK charity dedicated to active career learning and development. Working in the UK since 1968, when we ran our first project to support transitions of doctoral researchers to industry, Vitae has great expertise at enhancing the skills and career impact of researchers locally, within a global context.

We work in partnership with UK and international higher education institutions, research organisations, funders, and national bodies to meet society’s need for high-level skills and innovation.

Vitae aims:

Influence effective policy development and implementation relating to researcher development to build human capital

Enhance higher education provision to train and develop researchers

Empower researchers to make an impact in their careers

Evidence the impact of professional and career development for researchers

Vitae and its membership programme is managed by CRAC: The Career Development Organisation.

Further information on our activities with HEIs, researchers and employers may be found on this website, www.vitae.ac.uk