Michigan Water Environment Association “Improving Opportunities for Beneficial use: Your Logo can appear in the Conference Brochure if An Aerial Perspective” your registration is received before May 1 st , 2011 . Registrations will be accepted after this date without Biosolids – IPP Conference the opportunity to be in the brochure – mailed to September 27 & 28, 2011 approximately 2000 WEF/MWEA members. Vendor/Sponsor Options Register online at: www.mi-wea.org General Conference Background The 2011 Biosolids/Industrial Pretreatment Conference is scheduled to occur September 27 and 28, 2011 in Kalamazoo. This will be a unique conference, designed to exhibit the cause/effect relationship that professionals in both biosolids and industrial pretreatment have with/among one another. The working environment of tomorrow will be one that stresses communication, collaboration and consolidation. The power of collaboration is evident in this 2011 Conference, as both MWEA committees have worked together to develop a new, different and creative conference. By combining resources, it is hoped that the conference will have a larger than normal target audience (100-125 attendees, not including speakers and other vendors), allowing vendors and sponsors greater opportunity to present their products. Marketing for the conference will target those individuals who have previously attended IPP and Biosolids Conferences, wastewater management officials/regulators as well as those from surrounding states and all MWEA members. The Conference is scheduled to be held at the Clarion Hotel in Kalamazoo. The hotel rooms were renovated in 2010, and the meeting/banquet rooms will be remodeled by the 2011 Conference. The Conference is a slightly longer version of the typical biosolids conference timeline that vendors and attendees have come to expect and enjoy. A 4-hour evening dinner reception will be held at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo, where vendors and attendees will be able to interact and dine beneath the wings of the SR-71 Blackbird. Dozens of airplanes ranging from current military fighters to early training aircraft to helicopters are also at the facility. Attendees will be able to dogfight in flight simulators, ride in a space shuttle, view a 4-D movie and participate in other rides. Please visit www.airzoo.org to learn more about the Air Zoo facility. Photos courtesy of www.airzoo.org The theme of the 2011 Conference is: Improving Opportunities for Beneficial Use: An Aerial Perspective. To facilitate the conference and provide for an exciting, educational event, several vendor and sponsorship opportunities are available. These include: “TOP GUN” Level Vendor/Sponsor Includes: • Vending booth at Clarion hotel, 8’ skirted table with electric (if needed). Booth will be located in the main room where all breaks and meals will be held. • Logo inclusion on conference advertisement brochure, distributed to MWEA members and select groups within EPA Region 5 (IN, OH, IL). • Logo inclusion on general conference sponsorship board at the Air Zoo. • Logo played on-screen during all conference breaks, lunches and morning registration at a 4:1 ratio. • All meals, tours for both conference days and Air Zoo event attendance for two (2) people. • 20 drink tickets. • Ability to present product for 90 seconds at the Air Zoo event. • Sponsorship of 7 open-cockpit planes, where all Air Zoo event attendees can sit or look inside a variety of airplanes for 2 hours. These planes include: Boeing Stearman, Ryan PT-22 Recruit, Fairchild PT-23 Cornell, Bell P-39 Airacobra, Hispano Buchon, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and the Grumman G-73 Mallard. These planes will not be available for interior viewing/sitting if this sponsor/vendor level is not taken. • Company logo will be prominently displayed at each opened airplane/helicopter cockpit. • Cost: $1,000 – One (1) available. Includes complimentary full conference registration for 2. $100 for each additional attendee. “Ace” Level Vendor/Sponsor Includes: • Vending booth at Clarion hotel, 8’ skirted table with electric (if needed). Booth will be located in the main room where all breaks and meals will be held. • Logo inclusion on conference advertisement brochure, distributed to MWEA members and select groups within EPA Region 5 (IN, OH, IL). • Logo inclusion on general conference sponsorship board at the Air Zoo. • Logo played on-screen during all conference breaks, lunches and morning registration at a 3:1 ratio. • All meals, tours for both conference days and Air Zoo event attendance for one (1) person. • 20 drink tickets. • Ability to present product for 90 seconds at the Air Zoo event. • Sponsorship of rides at the Air Zoo. All Ace level sponsors will have their logo will be prominently displayed near each ride. Rides available include: One (1) Space Shuttle, Four (4) Flight Simulators, One (1) Balloon Race Ride, One (1) Flying Circus Bi-Plane Ride and One (1) 4-D Mission Theatre (this is not a ride but a movie theatre). • Cost: $600 – Includes complimentary full conference registration for 1. $100 for each additional attendee. “Pilot” Level Vendor Includes: • Vending booth at Clarion hotel, 8’ skirted table with electric (if needed). Booth will be located in the main room where all breaks and meals will be held. • Logo inclusion on general conference sponsorship board at the Air Zoo. • Logo played on-screen during all conference breaks, lunches and morning registration at a 2:1 ratio. • All meals, tours for both conference days and Air Zoo event attendance for one (1) person. • 10 drink tickets. • Ability to present product for 90 seconds at the Air Zoo event. • Cost: $400 – Includes complimentary full conference registration for 1. $100 for each additional attendee. “Gunner” Level Sponsor Includes: • Logo inclusion on general conference sponsorship board at the Air Zoo. • Logo played on-screen during all conference breaks, lunches and morning registration at a 1:1 ratio. • Sponsorship of an airplane at the Air Zoo. The sponsor logo will be prominently displayed near the planes. • Cost: $200 – Does not include conference registration. See conference brochure for registration form and cost. The afore-mentioned options are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. We encourage other innovative sponsorship ideas, such as sponsoring the evening dinner, drink tickets, a speaker, etc. and are open to anything. We will work with you to provide the best conference we can together. For more information contact Scott Kafka at 517-545-2500 or MWEA at 517-641-7377 To register go to: MWEA at www.mi-wea.org . Photo courtesy of www.airzoo.org .