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ASTA's 126th Annual Convention
June 20 – 24, 2009
Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Gainey Ranch Resort & Spa
Scottsdale, AZ
Sponsorship
Welcome | Area Information | Educational Sessions | Exhibitor Opportunities | Exhibitor Registration
Hotel Information | Optional Post-Convention Tours | Registration | Schedule | Special Events
Sponsorship | Sporting Events | Spouse/Guest Programming | Visit Exhibitors/Floorplan | Youth Program
Sponsorships in gold have already been reserved. |
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Annual Sponsors  |
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All sponsors to receive:
- Sponsor ribbons for company staff
- Company name listed in registration brochure and of Events
- Company name listed on Sponsor Recognition Banner in convention registration area
For all other sponsorships, each sponsor will receive all of the above plus the items indicated for each event sponsorship as listed below.
NEW OPPORTUNITY!
Pre-Convention Agricultural & Dairy Farm Tour & BBQ Picnic
Cost:
$5,000 Exclusive or $1500 each for multiple sponsors
Sponsored by:
• Seed Trade Association of Arizona/Arizona Crop Improvement Association
Help us welcome the ASTA crowd to beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona by providing sponsorship for a very special welcome evening! On air-conditioned coaches, guests will first visit a nearby crop field to meet with local agricultural cooperative expert and learn more about the challenges and needs of growers in the Sonoran Desert region. From there, they will visit the unique Queen Creek Olive Mill, where the group will tour the pressing and processing area while growers describe their facility and offer tastings of their delectable olive oils, with time to shop in their irresistible welcome center. Finally, the evening culminates in a visit to the “Superstition Farm,” a dairy farming operation in the foothills of Superstition Mountain, where guests will enjoy a tour and educational presentation in the farm’s fun and air-conditioned barn, a visit from the nutritionist and conservationist supporting the operation, followed by optional hayrides to meet the cows, rescued farm animals, and a sumptuous barbeque feast topped off by the freshest dairy ice cream you’ve ever tasted!
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Welcome Reception
Cost: $15,000
- Company name and logo printed on napkins and shown on bar signs
- Company name and logo on sign at entrance
- Verbal thank you to sponsor in general session announcement
- Company name and logo on banner lining stage
- Company has option to provide take-away gift for attendees
Sponsored by:
• Remington Seeds, LLC
Gala Banquet
Cost: $15,000
- Company name and logo featured on entrance sign
- Company name and logo featured on bar signs
- Company name and logo featured on program/agenda
- Verbal recognition of sponsor in stage announcements
- Company may provide a take-away gift to attendees
Sponsored by:
• Corn States, LLC
Opening General Session Breakfast
Cost: $12,000
- Company name & logo featured on entrance sign
- Company name & logo featured in program/agenda
- Company logo projected on screen in general sessions
- Verbal recognition of sponsor in stage announcements
Banquet Entertainment
Cost: $10,000
- Company name & logo featured on program/agenda
- Company name & logo featured on stage banner (pending artists’ management approval)
- Verbal recognition of sponsor in stage announcements
Sponsored by:
• Allied Seed, LLC
NEW! Wireless Internet Service “Networking Hot Spot”
Cost: $7500 exclusive
Have your company name appear whenever an ASTA attendee logs on to our complimentary wireless Internet service!
- Company or Product logo to appear on pop-up page, required to enter ASTA’s wireless service in the “Networking Hot Spot”
- Link to company’s home page
- Recognition in the convention’s final program
- Verbal recognition in general session announcements
- Company or product name on sign in the Networking Hot Spot area
Banquet Reception
Cost: $7,500
Continental Breakfast (Two Available)
Cost: $6,000 (Exclusive) or $1,000 (For Partial Support)
Specify time slot: Tuesday a.m. or Wednesday a.m.
- Company name and logo on buffet signs and cocktail tables
Sponsored by:
• Becker Underwood (Tue.)
• Brett Young Seeds, Ltd. (Wed.)
• Eurofins/STA Laboratories (Wed.)
• Gold Leaf Seed Co. (Wed.)
• J. R. Simplot Agribusiness (Tue.)
• Nufarm Americas, Inc. Seed Treatments (Wed.)
• Oliver Manufacturing Co., Inc. (Wed.)
• Simplot (Tue.)
• Stokes Seeds (Tue.)
Golf Tournament
Cost: $6,000 (Exclusive) or $1,000 (For Partial Support)
- Company name and logo on sign on golf carts and at golf registration desk
- Company may provide polo t-shirts with logo for players
- Company name and logo in Program of Events within golf information page
- Company name and logo on towels (towels to be ordered by ASTA)
Sponsored by:
• Becker Underwood
• Precision Seed Coaters
• Seeds, Inc.
• Seed Trade Association of Arizona
• Turf Merchants, Inc.
Trading Room
Cost: $5,000
- Company names recognized on entrance sign and on table tents in Trading Room
- Verbal recognition of sponsor during a general session announcement
Sponsored by:
• Associates Division
Youth Program & Pizza Party
(Monday and Tuesday Program)
Cost: $4,500 (Exclusive) or $2,500 (For One Day)
- Company name and logo on sign at room entrance
- Company listed in Program of Events as sponsor of the event
- Company may provide toys/gifts with logo on them
Sponsored by:
• Peterson Genetics, Inc.
Spouse Luncheon
Cost: $3,000 (Exclusive) or $1,000 (For Partial Support)
- Verbal announcement of company name in session introduction
- Company name and logo highlighted on materials given at event and in Program of Events
- Company verbally thanked in announcements to group
- Company name and logo on sign at luncheon
- Company has the option of providing a take-away gift to attendees of the luncheon
Sponsored by:
• American Takii, Inc.
Gary Arthur Memorial 5K Fun Run/Walk
Cost: $3,000 (Exclusive) or $1,000 (Partial Support)
- Company name and logo on t-shirts. Shirts to be designed and ordered by ASTA)
- Company name and logo recognition in Program of Events
- Company name on prize plaques
Sponsored by:
• AOSCA
• Beck's Hybrids
• Indiana Crop Improvement Association
• SGS
Refreshment Breaks
Cost: $2,500 (Exclusive) or $1,000 (For Partial Support)
Specify time slot: Monday a.m., Monday p.m., Tuesday a.m., Tuesday p.m., Wednesday a.m.
- Company name on buffet signs and cocktail tables
- Company name listed in Program of Events
Sponsored by:
• Becker Underwood (Mon. a.m.)
• Condor Seed Production (Mon. p.m.)
• Ernst Conservation Seeds (Wed. a.m.)
• Keithly-Williams Seeds (Tue. a.m.)
• Pennington Seed (Wed. a.m.)
Cyber Café
Cost: $2,500
- Company name and logo serves as wallpaper on computer screens at each station at each ASTA convention
- Link to company Web site serves as Internet home page on each computer
- Company may opt to provide logo mouse pads, pens or pads at each station
- Company name on sign at Cyber Café location
Sponsored by:
• Curtis & Curtis Inc. (Sun.)
• Syngenta Seeds, Inc. (Mon.- Wed.)
Hospitality Center Host
Cost: $2,500 each
Specify Saturday or Sunday
- Company to provide welcome gifts (gift to be purchased by sponsoring company and approved in advance by ASTA)
- Company name listed on sign at entrance
- Written highlights in registration and Program of Events identifying company as hospitality host
Sponsored by:
• Seedway (Sat.)
• Growmark, Inc. (Sat.)
General Donation
Cost: $500 or higher
- Company listing projected on screen in general sessions
- Sponsor ribbons for company staff
- Company name listed in registration brochure & Program of Events
- Company name listed on Sponsor Recognition Banner in convention registration area
• Agassiz Seed & Supply
• AgReliant Genetics
• Ampac Seed Co.
• BASF Plant Science
• Cal/West Seeds
• Columbia Seeds LLC
• Crookham Company
• Direct Enterprises, Inc.
• DLF-International Seeds
• Greif Packaging, LLC
• Crosbyton Seed Company
• Illinois Foundation Seeds, Inc.
• INCOTEC, Integrated Coating and Seed Technology, Inc.
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• INTX Microbials, LLC
• Keithly-Williams Seeds
• K-F Seeds
• Kincannon & Reed
• MBS Genetics
• Mixon Seed Company
• Preferred Seed Company, Inc.
• Rubin Seeds, LLC
• Seed Today
• Seeds West, Inc.
• Synergene Seed & Technology Inc.
• The CISCO Companies
• Warner Seeds |
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Package Pricing: Any company who sponsors a “Convention Sponsor” event for at least three ASTA conventions in the 2008-2009 year (CSS 2008 and Seed Expo, Vegetable & Flower Seed Conference, or Annual Convention) will receive 10% off their total sponsorship price. (does not apply to Annual Sponsors)
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