SPONSOR INFORMATION
AIC is a very interactive meeting that offers a great opportunity for your company or institution to receive premium visibility and build relationships with faculty and trainees while showcasing your products or programs.
Typically 450-600 people attend AIC, mainly from the Midwest. Our annual trainee (graduate students and postdocs) attendance averages 67%. Out-of-region registrants represent 12 states, Canada, and five foreign countries.
For unrestricted donations from Individuals (“Friends of AIC”) and Academic Units, please click here.
SPONSORSHIP LEVEL
We are pleased to offer a number of sponsorship options.
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Bronze
Price: $2,000
✓ Complimentary sponsor table or booth (excludes reserved booth locations).
✓ Prominent display of your logo on our website and recognition of your sponsorship on our social media pages (Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn). Your logo will also appear in our program book.
✓ Recognition as a “Bronze level” sponsor by the chair of a Plenary Session and your logo displayed on the projection screen prior to the start of and between sessions.
✓ Complimentary registration for three attendees.
*Non-profit or Society cost for Bronze sponsorship: $1,000 (table) or $2000 (booth)
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Silver
Price: $4,000
✓ Complimentary sponsor table or booth (excludes reserved booth locations).
✓ Option to sponsor a Coffee Break for an additional $2,500 (3 coffee breaks are available). Contact liaisons to Sponsors for more information.
✓ Prominent display of your “clickable” logo on our website that will link to the sponsor webpage and recognition of your sponsorship on our social media pages (Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn). Your logo will also appear in our program book.
✓ Recognition as a “Silver level” sponsor by the chair of a Plenary Session and your logo displayed on the projection screen prior to the start of and between sessions.
✓ Complimentary registration for three attendees.
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Gold
Price: $8,000
✓ Choice of a sponsor table or booth location, including the reserved booth locations.
✓ Complimentary sponsorship of 2 workshops ($1000 value)
✓ A complimentary full-page color (up to 4 colors) advertisement in our program book.
✓ Option to sponsor a Coffee Break for an additional $2,500 (3 coffee breaks are available). Contact Liaisons to Sponsors for more information.
✓ Prominent display of your “clickable” logo on our website that will link to the sponsor webpage and recognition of your sponsorship on our social media pages (Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn). Your logo will also appear in our program book.
✓ Recognition as a “Gold Level” sponsor by the chair of a Plenary Session and your logo displayed on the projection screen prior to the start of and between sessions.
✓ Complimentary registration for three attendees.
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Platinum
Price: $13,000
✓ Choice of a sponsor table or booth location, including the reserved booth locations.
Receive all Gold Level perks plus:
✓ Complimentary sponsorship of a “Lunch and Learn” presentation with food provided for up to 50 attendees (limited to the first 3 Platinum Sponsors). Two lunch and one breakfast slot available (first come, first served).
✓ Complimentary sponsorship of a Plenary Session Coffee Break.
✓ Recognition as a “Platinum level” sponsor by the chair of a Plenary Session and your logo displayed on the projection screen prior to the start of and between sessions. Your logo will also be prominently displayed at the entrance of the Plenary Session and will appear in the program book, indicating sponsorship of the session.
✓ Distribution of Sponsor’s promotional materials at the registration desk (optional).
✓ Complimentary registration for three attendees.
* The benefits listed above are available upon request to the Liaisons to Sponsors. Platinum, Gold, or Silver levels may be achieved either by a single contribution at the level indicated in parentheses or any combination of a la carte sponsorships (see below) that add up to or exceed the indicated amount for each level of financial support.
additional sponsorship opportunities
You can enhance your sponsorship presence and impact with these additional options.
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Presented by leaders in the field who will share their views, experience, and vision on the latest advances in immunology. Grants to support the plenary session will help underwrite speaker expenses and audio/visual support. Support of the Plenary Sessions will provide an unprecedented opportunity for visibility in the educational portion of the annual meeting. In addition to the standard sponsorship acknowledgments, Plenary Sessions sponsors will be recognized by a sign posted at the entrance of the Plenary Session and with your logo on the projection screen between sessions.
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Workshop presentations are vital to the continued success of the Autumn Immunology Conference. Each year ~20 workshop sessions are held over a two-day period. Workshops offer a forum for researchers to give a short electronic presentation (eg PowerPoint) summarizing the findings of their submitted abstracts immediately prior to the poster session. For many students, this is their first opportunity to orally present their data to fellow scientists. Workshop sponsorship will be recognized by a sign posted at the entrance of the workshop.
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Three receptions will be held. One follows the Keynote Address (Friday) in the foyer of Salon III from 8:30-9:30 PM. The other two are concurrent with Saturday and Sunday poster sessions in Salon I & II. These receptions represent our ultimate AIC networking events, allowing all attendees to view the posters and to interact with the exhibitors. Please contact Mike Zimmer, Michelle Swanson-Mungerson, or Gerry Buldak to discuss options available during sponsorship of this event.
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Nothing breaks the ice better than a cup of coffee at the start of the day. These breaks provide a high visibility and much-valued sponsorship opportunity. Coffee service is provided in the Exhibitor’s Salon, affording yet another opportunity to promote your company in an informal, relaxed atmosphere. Option available to only Platinum, Gold, or Silver sponsors. Please contact Liaisons to Sponsors for more information.
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For over two decades, the Autumn Immunology Conference has actively reached out to under-represented minority students. To date, over 165 minority trainees from 50 different institutions have had the opportunity to attend our world-class scientific conference, affording them the opportunity to present their scientific data and to meet with fellow minority students and prominent scientists.
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An important aspect of the mission of the Autumn Immunology Conference is to provide outreach to students interested in Immunology careers. Each year we convene a special panel discussion featuring immunologists from academia, clinical settings, and corporate entities, among others. Support for this program provides a luncheon for participating students and is recognized in the Program and Abstract booklet and by signage at the workshop.
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Showcase your company's cutting-edge technologies and standout products in a Program Book Ad. Whether you're launching a new product, promoting a timeless service, or highlighting technological advancements, an ad in our program book provides the perfect platform to advertise to trainees and scientists.
TOTAL SPONSORSHIP VALUE
We appreciate that different institutions all have different needs. That is why we offer to calculate your sponsorship level based on your total sponsorship value.
For example, a Silver Sponsor ($4,000) that also sponsored a Coffee Break ($2,500) and Workshop Session ($500) will be considered a Gold Sponsor because the total sponsorship was $7,000.
Sponsorship level adjustments will be made after your sponsorship registration has been placed.
Have questions? Check out our FAQ Page!