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Sponsorships in gold have already been reserved.
The following sponsorship opportunities are related to the 48th Vegetable & Flower Seed Conference, and each item carries with it a specific package of recognition benefits for the sponsor. These benefits have been carefully reviewed and constructed by ASTA in order to deliver appropriate sponsor recognition based on the value and visibility associated with each particular sponsorship. ASTA’s 48th Vegetable & Flower Seed Conference is an intense networking event that has been steadily increasing in attendance in the past five years.
All sponsors to receive:
- Sponsor ribbons for company staff
- Company name listed on convention Web site and in Program 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:
Welcome Reception - (Sponsored by Syngenta Seed Care)
Cost: $6,000 (Exclusive) or $3,000 (For Partial Support)
- Company recognized as sponsor of this event in the Program of Events
- Company name projected on screen during the general sessions
- Company logo printed on signs at event
Trading Room - (Harris Moran Seed Company)
Cost: $5,000 (Exclusive) or $500 (For Partial Support)
- Company name printed on signs at Trading Room entrance and on table signs
Continental Breakfast (Two Available)
Cost: $3,000 (Exclusive) or $500 (For Partial Support)
Specify time slot: Monday morning or Tuesday morning
- Company name and logo on buffet signs and cocktail tables
Sponsored by:
• Becker Underwood
• Condor Seed Production
• DNA Landmarks
• Eurofins/STA Laboratories
• SGS Mid-West Seed Services, Inc.
ASTA Gives Back – Community Project
Cost: $3,000 (Exclusive)
Sponsorship of this project supports transportation and supplies for ASTA attendees to conduct a community service project at the Ronald McDonald House of Tampa, where conference attendees will assist in a landscaping project at the facility.
- Company recognized in on site program and convention Web site for support of this project
- Verbal recognition announced at general session and during event
Sponsored by:
• Eurofins/STA Laboratories
ASTA Gives Back – Mother’s Day Seed Partner
Cost: $1000 each and/or Seed Donation
ASTA’s partnership with the Ronald McDonald House will continue beyond the scope of the convention itself, when the two organizations, in cooperation with Seed Programs, Inc. will team up to provide seed donations to mothers who have benefited from the services of the Ronald McDonald House in honor of Mother’s Day. Contributions of both sponsorship and flower seed are needed to make this project possible, which will be provided to Seed Programs, Inc., a non-profit organization, to produce these special seed packets for the project.
- Company logo on seed packets for Mother’s Day seed distribution
- Company recognition on the Ronald McDonald House web site
- Company name on event signs for Ronald McDonald House landscaping project
- Verbal recognition at the General Session at the convention
- Company listing in convention Program of Events
Hospitality Center Host (Two Available)
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:
• Nunhems USA (Saturday)
• PanAmerican Seeds
Spouse Luncheon
Cost: $2,500 (Exclusive) or $500 (For Partial Support)
- Company name listed in Program of Events
- Company name on signs at event
- Verbal recognition at general session and during event
Sponsored by:
• Nunhems USA
General Donation
Cost: $300 or specify amount
Basic sponsor package:
- Company listing projected on screen in general sessions
- Sponsor ribbons for company staff
- Company name listed in registration brochure and Program of Events
- Company name listed on Sponsor Recognition Banner in convention registration area
• Alf Christianson Seed Co.
• Champion Seed Company
• HeinzSeed
• Incotec
• Illinois Foundation Seeds, Inc.
• Keithly-Williams Seeds
• Logan-Zenner Seeds Inc.
• Peterson Genetics, Inc.
• Seeds West, Inc.
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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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