Call for Sponsors

The Purchasing Management Association of Canada, McMaster eBusiness Research Centre (MeRC) at McMaster University and the Ontario Research Network for Electronic Commerce (ORNEC) invite your participation in the Fifth Annual International Symposium on Supply Chain Management as a sponsor. Our theme for 2007 is "Partnering Through Technology: The Role of Third-Party Service Providers".

This symposium will attract a targeted group of approximately 100 practitioners and academics from around the world who are actively involved in research or implementation of supply chain management practices. It is an excellent forum for networking and a unique opportunity to bring your company’s name and services before a select business and academic audience whose procurement decisions and research represent major investments in purchases of goods and services each year.

The speaker guidelines prohibit commercial sales presentations during the academic and practitioner presentation sessions. Sponsorship opportunities will meet the needs of those organizations who would like to present their corporate message in a planned and welcome forum.

Customized Sponsorship Packages

Your marketing and sponsorship dollars can be put to effective use in a number of ways.

They include sponsorship of:

• Specific food related events (ex. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Wine & Cheese)
• AudioVisual Services
• Printing Services (ex. Proceedings Program, CD, Signage)
• Promotion (Media)
• Symposium bag
• Other to be determined; suggestions welcome

And recognition for your sponsorship could include one or more of the following:

• Signage at the event
• Complimentary pass(es) for your representatives
• Opportunity to stand and be recognized at your sponsored food-related event
• Recognition on the Symposium Web site
• Recognition in Proceedings Program Document
• Recognition in Proceedings CD
• Product literature at a sponsor table
• Logo projected on wall during sponsored event
• Mention in email newsletters to potential attendees
• Sponsor recognition cards on tables during sponsored event

For information about Sponsorship Opportunities please contact:

Elkafi Hassini
DeGroote School of Business
McMaster University
Tel: 905-525-9140 ext. 27467
Email: 2007@scmsymposium.org