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Promotional Opportunities for Sponsors, Exhibitors, and Advertisers

1. Exhibitor Information
2. Advertising Opportunities
3. Sponsorship Opportunities
4. Product Demonstrations and Field-Testing

About the 2008 NCCEP/GEAR UP Annual Conference

This national convening of approximately 2,000 GEAR UP project directors and business and community partners is coordinated by the National Council for Community and Education Partnerships (NCCEP) and is planned in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Education. The purpose of this conference is to highlight the importance of K–16 education/community partnerships and the accomplishments of the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP). The conference also serves to facilitate the forging of new alliances among K–16 faculty; to foster learning about other federal and foundation-sponsored college awareness efforts as well as other academic and student support programs; and to promote the discovery of new ways to engage local communities, businesses, and professional associations in the work of GEAR UP partnerships. The conference is particularly relevant to education practitioners, business leaders, and policy makers who seek to learn more about creating and sustaining K–16 education collaboratives that can help improve public education and promote students’ academic achievement.

Conference Demographics

This national conference of GEAR UP practitioners is coordinated jointly by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Council for Community and Education Partnerships. We expect that nearly 2,000 K–16 educators, students, administrators, business and foundation leaders, policy makers, and others who wish to learn more about creating and sustaining collaboratives that can spur system(s) change in education will attend.

2007 Conference Attendee Demographics:

• 40% Middle and High School Educators
• 22% Postsecondary Educators
• 14% GEAR UP Directors
• 10% Business Partners
• 9% Parents and students
• 5% Other

Conference attendees come to get ideas and to access materials, products, and services they can use in their federally funded programs. By co-sponsoring an event, setting up an exhibit booth, and/or participating in the “Product Demonstrations and Field-Testing Sessions,” you build the foundation for a long-term relationship with the ever-growing GEAR UP community and with NCCEP.

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Exhibitor Information

Special events held in the exhibit hall during premier hours will attract participants and speakers to your exhibit. NCCEP continually looks for ways to make exhibiting at the Annual Conference a productive and enjoyable experience for you and your company. This year’s schedule includes more accessible show hours in that the food events, Cyber Café, and Exhibitor-hosted reception will keep attendees moving through the exhibit hall. In addition, the conference provides dedicated times for conference participants to visit the hall. Exhibitors will have several exclusive opportunities to meet with faculty and administrators from schools, colleges, and universities; members of community-based organizations; parents; state and local education agency staff; business, industry, and association professionals; and personnel from various philanthropic organizations.


Exhibit Booth ($1,000)

• 10’ x 10’ draped booth (includes 6’ table, 2 chairs, wastebasket)
• Booth identification sign
• Two complimentary exhibitor registrations
• Organizational listing on the conference website
• Fifty (50)-word organizational profile, including contact information, printed in the conference program

Exhibit Hall schedule

Sunday, July 20, 2008
4:00 pm – 9:00 pm Exhibitor Set-up

Monday, July 21, 2008
10:00 am – 6:30 pm    Exhibit Hall Open
10:30 am – 11:15 am  Networking Break in Exhibit Hall
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm      Networking Break in Exhibit Hall
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm      Reception in Exhibit Hall

Tuesday, July 22, 2008
7:30 am – 3:30 pm      Exhibit Hall Open
7:30 am – 8:45 am      Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
10:15 am – 10:45 am  Networking Break in Exhibit Hall
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm      Exhibitor Tear-down

For additional information on exhibiting at the NCCEP/GEAR UP Annual Conference, please contact Susan Shimko at susan_shimko@edpartnerships.org.

• Exhibitor Application (including floor plan and Exhibitor Rules) (PDF)
• Current list of conference exhibitors

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Advertising Opportunities

Advertising in the Official Conference Program is a prime opportunity to draw attention to your company and promote your product/service. The conference program is distributed to all conference participants.

• June 2, 2008 — Advertising space reservation due
• June 23, 2008 — Camera-ready advertisement due

For additional advertising information, please contact Candy Rogers at candy_rogers@edpartnerships.org.

• Application to Advertise (PDF)

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Sponsorship Opportunities

For additional sponsorship information, please contact Susan Shimko at susan_shimko@edpartnerships.org.

• Sponsorship Application (PDF)
• Youth Leadership Summit Sponsorship Opportunities (PDF)

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Product Demonstrations and Field-Testing

These pre-conference sessions will provide companies with the opportunity to demonstrate their products/services to college access professionals. Products will be showcased in these areas:

Instructional Technologies:
Companies are invited to demonstrate software and hardware that will help GEAR UP educators engage and motivate their students. These technologies will help teachers make learning more interactive, hands on, and project-based so as to facilitate academic achievement.

Math/Numeracy, Science, and Reading/Literacy Improvement Programs:
GEAR UP directors will learn about products designed to help students attain desired curricular standards. These programs will help identify which skills students have mastered and which require further practice.

Data and Student Monitoring Systems:
These systems can help track the progress of students over time, including their involvement in particular GEAR UP activities, and can provide the data needed to determine which elements are the most successful and which need to be modified to maximize program effectiveness.

Test Preparation Services:
Test preparation services will help project directors determine if partnering with such a service might benefit students and GEAR UP programs.

For additional Product Demonstration and Field-testing information, please contact Susan Shimko at susan_shimko@edpartnerships.org.

• Product Demonstration and Field-testing Application (PDF)