ACM SIGAda’s annual conference, including exhibition and tutorials, is the oldest, largest, and most prestigious event dedicated to Ada technology in the world. Our 17^th annual conference, SIGAda’99, will be held 17-21 October 1999, at the Crowne Plaza Redondo Beach & Marina Hotel. Featuring technical sessions, workshops, tutorials, and a vendor exhibition, SIGAda’99 promises to draw our usual rich mix of Ada practitioners, researchers, vendors, academics, and Government representatives for the highest level forum of technical exchange, discussions, and making business contacts. SIGAda’98 last November in Washington, DC attracted over 200 participants, and strong early interest in SIGAda’99, a more focused conference theme, rolled-back registration fees and lower hotel rates than any recent year give promise of increased attendance at SIGAda’99.

For Ada Vendors
Of particular interest to Ada vendors, for 1999 SIGAda has "downsized" the Exhibit Hall to bring exhibitor costs more in line with the value of reaching attendees at a conference of our size. We dramatically reduce your exhibiting costs by providing smaller partitioned, decorated booths  (10’ wide by 8’ deep) with draped tables, providing ample space for literature and portable demo computers, but not requiring shipping and assembly of your heavy booth display unit to "keep up with the Jones’s." And we are reducing the exhibition from almost 3 days to approximately one and a half (October 19-20). West-Coasters could travel on Tuesday morning and return home on Wednesday evening; others will save at least a day of time. One and half days proves to be sufficient time for our attendees to visit all exhibitors and for you to make the contacts you need.

Also, SIGAda’99 invites companies to contribute to (and become a part of) SIGAda’99 and SIGAda’s success by becoming SIGAda’99 Corporate Sponsors. This enhances the value of the event for attendees and presents our Corporate Sponsors more visible opportunities to be recognized as industry leaders.

Corporate Sponsorship
Several tailorable levels of Corporate Sponsorship have been established, each providing benefits greater in value than making similar contributions under previous separately priced sponsorship arrangements. All Corporate Sponsors and your logos will be prominently recognized in the SIGAda’99 Final Program (FP), in all conference publicity, and on tote bags given to all attendees. Benefits and options at SIGAda’99 for Corporate Sponsors are shown in the table below.
 

Receptions or Hospitality Suites, Badge Lanyards, and other Give-Aways are additional opportunities at each sponsorship level, and we can tailor the above-described benefits as companies desire. These options  will be discussed on a case-by-case basis.

For further information and discussions regarding SIGAda’99 Corporate Sponsorships and Exhibiting, please contact Ben Brosgol, SIGAda’99 Exhibits Chair, at 781-221-7317 or Brosgol@Aonix.COM