Companies supporting the awards will benefit from a highly cost-effective and targeted form of promotion and visibility, prior to, during and after the event, ensuring that their organisation's kudos is raised through their headlining of this high profile event.

The awards will reflect each sponsor's particular focus and will demonstrate their company's association with business success and innovation.

Category sponsorship package is priced at £7,200.00+VAT for BCIA members / £7,950+VAT for non-members and the package consists of the following elements:

Profile prior to the awards:

YOUR COMPANY LOGO - Your company logo will be featured on all pre-event promotional items, including:

• The event prospectus
• The event website
• The event advertisements
• The ‘call for nominations' and entry forms
• The ‘finalists preview' and voting forms
• All table sales promo
• The ticket invitations

WEBSITE COVERAGE - Your company logo will be featured heavily on the dedicated awards website. A 60-word company profile will also feature on the ‘Sponsors Page' of the site, with a reciprocal hot-link to your own company website. Further coverage of the awards will appear on the BSEE, BCIA and Connecting Industry websites and sponsor messages will appear where appropriate.

EDITORIAL COVERAGE - Your company logo and a 60-word company profile will be featured within the pages of BSEE magazine and selected Datateam industrial publications, on an ongoing basis. In addition to this, further coverage is expected in the wider industrial trade press.

PR - All sponsors will benefit from pre-event publicity in each of the awards news releases.

NEWSLETTERS - There will be additional promotional opportunities to gain further coverage through a series of electronic newsletters distributed to the readership of BSEE.

FEATURES - Opportunities to include features within the pages of BSEE magazine and other selected Datateam titles will be presented to all sponsors at regular intervals.

JUDGING - A technical representative from your organisation will be invited to be part of the esteemed judging panel, convening in late-January to judge all of the award submissions. Pre- and post-show publicity will be attributed to this highly-regarded aspect of the awards programme.

At the event:

SPONSORS RECEPTION - A private sponsors Champagne reception will be held prior to the main drinks reception, creating excellent networking opportunities for you and your invited guests with other event sponsors, BCIA representatives, the event organisers and the invited trade press.

CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION - Network with up to 300 industry professionals, in this relaxed, pre-dinner drinks reception. Champagne and canapés will be served.

COMPANY DISPLAY BOOTH - A small display area is available within the drinks reception/bar area for your company to exhibit your own messages and branding. Power and lighting is included.

ONE TABLE OF TEN AT THE AWARDS DINNER - This will be provided for you and your guests to enjoy the culmination of this awards programme and will include the Champagne drinks receptions, a superb 4-course meal with fine wine, the awards ceremony itself and some excellent after-dinner entertainment. Additional tables will be available for sponsors to entertain their key clients at a heavily discounted rate.

AUDIO-VISUAL PRESENTATION - A dramatic stage set has been designed, employing the latest video effects and theatrical lighting. To create maximum exposure for your company, your logo will appear:

• As a fixed graphic on the awards stage-set.
• As part of an energetic, digitally produced opening sequence, cut to music, with selected product shots included.
• As part of a rolling sequence projecting a mix of sponsor logos and digitally produced images, throughout the dinner.
• During the opening sequence to the awards ceremony itself, again with energetic music, 3D-images and pyrotechnics.
• During the announcement of your particular award category, with live camera links of your company representative handing the award to the eventual winner.

PRESENTATION OF THE AWARD - A representative from your company will be invited to present the award to the category winner. Your company logo will appear on large dual video screens during the presentation, and photographs will be taken of you with the eventual winner, for use in the post-show PR.

AWARD TROPHY AND CERTIFICATES - The trophy will be engraved with your company's name and each finalist from within your category will receive a framed certificate, featuring your company logo.

AWARDS BROCHURE - Your company logo will be featured alongside your company profile within the awards brochure. A small company advertisement containing full contact details will also be featured in a prominent position. This will be presented to all attendees at the dinner and will be distributed to the wider industry press, post-show, along with full information regarding the winners.

After the event:

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY - Photos of your company representative presenting the award to your category winner will be provided electronically. This photography will also be distributed to the winners for their own promo purposes, to all media partners for post-show publicity and will be used in future awards publicity.

POST AWARDS PR - Your sponsorship will be publicised in the post-awards news releases, giving details of the evenings proceedings and the winners.

AWARDS WEBSITE - Your company logo and profile will remain on the awards website until the end of 2009, with traffic being drawn to site predominantly via our media partners and the award winners. Photography of your award presentation will also be housed on the site for a 12-month period.

DATABASE - An electronic database of attendees, including full contact details where given, will be provided to all sponsors after the event.

To benefit from this fully-integrated package of promotion, or should you wish to discuss any of the above, please contact:

Andrew Castle
E: acastle@datateam.co.uk
T: +44 (0)1622 699107

We are offering other unique sponsorship opportunities to a select number of companies at this high-profile event. To benefit from some great exposure throughout 2009/10, please contact:

Andrew Castle
E: acastle@datateam.co.uk
T: +44 (0)1622 699107