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AFSMI Conferences – an Outstanding Opportunity for Partners!

The AFSMI S-business World Conference October 20-22, 2008 at the Mirage Hotel & Convention Center in Las Vegas offers numerous opportunities to interact with prospective and existing customer members of the AFSMI community. With this conference, we co-locate with our sister associations - the Service and Support Professionals Association (SSPA) and the Technology Professional Services Association (TPSA). We expect attendance of between 1,000 and 1,200 at the conference this year. The demographics for the past two years are seen in the chart to the right:

Partners have several options for participation:

Technology Services Expo (exhibiting is required) – The exhibit hall hours provide dedicated time for demonstrations, presentations and meetings. The formal agenda offers all unopposed exhibit times on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. You may also schedule time in the Expo with your customers and prospects during informal exhibit hours. Our latest conference survey results show that over 70% of the attendees plan to further evaluate solutions presented by our partners in the Expo. All exhibiting partners are now eligible for the Recognized Innovator Awards. The Innovation Awards program has been in place over two years with the SSPA, continues to receive industry recognition and has become highly regarded by our partners and members alike. With the fall conference, we are expanding the program to include our AFSMI exhibiting partners!  Exhibit space options: 10x10 - $8,750, 10x20 - $15,000, and 20x20 - $25,000.

Expo Theater: Solution Sessions $8,000 – A few sessions are still available for partner solution presentations. Each of these 30-40 minute sessions is presented in the Tech Expo Theaters held during the formal Expo hours.

Innovative Service Technology Track: Co-presented Case Study Sessions $8,000 – A few sessions are still available for partner/customer co-presented case study presentations. Each of these 45 minute sessions is presented along with the other breakout tracks.

Pre/Post Conference eNewsletter $2,750 - Two custom AFSMI email newsletters with your personal message included as a Featured Partner (maximum of eight partner participants) will be sent to all registered attendees pre-conference and all actual attendees post-conference.

Sponsorships – a variety of offerings at different price points, including: Meals, Receptions, Game Card, Conference Bag, Lanyard (sold, not available), Cyber Lounge (sold, not available), Track (four sold, five available), Keynote, Awards Event Table, FSExecutive Dinner (new!).
For more information, contact:

Lydia Zaffini
Sr. Director, Worldwide Partner Development
858-673-3045

Partner Program Offerings - download the Partner Program Overview