Registration Information
Back To The Future
2022 Connecticut Library Association Annual Conference
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May 2-4, 2021
Connecticut Convention Center, Hartford, CT
Registration for Exhibitors/Sponsors will open on January 3, 2022.
REGISTER AS AN EXHIBITOR/SPONSOR HERE.
Rates:
● $1,050 Premium Booth (Prime locations near entry doors and refreshments)
● $700.00 Standard Booth (General Exhibitor Ballroom)
● $300.00 Nonprofit Booth (General Exhibitor Ballroom)
Highlights:
● Registration includes skirted table, 2 chairs, 1 lunch each day Tuesday and Wednesday
▪ If needed, please add to cart during registration
● Additional lunch fee: $70.00 per lunch
● Electricity fee imposed by hotel: $125.00
● Hard-wired Internet fee: $45.00
● Morning and afternoon refreshments served inside the Exhibitor Ballroom PLUS Exhibits Room games and giveaways both days and after-hours event on Monday evening to help drive traffic to your booth.
● Ample no-conflict time for the 500+ attendees to visit your booth
● Easy load-in options and discounted parking rates.
● Affordable room rates if you’re staying overnight (information emailed at later date)
● Vendor Only HOT breakfast Wednesday Morning (must RSVP by April 1)
● Exposure to librarians, library administrators, & staff – key decision makers who want to learn about your products & services!
CLA’s federal tax identification number is 06-0853589.
Sponsorship Packages & Advertising Rates
Your sponsorship of the 2022 CLA Conference means valuable exposure for your business to over 500 attendees from Connecticut and surrounding states. There’s a sponsorship level that is just right for you. Sponsors also get the choice of their table being inside the ballroom or outside the vendor hall (by earliest registration first come, first serve requests).
In-kind sponsorships will be awarded the sponsorship level that most closely matches the value of the in-kind arrangements.
Want to sponsor a specific event at CLA? Read to the end or contact us to discuss alternate sponsorship arrangements.
Diamond Level...................................$2,000
● Premium Booth Space in Exhibitor Ballroom
● Medium logo and link on conference website and recognition on social media outlets
● Medium logo within conference program
● Medium logo displayed on screen before Keynote
● Medium logo on all conference promotional material distributed after receipt of sponsorship payment
● Recognition on event signs located in the registration area
● Company description/link on conference website
Gold Level..........................................$500
● Small logo and link on conference website and recognition on social media outlets
● Small logo within conference program
● Small logo on all conference promotional material distributed after receipt of sponsorship payment
● Recognition on event signs located in the registration area
● Company description on conference website
Silver Level........................................$250
● Name and link on conference website
● Name within conference program
● Name on all conference promotional material distributed after receipt of sponsorship payment
Additional Sponsorship Opportunities
Item to Sponsor Sponsorship Price
CLA Sponsor (Virtual Option)** ................................... $1,000
Parking Sponsor* ................................................ $5,000
Tuesday Lunch .................................................. $5,000
Wednesday Lunch* ............................................... $5,000
Tuesday Continental Breakfast* ................................... $2,000
Wednesday Continental Breakfast* ................................ $2,000
Tuesday Keynote ................................................. $1,500
Wednesday Keynote .............................................. $1,500
Coffee Break (Tuesday) ........................................... $1,000
Coffee Break (Wednesday) ........................................ $1,000
After-Hours Event Sponsor ........................................ $1,000
Tuesday Afternoon Break (Dessert) ................................. $800
Wednesday Afternoon Break (Dessert)............................... $800
President’s Program................................................ $600
●Logo and company description/link on conference website after receipt of payment and through end of conference
●Recognition on social media outlets
●Logo within conference program booklet
●Logo displayed on screen before Keynote (for Keynote option)
●Logo on all conference promotional material and email communication distributed after receipt of sponsorship payment
●Recognition on event signs located in the registration area
●* For Breakfast, Lunch and Parking Sponsors, if you provide promotional materials (a flyer, pamphlet, or business card) we will hand it out to all attendees at registration
●**For CLA Sponsor- Your logo will be on the homepage of the CLA website (https://ctlibraryassociation.org ) through the end of the year (December 31, 2022), listed as a CLA Sponsor and your logo will link to your webpage
●If interested in being a sponsor of CLA in other ways not listed, contact our fundraising chairperson at fundraising@ctlibraryassociation.org
Program Booklet Ads (all-attendee giveaway, must be emailed as JPEG or PNG to claconexhibits@gmail.com by April 1) Conference program booklet is portrait orientation.
● Full Page Ad: $300 (8.25” x 10.75”)
● Half Page Ad: $150 (8.25” x 5.25”)
● Quarter Page Ad: $75 (4” x 5.25”)
DON’T MISS OUT: Visit ctlibraryassociation.org to secure your exhibit space
and/or sponsorship today! Let’s make this a great partnership!
Questions? E-mail us at: claconexhibits@gmail.com
Or contact our co-chairs: Alessandra Petrino: 203.222.2651, or apetrino@westonct.gov
Or Kymberlee Powe: 860.704.2207, or kymberlee.powe@ct.gov