We Love Our Exhibitors!
Our annual meeting regularly draws more than 1000 faculty members from colleges across the United States, including some of the largest schools in the country. This makes our conference a great opportunity for you to meet potential textbook adopters just as the fall textbook adoption cycle is in full swing.
Interested in Exhibiting? Read on...
Welcome potential exhibitors!
The annual meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association will be held at the beautiful Riviera and Convention Center on the Las Vegas Strip. As Executive Director, I am pleased to invite you to participate in our annual meeting by displaying books, journals, technology, and other materials at our conference, and by advertising in our convention program.
Our conference regularly attracts about 1,000 attendees representing the major social science disciplines, such as Economics, History, Political Science, and Sociology, and interdisciplinary and applied fields, such as International Studies, Women's & Gender Studies, and Social Work. The last time we were in Las Vegas, we sold out our rooms and registered nearly 1,100 conference attendees.
If you have any questions about SSSA or our annual meeting, please contact our Executive Director, Peter Wielhouwer, at peter.wielhouwer@sssaonline.org.
Why you should exhibit and advertise with SSSA 2011
Our conference attendees represent a wide range of institutions, making the conference an excellent opportunity to gain exposure for your titles, and the timing is excellent for the fall course adoption cycle. All the conference attendees receive the program, and use it throughout their time at the conference to plan personal schedules, giving program advertisers wide exposure.
Attendees at our annual meeting are faculty and graduate students from nearly all the major state universities in the Southwestern and Southern states, including the Universities of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Texas A&M, and other major universities nationwide, including from the California system of colleges and universities. We also attract teachers from a wide range of smaller schools, including regional universities, liberal arts colleges, and community colleges.
The largest disciplines in our association are in the fields of history, political science and sociology, making this a particularly good conference for marketing your books to those areas. The interdisciplinary nature of our conference promotes the cutting edge of the modern college curricula, and provides a unique and diverse audience for your products.
The 2011 SSSA Exhibitor Stimulus Package
We are pleased to announce that in order to make this conference more affordable and attractive to you, we are "rolling back" our exhibitor prices and introducing new marketing opportunities for your press.
First, recognizing the higher cost of doing business these days, last year we reduced our base booth rental prices to 2006 levels, and we're keeping them there this year.
Second, every exhibitor will be listed on our online Exhibitors Directory, and we will be happy to hyperlink directly to your company's website. This page will be prominently linked off of our Annual Meeting page, the most visited page on our site.
Third, each of our exhibitors will receive a complimentary half-page advertisement in our 2011 Program (a $200 value!). This will provide ongoing exposure to our conference attendees, since every attendee receives the program and uses it throughout their conference, and afterward. You are also eligible to upgrade your ad to a full page in the program at a steeply discounted rate.
Exhibitor Packages for 2011
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Package |
Includes |
Price |
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Gold |
▪ Double booth ▪ Listing in our online directory of exhibitors ▪ Complimentary conference registration for up to three representatives ▪ Invitation to private presidential reception for up to three representatives ▪ Option to reserve additional booth space at $199/booth |
$749
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Silver |
▪ Single booth ▪ Listing in our online directory of exhibitors ▪ Complimentary conference registration for up to two representatives ▪ Invitation to private presidential reception for up to two representatives |
$499
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Bronze |
▪ Shared booth with one other exhibitor. ▪ Send up to 10 books and journals plus order forms for display (materials can not be returned) ▪ Listing in our online directory of exhibitors ▪ Complimentary registration for one representative |
$199
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Academic Organization or Private Author |
▪ Shared booth (with up to three other academic organizations or authors) ▪ Listing in our online directory of exhibitors |
$49 |
Advertising packages
Our advertising packages are still being developed at this time.
Logistics in Las Vegas
In Las Vegas, we will work to maximize traffic through the exhibit booth area. First, our registration center, conference information booths, and complimentary internet cafe will be located in the same room as the exhibit booths. Second, we offer complimentary morning coffee and afternoon refreshments in the exhibit hall (yes, these are complimentary for your representatives) to attract conference attendees to this area. Third, we set up cocktail and small meeting tables in order to encourage attendees to meet and socialize in the exhibit hall. And fourth, we host a well-attended poster session that brings many people into the exhibit hall.
The exhibit area will be secured by the association and the hotel when it is not scheduled to be open, though we advise not leaving computer equipment in the convention space overnight. Each of your representatives will have a conference name badge available at the conference registration desk.
For more information, contact peter.wielhouwer@sssaonline.org.
Exhibitors' Conference Schedule
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Wed. March 16 |
9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. |
Exhibit Hall Setup |
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3:00-6:00 p.m. |
Exhibit Hall (and Conference Registration) Open |
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Thur., Mar. 17 |
7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
Exhibit Hall (and Conference Registration) Open |
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Fri., Mar. 18 |
7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
Exhibit Hall (and Conference Registration) Open |
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4:30 - 7:30 p.m. |
Exhibit Hall Tear-down |
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