Exhibitors/Sponsors/Silent Auction

The following Agencies/Companies are presently planning to be an exhibitor.
* USDA / NRCS Wetland Science Institute
* US Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District
* Accropoint, Inc, Anchorage, AK(br> * Surveyors Exchange, Anchorage, AK
* AeroMap U.S., Anchorage, AK
* Rolanka International, Inc, Georgia
* BonTerra America Inc, Idaho
* Bitterroot Restoration, Corvallis Or. (br> * Electronic Data Solutions, Idaho
* Environmental Services Research Institute, Inc, Anchorage

To receive a Exhibitor Registration Form for the SWS 1998 Annual Meeting in Anchorage Alaska, please contact Brian Becker, Logistics INC., 329 F Street, Suite 206, Anchorage, AK 99501. Telephone (907) 276-6060, (907) 276-6061 (FAX) or logistics@servcom.com. If you have general questions about the meeting, contract Terry Brock Conference Chair.

Exhibitor registration can occur at anytime between now and the meeting date.

To view and print an exhibitor application form and the rules and regulations click here. Exhibitor Application

The 19th Annual Meeting of the Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) will be held June 8-12, 1998 at the Egan Convention Center in Anchorage, Alaska. The theme of this years meeting is Alaska s Wetlands, from the Tundra to the Sea. It will offer attendees the rare opportunity to experience first hand, the vast wetlands that make Alaska so unique. The program committee expects an estimated 350 scientists, engineers, and other attendees working in the fields of wetlands creation, research, restoration, regulation, management, and consulting from the United States and other countries. We invite your organization to both participate in and/or or be an exhibitor at our 1998 meeting.

SWS currently has more than 4,000 active members, and represents a diverse group of professionals from interdisciplinary backgrounds of engineering, wet soils, geology, hydrology, forestry, and all fields of biological sciences. Members are employed by local, state, and federal agencies, universities, and other schools, consulting firms, industry, and private conservation organizations.

Exhibits from government offices, universities with wetland-related curricula and centers, book publishers and distributors, industry suppliers of wetland construction materials, and field and laboratory equipment suppliers are among past meeting exhibitors. Their exhibits have proven to be popular among attendees.

You will be able to begin exhibitor booth set-up Sunday afternoon, June 7. The Egan Convention Center is spacious, and well located with regard to other meeting activities. Exhibitors, posters and social activities will be set up in an arrangement that will feature the special nature of each. This will assure you that attendees will have ample opportunity to see your exhibit throughout the meeting. Because Egan Center does not receive shipments directly, please contact Brian Becker of Logistics INC. in Anchorage at 907 276-6060 for freight forwarding instructions. Additional meeting information can be found on the SWS web page at (www.sws.org) and choose the Anchorage meeting link.

There are several ways we ask you to consider participating in the 1998 meeting:

Your organization can contribute to the Silent Auction. At this Auction, conference participants can bid on a wide selection of merchandise and recreational opportunities. Everybody’s a winner: top bidders get a super deal on their favorite items, and the proceeds go to the SWS for student scholarships. Any company or individual wishing to donate products or services for the SWS Silent Auction, please contact, Jon Hall or by telephone at (907) 786-3471.

Your organization could be a coffee break sponsor, either singly or jointly with other organizations. Each coffee break will cost approximately $500. If your organization contributes $250 or more to coffee breaks, we will acknowledge your contribution by prominently displaying a placard with the name of your organization beside the break station.

Your organization could be an icebreaker sponsor for $1,000 or mixer sponsor for $3,500, either singly or jointly with other organizations.

If you contribute $500 or more to either the icebreaker or the formal poster session mixer, we will acknowledge your contribution by prominently displaying a placard with the name of your organization at the event.

Your organization could contribute field or laboratory equipment, a book, or other item to be sold in a Silent Auction. We would prominently display your organization s name with the item on the Silent Auction table.

Your organization could set up an exhibit in the Egan Convention Center for $300 per booth. Your Organization will receive 1 (one) complementary registration per booth. Please inform Logistics LLC when you send in your exhibitor registration and meeting registration that you will be allowed a complementary registration. Non-profit table-top booths are $25 per day . Non-profit table-top booths will not receive the meeting registration waver discussed above.

We encourage you to bring items you may have for sale, sign-up sheets for mailing lists, and any other appropriate sales technique that would help you bring attention to your exhibit.