Welcome to the 2012 SMCC Western Sponsorship Congress™

With over $1.5 BILLION invested in sponsorship in Canada, are you a PROPERTY looking to improve on your recipe for success in securing sponsors? Are you a company, business or marketing agency representing a SPONSOR needing to get your ROI when it comes to investing in a sponsorship opportunity?

Whether you're seeking or spending sponsorship dollars, the SMCC Western Sponsorship Congress™ is where you need to be on Oct 16 & 17 to Get in the Game.

Featured this year will be:

• 35+ Workshop Presenters
• Keynote Address on the State of the Industry for 2012 and Projections for 2013
• Five Minute Pitch™ - Panel Discussion
• Discovery Session - Panel Discussion
• ROI Measurement Panel Discussion
• Releasing of the 2012 Canadian Consumer Sponsorship Ranking Research and Study
• Networking Opportunities with Leaders in the Industry

In Attendance: Properties, Sponsors, Corporations, Events, Businesses, Marketing + Communications Agencies and more.

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Why SMCC Western Sponsorship Congress?

What is the SMCC Western Sponsorship Congress™?

Since 2005, the SMCC Western Sponsorship Congress™ has provided professional development and networking opportunities that have focused on a range of sponsorship related topics from inventory development, prospecting, branding, designing proposals, technology, communications, case studies and insights from properties and corporate sponsors.

This two day conference - held annually in October in Calgary, Alberta - is one of the largest sponsorship focused events in Canada.

The Congress hosts 250 registered delegates and speakers from across North America. They represent a cross section of corporations and small businesses that invest in sponsorship, non-profits and charities, sports organizations (professional and amateur), all levels of government and advertising, communications, public relations and sponsorship agencies.

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Who Can Benefit From This Event?

• Any organization (non-profit, association, charity, government agency or sport organization) who sells sponsorships to events, conferences, their overall property, galas, golf tournaments.
• Advertising, communications, sponsorship and public relations agencies staff dealing with planning, execution, buying, measurement or fulfillment of sponsorship on behalf of clients.
• Attendees may be development officers, business development personnel, salespeople, executive directors, board members, committee members or anyone involved in the sponsorship side of fundraising.
• Any organization that is seeking to determine the real value of their sponsorship assets
• Any organization that would like to increase revenues and secure longer term sponsors
• Municipal, provincial, state, federal governments, school boards and government properties including fire, EMS, parks and recreation
• Sports organizations (local team, high school team, associations, leagues, tournaments, professional sports organization)
• Not-for-profit organizations
• Charities
• Member associations
• Chambers of Commerce
• Tourism and Trade Councils
• Venues (private and public)
• Events and Festivals
• Education institutions
• Trade and consumer shows