Opportunities for sponsorship and advertising at the Joint Annual Meeting are available below. For additional information about either area, contact Ande Rowe at Ande@aaea.org.

Sponsorship

Sponsorship opportunities are available for the 2009 Joint Annual Meeting for both AAEA and ACCI. You can find more information about the Joint Annual Meeting and how to sponsor activities for each association below.

AAEA Sponsorship Opportunities

Please read the AAEA Sponsorship Prospectus for more information about sponsoring an AAEA activity at the Joint Annual Meeting.

AAEA members focus their work on a combination of teaching, research, and cooperative extension programs. Their research covers a broad range of topics, including commercial agriculture, natural resource and environmental economics, and economic and rural development.

ACCI Sponsorship Opportunities

Please contact Terri Haffner at SBurns@consumerinterests.org for more information about sponsoring student and young professional conference scholarships for the Joint Annual Meeting.

ACCI is the leading membership organization for academics and other professionals involved in consumer and family economics. ACCI members offer diversity to our meeting attendees, in areas such as consumer and mortgage credit saving, as well as consumer financial management and education. This year ACCI is exclusively soliciting funds to provide Student and Young Professional Conference Scholarships.

Profile of the 2009 Joint Annual Meeting

The 2009 Joint Annual Meeting will serve as a forum where research is presented, ideas are exchanged, and new concepts are explored by a wide range of experts from around the world. Our meeting attendees work in academic departments, government agencies, NGOs, and in the private sector in the fields of applied, agricultural, consumer, and family economics.

The 2008 AAEA & ACCI Joint Annual Meeting hosted 1,250 attendees from more than 300 different organizations and included attendees from more than 35 different countries.

Advertising

Joint Annual Meeting Program Advertisements

Advertisements for the program of the Joint Annual Meeting are sold in quarter, half, and full page increments. Electronic, camera-ready ads must be received by the AAEA Business Office by May 8, 2009.

• Full-page Ad: $600
• Half-page Ad: $350
• Quarter-page Ad: $200

To submit an advertisement for the Joint Annual Meeting program, or for more information, please e-mail Adam DeMarie at Adam@aaea.org before May 8, 2009.

Promotional Materials for Attendees

The promotional material for attendees (formerly called Bag Stuffers) will be given to each attendee along with their registration materials when they arrive in Milwaukee. The promotional material will be accepted regardless of medium (brochures, pamphlets, DVDs, etc.) and may be any size (up to 8.5 x 11"). Multiple pages fastened together count as a single item.

• One Item: $500
• Each Additional Item: $200

To have your organization's promotional materials included with the attendees registration packets, please e-mail Ande Rowe at Ande@aaea.org.