Calling all Exhibitors and Sponsors:

We would like to invite your participation to Exhibit at, and/or Sponsor this year’s GeoTech 2010 conference for the ASPRS Potomac Region.

This annual conference goes back to 1997, and this year is being held for the first time at George Mason University in collaboration with the Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science. The conference dates are September 27-28, 2010. The first day (27th) will be the workshop day, and the second day (28th) will be for the technical session and exhibit hall. Historical conference attendance has been around150 people per day; but this year we’re hoping to boost that number! We have a significant amount of exhibitor space compared to previous years, so I highly encourage you to participate.

The theme of this year’s GeoTech conference is “A Spectrum of Visions”. The focus is to capture the vision of Experts on the various disciplines that make up the Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing community today. The latest advances in fields such as LiDAR, spectral remote sensing, Geospatial Information Systems (GIS), synthetic aperture radar (SAR), and Human Terrain Modeling will lead to diverse new applications, including environmental monitoring and remediation, disaster relief, and geospatial intelligence. To that end, we are assembling a highly esteemed group of speakers for our workshops and technical session.

Keynote speakers will include: Dr. Kevin Slocum to talk about future developments in LiDAR, and Professor Edward Mikhail of Purdue University to talk about Photogrammetric Registration.

Sponsorship and exhibiting at this conference is a great way to gain corporate exposure and firmly established your organization as a leader in the Potomac Region of ASPRS, which is the largest member region in ASPRS. As usual, we’ve kept our rates at a very affordable level (it’s a great deal for your organization), since the conference organization committee is an all voluntary service to the community.

Here are the costs and benefits:

Exhibitor cost: $300 (limited to 50 total exhibitors on a first-come basis)

Exhibitor Benefits:

• A 10’x10’ space in the exhibit hall. Tables will be provided. (More space may be available if needed. Ask for details.)
• Two complimentary full conference registrations for organizational employees.
• Official GeoTech 2010 Program: Your organizations name will be listed in the program for this year’s conference.

Potomac Perspectives, the Newsletter of the Potomac Region, will include a note of thanks from the Region to your organization. This will be sent to over 700 ASPRS members in the Region.

Campus: George Mason University, Fairfax, VA campus:
http://www.gmu.edu/resources/welcome/Directions-to-GMU.html
Building: George W. Johnson Center (ground floor)
      http://studentcenters.gmu.edu/maps/jcGround.pdf
Room: Sid & Reva Dewberry Hall (ground floor of Johnson Center)
http://studentcenters.gmu.edu/maps/Dewberry.pdf

1) Directions to the loading dock for the Johnson Center, and set up area and times for Dewberry (Adobe PDF 304Kb)
2) Loading dock area pass (Adobe PDF 7Kb)

After unloading/loading, please park in Parking Lot J.

Sponsorship cost: $250 (limited to 8 total sponsors on a first-come basis)

Sponsorship Benefits:

• One complimentary full conference registration for an organizational employee.
• Official GeoTech 2010 Program: Your organization name and logo will appear prominently in the program for this year’s conference.
• Potomac Perspectives, the Newsletter of the Potomac Region, will include a note of thanks from the Region to your organization, as well as an image of your logo. This will be sent to over 700 ASPRS members in the Region, many of whom will send it on to other nonmembers.
• The Potomac Region’s GeoTech 2010 Website : Your organization’s name will be listed with a link in a prominent location on the GeoTech website shortly after receipt of your payment. Additionally, this site will be maintained for the long term record of this conference, which will also include an electronic version of the Official GeoTech Program.

We hope you will consider taking advantage of this generous opportunity to participate. We believe that your participation as Sponsor or Exhibitor can greatly benefit your organization, while enabling the further expansion and enhancement of the various cooperative and professional activities of the Region.

Thank you again for considering your participation in this conference.

To register for the conference as exhibitor and/or sponsor, please contact me (info below) to receive pass codes for online registration.

PRgeotech2010@gmail.com or (571) 229-0445 (cell)

Sincerely,

Dr. Pete Doucette
President, Potomac Region of ASPRS, and GeoTech2010 Chair