2012 Annual Meeting & Exhibition - Society for Industrial Microbiology

Booth cost
Booth cost is $1975 for SIMB corporate
members or $2200 for non-corporate
members. Prime space, add $200. Nonprime
corner, add $100.
Booth rental
Booth rental includes:
• 8’ x 10’ booth frame with a back wall 7’
high and side rails 3’ high with divider
drapes. Do not exceed.
• 7” x 44” exhibitor identification sign
• The exhibit hall floor is carpeted. All
other booth supplies, signs, equipment,
furniture, etc. must be rented through the
official decorating company, Hargrove.
• Security service (24-hour) during installation,
operation and dismantling hours.
• One full meeting registration and two
“hall only” passes per booth.
• All booth personnel receive lunch
and coffee breaks. Exhibitor with full
meeting registration receives one
Society banquet ticket.
• Pre- and post-show attendee list
• Program and abstracts book
Exhibit staffing requirement
The exhibit booth must be staffed during
stated exhibit hours by an employee or
representative of the exhibiting company.
Space assignment
Space will be assigned in order of receipt
of application with payment in full. Corporate
members and returning exhibitors
will have priority in space selection, if the
application is received before April 1.
SIMB reserves the right to assign exhibit
space and to regulate the use of that space
or the design and appearance of any booth.
Every effort will be made to accommodate
exhibitors’ booth location requests. SIMB
reserves the right to relocate booths if absolutely
necessary and cannot guarantee
that a company will not be placed near a
competitor. In the event of a space conflict,
SIMB reserves the right to rearrange the floor
plan, relocate any space, or cancel the event
at any time prior to the exhibit opening.
Installation and dismantling
Installation of exhibits will begin Sunday,
August 12 at 11:00 am. Exhibits must
be fully installed by 4:00 pm Sunday. All
exhibits must remain intact until 7:00 am
Wednesday, August 15. Dismantling of
exhibits will begin at 7:00 am Wednesday,
August 15. No dismantling is authorized
before Wednesday morning, August 15.
All exhibits must be dismantled and crated,
ready for removal from the exhibit hall, by
12:00 noon. A service center will be staffed
by Hargrove during the installation and
dismantling periods.
Job placement service
SIMB will sponsor its traditional job placement
service. Job notices will be posted
at the Placement desk in the registration
area. Resumes will be available to employers
throughout the week. To participate,
contact Bob Berger (T/F: 941-358-5309; E:
bbberg@att.net).
Job Fair
The SIMB Job Fair will be held:
Monday, August 13, 2012
8:00 am – 4:00 pm (Setup begins 7 am)
Washington Hilton
Washington, DC
For more information on setting up your
corporate table for the job fair, contact: Bob
Berger, SIMB Placement Chair (bbberg@
att.net).
To obtain an application to register your
table for the job fair, visit: www.simhq.org/
annual/.
Cost to participate:
SIMB Corporate Member $250
Non-Corporate Member $350
Includes:
• One 2’ x 6’ table in the Job Fair location,
company sign, two chairs
• Access to private interview room
throughout the dates of the SIMB Annual
Meeting (August 12-16)
• Searchable resumes before and after
the fair
• Announcement of participation on the
SIMB website including company link
• Discount on 30-day job posting on the
SIMB career center site
• Lunch ticket
Contact SIMB
SIMB
3929 Old Lee Highway, Suite 92A
Fairfax, VA 22030-2421;
T: 703-691-3357, ext. 24; F: 703-691-7991
E: meetings@simhq.org
2011 Exhibitors
Alberta Innovates
Technology Futures
Apotex Fermentation, Inc.
Applied Instrument
Technologies
Applikon Biotechnology,
Inc.
ATR, Inc.
BioSpringer North
America
Bio-Technical Resources
Biolog, Inc.
BioPro International, Inc.
BlueSens
Broadley-James
Corporation
BugLab, LLC
Chemglass Life Science
DASGIP BioTools, Inc.
FrieslandCampina Domo
Global BioIngredients, Inc.
Hamilton Company
HiMedia Laboratories PVT.
LTD.
Integrated Genomics
Lallemand
Marcor Development
Corporation
Microbiology International
New Brunswick Scientific
North Carolina State
University
Biomanufacturing
Training
and Education Center
Ocean Optics
optek-Danulat, Inc.
Pall Life Sciences
Panlabs Biologics
PreSens
Sartorius Stedim Biotech
Sensient Bio-Ingredients
Sheldon Manufacturing,
Inc.
Springer
Teknova
Traders Protein/ADM
YSI Inc.
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