Sponsorship Opportunities

We invite you to review our sponsorship opportunities for HOUSTEX. Our goal is to provide you with every opportunity to make your event experience an excellent return on investment for your company. Choosing sponsorship is an incredible way to accomplish that goal and promote your brand in a unique, impactful way. Our goal is to give you the opportunity to make the direct connections through proven, effective and focused sponsorships at HOUSTEX.

CUSTOM SPEAKING
Integrate your presentation into the event schedule reaching a targeted audience within a featured area such as the show floor theater, conference room or private space.

LUNCH AND LEARN/BREW AND VIEW

A sponsored speaking event is your opportunity to create a custom event around your thought-leadership that will be integrated and featured within the HOUSTEX event schedule. These can be featured as a lunch and learn, brew and view, power hour, etc. and are co-created with our event team to ensure maximum attendance with your target audience to generate hard leads for your company.
SPONSORED ALIGNMENT
Reach a target audience and align your brand with industry experts by sponsoring a headline event such as a keynote, workshop, educational presentation or panel. These featured presentations are also a fantastic way to capture leads, since you receive the contact information for both pre-registered and actual attendees. Here are some of the opportunities available:

KEYNOTE/PANEL

HOUSTEX presentations are highly recognized in the manufacturing industry and can provide great recognition to your company. Here are some of the headline speakers you can sponsor:

• Keynote (Tuesday)
• Featured Presentation (Tuesday)
• Keynote Wednesday (Morning)
• Featured Presentation (Wednesday)

LEAD GENERATION
Receive measurable and meaningful ROI by obtaining qualified leads from attendees, viewers or readers that opt-in to your custom content or the content your company is aligning with.

CUSTOM SPEAKING

A custom speaking event is your opportunity to create a custom event specifically tailored to your thought-leadership that will be integrated and featured within the HOUSTEX event schedule.

KEYNOTE

Align your company with manufacturing professionals by sponsoring a keynote or panel presentation at HOUSTEX. Our presentations are highly recognized in the manufacturing industry and can provide great recognition to your company. Here are some of the headline speakers you can sponsor:

• Keynote (Tuesday)
• Featured Presentation (Tuesday)
• Keynote Wednesday (Morning)
• Featured Presentation (Wednesday)

LUNCH AND LEARN/BREW AND VIEW/POWER HOUR

A sponsored speaking event is your opportunity to create a custom event around your thought-leadership that will be integrated and featured within the HOUSTEX event schedule. These can be featured as a lunch and learn, brew and view, power hour, etc. and are co-created with our event team to ensure maximum attendance with your target audience to generate hard leads for your company.

WEBINAR

Reach a targeted virtual audience, stand out as an industry leader and generate engaging leads with Advanced Manufacturing Media’s Exclusive Webinars. Present your educational, solutions-oriented message to qualified manufacturing professionals who seek the latest information on products, processes, and efficiencies or have your brand associated with a fully developed webinar.

SHOW SPECIAL

Provide a white paper or offer specific to your business to the show attendees. Offers are available through our online virtual event bag. Ads on virtual event bag site are available 30 days post-show.
HOSPITALITY
Enhance your company’s brand recognition and image while fostering personal relationships with key and prospective customers by sponsoring a networking event or co-creating a custom hospitality event at HOUSTEX.

SME offers the availability to sponsor an established hospitality event already embedded into the event schedule. These events are open to all attendees and provide sponsors with an opportunity to create strong brand awareness and connect with key contacts in a networking setting. Featured areas or VIP experiences can be created to highlight your brand in a unique and meaningful way. Some of the featured hospitality events at AeroDef that can become exclusive sponsored by your company are:

HOUSTEX Social Pub Crawl

MARKET OUTREACH
Connect with an audience before, during or after any event by utilizing a variety of print or digital options such as email marketing, targeted list rentals, impression based retargeting programs, mobile app marketing and more!

WIFI BUYOUT

Interact with HOUSTEX attendees who utilize Wi-Fi on the event show floor. As a Wi-Fi sponsor, your brand is guaranteed to interact and engage WIFI users with your exclusive and customized splash page and WIFI Password.

MOBILE APP

Your sponsor logo can be represented on the initial splash page of the mobile app. Choose to have your company represented in the mobile app – This will feature your logo and your company write-up and be displayed on the main menu of the app.

RETARGETING

Target event prospects and attendees while they search the internet and interact on social media. Use this opportunity to increase brand exposure and influence your online marketing campaign. Pre-show campaigns can help you increase your booth traffic and post-show campaigns help reinforce your message. You provide the ad creative, we take care of the rest!

TURNKEY EXHIBITOR ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES

BRANDING
Don’t just show up, stand out. Highlight the presence of your company at an event by showcasing your brand in a high-traffic location or make your brand a destination by sponsoring a social lounge, café or custom created area on the show floor.

BRANDED AREAS

Transform your brand into a featured destination on the event show floor by creating a branded area. This sponsorship opportunity allows you to showcase your brand (and message) in an unavoidable way by theming a customized event feature or sponsoring an established area at HOUSTEX Some of these themed destinations could be areas like: Theater, Café etc.

BANNER/SIGNAGE ADS

Signage is an integral part of your brand positioning. Signage can be provided inside of the sponsored event. Your logo and branding will be evident within and outside of the event space to assist with your company’s brand recognition.

SIGNAGE

• Floor Logo – Create a large format ad on the carpet in the highest traffic areas including the registration and near the escalators.
• Banners – Sponsor one of our show banners located throughout the event.
• Meter Boards – Sponsor a stand-alone banner with your company’s message and logo.
• Restroom Advertising – Choose to place your logo within one of the highest traffic areas at the event.
• Registration Maze Signs – While attendees wait in line, showcase your brand via our registration maze signs.
• Registration Bags – Strategically place your logo on our event bag and create visual interest with event attendees.
• Lanyards – Sponsor our lanyard distributed to all attendees holding attendee badges.
• Floor Sticker – 1st Time Exhibitor (Includes listing on 1st Time Exhibitor Meterboard) – $500
• Floor Sticker – New Product (Includes listing on New Product Exhibitor Meterboard) – $500
• Meterboard & Custom Floor Sticker (Meterboard will be placed in a high traffic common area) – $1000

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