OT99 is a major, international, multi-stream conference. Now in its seventh year, this event regularly attracts between 150 and 250 participants, the vast majority of whom play a leading role in product recommendation and acquisition: our audience comprises both technical software specialists and IT management. This conference is firmly established as the event at which new ideas and fresh thinking on software practice emerge.

Becoming a sponsor of OT99 provides the highest possible profile at the event. Sponsors receive the following benefits:

• Prominent billing as a sponsor in all promotional materials. 50,000 conference brochures are being distributed to the following lists:

  • The EMSI list of 28,000 practising IT professionals throughout the UK and Europe.

  • OOPS Group members.

  • Members of other selected BCS Special Interest Groups.

  • Members of the IEE computers and communications group.

  • Selected pertinent magazine readerships.

• Billing in Press Releases. All Press Releases issued for the conference will explicitly list the names of sponsors of the event.

• A supply of conference brochures. Considerable mutual benefit can accrue if sponsors send out copies of the brochure to clients. If a sponsor has a mailing list it can be incorporated into the event's marketing plan. Full confidentiality is guaranteed to any sponsor sending labels to our mailing house.

At the conference

• Display stand and demonstration area. Display stands and demonstration areas are provided in a large room which is also used for conference participants to take refreshments and luncheon. Each display stand and demonstration area is equipped with a power supply, lighting, and shell scheme stand if required.

• Speaking slot in the conference programme. Each sponsor has the option of providing a speaker to present a full (non sales/marketing) session in the conference programme. Well-known speakers tend to attract larger audiences, and so we encourage sponsors to provide headline presenters.
• Five conference places. These places may be used for the sponsors' own staff or for client personnel. The full attendance fee for non-sponsors is £1270 per participant.

• Logo on items given to all conference participants. Such items include the cover of the conference documentation, workbook, and other free handouts to participants.

• Space for a feature in the conference documentation. This space can be used for any form of A4 material, including leaflets and copies of advertisements.

• Large signs in the main conference room and at other key locations in the venue. Each sign will contain Sponsored by followed by the sponsor's logo.