LIVE & VIRTUAL EVENTS

Position yourself as a leader in the marketplace

Broadcast Engineering's live and virtual events are a great way to position yourself as an educational leader in the marketplace and interact with a highly-captive audience of key technology influencers and decision makers with buying power.

Professionals look to Broadcast Engineering as a trusted and valuable educational resource, so they truly engage with our events—providing you with highly-qualified leads.

LIVE EVENTS

Attract key decision makers vital to your success with one-on-one networking. Our 2010 IT & Digital Workflow Boot Camp was attended by approximately 100 top broadcast professionals and sponsors. For 2011, we'll be planning several live events in major cities with sponsorship opportunities.

Sponsorship Benefits:

• Exclusive access to television engineers, technical managers, company managers, production professionals and more
• Branding on all event promotions and on-site—positioning your company as an educational leader in the marketplace
• Qualified leads from a highly targeted audience
• Participation in panel discussions
• and more

Stay tuned for more details to come on our 2011 events.

VIRTUAL EVENTS

Connect with broadcast professionals in a convenient, cost-efficient and highly targeted online environment. Our 2010 virtual event, Building Media Networks with IT Solutions, was very well received by attendees and produced over 1700 registrants.

As travel budgets make it increasingly difficult to attend traditional, large-scale conferences and tradeshows, Broadcast Engineering's virtual events provide an advantageous solution to our readers and provide you with a cost-effective means to communicate your brand message to an enaged audience actively seeking insight for their business and the latest product information.

What makes it different?		How does it work?		What's in it for you?
• Prospects are communicating in an environment centered around your brand and products • Great overall value for a fraction of the cost of a live event • Sponsorship upgrade options allow you to tailor a marketing program to fit your specific needs • Participation is easy and timely to execute • Real-time interaction with prospects from the comfort of your office • Ability to extend the look of your brand and message with customizable exhibit design and graphics • Guaranteed number of leads • Reach beyond just the live event with On Demand presence for 12 months		• Single day Web-based format • Free-to-Attend • Exhibit hall for attendees to interact with vendors • Auditorium for viewing Webcasts and panels • Live Q&A • White papers, videos and more for download in individual booths and in Resource Center • Exhibit Booths available with various methods to drive traffic • Multiple opportunities for sponsors to network with attendees		• Qualified leads from prospective customers • Metrics on prospect event activity, content of interests, Webcast participation and more • Chance to launch new products and technology solutions • Meet with current and new customers, building relationships and driving prospects through the buying cycle • Conduct Research among your target audience through surveys/polling questions • Opportunity to offer product incentives

CONTACT YOUR SALES MANAGER

Emily Kalmus - Eastern Sales Manager 312.840.8473 emily.kalmus@penton.com

George W. Watts III - Western Sales Manager 360.546.0379 georgeww3@aol.com

Richard Woolley - International Sales Manager +44.1295.278407 richardwoolley@btclick.com

Julie Dahlstrom - Inside Sales 312-840-8436 julie.dahlstrom@penton.com