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Sponsorship Opportunities Guide for the

2019 WISE Conference14 May, IET, London

Our Skills, Our FutureOur Skills, Our Future

WISE’s mission is to help achieve gender balance in STEM in the UK. With the target of 1 million women in STEM in 2020 within reach, we are looking beyond this to address the fantastic opportunity women have to play a full part in shaping technology and scientific discovery transforming the way we live our lives and shape our economy.

Every year we bring organisations and individuals from across all industries in STEM to inspire them with give key insights and best practice. The 2019 WISE Conference is the premier professional Women in STEM conference and a prime opportunity to help support and shape the debate and decisions about how we can meet the skills gap of the future, and how women in STEM have the potential to play a full part in this.

With over 250 women and men from key organisations attending, attendees will include:

• Decision makers at C suite level passionate about gender balance in STEM

• Women at all stages of their STEM career looking to extend their professional networks and men looking for solutions to attract, retain and support women in STEM

• Executives looking to learn from a broad network of WISE members and adopt best practices to their organisation

Join us as we forecast, discuss, display, inspire and determine the future of women in STEM.

Why sponsor the WISE Conference?

Sponsorship Benefits• Build brand awareness across the entire STEM ecosystem including the next generation of talent

• Access the WISE network and beyond from grass roots to large corporates in an engaging and educational environment

• Uncover solutions to stay competitive and relevant

• Demonstrate your thought leadership alongside the crème de la crème of the STEM sector

The mood of the room was equally committed to improving our industry; to being the force which creates a diverse, inclusive and more successful society.

A big thank you to Helen Wollaston and her fantastic team at WISE for the excellent organising and content that went into the day. We are already looking forward to the 2019 WISE Conference and encourage other individuals and businesses to get involved.

Proposed Agenda Tuesday 14th May 2019, IET, London

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Networking Breakfast

Plenary Keynote speakers – senior industry leaders will tell their story about how they have approached the skills gap in their industry.

Plenary New research developed with Amazon. It explores the potential for using the language of innovation to inspire women’s involvement in science, engineering and technology.

Plenary Network Rail will share insights into the future skills mix needed.

Networking Lunch

Workshops Find out how other companies are seeing real results in addressing their skills gap through sharing best practice from WISE members alongside practical taster sessions of how they achieved this eg recruitment, returner and re-training programmes, apprentices.

Keynote Plenary

Inspiring speakers will engage us with a discussion about the shape of the future workplace and how women could be central our success and future, including Shaping the future of work: robots & responsibility.

Workshops Get a hands-on experience of the new skills which may help shape our future including taster sessions of a new platform to engage girls - this is a chance for everyone to learn something new.

Panel Debate

A chance to spark ideas in a creative way to discuss the question of which content and delivery of skills works best? Traditional vs untraditional?

Sponsorship PackagesA range of sponsorship opportunities are available and we would be delighted to discuss bespoke packages upon request.

Please request a Sponsorship Agreement Form from your membership manager to proceed with booking. A completed and returned Sponsorship Booking Form is required to secure your chosen sponsorship opportunity at the conference.

Networking & Drinks Reception Sponsor

Education Partner

Exhibition Stand Space in Catering & Refreshments Area

Poseur Table in Catering & Refreshments Area

BenefitsAccess to the WISE network and beyond in an engaging environment throughout the day.

• Opportunity for a short address to delegates at the beginning of the reception

• Brand awareness opportunities across the WISE website and social media channels, printed collateral produced for the conference, and inclusion, where applicable, in PR stories

• 7 conference tickets

Cost £10,000.00 plus VAT

Benefits Demonstrate your thought leadership with sponsorship of a break-out work-shop session with an anticipated audience of 30 attendees for a 50-minute interactive session.

• The opportunity to contribute a speaker to share best practice

• Sponsor credited for each workshop they are associated with

• Brand awareness opportunities across the WISE website and social media channels, printed collateral produced for the conference, and inclusion, where applicable, in PR stories

• 5 conference tickets

Cost £5,000.00 plus VAT

Benefits Promote your organisation’s presence at the conference to attendees, display a pop-up banner and marketing collateral on the stand and network with attendees during the catering and refreshment breaks.

• Branding presence throughout the event and in conference marketing materials

• Logo displayed on the WISE website Conference 2019 page

• Stand space specifications: – 6 x 2m area set up for your arrival – 2 chairs and 1 black table cloth – Access to electricity and venue WIFI

• 2 conference tickets

Cost £1,250.00 plus VAT

Benefits Providing a base to network with attendees during the catering and refreshment breaks at the conference.

• Logo displayed on the WISE website

• Allocated space includes: – Poseur table with 1 black table cloth – Printed place card displaying company name and logo – Access to venue WIFI

• 1 conference ticket

Cost £500.00 plus VAT

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Important:

W I S Ecampaign for gender balance in science, technology & engineering

Last year’s ConferenceThe 2018 WISE Conference attendees included HR directors, business managers, talent partners, engineers, research scientists, project managers, technicians, lecturers, graduates, communications managers, patent attorneys and many more!

The turnout spoke for itself in terms of the position WISE holds in the diversity landscape.

Statistics for the 2018 WISE Conference

500 posts across social media using #WISEConference2018

775,000 twitter accounts reached

37% attendees were WISE members

59 of our

WISE member organisations

were in attendance

Watch the 2018 WISE Conference highlight video

For sponsorship opportunitiesPlease contact your membership manager or email Dimitra Christakou, Membership Director: d.christakou@wisecampaign.org.uk

Previous SponsorsHere is a small sample of the sponsors of the organisations who previously sponsored our events:

WISE Leeds College of Building, Hunslet Campus, Cudbear Street, Leeds LS10 1EF

0113 222 6072 | info@wisecampaign.org.uk | wisecampaign.org.uk