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Sponsorship Opportunities

As a solution provider to industry, you need to get in front of decision makers to offer your products and services and demonstrate your value proposition that solves the needs of manufacturers and producers around the globe. MESA offers several types of sponsorship opportunities depending on your company's goals and objectives. Download the complete list of sponsorship opportunities in the full prospectus here.

Smart Manufacturing Now! 2024 Virtual Conference

Global Sponsor - $8,000
Regional Sponsor - $5,000

Reach MESA’s community of manufacturers, producers, industry leaders and solution providers as a sponsor of our 2024 Virtual Event, Smart Manufacturing Now! Benefits include:

  • Opportunity to bring in a keynote speaker (manufacturer/producer) -
    must be approved by MESA
  • Logo on all event promotions
  • Participant List - Regional Sponsors will receive the participant list specific to the region sponsored. Global Sponsors will receive the complete participant list.
  • Opportunity to submit sponsored content
  • Two-minute Sponsor Company Introduction Prior to Keynote Speaker
  • Access to the recorded event for internal and external use
  • One-year Individual MESA membership (with access to the MESA library)
  • One-year Individual MESA membership for sponsor's keynote speaker

Use Case Sponsorship

Premium Members: $1,000
Non-Members: $2,000

Submit a use case around the new MESA Model: A Framework for Smarter Manufacturing. These short-written works outline examples that combine one or more lifecycles from the model in a smart way by utilizing enabling technologies and incorporating applicable cross-lifecycle threads. Your company name and logo will appear on the submitted use case and it will be promoted to MESA's audience, as well as live in the MESA Resource Center.  Use cases must be free of overt commercialism. Sponsors will receive leads from their use case downloads.

Keystone Sponsorships

Platinum Keystone: $30,000 annually
Gold Keystone: $15,000 annually
Regional Keystone: $7,500 annually

Keystone Sponsorships provide maximum exposure for a company seeking to align itself with MESA. These bundled packages are the most comprehensive of our opportunities available to our industry partners. The program delivers extensive brand recognition throughout the organization, lead generation opportunities and exclusive promotion access to our members. This annual commitment includes a variety of benefits and marketing opportunities designed for a company to reach the manufacturing operations space.

All Keystone Sponsorships include a company membership in MESA (a $5,500 value!)

Smart Manufacturing Community Sponsorship

Member Company Price: $5,500 annually
Non-Member Company Price: $8,000 annually (includes a company membership)

Smart Manufacturing Community Sponsors underwrite the ongoing best practice sharing and acceleration of progress toward Smart Manufacturing within this specific community in MESA. Benefits include:

  • Branding on landing and sign-up pages
  • branding on meeting intro slides
  • Special thanks on every call
  • 20-minute educational slot
  • Distribute your educational content (white paper, guide, etc.) to the Community
  • ...and more! Download the Community Sponsorship Prospectus for more information!

Webinar Sponsorship

Member Company: $5,500
Non-Member Company: $8,000

Sponsoring a webinar with MESA helps your company gain qualified leads, as well as adds more exposure to your brand. MESA’s sponsors are recognized as partners and are also seen as industry leaders. As a webinar sponsor, your brand will be visible throughout the life of the webinar telling members who you are and showcasing your company as dedicated to advancing Smart Manufacturing. Your topic must be educational in scope and provide business knowledge, solutions and information around Smart Manufacturing/Industry 4.0 topics.

MESA's mission is to help manufacturers/producers improve Operations Management capabilities through the effective application of technology solutions and best practices. MESA is registered as a 501(c)(6) organization with the IRS. Contributions to 501(c)(6) organizations are not deductible as charitable contributions on the donor’s federal income tax return. They may be deductible as trade or business expenses if ordinary and necessary in the conduct of the taxpayer’s business. Please check with your tax preparer for specific details and eligibility.