HOW TO PARTICIPATE | BOOTH PROFILE | DOOR PRIZES | SCHEDULE | SHIPPING & RECEIVING | CONTACT

How to Participate

Registration for the UNC CAUSE 2005 conference is closed.

The conference includes opportunities for corporate participation and support in the form of demonstrations, displays and discussions with technology professionals specializing in higher education. The vendor committee for UNC CAUSE 2005 invites your company to support this year's conference as a corporate sponsor.

• Demonstrations. The display area at the conference site provides an interactive forum to meet attendees and discuss products or services.

  Companies may purchase a booth area which includes a 6'x8' table and conference access for two representatives for $1,300. Additional corporate representative registrations may be purchased for $75 each. Booth areas may be purchased with a completed form and full payment. (Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view the PDF file. The free program is available at Adobe Systems Incorporated.)

  With a booth area, companies may also submit proposals for "vendor workshops" for the conference. The proposal submission form gathers your workshop proposal information and submits to the Vendor Committee for consideration.

• Sponsorships. Companies may also elect to sponsor one of the social activities. Events - such as Breakfast, Lunch and Breaks -are available on a limited basis. Contact the Vendor Chair Ray DeCristofaro to learn more.

Complete the Vendor Participation form, provided in Adobe PDF format, and mail it along with a check, made to "UNC-Chapel Hill," to the following address:
Rebecca Molinary
Information Technology Services (ITS)
Campus Box 3420
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3420

Booth Profile
Each vendor will be provided with a 6' table, skirt, drape, two chairs, electrical and networking connectivity for a booth display in the designated vendor presentation area at the conference. Additional items or supplies will not be provided by the conference.

Network access will be available. A wired connection will be available at each booth, and wireless coverage will be available in the common areas as well as the vendor display area. Please advise the logistics team if additional network connections are needed for a display booth.

All network users are requested to have the latest OS patches and virus protection software installed on their computers. Failure to do so may compromise your or other network devices and their network access.

Door Prizes
Vendors bringing door prizes must contact the Vendor Committee who will provide details on distribution.

Schedule
The schedule for the vendor presentation area is provided below. Security will be provided during the conference (Monday evening through Wednesday morning).

Displays must be removed no later than 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 9.

Shipping & Receiving
If you need to ship anything to the conference site, use the following address:

Hilton Wilmington Riverside
301 North Water Street
Wilmington, NC 28401-3934
ATTN: Shipping & Receiving: UNC CAUSE Conference (Nov. 8-10)

All materials shipped in for the conference may arrive on Saturday, Nov. 5, or Monday, Nov. 7. Hotel storage is limited. All shipped materials must state conference/group name (UNC CAUSE 2005) and date of event (Nov. 8–10, 2005) and contact name on bill of lading.

When shipping materials for your conference display booth, note the following rules:

• All equipment/materials shipped in and/or out of the Wilmington Hilton must be off-loaded and/or loaded by the hired shipping company.
• Any containers weighing more than 200 pounds will not, under any circumstances, be moved into the hotel facilities by hotel staff members.
• All equipment must be shipped for arrival no earlier than three (3) days before vendor arrival. All materials/equipment must be delivered between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
• All material must be removed from hotel at the end of the event (Nov. 10) or a storage fee will be charged.
• All shipped materials must state conference/group name and date of event and contact name on bill of lading.
• Any materials shipped before (3) days prior to the start of the event, or not picked up within (2) days after the conclusion of the event, are subject to a $5.00 per day per package fee (regardless of size).

Conference Contact for Vendors
Raymond DeCristofaro
Vendor Coordination Chair
Information Technology Services (ITS)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(919) 698-8581