MRIA - Conference 2011

Be Part of the Celebration, as a Sponsor of the 2011 MRIA Conference in Kelowna!

Promote your brand at the leading gathering of marketing research professionals in Canada, the MRIA 2011 National Conference, "Ripe with Innovation," to be held from May 29-31 in the beautiful city of Kelowna, British Columbia.

Take the opportunity to network with peers, industry leaders, specialists, mavericks and traditionalists. Contribute to critical debate about innovation and forces for change in the industry.

In keeping with the custom of holding its national conference at venues across Canada, the association selected Kelowna, British Columbia as the venue for 2011. You have an opportunity to visit one of the most popular and beautiful destinations in Canada, matched with the opportunity to participate in thought provoking discussion on the market research industry in Canada.

With the various sponsorships available for the 2011 National Conference, your company has the flexibility to achieve its marketing objectives and stay within budget. Stand-alone sponsor packages are available from as little as $2,000 up to $30,000. Each package guarantees you excellent and ongoing recognition building up to the event (and further recognition after the event), as well as access to the attending delegates, several from sister organizations abroad, including ESOMAR, CASRO and MRA.

Please see the freshly enhanced 2011 MRIA Sponsorship Prospectus (PDF)
to get more details and for the application form. We’ve introduced a valuable new Diamond sponsorship category, plus an attractive new combination of benefits for various sponsorship categories

Go Mobile: Put your Brand in the Hands of Leaders, Movers and Shakers!

Promote your brand on an Innovative new mobile platform at the leading gathering of marketing research professionals in Canada, the MRIA 2011 National Conference, "Ripe with Innovation", to be held from May 29-31 in the beautiful city of Kelowna, British Columbia.

We’ve developed a mobile App to make it easier for delegates and guests to navigate all aspects of the MRIA 2011 National Conference. Our mobile App MRIA 2011 launched mid-May. Downloadable as a free application from Apple Store and the Android market, MRIA 2011 makes it easy for delegates and guests to navigate all aspects of the MRIA 2011 National Conference. A web-based version with partial functionality is also available for BlackBerry users. See download instructions below.

Stretch your marketing dollars! This is also an innovative and cost effective way to promote your brand through banner advert placements for your organization, its products and services. The App is accessible to the public, with a life that extends several months beyond the Conference itself. Showcase your brand on an innovative mobile platform designed to give you broad reach at an unbeatable cost. Advertising opportunities are offered on a first-come-first-served basis. With limited advertising hours in the day, we expect to sell out fast.

View the App Landing Page here.

View the Promo Video here.

Download instructions:

To access the iPhone / iPad version, simply enter "MRIA 2011" in the App Store and select "Download."

To access the Android version, search for "MRIA 2011" in the Android Market and download to your device.

To access from your BlackBerry and any other web-enabled device, enter the following URL in your device browser: http://tinyurl.com/mria2011web. (Note to BlackBerry users: it is not necessary to use a BlackBerry widget or to search in the App World – just follow the previous link).

Please see the MRIA 2011 App Sponsorship Prospectus (PDF) and the MRIA 2011 App Sponsorship Application (Word) for more details.

Download the App for yourself and have a look around. Read the media release to get a feel for what it’s all about.

Contact Mary DeBonis at (778) 373-5007 (Vancouver, BC); or Ian Large (780) 423-0708 (Edmonton, AB) to discuss your sponsorship opportunities.

MRIA is the single authoritative voice of the marketing and public opinion research and marketing intelligence industry in Canada.

Over the past 50 years, the association has grown to include more than 400 corporate members and over 1,700 individual members; and it accounts for more than $784 million dollars in economic
activity annually.

At some point, everyone in this industry has benefited, and continues to benefit, from its efforts.

Consider a few things MRIA brings you as a user or practitioner of research in Canada:

The Charter of Rights informs research project participants of their rights in one respondent-friendly document. That translates into higher response rates and lower data collection costs.
The Research Registration System provides the public with a mechanism to confirm the legitimacy of a given research survey and to ensure that any personal information requested is being collected and used for legitimate purposes – ensuring continued participation in your studies.
Canada’s premier marketing research conference attracts over 400 decision-makers and marketing research practitioners from research agencies, field suppliers, and client-side researcher organizations.
Sponsoring this exciting conference gives your organization the opportunity to share its key messages with a receptive group of leading decision-makers and be recognized as a generous supporter of our industry’s future growth.

No doubt you can think of many more benefits, but be assured MRIA will continue to expand the products and services it offers to the industry.

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