CGC SFPE - 3rd Annual Tradeshow: Corp. Sponsors & Speaker Applicants ONLY

Sponsors and Speakers: Click on "REGISTER" button at left to ensure your place!

If you would like to register to attend the tradeshow, we thank you! We plan to open registration for attendees July 20, 2019. This registration is ONLY for:

• Company sponsorships for Booths ($250) and Commercial Presentations ($500)

• Speaker Applications for Non-Commercial Presentations ($0)

Note that if you are not already registered as a member with CGC, during your registration you should likely choose "Friend of CGC" (a no-cost, no obligation membership) as your membership type.

The Central Gulf Coast presents its Third Annual Tradeshow on August 29, 2019 (Date Revised!). We have again procured space at the Five Rivers Delta Center on the Causeway north of Mobile Bay to congregate everyone related to the Fire Protection industry for the purposes of:

• Growing our collective understanding of current products, codes, technologies, and the science of fire protection
• Building relationships between our peers in our respective careers as well as other professionals in our parallel industries of Engineers, Contractors, Manufactures, First Responders, Vendors, Code Compliance Officers, and the next generation of our work force - students.
• Providing the opportunity for each of us to introducing ourselves or increase our exposure to potential Buyers, Employers, Clients, etc.

This year we have made some changes which we beleive will significantly improve the value to our commercial sponsors and the attendants. The schedule allows for a full hour for the speakers and their presentation, plus 15-minute breaks between presentations, a full hour lunch break for attendants to visit with booths without missing a presentation period, and a social hour after the last presentation which ends at much earlier this year at 2:45 pm, allowing attendees to socialize and network at the booths. Despite the shorter day and free times, the attendents have more than twice as many presentations to choose from with three concurrent presentations set for each period. This is sure to be a banner year for the Central Gulf Coast Chapter of the SFPE! 

Period	Begins	Dur (min)	Locations
- Breakfast &      Booth Setup	7:30	30	Longleaf & Delta Hall Lobby
Presentation 1	8:00	60	Tensaw Aud. & Blakeley Hall
- Break	9:00	15
Presentation 2	9:15	60	Tensaw Aud. & Blakeley Hall
- Break	10:15	15
Presentation 3	10:30	60	Tensaw Aud. & Blakeley Hall
- Lunch Hour / Booths	11:30	60	Longleaf & Delta Hall Lobby
Presentation 4	12:30	60	Tensaw Aud. & Blakeley Hall
- Break	1:30	15
Presentation 5	1:45	60	Tensaw Aud. & Blakeley Hall
- Social Hour / Booths	~2:45	75	Longleaf & Delta Hall Lobby
Booth Breakdown	4:00

Booth Sponsor:

Booth tables are again available in the Delta Hall Lobby and Longleaf Room for vendors to sponsor. Each space is ~72"x30" for a $250 sponsorship. To enhance the value for our booth sponsors break times have been added between presentations (see schedule above).  Also, there are two one-hour+ time periods with no presenatations to allow attendees to visit booths: during the Lunch Hour and the Social Hour after the last presentation (which ends at 2:45pm).

Register now as a "Booth Sponsor" to ensure your place. Payment is required on registration; booths are first-come, first-served.

Commercial Presentation Sponsor:

The 3rd Annual Tradeshow has ten presentation spots available for sponsors who would like to provide our attendants with the a 1-hour Commercial Presentation. The sponsorships for a Commercial Presentation is $500. The presentation may explicetly promote the value of a product, service, etc. but is still encouraged to be qualified for continuing education. Sponsored Commercial Presentation are exempt from the CGC Non-Commercialism policy.

Presentations will be in either the Tensaw Auditorum or one of two classrooms in the Blakely Hall Conference Center. Presentation times and locations will be assigned prior to the event based the attendee registrations and presentation content.

Register now as a "Commercial Presentation Sponsor" to ensure your place. Payment is required on registration. Presentations are on a first-come, first-served basis.

Non-Commercial Presentation for Continuing Education:

The Central Gulf Coast of the SFPE is sponsoring five 1-hour Non-Commercial Presentations (at no cost to the Presenter). Presentations may be from experts in non-profit and for-profit organizations but must be presenting on a non-commercial topic that qualifies for continuing education credit for contractors, engineers or professionals related to Fire Protection. Non-Commercial Presentations shall be absent of commercialized content per the CGC-SFPE Non-Commercialism Policy (reprinted at the end this announcement below).

Presentations will be in either the Tensaw Auditorum or one of two classrooms in the Blakely Hall Conference Center. Presentation times and locations will be assigned prior to the event based the attendee registrations and presentation content.

Register now to submit your "Application to Provide a Non-Commercial Presention" if you are a qualified candidate, or would like submit on behalf of a qualified candidate. Applications must be submitted via registration by Friday, July 5, 2019. The CGC Board will examine all qualfied applications and confirm with the five selected to announce the names of all presentations no later than July 10. Timeline allows all presenters at least six weeks before the Tradeshow. Registration for attendees (free) will subsequently open.

Lunch - 11:30 - 12:30

Lunch will be provided, compliments of our sponsors. During the lunch hour, no presentations are scheduled and attendees are encouraged to visit our Booth Sponsors.

Attendees

Attendence to the 3rd Annual CGC-SFPE Tradeshow is free, compliments of our sponsors. This registration is only for our Booth Sponsors, Commercial Presentation Sponsors, and Applicants for the Non-Commercial Presentations. Registration should open for attendees by July 10. Registration will provide attendees the ability indicate which presentations they would like to attend to better serve their interests.

CGC SFPE Non-Commercialism Policy (Interim):

Presentations advertised to SFPE membership as "Non-Commercial" shall meet all of the following: