2015 Annual Conference Anchorage, AK

Who is IEDC? Non-profit membership organization dedicated to helping economic development professionals Members include ED professionals from a wide range of public, private and public-private organizations at the state, region, city, county and town level 2

What does IEDC do? Professional development & certification - CEcD Economic Development Research Partner (EDRP) think tank and sponsored research Resiliency & Economic Recovery Activities 3

What does IEDC do? Publications: EDNow and the Economic Development Journal Customized technical assistance projects Public policy advocacy for ED at the national level International economic development projects 4

What is the IEDC Annual Conference? The largest gathering of economic development professionals in the world. 5

Benefits of Hosting an Annual Conference Promote Alaska to the economic development community. Promote Allow Alaska to become a “learning lab” for attendees to showcase local economic development success stories. Showcase Allow industry experts from all over the world to work together and network with one another in a non-competitive and friendly environment. Network Promote cooperation between regional partners towards the common goal of strengthening economic development work in Anchorage and Alaska. Collaborate 6

Why am I here? To discuss the sponsorship options for the 2015 Annual Conference, being hosted in Anchorage in October. 7

Annual Conference Sponsorship In total, AEDC is helping IEDC raise $384,000 as part of the overall sponsorship goal of ~$750,000 The $750,000 goes towards covering all of the overhead associated with the conference. Without sponsorships, we cannot host the event. 8

Sponsorship Benefits Opportunities to introduce keynote speakers or moderate panels at plenary sessions Media coverage locally, nationally, and internationally Marketing outreach to key members of marketplaces throughout the U.S. and Canada 9

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Where’s my money going? Sponsoring the Annual Conference means you are sponsoring an IEDC event, not AEDC Any and all sponsorship funds go directly to IEDC and the Annual Conference All sponsorship funds go towards hosting and improving the conference for attendees 11

Questions, Comments, Suggestions? 12