Sponsors
Sagem is a high-tech company in the SAFRAN Group. It is a world or European leader in solutions and services in optronics, avionics, electronics and critical software for the civilian and military markets. Sagem is the European No. 1 and worldwide No.3 in INSs for aeronautic, naval and land applications. It is also the worldwide No.1 in helicopter flight controls and the European No.1 in optronic and tactical UAV systems.
Present across the globe via the SAFRAN Group’s international network, Sagem and its subsidiaries employ 6000 people in Europe and the US.
Optronics and Defense division
The Optronics and Defense division has the best technologies in the world in terms of optronics systems and equipment for armed and security forces. These are used in airborne, naval and land applications: imagers and infrared and light-intensifying cameras, sights, periscopes, gyrostabilized pods, etc. It also offers militaries advanced solutions in air-land battle space digitization: soldier modernization, vehicle digitization (vetronics), cryptology, UAV systems, etc.
The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
ESA is an international organisation with 18 Member States. By coordinating the financial and intellectual resources of its members, it can undertake programmes and activities far beyond the scope of any single European country.
Thales is a leading defence contractor and a major player in civil and commercial markets around the world. Its businesses are organised by market segment – Aerospace & Space, Defence and Security – and operate as a single organisation, sharing advanced technologies and drawing on complementary capabilities to meet the specific requirements of each customer.
Thales benefits of an advanced technology expertise in the fields of optronics, image processing and complex systems.The Group is a supplier of electro-optical systems and equipment, providing high technology defense products for land, sea and air applications.
Onera (Office National d’Etudes et Recherches Aérospatiales) is the French national aerospace research center. The research has short, medium or long-term goals, it is designed to support the competitiveness and creativity of the aerospace and defense industries.
ONERA is one of the key figures in optronics research in Europe and is a major player in all areas of the optronics sector from individual components to the architecture of complex optronic systems. The Theoretical and Applied Optics Department (DOTA) carries out research in all areas of optics that have potential applications to aeronautics, space and military systems.
MBDA, a world leader in missiles and missile systems, is a multi-national group with employees in France, the United Kingdom, Italy and Germany.
The group is capable of designing and producing missiles and missile systems to meet the whole range of current and future operational requirements for the three armed forces (army, navy, air force).
The mastery of cutting-edge technologies is not only an advantage for MBDA in successfully developing and producing new products. It is also a means of guaranteeing customers that innovations can be made to existing products during their life span in order to meet constantly changing specifications arising from increasingly complex engagement scenarios.
For over 40 years, the company CILAS has developed recognised expertise in laser and optical technologies. Today, CILAS develops, industrialises and markets a wide range of products and systems using these high technologies.
Defence and civil and military security, scientific and industrial instrumentation, cutting-edge optical components and major scientific laser programmes are its main markets.
The “Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales” (CNES) is the government agency responsible for shaping and implementing France’s space policy in Europe.
CNES is a pivotal player in Europe’s space programme, and a major source of initiatives and proposals that aim to maintain France and Europe’s competitive edge.
It conceives and executes space programmes with its partners in the scientific community and industry, and is closely involved in many international cooperation programmes.
Through its ability to innovate and its forward-looking vision, CNES is helping to foster new technologies that will benefit society as a whole, focusing on
access to space, civil applications of space, sustainable development, science and technology research, security and defence.
EPIC, the European Photonics Industry Consortium, with 80 voting members and over 400 associate members is Europe’s premier photonics industry association. EPIC brings together the three major partners in the photonics industry: equipment suppliers, components manufacturers, and users of photonics components. EPIC helps its members to work together to build sustainable growth for photonics business all over the world. We serve our members by providing vital business development services and commercial and partnering opportunities. Membership is open to all organisations that are engaged in photonics engineering that have a presence in Europe. HYPERLINK "http://www.epic-assoc.com" www.epic-assoc.com
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The benefits of Sponsoring include:
- Be seen as an active participant in Optronics field.
- Promote your organization, its products and programmes to a distinguished, high-level audience.
- Receive recognition as a Symposium sponsor in all Symposium promotional material.
- Network with attendees, many of whom are decision-makers in the industry.
- Get a free space to exhibit.
An opportunity for sponsoring companies to meet representatives from the optronical and aerospace industries and renowned experts and executives.
A wide selection of popular sponsorships including benefits within exclusive packages or team up with us to develop a customized marketing solution to help sponsoring companies achieve the individual results expected
- Banquet tickets,
- Complimentary Conference Registration fees,
- Stand
- Company logo on all conference documentation
- Company logo on all onsite conference banners & posters
- Logo listing on conference web with paragraph
- Company logo listing on conference program
- Additional benefits
| Benefits | ||||
| Banquet tickets | 4 | 2 | ||
| Complimentary Conference Registration fees | 4 | 2 | ||
| M² stand | 18 m² | 6 m² | 2 m² | |
| Company logo on all conference documentation | X | X | ||
| Company logo on all onsite conference banners & posters | X | X | X | |
| Logo listing on conference web with paragraph | X | X | X | X |
| Company logo listing on conference programme | X | X | X | X |
In addition to the sponsorship packages sponsoring companies have the opportunity to co-sponsor one or more events :
- Banquet – 4 February 2010
- Welcome Cocktail to be defined
The additionnal sponsorship fee for these events includes :
- Mention of « hosted by… » in all OPTRO 2010 publications including website
- Menus with sponsor logo and « hosted by… »
- Possibility of distributing a sponsor’s gift
Private events can also be organised on request (reserved banquet table).