Become a Sponsor
Sponsoring the 43rd International Sea Turtle Society Symposium (ISTS Symposium43) provides an excellent opportunity to demonstrate your commitment to the conservation of sea turtles and preservation of the ocean environment, while simultaneously raising the visibility of your organisation to an estimated 600 attendees.
Our Sponsorship Team are seeking financial assistance from local, national, and international sponsors to support the hosting of ISTS Symposium43. A range of different sponsorship packages are available to suit your organisational needs, objectives, and financial situation and we would be delighted to discuss these promotional opportunities or any ideas you might have for promoting your products or services. For further information or to confirm your sponsorship contact Ingrid Yañez.
Leatherback* (Dermochelys coriacea):
US$20,000 and above
In partnership with the Sponsor, we direct Leatherback-level donations to support workshops, special sessions, plenary speakers, social events, and symposium-wide coffee breaks.
Benefits to the Sponsor:
Sponsor’s logo is displayed on the front cover of the ISTS Symposium program, ensuring high visibility.
Logo is projected at the largest size and most prominent locations during breaks and prior to each oral session, ensuring saturation exposure for all participants.
Logo is displayed prominently on the ISTS Symposium website before, during, and after registration; sponsor logo is also hyperlinked to sponsor website to bring attendees to the website when clicked.
Leatherback sponsors are provided the opportunity to include brochures, magazines, or other advertisement materials in each registrant’s materials packet.
Logo is displayed prominently on airport and symposium hotel banners.
Three free tickets for the closing banquet.
Five free symposium t-shirts.
*Leatherbacks are the largest turtle in the world and are the only species of sea turtle that lack scales and a hard shell.
Loggerhead* (Caretta caretta):
US$15,000 to $19,999
In partnership with the Sponsor, we direct Loggerhead-level donations to support workshops, special sessions, plenary speakers, social events, and symposium-wide coffee breaks.
Benefits to the Sponsor:
Sponsor’s logo is displayed on the front cover of the ISTS Symposium program, ensuring high visibility.
Logo is projected at the second largest size and most prominent locations during breaks and prior to each oral session, ensuring saturation exposure for all participants.
Logo is displayed prominently on the ISTS Symposium website before, during, and after registration; sponsor logo is also hyperlinked to sponsor website to bring attendees to the website when clicked.
Loggerhead sponsors are provided the opportunity to include brochures, magazines, or other advertisement materials in each registrant’s materials packet.
Four free symposium t-shirts.
*The loggerhead turtle is named for its large head, which supports powerful jaw muscles that enable them to feed on hard-shelled invertebrate prey.
Hawksbill* (Eretmochelys imbricata):
US$10,000 to US$14,999
In partnership with the Sponsor, we direct Hawksbill-level donations to support workshops, special sessions, audiovisual equipment, plenary speakers, social events and symposium-wide coffee breaks.
Benefits to the Sponsor:
Sponsor’s logo is displayed on the front cover of the ISTS Symposium program, ensuring high visibility.
Logo is projected at the third largest size in prominent locations during breaks and prior to each oral session, ensuring saturation exposure for all participants.
Logo is displayed prominently on the ISTS Symposium website before, during, and after registration; sponsor logo is also hyperlinked to sponsor website to bring attendees to the website when clicked.
Two free symposium t-shirts.
*Hawksbill turtles get their name from their unique beak-like bill, resembling that of a hawk - useful in consuming their main prey of reef sponges.
Green* (Chelonia mydas):
US$5,000 to US$9,999
In partnership with the Sponsor, we direct Green-level donations to support workshops, special sessions, audiovisual equipment rental and social events. This level of support may also go to supporting printing costs and ground transportation.
Benefits to the Sponsor:
Sponsor’s logo is displayed on the back cover of the ISTS Symposium program, ensuring high visibility
Logo is projected in prominent locations during breaks and prior to each oral session, ensuring saturation exposure for all participants.
Logo is displayed prominently on the ISTS Symposium website before, during, and after registration; sponsor logo is also hyperlinked to sponsor website to bring attendees to the website when clicked.
A free symposium t-shirt.
*The green sea turtle is the largest hard-shelled sea turtle and is herbivorous, eating mostly seagrasses and algae.
Kemp’s Ridley* (Lepidochelys kempii):
US$1000 to US$4,999
Kemp’s Ridley-level donations are used to support workshops, special sessions, program printing, audiovisual rental, cost of student travel, and travel of participants from developing countries. Sponsors have the option to designate the gift for use as travel funds and specify a particular group to support (e.g., students from Central America or participants from Africa).
Benefits to the Sponsor:
Sponsor’s logo is displayed on the back cover of the ISTS Symposium program, ensuring high visibility.
Logo is projected in prominent locations during breaks and prior to each oral session, ensuring saturation exposure for all participants.
Logo is displayed on the ISTS Symposium website before, during, and after registration; sponsor logo is also hyperlinked to sponsor website to bring attendees to the website when clicked.
Individuals benefiting from travel funding provided by the sponsor will acknowledge the sponsorship in their oral and poster presentations.
*Kemp’s Ridley are found mostly in the Gulf of Mexico and are the smallest species of sea turtle in the world.
Olive Ridley* (Lepidochelys olivacea):
US$500 to US$999
Olive Ridley level donations help defray the cost of workshops, printing, student awards, student travel, and travel of participants from developing countries.
Benefits to the Sponsor:
Sponsor will be listed on the sponsor page of the program.
Logo is projected in prominent locations during breaks and prior to each oral session.
Logo is displayed on the ISTS Symposium website before, during, and after registration; sponsor logo is also hyperlinked to sponsor website to bring attendees to the website when clicked.
Individuals benefiting from travel funding provided by the sponsor will acknowledge the sponsorship in their oral and poster presentations. Sponsor’s logo is displayed on the back cover of the ISTS Symposium program, ensuring high visibility.
*Olive Ridley turtles get their name from the olive-green color of their shell. This species is among the smallest of marine species and are found primarily in tropical oceans.
Flatback* (Natator depressus):
US$25 to US$499
Flatback level donations are used to help defray the cost of workshops, printing, student awards, student travel, and travel of participants from developing countries.
Benefits to the Sponsor:
Sponsor will be listed on the sponsor page of the program.
Sponsor will be acknowledged on the ISTS Symposium website.
*Flatbacks are known to occur only in the waters around Australia. They get their name from the relatively flattened curvature of their shell.
Additional Sponsorship Opportunities
Sponsorships are also offered for specific events such as workshops and special sessions of the symposium. Such sponsorships typically range from $2,000 to $5,000 depending on the event; please contact us for details. Sponsors of events are acknowledged prominently in the program, on the ISTS Symposium website, and during the symposium event, itself.
Acknowledgement
We express special thanks to Dawn Witherington of Drawn by Dawn Illustration and Design for the use of her sea turtle artwork of all seven species represented here.
