Dear Industry Partner:
Welcome to Industry Connections...SLA's communications service for our worldwide community of information industry partners.
THANK YOU for exhibiting at the 2004 SLA Conference in Nashville at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel, June 5th - 7th.
With Nashville behind us, we look forward to working with you to help create your presence as we plan for the 2005 Toronto conference. Total attendance this year was 3,852, with 2378 members, 204 non-members, and 1270 exhibitors.
Useful Information
Here are SLA attendance figures since 1978:
|
Year |
City |
Total |
Year | City |
Total | |
|
1978 |
Kansas City |
2700 |
1992 | San Francisco |
5137 | |
|
1979 |
Honolulu |
1820 |
1993 | Cincinnati |
5166 | |
|
1980 |
Washington, DC |
4050 |
1994 | Atlanta |
5053 | |
|
1981 |
Atlanta |
2960 |
1995 | Montreal |
6505 | |
|
1982 |
Detroit |
3000 |
1996 | Boston |
7756 | |
|
1982 |
New Orleans |
3070 |
1997 | Seattle |
6935 | |
|
1984 |
New York |
6073 |
1998 | Indianapolis |
5547 | |
|
1985 |
Winnipeg |
2674 |
1999 | Minneapolis |
6113 | |
|
1986 |
Boston |
5260 |
2000 | Philadelphia |
7391 | |
|
1987 |
Anaheim |
4200 |
2001 | San Antonio |
5217 | |
|
1988 |
Denver |
4635 |
2002 | Los Angeles |
4652 | |
|
1989 |
New York |
6435 |
2003 | New York |
6798 | |
|
1990 |
Pittsburgh |
4805 |
2004 | Nashville |
3852 | |
|
1991 |
San Antonio |
5029 |
|
Starting this month, Industry Connections will be sent on or before the last workday of every other month. The following schedule will apply: June, August, October, December, January 2nd (exception), March, and May.
Something NEW—If you have received a promotion, new product launch, company relocating, or any other exciting news that you would like to tell SLA staff and/or other SLA exhibitors, please send an e-mail to dhenry@sla.org for inclusion in future e-newsletters.
Revised 2005 Toronto exhibitor prospectus will be sent to all SLA 2004 exhibitors by the end of this week. Here are a few changes:
NEW SLA INFO-EXPO hours for Toronto
Sunday, June 5
12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Networking Reception: 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Monday, June 6
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
SLA INFO-EXPO Networking (non-conflict): 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Tuesday, June 7
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
SLA INFO-EXPO Networking (non-conflict): 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Exhibitor Badges
Extra staff badges will remain $25 as well as an additional form for booth maintenance staff (computer, Internet etc.).
The exhibitor survey will be sent via surveymonkey.com by July 31st. As reminder, 8,000 points are given toward your priority points by completing this survey.
Booth space assignments are in process for those that submitted their application onsite in Nashville. It should be finalized by Tuesday, August 31st upon exhibitor approval and sent with a confirmation letter.
A BIG thanks goes out to all of SLA’s 2004 Annual Conference Sponsors. As a sponsor, you are woven into the fabric of our association. Without your support many of our programs would not be possible.
On behalf of our twelve thousand members worldwide, SLA appreciates your continued dedication to SLA and the information profession.
|
Dialog |
Thomson Scientific |
We look forward to partnering with you throughout the next year to make SLA 2005 in Toronto a huge success for you and our conference participants.
SLA has officially moved its headquarters to Alexandria, VA. Please update your records with the following information:
SLA
331 South Patrick Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
1.703.647.4900 Fax: 1.703.647.4901
| John T. Adams III Advertising Sales 1.703.647.4919 jadams@sla.org |
Lashawn Charlton Sponsorship Sales 1.703.647.4942 lcharlton@sla.org |
DeVonne T. Henry Exhibition Sales 1.703.647.4948 dhenry@sla.org |
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