Sponsorship

EFS International Forum

September 16, 17, 18

Purpose

The EFS International Forum creates a venue for stakeholders to network, learn from each other, and help steer the future of this dynamic field.

Overview

The EFS International Forum continues an important dialogue. Expert finder systems take many forms, including but not limited to:

• content-rich profiling sites, e.g., ORCID, Google Scholar
• social media tools, e.g., ResearchGate, LinkedIn
• research information management (RIM) systems
• current research information systems (CRIS)
• networking platforms and other curated information

This facilitates the spread of institutional and individual reputation by showcasing metadata to tell the impact stories of faculty and administrators.

The Forum’s Conference Planning Committee is organizing and hosting this event to include leaders from:

• higher education, including faculty, librarians, administrators, corporate/community relations staff, industry liaisons/business development/ economic development professionals, and data and information management personnel
• vendors and nonprofit/open-source solution providers in this marketplace

Attendees also will learn about the economic development impacts of expert finding on the regional, state, national, and global levels.

EFS have been serving universities, business, industry, economic development professionals, and the research community for more than two decades. The Forum provides opportunities for:

• attendees to learn about various platforms
• understand best practices for starting and managing an EFS
• share ideas and information about current uses
• chart the need for features that support emerging uses
• learn strategies for enhancing engagement

Attendees also will learn about the economic development impacts of EFS at the regional, state, national, and global levels.
EFS can support:

• faculty, student, and administrative needs, including student advising and decision-making driving retention and graduation
• faculty success through collaborative team-building and mentoring arrangements
• promotion and tenure processes
• institutional reporting for accreditation and other needs
• marketing and news dissemination

EFS can be extremely important in supporting economic development, advancing cross-unit collaboration, and promoting discovery and innovation. EFS also are tools that gather, manage, and publish searchable information about equipment/resources/facilities associated with expertise.

The EFS Forum also offers the opportunity to explore establishing a new professional organization to provide leadership and ongoing events supporting:

• community and system-building
• development of best practices, e.g., AI/ML
• value proposition and sustainability
• evolving platforms and applications
• EFS and economic development

Attendee Profile

Organizers expect 100 to 150 attendees–primarily faculty, researchers, librarians, and administrators from major research institutions and economic development organizations throughout the nation and world.

• expert finder and research information management system administrators
• librarians, research impact professionals, scholarly communication professionals, and administrators of institutional repositories
• higher education administrators, e.g., corporate and government relations, outreach and engagement professionals, institutional marketing, institutional research/competitive intelligence
• expert finder system platform providers
• business and industry academic partners
• economic development professionals
• researchers studying research information management systems
• research commercialization administrators
• institutional users of platforms such as LinkedIn, ResearchGate, Google Scholar
• systems developers
• journal publishers and editors
• government partners such PubMed, National Laboratories, federal agencies, and other grant-making agencies, e.g., private foundations, NGOs

Sponsor Benefit	Gold = $5,000	Silver = $2,500
Advertisement on Forum program webpage
Presentation after keynote speaker or lunchtime (10 minutes)
Presentation after a program session (5 minutes)
Logo with link on Forum website footer
Acknowledgement in Forum opening remarks
Exhibit table in Whova conference site with dedicated time for sponsor meetups each day
Networking time each day to informally engage with attendees
Complimentary Forum registrations for six people
Complimentary Forum registrations for three people
Attendees' email addresses (2 weeks before Forum and again after Forum)
Logo on promotional emails sent to registrants and prospective attendees (up to 10 mailings)
Logo displayed before every presentation

Opportunity	Number Available	Cost	Details
Forum Attendee List	2	$1,000	Available after the Forum
Or any idea approved by the conference planning committee