Sponsoring offer

Improving sown grass-

lands through breeding

and management

European Grassland Federation EGF

European Association for Research on Plant Breeding

EUCARPIA, Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses Section

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Organizing institutions

European Grassland Federation EGF Arbeitsgemeinschaft zur Förderung

des Futterbaus AGFF

Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses Section

Co-Chairs of Organizing Committee:

Andreas Lüscher, Agroscope Roland Kölliker, ETH Zürich

European Grassland Federation EGF

European Association for Research on Plant Breeding

EUCARPIA, Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses Section

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Inhalt

Sponsoring invitation ....................................................................................................................................................... 3

Symposium information .................................................................................................................................................. 4

Venue .................................................................................................................................................................................. 5

“Improving sown grasslands through breeding and management” ........................................................ 5

Preliminary program ................................................................................................................................................... 6

Topics ................................................................................................................................................................................. 6

Registration fees ............................................................................................................................................................ 6

Inquiries ............................................................................................................................................................................ 6

Committees ...................................................................................................................................................................... 7

Qualified sponsorship ...................................................................................................................................................... 6

Supporter packages ........................................................................................................................................................... 7

Logo on supporter appreciation page (program leaflet and website) only ............................................... 7

Interested? ............................................................................................................................................................................ 8

Contact form ......................................................................................................................................................................... 9

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European Association for Research on Plant Breeding

EUCARPIA, Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses Section

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SPONSORING INVITATION

For the first time, the European Grassland Federation (EGF) and the Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses

Section of EUCARPIA, the European Association for Research on Plant Breeding, will meet in a joint

Symposium. It will take place at ETH Zürich, Switzerland, from 24 to 27 June 2019.

On behalf of EGF and EUCARPIA, as well as ETH Zurich and Agroscope, a research station of the Swiss

Federal Office for Agriculture, we are happy and proud to invite you and your organisation to participate

in one of our exclusive Sponsor or Supporter programs of this unique event.

This leaflet provides you with essential information about our sponsoring opportunities and outlines the

cornerstones of the Joint Symposium. All sponsoring opportunities are summarized on page 4. On pages

8 and 9 details on sponsorship categories and supporter packages are listed. Supporter packages start at

CHF 500, qualified bronze, silver, gold and platinum sponsorship categories are from CHF 3000 to CHF

20000.

We are convinced that this opportunity will be of interest to you. Visibility in this European event with

global participation where experts in grassland science and grass and clover breeding meet to exchange

their ideas will no doubt benefit your business. We expect an audience of advanced students, young

researchers and leading scientists in academia, but also key persons of related industry such as

commercial plant breeding, seed production and trade, and further along the production chain of

ruminant animal products such as milk and meet. We are more than happy to be of assistance to you and

to provide you with further information should you require it.

Kind regards,

Beat Boller and Willy Kessler

Agroscope

European Grassland Federation EGF

European Association for Research on Plant Breeding

EUCARPIA, Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses Section

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SPONSORING OPPORTUNITIES AT A GLANCE

Amount CHF

Category

Logo on sidebar of website

Logo on Sponsor appreciation page

Visibility at specific program item

Promotion item in congress bag

Discount on conference fee for 1 participant

500 Supporter Yes

1500 Supporter Yes coffee break or excursion

3000 Bronze Yes Yes meal1 50 %

5000 Silver Yes Yes 1 session 100 %

10000 Gold Yes Yes 1 session plus logo on ticket2 Yes 100 %

20000 Platinum Yes, on top

Yes all sessions plus logo on ticket

Yes 100 %

1 either one lunch during conference days or one course of conference dinner 2 logo on public transportation ticket combined with name badge for all participants See details on pages 8 and 9

European Grassland Federation EGF

European Association for Research on Plant Breeding

EUCARPIA, Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses Section

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SYMPOSIUM INFORMATION

Date: June 26 – 29, 2019

Symposium Venue: ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Attendee Profile: Plant scientists, grassland agronomists, plant breeders, molecular geneticists, officials of variety testing and the seed trade, academic staff and graduate students of grassland science, plant breeding and genetics

Expected Number of Attendees: 250-350

Venue

The symposium will take place at the main campus of ETH Zurich, located near the city centre of Zurich,

Switzerland. ETH Zurich is one of the world’s leading universities for technology and natural sciences, with

its department for environmental systems sciences and its institute of agricultural sciences being ranked

among the top European research institutes in this research area. More than 19,000 students, including

4,000 PhD students, from more than 120 countries pursue their studies in a broad variety of subjects

ranging from informatics, engineering to natural sciences and medicine. The symposium will be held in

the beautiful classicistic main building of ETH Zurich, built by Gottfried Semper in the second half of the

19th century.

“Improving sown grasslands through breeding and management”

This international meeting will provide a unique opportunity to bring together scientists and stakeholders

working on all aspects of sown grassland research and fodder production. In plenary sessions, key topics

relevant to both societies will be presented and discussed by invited speakers and through offered oral

and poster presentations. Parallel sessions will provide an opportunity to discuss topics more specific to

EGF or EUCARPIA and to hold workshops to tackle current issues and problems.

Grassland-based ruminant production Systems often rely on sown grasslands, either regularly re-sown

permanent pastures and meadows or leys in a crop rotation. Productivity of these ecosystems depends

on the availability of high quality forage crop cultivars, the right association of these cultivar in mixtures

and on optimized management practices. The main aim of the EGF-EUCARPIA-Symposium-2019 is to bring

together scientists from both fields and thus enable fruitful discussions and interactions.

During the symposium, factors influencing selection of forage crop species particularly suited for multi-

species mixtures will be identified and new developments in the area of mixture development and

management will be discussed. Emphasis will be given to opportunities offered through new and novel

technologies such as high resolution phenotyping, genomic analyses and statistical modelling. Another

key aspect of the symposium will be the importance of plant-microbe interactions for successful and

sustainable forage production. Finally focus will be laid on the interaction between research, education

and application which is crucial for research results and novel technologies to be transferred into

grassland management and f orage production. The symposium will allow for intensive exchange of

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European Association for Research on Plant Breeding

EUCARPIA, Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses Section

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research ideas and knowledge, joining the two European societies representing research in forage crop

breeding (EUCARPIA) and grassland management (EGF).

Preliminary program

Sunday 23.6.2019 Registration, welcome drink

Monday 24.6.2019 Opening session, one plenary session, two parallel sessions, opening reception

Tuesday 25.6.2019 Two plenary sessions, afternoon excursion

Wednesday 26.6.2019 Two plenary sessions, two parallel sessions, conference dinner

Thursday 27.6.2019 Two plenary sessions, closing of the conference (noon)

27.6.-29.6.2019 Post-conference tour (optional, at additional cost)

Plenary sessions will be introduced by an invited speaker, followed by oral presentations selected from

attendees’ submissions.

For the afternoon excursion of Tuesday, participants can choose from at least three options.

Topics

Session I Mixtures for efficient and multi-functional forage production

Session II Optimizing mixtures and mixture management

Session III New technologies and opportunities

Session IV Plant-microbe interactions in breeding

Session V Plant-microbe interactions in mixtures-based forage production

Session VI Translating research into practice: A) Cultivar testing

Session VII Translating research into practice: B) Collaborations and systems promoting mixtures

Registration fees

Registration fee for regular participants will be 650 CHF with reduced rates for enrolled students. The fee

will cover conference registration, conference program with abstracts, book of proceedings, welcome

receptions, coffee and lunches, afternoon excursion, conference dinner and public transport within

Zurich.

Inquiries

General inquiries: secretariat@egfeucarpia2019.ch

Inquiries concerning sponsoring opportunities: sponsor@egfeucarpia2019.ch

Website: www.egfeucarpia2019.ch

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European Association for Research on Plant Breeding

EUCARPIA, Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses Section

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Committees

Program committee

Olivier Huguenin-Elie, Agroscope (co-chair)

Bruno Studer, ETHZ (co-chair)

Andreas Lüscher, Agroscope

Daniel Nyfeler, AGFF

Dirk Reheul, Ghent University, BE

Isabel Roldan-Ruiz, ILVO, BE

Roland Kölliker, ETHZ

Massimiliano Probo, Agroscope

Nina Buchmann, ETHZ

Philippe Barre, INRA, FR

Pierre Mariotte, EPFL

Ulf Feuerstein, DSV, DE

Local organising committee

Roland Kölliker, ETHZ (co-chair)

Andreas Lüscher, Agroscope (co-chair)

Beat Boller, Agroscope

Beat Reidy, HAFL

Bruno Studer, ETHZ

Christoph Grieder, Agroscope

Daniel Suter, Agroscope

Franz Schubiger, Agroscope

Olivier Huguenin, Agroscope

Manuel Schneider, Agroscope

Paolo Demaria, Demaria Event Management

Priska Gassmann, Agroscope

Willi Kessler, Agroscope

QUALIFIED SPONSORSHIP

Platinum Sponsor

Gold Sponsor Silver Sponsor Bronze Sponsor

Amount 20'000 CHF 10'000 CHF 5‘000 CHF 3’000 CHF

Maximum number of sponsors per category

1 2 7 6

Logo of the sponsor on sidebar of congress website and linked to sponsor's website

On top included included included

Company's logo will be displayed on screens at start of session

For all sessions

For the one session

sponsored

For the one session

sponsored

Company's logo on all printed material

included included included included

Logo on the sponsor appreciation page of congress website and program leaflet

included included included included

A brochure and a company promotion item in congress bag

included included

Logo printed on free public transport ticket included for all participants (combined with the name badge)

included included

Sponsored course (soup, starter, main dish, dessert) of the conference dinner, or lunch during conference days is announced and logo printed on menu

included

Discount on conference fee for 1 participant

100 % 100 % 100 % 50 %

Logos on sidebar of website will be arranged in descending order of sponsor categories

European Grassland Federation EGF

European Association for Research on Plant Breeding

EUCARPIA, Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses Section

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SUPPORTER PACKAGES

Value Logo Support

mentioned Other benefits

One coffee break 1500 CHF

On the coffee tables

Support will be mentioned when coffee break is announced

Company's logo will be on the supporter appreciation page of the website and program leaflet.

One excursion 1500 CHF On bus and excursion voucher

Support will be mentioned when excursions are announced

Company's logo will be on the supporter appreciation page of the website and program leaflet.

LOGO ON SUPPORTER APPRECIATION PAGE (PROGRAM LEAFLET AND WEBSITE)

ONLY

Price: from 500 CHF

No other benefit

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European Association for Research on Plant Breeding

EUCARPIA, Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses Section

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INTERESTED?

If you are interested in one of our sponsorship or supporter options, we will be happy to provide you

with further information. Please contact us:

Telephone: +41 58 4687363 (Beat Boller) / +41 58 468 72 76 (Willy Kessler)

E-mail: beat.boller@agroscope.admin.ch / willy.kessler@agroscope.admin.ch

or use the booking form below and send it to sponsor@egfeucarpia2019.ch

European Grassland Federation EGF

European Association for Research on Plant Breeding

EUCARPIA, Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses Section

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CONTACT FORM

We would like to be a sponsor (please check the appropriate box):

□ Platinum Partner □ Gold Partner

□ Silver Partner □ Bronze Partner

□ Supporter

Contact:

Surname/ First Name: ________________________________________________________________

Company / Institution : _______________________________________________________________

Department : _______________________________________________________________________

Function: __________________________________________________________________________

Address: ___________________________________________________________________________

ZIP-Code / City: _____________________________________________________________________

Phone: ____________________________________________________________________________

Mobile: ____________________________________________________________________________

Email: _____________________________________________________________________________

Please return this form to the following address:

Mail: Beat Boller

Forschungsanstalt Agroscope

Reckenholzstrasse 191

CH-8046 Zurich

Switzerland

or scan and e‐mail to: sponsor@egfeucarpia2019.ch