ATE-CON at the ATE PI conference

ATE-CON will make its grand debut at the ATE PI Conference on October 29-31 in Washington, DC. ATE-CON will have a booth during all three days of the showcase. If you will be attending the ATE PI Conference and would like to volunteer to man the ATE-CON booth (#3), please leave a comment with your name, affiliation, and the time that you are available. Here is the showcase schedule:

Showcase 1: Centers Showcase

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Showcase Set-up: 3:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Showcase Sesssion: 7:30 - 10:00 p.m.

Showcase Tear Down: 10:00 - 11:00 p.m.

Showcase 2: Project Showcase

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Showcase Set-up: 7:30 - 8:45 a.m.

Showcase Session: 12:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Showcase Tear Down: 2:30 - 3:15 p.m.

Showcase 3: Project Showcase

Friday, October 31, 2008

Showcase Set-up: 7:30 - 8:45 a.m.

Showcase Session: 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Showcase Tear Down: 12:30 - 1:15 p.m.

MATEC will take care of set up and tear down - we just need volunteers for the times that the showcase is open.

Another strategy that the ATE-CON planning committee is going to employ is visiting other booths during the showcase. The ATE-CON executive committee and any other interested planning committee members will visit the ATE project and center booths that aren't aware of ATE-CON to talk to them personally about how they can get involved.

Also, the marketing committee is working on some posters that sustaining and contributing centers can have at their booths to show their support of ATE-CON, as well as stickers that ATE center personnel can wear saying "Ask me about ATE-CON" in the hopes that this will generate interest about ATE-CON at other centers' booths. Here are samples of those marketing strategies that are in the works: