The Future of Our Oceans - Promotional Sponsor & Exhibitor Opportunities Featuring The Oceans Expo and 2019 Visiting SAGE Sylvia Earle
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Promotional Sponsor & Exhibitor Opportunities
The Future of Our Oceans
Featuring The Oceans Expo and
2019 Visiting SAGE Sylvia Earle
Sunday, May 19, 2019
PSU Viking Pavilion, Portland
Co-presented by
SAGE & Oregon Coast Aquarium
About the Event Dr. Sylvia Earle, Hero for the Planet
Global oceans champion, Dr. Sylvia Earle, will speak Dr. Sylvia Earle is Explorer in Residence at the
about the future of our oceans as the 2019 Visiting National Geographic Society, Founder of Mission
SAGE. Popularly called Her Deepness by the New Blue, Founder of Deep Ocean Exploration and Re-
Yorker and the New York Times, she is an inspiration search, and former Chief Scientist of NOAA. She has
to millions as a hero for the planet. received 27 honorary doctorates, has authored more
than 200 publications and led more than 100 expedi-
Earle will speak about the world’s oceans as the
tions with over 7,000 hours underwater. Her
source of all life, why they’re in peril from pollution,
research concerns the ecology and conservation of
over-use and climate change, and how we can be a
marine ecosystems and the development of
part of an all-out effort to save them. She’ll be joined
technology for deep sea access.
by young leaders with a hope-inspiring message: to-
gether, we can restore the blue heart of our planet. Dr. Earle is the subject of the Emmy® Award Winning
Netflix documentary, Mission Blue, and is the
At the event, guests
recipient of more than 100 national and international
will also enjoy our
honors and awards. This includes being named
Oceans Expo with
Time Magazine’s first “Hero for the Planet,” a
live music and
“Living Legend” by the Library of Congress,
exhibits featuring
2014 UNEP “Champion of the Earth,”
marine conservation,
Glamour Magazine’s 2014 “Woman of the Year,”
research and volun-
member of the Netherlands Order of the Golden Ark,
teer opportunities.
and winner of the 2009 TED Prize, the Walter
Cronkite Award, the 1996 Explorers Club Medal, the
Royal Geographic Society 2011 Patron’s Medal, and
the National Geographic 2013 Hubbard Medal.
“With every breath we take, every drop of water we drink, we are dependent
on the existence of Earth’s living ocean.” — Sylvia Earle, Ocean Advocate
The Future of Our Oceans, Dr. Sylvia Earle 2019 Visiting SAGE Event
Promotional Sponsorship Opportunities
Thank you for your interest in serving as a Promotional Sponsor for our May 19 Visiting SAGE event
featuring Dr. Sylvia Earle. This is a no cost opportunity to help spread word of this event and to cross-
promote our collective work to restore the ocean, particularly in the Pacific Northwest. SAGE and the Ore-
gon Coast Aquarium are excited to share this special event with you.
As a Promotional Sponsor, we would value your help in the following ways to get the word out. We recog-
nize that not all sponsors have the same promotional tools, and we can tailor your plan to your capabilities.
All promotional sponsors have access to our Media Kit (WeAreSage.org/Oceans/MediaKit) for sample text
and approved images.
Promotional Sponsors also have the option to participate in our Oceans Expo with live music and exhibits
featuring marine conservation, research and volunteer opportunities. The Expo will take place immediately
before Dr. Earle’s public address, and afterwards. To help defray some costs for this Expo, we ask exhibitors
at the Oceans Expo to make a $100 contribution to hold their exhibit space.
Benefits for Promotional Sponsors
• Recognition as a Promotional Sponsor.
• Two (2) Special Admission Tickets (valued at $50/ticket) to the main event and private reception.
• Four (4) General Admission Tickets (valued at $20/ticket) to the main event.
• Logo featured on event website (with link to your website) and on event flyer. The flyer will be
distributed throughout the Portland metropolitan area.
• Logo featured on sponsor slideshow at Oceans Expo and on Main Stage.
• 15% discount code for bulk purchase of tickets (ten tickets or more). Contact us for your code.
• Exhibit space at Oceans Expo on Viking Pavilion Concourse. The exhibit space is optional. The standard
space includes one, six-foot table. Contact us for more information about larger exhibit space that may
be needed to feature information about oceans conservation and marine research. We ask exhibitors to
make a $100 contribution by April 12 to hold their exhibit space.
Requests for Promotional Sponsors
• Send one dedicated email by May 2 to your e-newsletter list to invite your community to join you at the
2019 Visiting SAGE event featuring Dr. Sylvia Earle. See our Media Kit for sample text.
• Post to your social media account 2-4 times in the month leading up to the May 19 event Our Media Kit
includes sample posts for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
• Allow event marketing materials (postcards and flyers) to be distributed at your locations and/or events.
These materials are available at no cost to Promotional Sponsors.
• Share news of the event through word-of-mouth and other ways you communicate to your audiences.
Learn more about the presenters SAGE is a Portland-based nonprofit organization The Oregon Coast Aquarium, located in working to advance generational equity – the princi- Newport celebrated its 25th year as a nonprofit or- ple that each generation should improve the quality ganization. It has provided a living classroom to 15 of life for the next. SAGE inspires older adults to million visitors, and is a vital educational resource engage in causes that benefit younger and future for the state. The Aquarium teaches ocean literacy generations. Each year, SAGE hosts renowned and brings marine science to 36,000 students in 125 authors and leaders as part of its Visiting SAGE schools throughout the Northwest. As co-hosts of speaker series, including Nicholas Kristof, Robert this event, SAGE and the Aquarium seek to elevate Putnam, Paul Hawken and Van Jones. SAGE has the importance of global conservation and science partnered with 35 businesses and nonprofit organi- education efforts. The Aquarium seeks to inspire zations to put on these events. As the co-host of the ocean conservation and anticipates going public on 2019 Visiting SAGE event, SAGE will highlight the a capital campaign to enhance education programs, importance of working across generations to protect improve facilities and build a marine wildlife rehab our oceans. Learn more at WeAreSage.org. center. Learn more at Aquarium.org. Event Details Contact us to get involved May 19, 2019 Steve Higgs Oceans Expo at 2:30 p.m. shiggs@wearesage.org Main Event at 4 p.m. 971-717-6570 PSU Viking Pavilion WeAreSage.org/oceans 930 SW Hall Street, Portland
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