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Background

The second annual California Ag Summit offers sponsors, attendees and presenters a rare opportunity to:

• Create and participate in a lively, incisive day-long event dedicated to preserving and enhancing the vitality of the agricultural industry;
• Meet some of the key players whose innovative thinking is helping to shape our industry's (and country's) future;
• Network with producers, corporate and community leaders, and educators in a cordial, elegant environment.

The second Summit will shine a positive light on the importance of agriculture in California and discuss key issues facing producers and affiliated agricultural companies and organizations.

Speakers will present thought-provoking ideas and practical innovations that producers can use in their own operations. Each year, the Summit's topics will keep pace with the many forces affecting California agriculture.

We hope to attract 300+ individuals to the second annual Summit. The event will be funded primarily with cash contributions from corporate sponsors who recognize that the Summit offers targeted marketing, branding and relationship-building opportunities in a friendly, thoughtful setting. Funds will also be generated from attendee registration fees.

The information and ideas presented will be pertinent to not only California—from Burney to Brawley, from Salinas to Sonora—but also to the global agricultural industry.

The Organizing Committee—and Giving Back to Ag

The California Ag Summit organizing committee has drawn upon the vast experience of its committee members and their organizations, as well as from the best practices of ag summits in other parts of the country.

Our committee includes industry and corporate professionals from a wide variety of high-profile organizations involved in California agriculture. Among the original organizing committee are representatives from the following organizations: Ag-Seeds Unlimited, CA Cattlemen’s Association, CA Farm Bureau Federation, CA Agricultural Leadership Foundation, CA Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom, Monsanto, Moss Adams, Pacific Coast Producers, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Simplot Growers Solutions, Union Bank, N.A., Van Ruiten Law Corporation, Wilbur-Ellis Company, and Yara North America. As additional sponsors come on board, representatives from those organizations will be welcomed and encouraged to join the organizing committee.

One of the goals established by the California Ag Summit organizing committee is to create an annual financial gift program designed to help support education and leadership among the agriculture industry's future leaders. The goal for our first year is to donate all net proceeds to the California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom.

The Topics

The committee has developed an outline of the core presentation topics for the event, which include:

• Global Food Trends—From production to consumption: How does California agriculture match up?
• Energy and Agriculture—From oil to alternative energy: What is the future of energy production in the U.S. and the world, and how will it impact California agriculture?
• Social Media—From marketing to consumer education to crisis management: Its growing role and importance for agriculture.

Sponsorship Benefits 2012

California Ag Summit sponsors will realize valuable and numerous benefits. The Summit will provide a wide range of branding and marketing opportunities designed to bolster the reputation of sponsor companies in the industry and help them initiate new business relationships.

SPONSORSHIP LEVELS	$5,000	$2,500	$1,000
PRE SUMMIT PROMOTION
Seat on Ag Summit Committee
Logo on all advertising and promotional materials
Participating in publicity (when appropriate)
Recognition in publicity
VISIBILITY AT SUMMIT
Recognized as host at the luncheon
Highest visibility on event website
Hot-link between Summit website and sponsor website
Banner signs at event
Company information in program bag
Display booth (First 10 sponsors to sign up)
Recognition from podium during Summit
Ad and logo in printed program
Listing as sponsor in program
Logo presented on AV screens during Summit
Sponsor Board
VIP ACCESS TO EVENT SPEAKERS
TICKETS TO SUMMIT	6	4	2

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