Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
	The University of Melbourne
	CSIRO Publishing

Sponsorship Opportunity

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Melbourne will be hosting the 150 Years Conference, celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the National Herbarium of Victoria and Plant Systematics in Australia. Founded in January 1853 with the appointment of Ferdinand Mueller as Government Botanist, the National Herbarium of Victoria is the oldest herbarium in Australia and one of the oldest scientific institutions in Victoria. It has played a leading role in the advancement of knowledge of the Australian flora since its foundation.

The Conference will bring together two of Australia’s premier systematic societies: the Australian Systematic Botany Society and the Australasian Mycological Society. Associated with the Conference are two significant workshops: The 7th Australasian Bryophyte Workshop and the Orchid Conservation Forum II. These events will bring together scientists and others involved with research on the systematics and conservation of plants and fungi from around Australia and throughout the world.

The Conference will provide an important platform for reporting advances made in understanding plant and fungal systematics and conservation in a wide variety of environments and applications. The event is to be held at the University of Melbourne and will include prominent international and national speakers. Enclosed is a brochure describing the Conference including a list of some of these speakers. More details are available on the conference website:

www.conferences.unimelb.edu.au/150years

We invite your organisation to sponsor the Conference and ensure its success. With over 200 delegates expected to attend, you will have a unique opportunity to promote your business to a receptive audience.

The attached document describes the sponsorship packages available. We ask that you review them and consider becoming a sponsor of this important international conference. Although we have offered these as packages, we would be pleased to negotiate the details to suit your company's requirements. It would greatly help our conference planning if you could indicate your level of support to Ms Bronwen Hewitt, Conference Manager, University of Melbourne, details below.

To date we have received sponsorship from the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne ($20,000), The University of Melbourne ($11000)and Mackay Branson Design ($1400)

We look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely

 

Professor Jim Ross
Chair
Organising Committee

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Sponsorship Packages

24 Carat Package $5,000

18 Carat Package $3,500

14 Carat Package $2,000

9 Carat Package $1,000

Benefits for sponsor