SCUP is again offering eight openings for our Vendor Presentation Sessions at SCUP–38. These sessions provide opportunities for vendors and consultants to present their products, services and projects to targeted audiences during 60-minute sessions. The three tracks identified for this conference, Passports to Planning are listed below. Four Vendor Presentation Sessions will take place on Monday, July 21, three on Tuesday, July 22, and one on Wednesday, July 23. These sessions are identified as vendor presentations in the conference program and are offered concurrently with other optional educational sessions. Your proposal should follow one of these three tracks.

Track 1: Establishing Identity
Like an individual seeking a passport, each institution must establish an identity. Without an identity, or mission, an institution has no basis for understanding its place in the world or for communicating with others. This track invites proposals dealing with intra-institutional issues.

• Institutional identity and mission
• Prioritizing institutional needs
• Fostering internal partnerships
• Lifelong learning
• Students and faculty: their changing demographics, roles, and culture
• Alumni—their roles and influence
• Enhancing technology transfer
• Staff roles and evaluations
• Sustainability
• Clarifying intellectual property
• Campus architecture and plans
• Niche identification

Track 2: Traveling Across Borders
With passports, individuals travel beyond their own borders and interact with individuals and groups from different cultures. Likewise, an institution armed with self-knowledge can interrelate with its communities of interest and other institutions to establish and manage its place in its market and in the world. This track invites proposals involving institutional interaction with its external environment.

• International education
• Population and enrollment forecasts
• Managing external relations
• International needs and influences
• Access to education
• Attracting faculty
• Partnership Routes
• Campus perimeters
• Elements of good planning
• Using technology to span educational reach

Track 3: Changing Itineraries
Institutions are faced with constant change. To be successful, they must be creative in navigating uncertain climates. They must find new ways to address and respond to their environments. This track invites proposals with innovative solutions to help institutions adapt to change.

• Innovative learning environments
• Interdisciplinary planning adventures
• Alternative futures
• Traveling with technology
• Competing for grants
• Public demands for education
• Disaster mitigation & safe learning environments
• Radical solutions
• Changing funding scenarios and models
• Learning from past planning trips
• Privatization

Presentation Submittal Deadline and Selection
Applications/proposals must be received in SCUP's Central Office by Friday, January 17, 2003. Review and final selections will be made by Friday, February 7, 2003 and notifications will be sent out immediately. Vendor Presentation Sessions are generally accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. However, the SCUP–38 Conference Committee reserves the right to make final selections based on the content, its perceived interest to attendees and the overall diversity of the sessions.

Costs, Payment and Cancellation Policy
SCUP Member: $2500
Nonmember: $3300
Payment is due upon notification of acceptance. The fee does not include SCUP–38 Conference registration. Presenters must register for (at least) the day of their session and are encouraged to register for the entire conference to increase their visibility and learn more about SCUP and its membership. Notice of cancellations must be made in writing to SCUP Central Office on or before May 15, 2003 for a 50 percent refund. After May 15, we will refund 50 percent of the fee only if the vacated slot is filled.

Note
SCUP cannot guarantee attendance at any given session since conference attendees select from multiple concurrent sessions during each program slot. We encourage you to proactively market to the individuals you would like to attend the conference and your session. Promotion of products and services is expected; however, sales transactions are not permitted during the session.

Your Benefits

• Targeted audience of 75-100 attendees
• Full 60-minute program slot
• Limited number of vendor presentation sessions
• Listing in the SCUP–38 preliminary and final programs and visibility on SCUP's web page.
• An electronic set of labels of pre-registered conference attendees as of June 1, 2003 for your use in promoting your session.