verb: engage; 3rd person present: engages; past tense: engaged; past participle: engaged; gerund or present participle: engaging
1. occupy or attract (someone's interest or attention).
"he ploughed on, trying to outline his plans and engage Sutton's attention"
synonyms: capture, catch, arrest, grab, seize, draw, attract, gain, win, captivate, hold, grip, engross, absorb, occupy
"the tasks must engage the children's interest"
involve someone in (a conversation or discussion).
"they attempted to engage Anthony in conversation"
2. participate or become involved in.
"organizations engage in a variety of activities"
synonyms: participate in, take part in, join in, become involved in, go in for, partake in/of, occupy oneself with, throw oneself into; share in, play a part in, play a role in, be a participant in, be associated with, have a hand in, be a party to, enter into, undertake, embark on, set about, launch into
"they like to engage in active sports"
establish a meaningful contact or connection with.
"the teams needed to engage with local communities"
Every Platinum, Gold and Silver level sponsor is entitled to a booth:
Platinum
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Booth at 2-day event
Large
Standard
Standard
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High Table in booth
2
1
1
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Bar stool in booth
4
2
2
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Power Strip (4 sockets)
1
1
1
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21-24" Monitor (We have a few you can borrow)
ask
ask
ask
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42" Monitor on stand (optional @ 250 EUR)
opt.
opt.
opt.
Roll-up banner with logo
2
1
1
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For each booth, we provide at least 1 cabinet, 2 bar stools and your Engage branded roll-up banner(s), a power strip (4 sockets) and wireless internet.
Of course you can bring your own (limited) booth material (max. 4 m²).
E.g. 1 extra banner, and for Platinum sponsor a Spiderwall.
The Engage branded banner will be printed by us, and must be visible at your booth. This way we ensure consistency across all booths.
Banner art needs to reach us by March 30th (by email, scalable artwork, .eps preferred, examples here)
You need to bring your own PC/Laptops, monitors (don't forget adapter plugs).
We have a few 21" and 24" monitors you can borrow. Please ask: first come, first serve!
The Audio/Video crew has 42" monitors (no sound) on a 2m high stand at 250 EUR/day. Let us know if you like to have 1 or more.
If you are giving away a goodie (we hope you do) during the Closing Session, for your booth visitors only, make sure you bring a 'jar' to collect business cards.
All attendee badges will have QR-code. If you scan these (after asking first), you have essential info like name, company and email address.
On the afternoon, the day before the event, you can set up your booth as of 16.30h (4.30pm) to 19.00h. You can deliver items and help setup your booth then if you like.
The conference area will be safely locked during non-event hours.
As soon as the closing session is done on the second day (around 17.30h), we'll start breaking down the booths. We need to be finished by 19h!
Booth locations will be allocated as soon as possible.
This will be communicated personally.
Platinum sponsors choose first, then Gold level sponsors. Silver level booths will be assigned by Engage. All based on the order of Sponsor registration.
This is how the sponsor area looked like in Ghent a few years ago:
I have been to numerous events over the years and this was be far the best one I can remember. The structure, venue and content was great.
Wonderful event, one of the best I have been to. Focused on IBM Notes/Domino and Connections. Just what I want.
Theo (and team) did it again ! A very professional conference, with a great value for me as a Customer!
My first Engage, and despite the long travel distance for me, hopefully not the last.
It's a privilege to be able to attend Engage and this year was, most probably, one of the very best out there!!
Awesome event, for sure an organizational masterpiece. Excellent! It's hard to believe the Engage staff is not organizing conferences as principal job ;-)
It was the best event I attended so far. And I attend about 5-8 each year!
2nd time for me attending Engage, but it was incredible again! 2 days packed with extremely informational content, a great venue and a great community!
We did more business and collected more leads during Engage 2017 in Antwerp, than at IBM Connect in San Francisco.
As a first-timer I didn't really know what to expect. The organization of the event positively surprised me!
A premiere event that rivals anything produced by any other organization. Great job...AGAIN!!!
It's a treat to always keep coming back for more! Well done, once again, and look forward to the 10th edition next year!
It is mind boggling to see two people create an event that rivals those put on by larger vendors with dozens of resources.
And huge thanks to Theo and the others for giving me my first international speaking engagement!
Theo is a legend, Theo has style. And he is putting together the best event in this space, year after year.
Engage was my first UG as a speaker and it has developed into arguably the premier user group for ICS in Europe.
Yet again a brilliantly done event. One that is used as the yard-stick by which all other user group events are measured.
Theo and Hilde did it again: Engage was bigger than last year, venue was impressive and the event most successful.
It was a pleasure, due to the efforts of Theo his team, the sponsors, the location and the participants. Much appreciated!
I was extremely impressed on all levels. Thank you to Theo Heselmans for the opportunity to speak at this event!
I’ve been to several of the past Engage conferences and Theo always puts on a great event but this was better than ever.
What can one say about this Engage, Eindhoven, NL. It is in fact THE European user group meeting,...
Theo Heselmans has raised the bar yet again as to what can be achieved with organizing an IBM User Group event.