Reasons to Exhibit

• Comprehensive Marketing Strategy
  
• Exhibitor Marketing and Promotion
  
• Strong Attendee Profile

ulti-billion-dollar programs are being implemented as leaders of industry and government work together to bolster maritime security, while continuing to facilitate the flow of global commerce. Nowhere is this national priority more evident - or the opportunities more abundant - than at the Maritime Security Conference & Exposition. In 2008, after six successful years of being held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City, the Maritime Security Expo is shifting venues to Southern California - the hotbed of U.S. international trade. Indeed, more than 60 percent of all containerized cargo coming into U.S. ports comes into the neighboring independent ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. That's some 30,000 containers per day coming through the nation's two busiest containerports. It is little wonder, then, that there has been so much popular demand for the maritime security industry's premier event to be held right where the majority of U.S. container trade takes place. The 2008 edition of the Maritime Security Expo will be held Nov. 18-19 at the harborfront Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, where E.J. Krause & Associates looks forward to putting on the biggest and best industry event ever. Increased participation from key global markets, including Asia, is anticipated, and the first-rate program is being expanded to include: Tabletop exercises; Additional training and simulation sessions; More workshops on the exhibit floor; An all-hazards forum; and Specialized port tours.

Of course, the Maritime Security Expo will continue to include: A blockbuster two-day conference with top leaders from government and industry; A luncheon honoring winners of the Distinguished Leadership Award in Maritime and Supply Chain Security; An expanded pre-conference procurement and business opportunities day for conference participants (on Monday, Nov. 17); and An exhibit floor brimming with the latest technologies from industry and government. Maritime security continues to grow as a national priority, with the implementation of such programs as the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC), the Container Security Initiative (CSI), an expanded Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT), Customs and Border Protection's 10+2 data-filing program, and other U.S. Department of Homeland Security efforts under the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006 (SAFE Port Act). Ever since the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, maritime security has necessarily been a major concern in the United States and beyond. Protecting the citizenry while maintaining the flow of commerce can be a challenging task, and striking the appropriate balance relies upon the use of cutting-edge technologies and extensive cooperation among public and private sectors. That's what the Maritime Security Expo is all about, and the opportunities are as boundless as our imaginations and our commitment to working together for a safe, secure and successful future.

Comprehensive Marketing Strategy

In order to provide our exhibitors with quality attendees, we offer a comprehensive marketing plan that includes:

• Hard hitting direct mail
  
• Telephone campaigns
  
• Regular email campaigns
  
• Website promotion
  
• Extensive marketing with our Media Partners that include:
  
  • GSN: Government Security News
    
  • HSToday Magazine
    
  • HSDailyWire
    
  • Cargo Security International
    
  • Journal of Commerce
    
  • PlanetData
    
  • DomesticPreparedness.com
    
  • and many more!

Exhibitor Marketing and Promotion

In addition to pre-show marketing, we provide exhibitors with additional marketing tools.

Approximately six weeks before the Expo, each exhibiting company receives 500 custom VIP tickets imprinted with the company name that highlight reasons to attend the show so that our exhibitors can create marketing campaigns of their own to draw traffic to their booths.

We also offer a "product profile" in our monthly Maritime & Border Security News newsletter, with a distribution of approximately 10,000, featuring your product, your verbiage, and a picture.

Once an exhibitor is contracted to participate in the Expo, the company name is added to our list of exhibitors with direct linkage to the company's website.

Attendee Profile

Because this year's Maritime Security Expo will be held in Long Beach, CA we are expecting a newly diversified audience representing the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Asia, and Europe.

The Maritime Security Expo is held in conjunction with a high-level conference which draws high-level attendees to the event. The conference explores the hottest topics in the Maritime Security sector and provides attendees the opportunity to network with their industry and government peers.

Past attendees have included:

Port Operators Shippers Carriers Terminal Operators Harbor Personnel U.S. Customs U.S. Coast Guard MARAD

U.S. DOT NOAA Oil Company Executives U.S. Border Patrol U.S. Department of Defense FBI DEA CIA

Emergency Response Corporate Security Directors Shipping Lines Import/Export Firms State & Local Police Systems Integrators Satellite & Wireless Operators

Air Freight Consolidators NVOCCs Customs Brokers Ocean Transport Intermediaries Trucking Lines U.S. Navy Power Plan Personnel