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April 8 – 11, 2018 | Chicago | Sheraton Grand Chicago
ESP/IEG’s 35th Annual Sponsorship Conference

Highlights from 2017

104 Sessions

1,200 Attendees

The conference will polish how you plan, execute and activate your organization’s sponsorships and partnerships. I strongly recommend. Alex Matos
City of Miami Beach

Good is the New Cool: Market Like You Give a Damn, keynote presentation at IEG 2017 by Afdhel Aziz, Absolut Labs

Good Is the New Cool: Market Like You Give a Damn
Afdhel Aziz, Absolut Labs

Insightful and inspiring. A genuine pulse on the current landscape of sponsorship marketing. Kevin Coffey
Country Music Association

Cheat Code: How to Get on the Fast Track to Success, keynote presentation at IEG 2017 by Brian Wong, Kiip

Cheat Code: How to Get on the Fast Track to Success
Brian Wong, Kiip

Great conference for networking, and structured so you can take advantage of content that is most relevant to you. Carley St.Lucia
Philadelphia Eagles

Pivot: Discovering New and Sustainable Growth, keynote presentation at IEG 2017 by Jim Andrews, IEG/ESP Properties

Pivot: Discovering New and Sustainable Growth
Jim Andrews, IEG/ESP Properties

Incredible industry experts share their “secret sauce,” what successful partnerships look like, case studies, technology trends and activation ideas. Wendy Baker
Cisco

99 Speakers

Non-stop Networking

Past Speakers

We are hard at work developing the agenda for ESP/IEG 2018. We will share the schedule with you later this year. Here are just some of the industry leaders and path-breakers that have spoken at our previous conferences.

Russell Simmons

Chairman & CEO

Jennifer Utz

V.P., Buzz Marketing

Afdhel Aziz

Director

Wendy Clark

SVP of Integrated Marketing

Raja Rajamannar

Chief Marketing Officer

Karen Goldfeder

V.P., Business Development

Alexander Koppel

Chief Commercial Officer

Sarah Robb O’Hagan

President

Brian Wong

Founder & CEO

Conference Venue

The Sheraton Grand Chicago, located on the Chicago River in the heart of Chicago, serves as both the conference venue and hotel for attendees.

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Sheraton Grand Chicago
301 East North Water Street
Chicago, IL 60611
877/242-2558 or 312/464-1000

We have reserved a block of rooms for conference delegates at the Sheraton Grand Chicago at a preferred rate of $219 per night, single or double. Military rates are also available.

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Building on the 35-year legacy of sponsorship pioneer IEG, ESP Properties was founded in 2015 as a new type of agency dedicated to helping properties unlock more value from their audiences and brand partnerships. While continuing to provide thought leadership across the industry through the annual conference, publications, webinars, etc., ESP Properties works directly with rightsholder clients to take advantage of digital and data-driven changes in the media landscape.

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