PR Opportunities

Pre-Registered Press/Analyst List

Click Here for a downloadable pre-registration Press List. Updated: April 21, 2008

Press Releases

We encourage you to issue press releases prior to the Summit, to help raise visibility and awareness for your company, products and technologies. Following is a brief Summit description (boilerplate) that you can use in your press releases:

The MicroTCA Summit is the only conference dedicated entirely to MicroTelecommunications Computing Architecture. The MicroTCA Summit provides attendees with current information on this emerging standard platform for low-cost telecommunications equipment, mobile systems, military and defense systems, medical equipment, and other applications.  It features tutorials, workshops, paper and panel sessions, keynotes, and exhibits.  Attendees gain practical,  up-to-date knowledge on how to reduce equipment cost and development time. Subjects include hardware, software, design methods, applications, standards, interfaces, design methods, and market research.  For more information, see www.microtcasummit.com. 

If you would like us to post your press releases to the MicroTCA Summit website, please email your releases in PDF format to:

Tracie Barnes
MicroTCA Summit Webmaster

Press Room

The designated Summit Press Room is the Hamilton room. The Press Room is available for press/analyst meetings. (note: Private meetings should be held elsewhere as the Press Room will not be scheduled). We invite you to place folders containing company literature (press kits) in this room. Press kits typically contain corporate, product and technology information that you’d like to share with media. Examples of information included in press kits include, but are not limited to: business cards; company fact sheets, profiles and backgrounders; press releases; product data sheets; technical briefs; applications briefs; case studies; and white papers. The Press Room is also available for you to conduct meetings with media/analysts. (Note: Private meetings should be scheduled elsewhere as the Press Room will be open to media and analyst walk-in traffic, as well as Conference ConCepts staff.)

Public Relations Services

If you aren't currently working with a public relations agency and would like media relations support at the Summit, please contact ZNA Communications. ZNA is offering special rates on public relations services for Summit participants.

ZNA Communications
Steven Beedle, CEO
Tel: 831-425-1581 x203
Email: steven@zna.com
Url: www.zna.com

Market Wire - The Official Newswire Sponsor of MicroTCA Summit 2008

MarketWire is the official newswire sponsor of the Summit. As a proud partner of the Summit, MarketWire will issue your company's first press release with a $100 discount for any National release, $50 off any Regional Newsline, or $25 off any State/Metro newsline. MarketWire doesn't charge membership fees and will put the discount directly towards your first press release. To take advantage of the discount, contact Market Wire representative Brian Walton, at 415.343.3914 or bwalton@marketwire.com. Following is additional information about Market Wire:

News Distribution
Market Wire provides the most secure, cost-effective means of distributing your company news directly to journalists, analysts, consumers, newswires, newsrooms, databases and Web sites. We are committed to providing you the right distribution at the right price, with an outstanding level of service. Market Wire’s coverage includes international, national, and local regions, as well as distribution to specialized markets and media outlets. Market Wire leverages multiple delivery platforms: from traditional systems like the AP network to newer technologies like FTP and XML, allowing us to offer comprehensive distribution for the most affordable prices in the industry.

Distribution outlets
Market Wire provides real-time, full-text feeds into the major newswires like The Associated Press and Dow Jones, as well as real-time integration into the editorial systems at hundreds of top newspaper and broadcast outlets via the AP network. Market Wire also provides direct distribution into leading information services like Standard & Poor's, ILX, Telerate and FactSet, as well as to online databases like Factiva, Dialog, and Lexis-Nexis. In addition, Market Wire provides distribution to major Web portals that republish our feed, including Yahoo!, Lycos, MSNBC, Iwon/Excite, CBS Marketwatch, The Motley Fool, Hoovers, Nasdaq.com, Quote.com, and Ameritrade.

We also distribute our news feeds to major Web syndicators, such as Comtex News Network, AP Digital, Fluent Media, NewsEdge, Pinnacor and YellowBrix. In turn, these syndicators reach thousands of Web sites around the world, including Fortune 500 intranets, vertical market portals and leading business news sites, such as ThomsonFN and Verticalnet. In addition, Market Wire has direct email distribution to as many as 30,000 individual media subscribers at consumer and trade publications, across multiple industries, around the country. Market Wire also provides newsletter delivery to a subset of as many as 600,000 consumers, segmented by industry.