Sponsorship opportunities for IGCC2025

One behalf of the international organising committee I am pleased to invite you to consider sponsoring the International Giardia and Cryptosporidium Conference to be held at Melbourne Connect in Parkville, Victoria, Australia from February 23rd to 26th 2025.

Cryptosporidium and Giardia are globally significant gastrointestinal parasites of humans, wildlife and livestock animals. Cryptosporidium is the second leading cause of acute diarrhoeal disease in humans, causing an estimated 200,000 deaths per year, particularly in young children in populations living in high poverty. Human-infectious Cryptosporidium can cause major waterborne outbreaks swimming pools, day care centres or municipal water supplies, due to the ability of their chlorine and heat-resiliant transmissive stage. In live stock animals, particularly cattle, cryptosporidiosis is a major cause of illness in young calves resulting in significant production losses. Giardiasis is the fourth most common foodborne illness globally, causing >1 billion infections each year, and a proven risk factor in post-infectious gastrointestinal disorders, such as irritable bowel syndrome.

IGCC conference and delegates

IGCC was founded by the international Cryptosporidium and Giardia research community and is the major global meeting for the field showcasing the highest quality research from around the world. We anticipate hosting 250 delegates in Melbourne in 2025 in the outstanding conference facilities at Melbourne Connect, on the eastern edge of the University of Melbourne’s Parkville Campus. Our research program will feature world-leading research on the molecular and cellular biology, genomics, genetics, diagnostics, epidemiology, treatment and control of the two globally significant parasites.

Major research program themes

• Diagnostics and detection from environment to farm to clinic

• Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental transmission and control

• Infection management in humans and animals

• Advances in drug and vaccine discovery and alternative treatments

• Indigenous and Global Health

• Mechanisms of disease and host-pathogen interactions

• Virulence and Immunology

• Infection and in vitro growth models

• Molecular and Cellular Biology

• Evolutionary Biology

• Advanced methods development

Equity and Diversity:

IGCC2025 is committed to broad representative and diversity amongst its delegates and conference speakers. We are committed to gender parity among our invited speakers and session chairs and to provide a welcoming and engaging conference experience to delegates across our international research community. We are also a family friendly conference and will provide a parents room for delegates during the event.

Sponsorship Opportunities (costs do not include GST):

• Student oral or poster presentation prize $500 each: Includes logo placement under sponsorship page on the conference website and in the electronic conference program, acknowledgement during the awards presentation, and logo placement on the award certificate.

• Parents room - $1,250: Although IGCC2025 will be a family friendly conference, a dedicate parents room will provides a quiet space with live video stream for parents bringing children to the conference. Sponsorship covers the room rental costs and includes logo placement under sponsorship page on the conference website and in the electronic conference program, and acknowledgement during the welcome reception.

• Product display table (8 available), $1,500: Provides one product display table in the gathering area where morning and afternoon tea will be served for the duration of the event. Also includes logo placement under sponsorship page on the conference website and in the electronic conference program, and acknowledgement during the welcome reception.

• Invited keynote or plenary domestic speaker - $1,500: Sponsorship provides a $1,500 bursary toward a domestic speaker for a keynote or plenary session. IGCC2025 aims for 4 invited domestic speakers. The speakers will be selected and invited by the IGCC2025 international scientific committee. The sponsor will be able to choose which invited speaker to sponsor. Includes logo placement under sponsorship page on the conference website, in the electronic conference program and invited speaker announcement emails sent to the IGCC2025 mailing list, and acknowledgement during the welcome reception and speaker session.

• Invited keynote or plenary international speaker - $2,000: Sponsorship provides a $2,000 bursary toward an international speaker for a keynote or plenary session. IGCC2025 aims for 4 invited international speakers. The speakers will be selected and invited by the IGCC2025 international scientific committee. Includes logo placement under sponsorship page on the conference website, in the electronic conference program and invited speaker announcement emails sent to the IGCC2025 mailing list, and acknowledgement during the welcome reception and speaker session.

• Morning or afternoon tea - $2,000 each: Includes logo placement under sponsorship page on the conference website and in the electronic conference program, acknowledgement during the welcome reception and prior to the morning or afternoon tea break, as well as signage and logo placement during the tea break.

• Lunch - $5,000 each: Includes logo placement on main landing page and under the sponsorship page on the conference website and in the electronic conference program, acknowledgement during the welcome reception and prior to the lunch break, as well as signage and logo placement during the lunch break.

• Student Travel bursary - low- or middle-income country $5,000 each: Provides flights, accommodation and conference registration of one student speaker from a low- or middle-income country to attend IGCC2025. Includes logo placement on main landing page and under the sponsorship page on the conference website, and acknowledgement during the welcome reception and speaker session.

• Welcome reception - $7,500: Includes logo placement on main landing and under the sponsorship page on the conference website and in the electronic conference program, acknowledgement, signage and logo placement during the welcome reception.

• Poster session $7,500: Includes logo placement on main landing and under the sponsorship page on the conference website and in the electronic conference program, acknowledgement, signage and logo placement during the poster session.

• Conference dinner $12,500: Includes logo placement on main landing and under the sponsorship page on the conference website and in the electronic conference program, acknowledgement, signage and logo placement during the welcome reception and two tickets to the conference dinner.

Thank you for your consideration. If you have any questions or would like to sponsor IGCC, please contact the conference convenor, Associate Professor Aaron Jex, at jex.a@wehi.edu.au or register an expression of interest below.