Exhibits and Marketing

Join us for PEQG 2026!

The Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics conference promotes cross-disciplinary exchange between researchers doing theoretical and experimental work in these broad fields. Scientists attending the conference are looking for equipment, supplies, and services that help advance their research.

Why participate?

Showcase New Products and Services: Show products and answer questions from the community about how your service provides solutions to help them in their research.

Meet New Prospects: Registrants from over 35 countries attended in person in 2024! Gain potential leads from around the world.

Highlight your customers: Your customers will be giving presentations on data they have received from your equipment. Come to support them and let others know the benefits of partnering with you.

Recruitment: Looking to hire someone for your company? You can set up interviews throughout the week.

Impact your marketing bottom line: Rather than hotel, airfare, per-diem, and shipping costs to various labs, you can take advantage of seeing customers from around the world all in one setting—thereby saving you money to allocate to other prospects.

PEQG Conference Attendee Statistics

	2024*	2022	2020*	2018
	Metro Washington, DC	Pacific Grove, CA	Virtual	Madison, WI
Faculty/ Postdoc	1,546	286	4,610	311
Students	1,241	240	9,161	228
Exhibitors	125
Total	2,912	526	13,771	539

*Meeting held in conjunction with eight other organism groups at The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC).

Exhibits

Review the sponsorship and exhibit details below to determine which best fits your advertising and marketing budget to engage with a diverse group of registrants from every career stage. The payment form will be available by September 4, 2025.

Exhibits are held during the Poster Sessions. A new group of posters are displayed each evening so you are guaranteed traffic.

Wednesday, June 10	7:30–10:30 p.m. PST
Thursday, June 11	7:30–10:30 p.m. PST

Exhibit Fees – Reserve your booth by February 17, 2026 for early pricing discounts (No fee increase from 2022!):

Reserve early for discounted rates!

	Before 2/17/26	Between 2/18/26 and 4/2/26	After 4/2/26
Commercial	$2,000	$2,150	$2,300
Non-profit	$1,750	$1,850	$1,950

Table-top Exhibit includes:

One Exhibitor badges for company representatives
Company name and URL in the program book and conference app
50 word company description in program book and conference app
Lead generation built into the conference app (Savings passed on to you!)
One full conference registration for one exhibit representative to attend the full scientific program (up to $832 savings)
Carpeting (save your money and your feet!)
1–6 foot draped table (no need to pay for furniture rental)
Two chairs (more furniture rental savings)
Ability to display pop-up banner
Social Media toolkit available to promote your participation
Complimentary wireless access
Janitorial service

Marketing Opportunities

All of the opportunities below include: Your company logo displayed on the conference app and on the online planner.

Advertising
Get your message out to the attendees by placing an ad in the Conference App, Program Book or Abstract Book. The Program Book and Abstract Book will be available online as a PDF file for all attendees to reference throughout the conference.

Mobile App

Banner Ad – $1,250
Display your custom advertising on a banner on the mobile app. The App and online planner are typically downloaded over 1,200 times. Your ad will appear everytime the attendees log on.

Digital Advertising

Know Before You Go email – $1,000
Promote your company with a banner ad (including your URL) in every attendee’s “Know Before You Go” email. With an open email rate of over 100% (because attendees look multiple times) you will reach all the attendees.

Program Book or Abstract Book

The Program Book and Abstract Book were both downloaded over 700 times in 2024. Take advantage of the opportunity to promote your company to all the attendees with a book that they will reference throughout the meeting and beyond.

Full page, color ad – $600
Half page, color ad – $300

James F. Crow Early Career Researcher Award Session Sponsor – $750 – (limited to one sponsor)

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Plenary Session Sponsor – $750 – designed to promote scholarship and to share expertise on DEI topics, in line with the goal of moving toward a more equitable scientific enterprise. (limited to one sponsor)

Registration Fee Waivers Sponsor – to encourage participation from low- and middle-income countries, companies can sponsor registration fee waivers

Opening Social Sponsor – $2,500 – get your name in front of the attendees at the start of the meeting by sponsoring the Opening Social. Sponsorship includes:

Recognition on signage
Acknowledgement in Schedule of Events online and in the app
Option to provide literature and giveaway table at event
Exhibiting companies receive a discount of $500 for a special pricing of $2,000

Contact mahoney@genetics-gsa.org with any questions or to discuss special package rates.

Exhibit Timeline

Date	Preliminary schedule
April 17, 2026	Deadline for marketing materials for inclusion in Program Book
May 7, 2026	Deadline to register exhibit booth staff
May 10, 2026	First date decorator accepts shipments at warehouse
June 8, 2026	Exhibit move-in 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
June 8, 2026	Exhibits open – 8:15 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
June 9, 2026	Exhibits open – 8:15 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
June 10, 2026	Exhibit Move out – 8:00 a.m. – Noon

Payment can be made by Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or by check made payable to the Genetics Society of America. Contact mahoney@genetics-gsa.org with any questions or to discuss special package rates.