Stand where the spotlight is brightest. This is your brand, front and center, aligned with the most-attended sessions, with premier visibility and exposure to HR's largest and most influential audience.
Elevate your brand voice and produce original content in a fully turnkey studio, swap ideas with top industry creators, and show a highly targeted audience exactly why you're an authority.
Own the spotlight, literally. As the exclusive sponsor, your brand owns the stage all event long, with a dedicated speaking slot every single day to put your ideas in front of HR's brightest minds.
Take the mic at Demo Day. Get face-to-face with HR leaders and tech experts, open the show with your own remarks, and walk away with the kind of connections that turn into real business.
This is your room, your hour, twice over. Command two 150+ seat breakout sessions — same session held in both the morning and afternoon - built for brands ready to lead industry conversations and prove their success, with lasting visibility long after the sessions end.
Pull up a seat at the table that matters—twice. Guide the conversations, share your perspective, and build real relationships with HR leaders eager to talk shop on the trends shaping HR or the world of work across both sessions.
Help write the next chapter of HR technology. Join top voices and innovators on a panel exploring the trends reshaping the workplace, with your brand at the center of that conversation
Put your brand at the heart of HR's wellness movement. Deliver a focused, actionable session that shows attendees, and the industry, that you take whole-person health seriously.
Take the mic right on the show floor. Deliver a rapid-fire session packed with real takeaways, and turn Expo Hall foot traffic into an engaged audience for your brand.
Get in the room with the people making the decisions. Join the Executive Network Experience Dimension to put your solutions directly in front of CHROs, EVPs, SVPs, and VPs shaping the future of HR.
Pull up a seat with HR leaders, government officials, and association executives from around the world. As exclusive sponsor of the Global Lounge, your brand becomes the meeting point for international HR conversations, whether you're expanding into new markets or showcasing region-specific expertise.
Build something nobody's seen before. From a branded pickleball court to a digital graffiti wall to an AI-powered networking lounge, partner with our team to create a custom activation that's all you.
Meet the leaders building tomorrow's biggest companies, today. Sponsor the dedicated home base for small and mid-sized business leaders, and help shape the future of HR for growing organizations.
Be part of the room where HR careers level up. Connect with SHRM-certified attendees, share resources that matter, and support the professionals investing in their own growth.
This is where SHRM-certified attendees come to celebrate, and your brand is part of the party. Be front and center as guests network, let loose, and build relationships in a high-energy, inclusive setting.
Be the brand behind every attendee's best look. Hundreds of HR professionals line up for a fresh headshot, and as exclusive sponsor, your name is front and center for every single one.
Give attendees the break they deserve. Your brand owns this comfortable escape at the heart of the event, where massage chairs and charging stations turn tired feet into lasting, positive brand perception.
Be the name on every lunch box. As attendees fuel up and reconnect midday, your brand is right there, visible, memorable, and tied to one of the best parts of the day.
Be the brand that opens the show. As attendees pour onto the Expo floor for the first time, your bar, your branding, and your booth are the center of the celebration.
Close the show out with a bang, your bang. As hundreds of attendees gather for the final-day drawing, your brand is the last big moment they'll remember from the Expo Hall.
Fuel the connections that happen over coffee. As attendees recharge between sessions, your brand gets steady, repeated visibility, one cup, one conversation at a time.
Be the name exhibitors associate with a good break. As exclusive sponsor of this quiet, comfortable space, your brand becomes part of where the real conversations, and partnerships, happen.
Give your team a private space to close. Reserve your own suite right on the Expo Floor for client meetings that need a quieter, more focused setting.
Get attendees walking straight to your booth. As one of just 15 participating sponsors, you're part of the always-popular play-to-win game that turns booth visits into real engagement.
Your banner ad is included in official pre-event and conference-day emails, driving clicks straight to your site.
Reach every attendee, instantly. Send a custom push notification through the event app on your schedule, and drive immediate traffic to your booth or website.
Make your brand part of the path. From banners to escalator wraps to LED signage, choose the high-visibility placements that put your name in front of attendees as they navigate the show.
Make a lasting impression by sending a special gift or message to attendees' hotel rooms. Welcome HR leaders with a branded item, helpful information, or a treat that shows you care and helps them enjoy the conference.
Make an impression before attendees even check in. Partner with EMC Outdoor, SHRM's approved partner, to put your brand on billboards, airport banners and LEDs, and moving media across the city.
EMC is the required agency through which SHRM exhibitors and non-exhibiting industry supporters must reserve out-of-home advertising opportunities. No other vendor may be used. Sponsors who book out-of-home advertisements outside of EMC, including rideshare in-app display, may lose privileges in future years.
Turn every ride into a high-visibility brand impression. Your logo travels with attendees on every shuttle between hotels and the convention center, all day, every day.
Give attendees a place to relax while they wait for their ride. Refresh, refuel, and reconnect before your next trip.
Be the first brand every attendee sees as the Official Registration Sponsor. From signage to kiosks to confirmation emails, your brand welcomes every single person as their event experience begins.
Put your logo in 25,000 hands. Every attendee carries your brand out of registration, and keeps carrying it long after the conference ends.
Be part of the app every attendee opens, all event long. As exclusive sponsor of the essential digital companion for thousands of HR professionals, your brand gets premium placement right where attendees are already looking.
Start every attendee's day with your brand in hand. Your message is the first thing they see, and the last thing they touch, at the conference's headquarter hotels.
Be part of the conversation that happens at every break. As exclusive sponsor, your brand is front and center wherever attendees gather, talk, and recharge.
Without a network, how does anyone network? Be the brand that keeps every attendee connected, informed, and online for the entire event.
Get on the one thing every single attendee wears all day, every day. Your logo owns the official name badge, plus a banner spot in the badge preview email before the show even starts.
Be the brand that keeps everyone charged up, literally. Your logo lives front and center wherever attendees stop to power their devices.
Show the HR community you've got their back. Your logo rides along on every volunteer shirt, putting your brand in front of attendees all event long.
Support the parents in the room. Sponsor a private, comfortable space that shows attendees you take inclusivity and family wellbeing seriously.
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