Welcome to the TMS 2017 146th Annual Meeting and Exhibition!
February 26 – March 2, 2017 • San Diego, California

Tools for Promoting the 3rd Pan American Materials Congress
Call for Abstracts
For Symposium Organizers

Please use the following resources to assist with the promotion of your specific symposium.

Sample Invitation Letter (Microsoft Word)
Options for customization of this letter, which incorporates important logistics and procedural information, are highlighted in yellow. Once you modify this to your symposium, copy and paste the text into an e-mail, and send it to the individuals you wish to invite as presenters.
Symposium Flyer
Please select and download the flyer of your symposium from the library below to attach with your invitation e-mail that you send to potential presenters. We have designed these with basic graphics to facilitate printing hard copies for distribution in person. Please note that these flyers are also posted on the Pan American Materials Congress website.
E-mail Signature

PC - Right click on image and select "save image as"
MAC - Press the Ctrl key and click on image to save


Download, copy, and paste this artwork into your e-mail signature so that your outgoing mail will include a reminder to colleagues to submit abstracts. Please make sure to link the e-mail signature to: www.tms.org/PanAmCongress.
Social Media Sample Posts (Microsoft Word)
If you’re active on social media, please download, customize and post these sample messages to your LinkedIn and/or Facebook accounts. Also included are instructions for making sure that your messages reach as many people as possible.
Pan Am Congress Logo Packet

Download all as a zip file or manually download the images below.

PC - Right click on image and select "save image as"
MAC - Press the Ctrl key and click on image to save

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If you maintain or contribute to a website or online meetings calendar that is relevant to the Pan American Materials Congress, please consider posting a meeting logo on that resource, linked to www.tms.org/PanAmCongress. We have provided you with several size options.
Marketing URL to Pan American Materials Congress Website
For any printed communication that you might generate on your own, please incorporate the marketing URL that we have established for the Pan Am website: www.tms.org/PanAmCongress We have designed the website so that your presenters can submit their abstract from a description of your particular symposium, to provide them with a branded point of entry to ProgramMaster.

Thank you for your efforts in making the 3rd Pan American Materials Congress a success! Please contact Lynne Robinson if you have questions regarding these materials.

For Organizing Societies

Please use the following resources to promote the 3rd Pan American Materials Congress to your members, colleagues, and constituencies. Please note that these materials are provided in English, since this is the official language of the 3rd Pan American Materials Congress and TMS 2017 Annual Meeting & Exhibition.

Sample Membership E-mail
We strongly encourage you to download, customize, and distribute this e-mail by May 16, 2016 to announce the Call for Abstracts to your members and other key constituents and to highlight your role and importance as an organizing society. TMS is distributing promotion on the overall Call for Abstracts at this time—Your e-mail message will serve to reinforce and build upon those efforts.
Sample Promotional Flyer
Please download and post this flyer on your website or print and distribute at relevant meetings or gatherings of your membership.
Pan Am Congress Logo Packet

Download all as a zip file or manually download the images below.

PC - Right click on image and select "save image as"
MAC - Press the Ctrl key and click on image to save

200x150


775x175


1130x275


Please post a Pan American Materials Congress/TMS2017 logo on your website, as well as on any online meetings calendars that you maintain. Please make sure that this is linked to www.tms.org/PanAmCongress. We have provided you with several size options.
E-mail Signature

PC - Right click on image and select "save image as"
MAC - Press the Ctrl key and click on image to save


Download, copy, and paste this artwork into your e-mail signature so that your outgoing mail will include a reminder to members to submit abstracts. Please make sure to link the e-mail signature to www.tms.org/PanAmCongress. Please encourage other leadership in your organization to use the e-mail signature as well.
Social Media Posts (Microsoft Word)
If you’re organization is active on social media, please download, customize and post these sample messages to your LinkedIn and/or Facebook accounts.
Marketing URL to Pan American Materials Congress Website
For any printed communication that you might generate on your own, please incorporate the marketing URL that we have established: www.tms.org/PanAmCongress We have designed the website so potential presenters can submit abstracts from specific symposium descriptions, to provide them with a branded point of entry to ProgramMaster.
Thank you for your efforts in making the 3rd Pan American Materials Congress a success! Please contact Lynne Robinson if you have questions regarding these materials.


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