Individual Membership
Individual membership is reserved for individuals, students and independent contractors. The privileges associated with an individual membership are not transferable, nor are they to be shared with a company, sole proprietorship or university.
Individual Membership Benefits:
- Invitation to and special member rates for all general WCFN hosted or co-hosted events;
- Networking and education opportunities through attendance and participation at AGM, seminars, workshops, conferences and volunteer activities;
- Frequent email alerts: research updates, industry market & business news, education and employment opportunities and event announcements;
- Opportunities for discussion and input on issues affecting the functional food and nutraceutical industry;
- Registration discounts for all WCFN initiated events;
- Regular newsletter featuring weekly industry articles, events bulletin and other valuable information;
- Potential product promotion opportunities at WCFN attended trade shows;
- Notifications and alerts of industry funding opportunities;
- Discounted listing in WCFN Membership Directory (print version);
Individual Membership rate is $95/year.
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Student Membership
Proof of full time student status is required. Individual and Student memberships are not transferable, nor are they to be shared with a company, sole proprietorship or university. Individual Membership Benefits: - Invitation to and special member rates for all general WCFN hosted or co-hosted events;
- Networking and education opportunities through attendance and participation at AGM, seminars, workshops, conferences and volunteer activities;
- Frequent email alerts: research updates, industry market & business news, education and employment opportunities and event announcements;
- Opportunities for discussion and input on issues affecting the functional food and nutraceutical industry;
- Registration discounts for all WCFN initiated events;
- Regular newsletter featuring weekly industry articles, events bulletin and other valuable information;
- Potential product promotion opportunities at WCFN attended trade shows;
- Notifications and alerts of industry funding opportunities;
- Discounted listing in WCFN Membership Directory (print version);
Student Membership rate is $65/year or $100 for 2 years.
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Corporate Membership
Corporate membership is available to sole proprietorships, corporations, associations and government and academic institutions. Corporate Membership Benefits: - All individual membership benefits:
- Invitation to and special member rates for all general WCFN hosted or co-hosted events;
- Networking and education opportunities through attendance and participation at AGM, seminars, workshops, conferences and volunteer activities;
- Frequent email alerts: research updates, industry market & business news, education and employment opportunities and event announcements;
- Opportunities for discussion and input on issues affecting the functional food and nutraceutical industry;
- Registration discounts for all WCFN initiated events;
- Regular newsletter featuring weekly industry articles, events bulletin and other valuable information;
- Potential product promotion opportunities at WCFN attended trade shows;
- Notifications and alerts of industry funding opportunities;
- Discounted listing in WCFN Membership Directory (print version);
- On-line company profile (WCFN website);
- Valuable business referrals to local, regional, national and international companies and agencies;
- WCFN Industry E-Mail update on New Corporate members;
- Opportunities to participate in funded missions with visiting foreign companies;
- Discounted sponsorship and advertising opportunities;
Membership rate for corporates with 3-20 employees is $325/year.
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WCFN Associate Membership
WCFN Associate Membership benefits are generally intended for membership based associations within the functional food and natural health product sector or targeted organizations that provide products, services, and educational opportunities to this sector. These associate member benefits listed below are extended to the staff of the association or organization to which WCFN forms an associate membership with. Where applicable, the WCFN also expects a reciprocal associate membership with the identified membership based associations. WCFN Associate Membership benefits:
- Invitation to and special member rates for all general WCFN hosted or co-hosted events
- Networking and education opportunities through attendance and participation at AGM, seminars, workshops, conferences and volunteer activities
- Frequent email alerts: research updates, industry market & business news, education and employment opportunities and event announcements
- Opportunities for discussion and input on issues affecting the functional food and nutraceutical industry
- Registration discounts for all WCFN initiated events
- Bi-weekly newsletter featuring weekly industry articles, events bulletin and other valuable information
- Product promotion opportunities at WCFN attended trade shows
- Web casting and video conferencing of events – A great feature for companies with poor geographic proximity of a given seminar. With this new feature, members will be able to enjoy live, our seminars and even participate in virtual discussions from the comfort of their office with only a telephone and computer internet access
- Notifications and alerts of industry funding opportunities
- Member Affinity program offering discounts on hotels, cars rentals, and petroleum
- Discounted listing in WCFN Membership Directory (print version)
- On-line company profile (WCFN website)
- Valuable business referrals to local, regional, national and international companies and agencies
- Opportunities to participate in funded missions with visiting foreign companies
- Discounted sponsorship and advertising opportunities
- WCFN will communicate the associate member’s updates and information to our extended membership through various mediums, including regular E-Updates
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