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 Sponsorship
Opportunities
The Open Group provides a number of sponsorship
options that can help you increase your visibility
and get exposure at The Open Group conferences. Examples
of sponsorship opportunities include:
- Networking Reception. Host an evening reception with
drinks and hors d’oeuvres.
- Conference Luncheon with Speaker (one sponsor per
event)
Have one of your company’s executives or top customers deliver a
30-minute presentation to conference attendees. Lunch, room and signage
included.
- Off-site Dinner Event
- Conference Program Guide Advertisement (rates vary
based on quarter page, half page, full page, or inside
front cover)
- Sponsor logo on conference name badge insert
- Sponsor banner at registration desk and on signage
throughout the conference (Sponsor will supply the 6’x
3’ banner.)
- Sponsor listing and link on conference web page
- Registration fee waived for two (2) attendees (or
more depending on sponsorship level). The sponsoring
company will select the attendees and send their contact
details to the Conference Director.
- VIP Conference Passes (2+): receive 2 or more VIP
conference passes (depending on sponsorship level) for
your executive staff, top customers or prospects to attend
the plenary, any open sessions or specified track sessions.
- Promotional item sponsorship. (Production costs are
the responsibility of the sponsor.)
- Complimentary exhibit table at conference (depending
on sponsorship level). Attendees can view and interact
with your company’s products or consult with company
representatives about services.
Sponsor
Types
Exclusive Sponsors - your company will be
the only company accepted as a sponsor for a specified
event.
Co-Sponsors - multiple sponsors
may be accepted for specified events.
To select the right opportunity for you, please check
out specific sponsorship
options and packages.
For further information about any sponsorship opportunity,
or to discuss packages, please send us an email and a representative
from The Open Group will contact you.
 email
Exhibit Opportunities
Interested in exhibit opportunities? These are available
to companies wishing to showcase their products and services
to attendees at The Open Group conferences.
The exhibit space includes a 6’ to 8’ draped
tabletop with electrical power and wireless network connection.
Exhibitors may bring one freestanding banner display (2-
1/2 ’x 8’) to place next to the table. No audio
permitted.
The exhibit fee is $2,000 and includes two (2) complimentary
conference passes for two staff to attend the plenary,
any open sessions or specified track sessions.
For information about exhibiting, please send us an email
and a representative of The Open Group will contact you.
email
Audience
The Open Group conferences attract leading companies
and government agencies from around the world.
- Organizations: Fortune 500 companies
(both customers and suppliers), small-to-medium IT vendors,
policymaking agencies, standards bodies
- Attendees by function: Enterprise
architecture, designers and managers of IT infrastructures,
product managers and engineering managers of architecture
tools, systems integrators, security, identity management,
messaging, real-time and embedded systems, business process
managers.
- Number of attendees expected: 250-300
About
the Organizer
The Open Group is a consortium of over 200 major IT
users, suppliers and policy makers and focuses on open standards
for building large scale, interoperable, business solutions. Member
companies and organizations work together, on a platform
provided by The Open Group, to establish policies, share
best practices, address current and emerging requirements,
and evolve and integrate specifications, and facilitate interoperability.
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