To get more information on sponsoring the Canada on Rails conference, please contact us through:

• Nathaniel Brown
  Open Source Events
  Toll Free: (877) 446-4648
  Phone: (604) 724-6624
  nshb@inimit.com
  

PROJECTED PARTICIPATION

300 attendees including speakers, guests, and press

Platinum Sponsor Package

• Exclusive opportunity to be mentioned on projection graphic throughout conference (for the projector when not in use)
• One keynote presentation (approval of content by OS Events required)
• Opportunity to hang banner in main conference room
• Opportunity to hand out your company's information material to attendees
• Full-page ad in conference program
• Company logo and 100-word description prominently displayed on conference program and Web site
• Top company logo placement and link on home page and conference website for 10 weeks after the conference
• Opportunity to prominently hang banner in Expo Hall
• Opportunity to distribute materials during sponsored keynote
• 10 VIP passes with all conference materials
• 45-minute Vendor Showcase speaking opportunity (on a first-come, first-served basis)

Gold Sponsor Package

• Company logo and 75-word description prominently displayed on conference marketing materials and Web site
• Opportunity to hang banner in main conference room
• Opportunity to hand out your company's information material to attendees
• Listing and logo placement in convention program as Platinum sponsor
• Prominent logo placement and link on home page and conference websites until end of year as Platinum sponsor
• 5 VIP passes with all conference materials

Silver Sponsor Package

• Opportunity to hand out your company's information material to attendees
• Listing and logo placement in convention program as Gold sponsor
• Company logo placement and link on conference website for 10 weeks after the conference
• 2 VIP passes (excluding tutorials) with all conference materials

Official Conference T-Shirts

• Includes production and distribution of official PHP West T-shirt
• Prominently features sponsor and PHP West logos on high-quality pre-shrunk T-shirts
• Distributed to all attendees, speakers, sponsors, press, and guests
• Listing in conference program
• Company logo and 50-word description displayed on conference marketing materials and Web site

Official Conference Mugs

• Includes production and distribution official conference drinkware
• Features sponsor and PHP West logos on classic 12 oz. ironstone mugs
• Distributed to all attendees, speakers, sponsors, press, and guests
• Listing in conference program
• Company logo and 50-word description displayed on conference marketing materials and Web site

Attendee Program Insert

• Single item to be included with attendee program (note: collateral is limited to two pages)
• Distributed to all attendees, speakers, sponsors, press, and guests
• Company logo and 50-word description displayed on conference marketing materials and Web site

Notepads

• Includes production and distribution of notepads inscribed with sponsor's logo
• Company logo and 50-word description displayed on conference marketing materials and Web site

Pens

• Includes license to distribute pens inscribed with sponsor's logo
• Sponsor supplies materials for placement by PHP West
• Company logo and 50-word description displayed on conference marketing materials and Web site

Conference Program Full-Page Advert

• One (1) full-page advertisement in the conference programme

Conference Programme Half-Page Advert

• One (1) half-page advertisement in the conference programme

Conference Programme Quarter-Page Advert

• One (1) quarter-page advertisement in the conference programme

Media Sponsorship Package

Help us get the word out! List the conference in a prominent space on your website, and we will put your logo on our website as a Media Sponsor. More details available here.

Media Plan

Open Source Events will be marketing the conference through several avenues, both local and international, with the primary goal to reach local professionals and students. We will be contacting and marketing through:

• Blogs
• Local papers and technical journals
• Local educational institutions
• Book stores, internet cafes, technical user group meetings
• Press, including magazines
• Internet: Technically related sites, including user groups, and other major venues
  
• Journalists with press cards will be accepted into the conference at no charge.