Become our Partner

It is not mandatory to be in IT field to sponsor eLiberatica; Anybody is welcome!

Please consider the notes below:

Sponsors and media partners are vital for having a successful eLiberatica conference.
In the same time, your involvement will provide a unique opportunity to associate your brand with the high profile participants that will come at eLiberatica 2008.

You will prove your willingness to support the innovation, open mind ideas, vision and community involvement, increase your visibility, shape consumer attitudes, entertain clients, recruit and retain employees, merchandise opportunities, showcase product attributes, differentiate product from competitors, drive sales and/or a tax right off.

All above will help your marketing communications effort to highly improve your organization image, not only in Romania but in the whole world.

Your contribution will help:

• Inviting high profile international speakers;
• Provide the "up-front" money that is needed to lock down logistics before attendee registration money begins to arrive;
• Keep registration costs low, which boosts attendance;
• Spread the word about the Open and Free Technologies.

If you want to see this initiative continue to thrive and grow, and in the same time to illuminate your public appearance, sponsoring eLiberatica is one of the best investments you can make.

We are proud to offer the following partnership tiers for eLiberatica Conference 2008 (from low to high):

Media Partnership

eLiberatica Media Partner

To become a Media Partner, you should:

• Insert eLiberatica logo with link to www.eliberatica.ro under your website Media Partners section (if you have one);
• Write an article on your website where you insert eLiberatica logo and an event description.

What are we offering:

• Your organization logo and link under Media Partners section on our website;
• Your organization logo and website link printed under Media Partners section in the event catalog;
• Your organization name and website link on each newsletter we are releasing.

Note:

If you wish and can provide more media promotion, other favors can be discussed.

Community Sponsorship

To become a Community Sponsor, you should:

• Insert eLiberatica logo with link to www.eliberatica.ro under your website Media Partners section (if you have one);
• Write an article on your website where you insert eLiberatica logo and an event description;
• Contribute with some financial support (from 300 Euro up).

For Community Sponsors, we are offering the Community Sponsor Package (CS Package):

• Your organization logo and a description up to 250 letters under eLiberatica Community Sponsor section (depending to your qualification; 1 star, 2 stars, etc);
• Your organization logo plus your website link under Community Sponsor section in the conference event catalog;
• Your organization name and website link on each newsletter we are releasing;
• Plus, depending on the package you chose:

1 Star Community Sponsor*

• We are offering CS Package plus one DCT ticket (see the note below).
• Package price: 300 Euro.

2 Stars Community Sponsor**

• We are offering CS Package plus two DCT tickets (see the note below).
• Package price: 500 Euro.

3 Stars Community Sponsor***

• We are offering CS Package plus four DCT tickets (see the note below).
• Package price: 700 Euro.

Note:

DCT = Discounted Conference Ticket - provides access to all sessions, presentations, workshops and conference materials, including two coffee breaks per day.

If you intend to sponsor the conference with more than 700 Euro other favors can be discussed.

eLiberatica Freedom Party Community Sponsor

• We are offering the CS Package plus:
• Recognition as a Freedom Party Community Sponsor to include 3-5 minute speaking opportunity on behalf of your organization at the Freedom Party;
• 2 roll-up banners at the Freedom Party;
• 2 BCT tickets (see the note below);
• Opportunity to distribute promotional items at the Freedom Party;
• Post event "Remember eLiberatica 2008" CD containing: pictures, movie and media monitoring, eLiberatica 2008 data-base (list with all attendants, and statistics) and all presentations in electronic format.
• Package price: 2000 Euro

Note:

BCT - Basic Conference Ticket - Provides access to all sessions, presentations, workshops and conference materials, including two coffee breaks and one lunch per day together with the Freedom & Networking Party on Saturday evening.

If you intend to sponsor the conference freedom party with more than 1.000 Euro other favors can be discussed.

Main Sponsors

To become an eLiberatica Conference Main Sponsor, you should contribute with a consistent financial support.

For our main sponsors, we are offering (please note that some of the features are provided only for some particular packages - we marked it with a star "*"; for a complete list, please check the comparison table):

• Recognition as a Conference Main Sponsor and depending of the package you chose, in between 10 to 40 minutes of presentation on behalf of your company;
• Presentation stand in the exposition opened throughout the event *;
• Your organization logo and a description up to 500 letters under eLiberatica website main sponsors section;
• Your organization logo and website link under main sponsors section in the conference event catalog;
• Mentioning your organization as main sponsor in the pre- and post-event press releases;
• Roll-up banners in the conference hall;
• Your organization presentation paper in the event map;
• Presentation of the company in the event catalog;
• Advertising in the event catalog *;
• Post event "Remember eLiberatica 2008" CD containing: pictures, movie and media monitoring, eLiberatica 2008 data-base (list with all attendants, and statistics) and all presentations in electronic format;
• Participation tickets for other members of the company (see the table below);
• Participation at the Social Dinner with the conference speakers on Friday night *.

Sponsorship packages comparison table

Note:

DCT = Discounted Conference Ticket - provides access to all sessions, presentations, workshops and conference materials, including two coffee breaks per day.

BCT - Basic Conference Ticket - Provides access to all sessions, presentations, workshops and conference materials, including two coffee breaks and one lunch per day together with the Freedom & Networking Party on Saturday evening.

Background

eLiberatica 2008

With an estimated audience of over 350 participants, 10 prestigious international guests, Romanian notable personalities and important companies, at its second edition, the eLiberatica conference tends not only to be the biggest Open Source/Free Software Romanian event in 2008, but also a special one in the IT world. Business men, community leaders as well as specialist from allover the world will gather together to discuss the hottest topics related to open and free technologies.

Just like last time, the organizers are working hard to get high profile speakers and leading companies that will give real value to the event.
An updated list with all confirmed speakers, can be found under Speaker section.

The second conference day will close with the already known "Freedom Party" - an event dedicated to all eLiberatica participants, which will offer a perfect background to socialize with the international guests, local speakers, companies’ representatives, sponsors, participants and organizers. Good music, quality food and refined drinks will provide the opportunity to share opinions, bound business connections and friendships and spend the same quality time as during the previous eLiberatica edition.

eLiberatica 2007

The first eLiberatica conference gathered over 250 participants in one of the most interesting places of the country, Brasov city. The event proved to be a huge success, both between Open Source/Free Software supporters and the present business representatives.

The speeches were presented during the two conference days by personalities that changed the course of the IT world like:
Monty Widenius - one of the two creators of MySQL,
Brian Behlendorf - the initiator of the Apache project, the most utilized web server,
Zak Greant - Mozilla representative and well known FLOSS evangelist,
Georg Greve - the president of Free Software Foundation Europe,
Aleksander Farstad - CEO for eZ Systems, one of the most widely spread Open Source CMS,
Kurt von Finck - Ubuntu / Canonical representative,
Jim Willis - the first person to initiate the Open Source program in USA eGovernment,
together with many Romanian speakers, managed to enthuse the auditorium and, in the same time, has brought a higher level of visibility for the international and local OS/FS projects and communities (see what they are saying about eLiberatica 2007 ...eLiberatica 2007 quotes).

Among the previous edition sponsors and partners we mention: Mozilla Foundation, IBM, Sun Microsystems, Romsys Data, BitDefender, Canonical, Ubuntu, MySQL AB, BIT Software, Zitec, Nuxeo, eZ systems and many others (you can check the entire list ...eLiberatica 200 Organizers & Sponsors).

We are waiting for you at eLiberatica 2008 where you can make a stand!

For information regarding your company’s promotion during the conference and/or a personalized sponsorship offer you can contact us at:

International organizations and companies:

Lucian Savluc, eLiberatica Conference Coordinator | ROSI group coordinator:
lucian.savluc@eliberatica.ro | lucian.savluc@rosi.ro