Sponsors

Who Are We?

FOSSCON is a Free and Open Source software conference held annually in Philadelphia PA.

FOSSCON brings together users of FOSS from a wide variety of fields. Our attendees include students, systems and network administrators, developers, executives, and more. Attendees come from around the world to participate in talks, learn of new technologies, and visit sponsors and FOSS projects represented in our exhibit area.

Our Attendees

Staying immersed in the local Philadelphia area has given us the opportunity to build relationships with the local tech community, which in turn creates loyal supporters and attendees each and every year. Our continued growth from a meager start at 50 attendees to our current average of several hundred, coupled with our desire to enrich and educate the community is the biggest reason our event continues to progress in all areas. Both our speakers and attendees come from a variety of fields, and include developers, sysadmins, executives, students, and others from Philadelphia and around the world.

FOSSCON is free to our attendees, with a paid ticket being completely optional. This combined with our weekend schedule allows busy tech professionals and hobbyists alike to attend and enjoy the full schedule.

Why Sponsor FOSSCON

FOSSCON operates primarily through the sponsors who exhibit at our conference.

Sponsors primarily benefit by:

● Using FOSSCON as an opportunity to promote their product or organization to users of Open Source Software.

● Recruiting from a community of Open Source Software users and professionals.

● We'll show your ad on our site, to thousands of visitors who have a real interest in Free and Open Source Software.

● Benefiting the Free and Open Source community.

2020 Sponsorship Opportunities

 

Petabyte

$3,000

  • Space for 2 tables or a conference booth setup in your choice of location within exhibit area.
  • Power provided for LCD monitors and system.
  • Logo in our program guide.
  • Your Ad and links to website and social media feeds on our website sponsors section.
  • Slide of your choosing on our screen at registration.
  • Preferred location in sponsorship area.
  • Promotion via conference Twitter feed and Facebook page.
  • Opportunity to provide advertising within presentation and workshop spaces at the event.
  • Opportunity to have one of the workshop spaces named for your organization in the events signage and conference guide map.
  • 5 minutes of talk time, prior to closing remarks, set aside for advertisement of your product/project.

 

Terabyte

$1,500

  • Space for 2 tables or a conference booth setup in your choice of location within exhibit area.
  • Power provided for LCD monitors and system.
  • Logo in our program guide.
  • Your Ad and links to website and social media feeds on our website sponsors section.
  • Slide of your choosing on our screen at registration.
  • Preferred location in sponsorship area.
  • Promotion via conference Twitter feed and Facebook page.
  • Opportunity to provide advertising within presentation and workshop spaces at the event.
  • Opportunity to have one of the workshop spaces named for your organization in the events
  • signage and conference guide map.

Gigabyte

$750

  • Full table with plenty of space for your displays.
  • Power provided for LCD monitors and system.
  • Logo in our program guide.
  • Your Ad and links to website and social media feeds on our website sponsors section.
  • Slide of your choosing on our screen at registration.
  • Preferred location in sponsorship area.
  • Promotion via conference Twitter feed and Facebook page.

Megabyte

$500

  • Full table with plenty of space for your displays.
  • Power provided for LCD monitors and system.
  • Logo in our program guide.
  • Logo and links to website and social media feeds on our website sponsors section.
  • Slide of your choosing on our screen at registration.

Kilobyte

$250

  • Full table with plenty of space for your displays.
  • Power provided for LCD monitors and system.
  • Logo in our program guide.
  • Logo and links to website and social media feeds on our website sponsors section.

Swag Sponsor

$75

Individual business cards/advertising cards/stickers etc.. provided at registration to attendees upon registration. (Note: you must provide these!)

Other Sponsorship Opportunities

If you would like to sponsor a special event or item for FOSSCON, please see the follow areas in which we are currently seeking support. We're always interested in other ideas as well!

FOSSCON bag sponsorship (get your logo on the bags).

FOSSCON 2020 Hackathon.

FOSSCON 2020 Booklet Printing.

T-Shirts/Hoodies/Swag

FOSSCON after party

In addition to the sponsorship levels listed above, we also give away door prizes for attendees, such as books, swag, hardware, software, etc. Any donations of open source related items are Welcome.

If your organization has an interest in sponsoring, please reach out to our sponsorship team. The sponsorship team is available via email at sponsors@fosscon.us