PyCon UK 2015

Sponsorship

PyCon UK is a hugely popular and oversubscribed conference that attracts the very best of programming talent from across the UK, Europe and elsewhere. Our conference is regularly featured in both the trade and national press. Why? Because PyCon UK is organised by the Python community for the Python community with the support of our sponsors (that's where you come in).

Your sponsorship helps PyCon UK deliver amazing talks, tutorials, workshops and community events whilst remaining accessible to the widest possible audience.

The conference itself will take place over the long weekend of the 18th-21st September 2015 at the Coventry University Technology Centre. It will include several tracks of talks, tutorials, keynotes, workshops, an education track aimed at both teachers and kids, a science track for those working with Python in other disciplines, outreach to under-represented groups and various social events to strengthen our community.

In addition to the specific opportunities listed below, all sponsors get their logo displayed on the conference website and we will put any supplied marketing material into the delegate swag bags and display any provided banners around the conference venue.

By sponsoring the event you will be engaging with the most active and influential members of the UK Python community, and placing your brand to the forefront in the community's activities. You will also earn glory, and the undying gratitude of the organisers and delegates. :-)

The available sponsorship is listed below. There are broadly two ways to sponsor: sponsor specific activities or events or sponsor at a certain level. However, we're flexible and would love to hear suggestions for bespoke sponsorship packages.

All sponsors are eligible to take part, for free, in the PyCon UK recruitment event. Non-sponsors will need to pay a fee of £500 (in advance) to take part.

Next Steps

If you've decided you'd like to sponsor the conference, please send us an email with the following information:

  • The package you are interested in sponsoring
  • Contact details so that we can send you an invoice

Sponsorship Items

Item Price Description
Badges and Lanyards £1000 Your logo on every badge and lanyard at PyCon UK.
Sponsored by 2nd Quadrant.
Breakfast Friday £1000 Sponsor banners will be placed in the restaurant and any marketing material will be placed on the dining tables.
Breakfast Saturday £1000 Sponsor banners will be placed in the restaurant and any marketing material will be placed on the dining tables.
Sponsored by Osper.
Breakfast Sunday £1000 Sponsor banners will be placed in the restaurant and any marketing material will be placed on the dining tables.
Friday Evening Charity Social £1500 Sponsor banners will be placed in the evening venue. All money raised from delegates will be donated to Cancer Research UK in memory of the conference founder, the late John Pinner.
Conference Meal: Drinks £1000 Sponsor banners will be displayed at the bar during the conference meal.
Sponsored by DueDil.
Conference Meal: Table Centres £1500 Sponsor marketing materials will be placed on the dining tables and the sponsor's logo will be placed on the table placement labels. Sponsored by DueDil.
Sunday Lunch £2000 Sponsor banners will be placed in the restaurant and any marketing material will be placed on dining tables.
The John Siddely Hall £2500 The largest room and venue for whole conference events such as keynotes and lightning talks will be named after the sponsor with banners displayed next to the main stage.
Sponsored by PythonAnywhere.
Presentation Rooms 2, 3 & 4 £1000 (each) We will name the each room after the appropriate sponsor and display banners next to the speaker's rostrum.
Sponsored by Osper, YPlan, and LaterPay.
Signage £1000 All conference signage to contain the sponsor's name and logo. Sponsored by Fry-IT.
Monday Sprints: Venue £1500 Sponsor banners to be displayed in sprint rooms.
Monday Sprints: Lunch £1000 Sponsor banners will be placed in the restaurant and any marketing material will be placed on dining tables.
Swag Bags £1000 Sponsor's logo to appear on the tote bag containing "swag" given to all attendees. Sponsored by Import Training.
Sprint Prizes £1000 Sponsors to be heavily mentioned during the prize giving for various efforts during the sprint day (for example, best piece of open science). Sponsored by Lyst.
PhD Student Sponsorship £1000 Sponsor a PhD student to attend the Science track! This level of sponsorship would pay for 10 PhD students, without the conference dinner, or, er, 7.75 PhD students with the conference dinner. PhD students to wear sponsor-provided t-shirts/badges and to be the recipient of their eternal gratefulness.

Sponsorship Levels

The following levels of sponsorship are available (separately to the named sponsorship items listed above):

  • GOLD: £10000
  • SILVER: £5000
  • BRONZE: £2500
  • SUPPORTER: £1000

All sponsors will get appropriate levels of display and publicity according to the size of their contribution. In addition sponsors will be given booth space (please tell us what you have in mind for your booth).

Finally, sponsors are eligible for the following free delegate places (not including the conference meal): Gold (8), Silver (4), Bronze (2), Supporter (1)

Contact Us

To ask about sponsorship, email us at pyconuk-sponsorship@python.org.

Sponsor's Deliveries

If you're having anything delivered to the conference venue, for example, exhibition materials or swag, then please ensure packages are clearly marked for PyCon UK and post them to:

    Sandra Binnion (Events Organiser),
    PyCon UK,
    The Innovation Centre,
    Coventry University Technology Park,
    Puma Way,
    Coventry,
    CV1 2TT.
    United Kingdom.
    (Telephone: +44 (0)2476 236427)