May 2016 - Summitsponsors - lists.openinfra.dev

June 15 - Barcelona OpenStack Summit Sponsorship Sales Open
by Kendall Waters 01 Jun '16

01 Jun '16

Hi everyone, Friendly reminder - Wednesday, June 15, at 8:00am PT / 15:00 UTC sponsorship sales for the October 2016 OpenStack Summit in Barcelona will open. At that time the executable electronic contract will be made available for signature HERE <https://www.openstack.org/summit/barcelona-2016/sponsors/#how-to-sponsor>. All sponsorships will be sold on a first-come basis determined by the time stamp on completed electronic agreements. The top level sponsorships and limited quantity add-ons always sell out quickly so please be mindful of that. Full details of the sponsorship signing process are outlined here <https://www.openstack.org/summit/barcelona-2016/sponsors/#how-to-sponsor> and on page 4 of the Prospectus <https://www.openstack.org/assets/barcelona-summit/Barcelona-Sponsorship-Pro…>. Once you execute the Barcelona Summit contract you will receive a confirmation email from Echosign, you must click the link in that email to complete the signing process. Don’t forget that last step! If you have any overdue balances owed to the Foundation then these must be paid in full before you sign the Summit contract. REGISTRATION Registration is now open <https://openstacksummit2016barcelona.eventbrite.com/>. Purchase your early bird passes now! CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS CFP will open in the coming days. Stay tuned! Please contact summit(a)openstack.org <mailto:summit@openstack.org> with any questions. Cheers, Kendall Kendall Waters OpenStack Marketing kendall(a)openstack.org

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Barcelona Dates - OpenStack Summit
by Claire Massey 02 May '16

02 May '16

Hi everyone, Mark your calendars with the below dates if you’re interested in sponsoring the next OpenStack Summit that will take place in Barcelona, October 25-28, 2016. Please note that a few of the details in the Prospectus (like expo hall hours, booth crawl, etc) are subject to change as we are still firming up some of the timing decisions. All of those details will be confirmed before the sponsor contract is made available on June 15. Thanks, Claire Barcelona Sponsorship Prospectus: https://www.openstack.org/summit/barcelona-2016/ <https://www.openstack.org/summit/barcelona-2016/> Venue: Centre Conventions International Barcelona (CCIB) Mark Your Calendars: June 1: - Call for Speakers (CFP) submission open June 15: - Hotel room blocks open - Sponsor sales open at 8:00am PDT / 10:00am CDT / 15:00 UTC. At that time all sponsorships are sold on a first-come, first-served basis. See page 4 of the Prospectus for the full contract process. June 22: - Confirmed sponsors begin receiving reg codes and access to Sponsor Services site July 13: - Call for Speakers (CFP) submission deadline Late July / early August: - Community voting on session submissions Mid August: - Track Chairs make session selections Late August: - Main Conference schedule published, speakers notified September 12: - Last date to sign sponsor contract Summit Dates: Main Conference and Marketplace Expo will run Tuesday - Thursday, October 25-27 The Design Summit will run Tuesday - Friday, October 25-28 Official Evening Events: The Foundation will not be hosting a centrally organized community-wide evening event in Barcelona. However, as always, we are happy for you to host your own evening events and invite the OpenStack community to attend. On page 18 of the Prospectus you’ll see the criteria for official off-site evening events in order to have them promoted on the agenda. If you need help organizing an event in Barcelona you are welcome to contract any event management company of your choosing. If interested please contact us about it as soon as possible.

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Attendee Metrics - OpenStack Summit Austin
by Claire Massey 02 May '16

02 May '16

Hi Everyone, We hope you had a fun and successful experience at the OpenStack Summit Austin last week! If you have any specific feedback that you’d like to share with us please don’t hesitate to reach out to me directly or to summit(a)openstack.org <mailto:summit@openstack.org>. Below are the attendee metrics for Austin. Cheers, Claire OpenStack Summit Austin Metrics 7,800+ - Attendees 126 - Press & Analysts 116 - Sponsoring companies 61 - Countries represented by attendees 1,190 - Companies represented by attendees 54% - % of people attending an OpenStack Summit for first time Attendees by Region: 77% - USA / Canada / Mexico 13% - APAC 9% - Europe 1 % - Latin America < 1% - Middle East / Africa Attendees by Organizational Role: 17% - Cloud Architect 12% - OpenStack User 11% - Operations/System Admin 11% - Upstream Development 9% - Product Strategy 9% - Business Development/Marketing 8% - Cloud Application Developer 7% - Product Management 6% - CIO/CTO/IT Manager 6% - Other 4% - CEO/Executive Leadership 1% - Media Top countries w/ the most attendees, descending order: 1) United States 2) Canada 3) China 4) Japan 5) UK 6) India 7) Germany 8) France 9) Taiwan 10) Russia

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