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+ +Address: +11100 NE 6th St
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+ +## Thank you for sponsoring DevOpsDays Seattle + +As you probably know, DevOpsDays is a volunteer run not-for-profit event. Our goal is to help people learn about DevOps, and we couldn’t do it without your support. Thank You!! + +### Book your hotel rooms + +A lot of hotels in Seattle sell out in the spring. It’s a good idea to book any rooms you’ll need as soon as possible. We don't have an official hotel, but there are many in the area. + +### Register your attendees + +You’ll receive a registration code to be given to people who will be attending on behalf of your company. Please don’t wait to have them register once you receive your code! We’d like to have an accurate count as soon as possible. + +### Venue Location + +Maydenbauer Center
+11100 NE 6th St
+Bellevue, WA 98004
+Directions and Parking + +### Dates and Times + +This year’s event is on September 9th and 10th, 2025. A detailed program can be found at . Please note the speaker schedule is subject to change. + +* March 25: Sponsor packages announced. +* March 25: CFP opens. +* May 15: Early-bird ticket sales open. +* 15 June: CFP Closes. +* 25 June: Early-bird ticket sales end. Regular ticket sales opens. +* 30 June: Speakers notified of acceptance, program updated as confirmations as received. +* 31 July: Speakers and program finalized. +* 15 August: Sponsorship closes. Last day for any logo changes for event banners (excluding the ones sponsors themselves bring). +* 21 August: Sponsorship table email sent. +* 30 August: Sponsor table allocation. +* 8 September: Booth set up from 09:00 till 16:00. We'll also print badges during this time for sponsors. +* 9 September: Registration opens at 08:00 (Sponsors can come in starting 07:00 on 9th and 10th) +* 10 September: Tear down - approximately 16:30. + +### Sponsor Pitch Schedule + +Gold sponsors have 2 minutes, Silver 1 minute, and Bronze 30 seconds for a pitch to the full audience at the start of each day. This time will be strictly enforced to make sure we stay on schedule! + + + +## Who to send + +Of course this is up to you, but most attendees will be hands-on practitioners. It’s +important to your success that you send people able to have practitioner level +conversations. If you’re showing off your latest product, be ready to answer +some technical questions. If you’re looking to hire people, have someone there +who works in the type of role you’re hiring for. There will be a job board avialable during the event for anyone to share open roles and contact details. + +### Conference Format + +DevOpsDays is a unique blend of presentation style talks and interactive open +discussions. The presentations are being chosen from over 200 submissions. We’re +really excited about the talks we’ll see. + +The afternoons are run as open spaces. You can learn more about this format +at . To make the most of your +participation it’s highly recommended that your staff participate in the open +space discussions. This is your best chance to show off how valuable you can +be to the attendees. Open space topics are proposed and voted for by attendees, we encourage you to submit ideas as well. + +### Shipping, Loading Dock + +The venue manages all shipping requests, plan to have packages arrive on September 7th for the setup day on September 8th. All the details can be found on their site - . + +Sponsors are welcome coordinate with venue to use their loading dock - . + +### Sponsor Tables + +Gold sponsors will be able to choose the location in the venue of your sponsor table. Once sponsors have finalized attendance with payment, we will share a Google Drive document to track all action items, share sponsor-specific details, manage the logo, and share any additional information. It will also contain a section to indicate table location prefferences (allocated by sponsorship level, and then by payment received date). We will send out an email to sponsors on 21 August for table allocation finalization, it is important to respond to this email as soon as possible to secure final table allocations. With that said, we've been told that we have one of the most welcoming sponsor areas of any DevOpsDays event and will do everything in our power to make sure there's no such thing as a "bad table spot". + +### Floor plan and booth allocations + + +### Code of Conduct + +DevOpsDays is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience +for everyone. The Code of Conduct will be strictly enforced, please be sure to +read it at . In particular, +exhibitors should not use sexualized images, activities, or other material. +Booth staff (including volunteers) should not use sexualized clothing/uniforms/costumes, +or otherwise create a sexualized environment. + +### Social Networks + +We have the twitter handle [@DevOpsDaysSEA](https://x.com/DevOpsDaysSEA), Bluesky [@dodseattle.org](https://bsky.app/profile/dodseattle.org), and company page on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/devopsdays-seattle/) but people will most likely use the #DevOpsDays hashtag on the day. diff --git a/content/events/2025-seattle/sponsor.md b/content/events/2025-seattle/sponsor.md index d78e4beaf19..fa42c09d38f 100644 --- a/content/events/2025-seattle/sponsor.md +++ b/content/events/2025-seattle/sponsor.md @@ -4,63 +4,204 @@ Type = "event" Description = "Sponsor devopsdays seattle 2025" +++ -We greatly value sponsors for this open event. If you are interested in sponsoring, please drop us an email at [{{< email_organizers >}}]. +We greatly value sponsors for this community event. If you are interested in sponsoring, please email us at {{< email_organizers subject="Interested%20in%20Sponsoring%20DevOpsDays%20Seattle%202025" >}} - you can view the different levels below, or download our 2025 prospectus for the full details. The 2025 event will be held at the Meydenbauer Center on {{< event_start >}} - {{< event_end >}}.
devopsdays is a self-organizing conference for practitioners that depends on sponsorships. We do not have vendor booths, sell product presentations, or distribute attendee contact lists. Sponsors have the opportunity to have short elevator pitches during the program and will get recognition on the website and social media before, during and after the event. Sponsors are encouraged to represent themselves by actively participating and engaging with the attendees as peers. Any attendee also has the opportunity to demo products/projects as part of an open space session.

-Gold sponsors get a full table and Silver sponsors a shared table where they can interact with those interested to come visit during breaks. All attendees are welcome to propose any subject they want during the open spaces, but this is a community-focused conference, so heavy marketing will probably work against you when trying to make a good impression on the attendees. +Gold sponsors have a table where they can interact with those interested to come visit during breaks, and Silver sponsors share a half table with other Silver sponsors, 2 per table. Bronze sponsors can provide swag for attendees on a central, shared swag table, but have no dedicated Expo hall space. All attendees are welcome to propose any subject they want during the open spaces, but this is a community-focused conference, so heavy marketing will probably work against you when trying to make a good impression on the attendees.

The best thing to do is send engineers to interact with the experts at devopsdays on their own terms.

+For 2025, there are 2 add-on packages available for sponsors. Only one of each is available. +

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-There are also opportunities for exclusive special sponsorships. We'll have sponsors for various events with special privileges for the sponsors of these events. If you are interested in special sponsorships or have a creative idea about how you can support the event, send us an email. -
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Example: "UA-74738648-1" # All dates are in unquoted 2025-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS+TZ:TZ, like this: @@ -10,18 +10,18 @@ ga_tracking_id: "" # If you have your own Google Analytics tracking ID, enter it # variable: 2019-01-05T23:59:59+02:00 # Note: we allow 2025-MM-DD for backward compatibility, but it can lead to unexpected behaviors (like your event disappearing from the front page during your last day) -startdate: # The start date of your event. Leave blank if you don't have a venue reserved yet. -enddate: # The end date of your event. Leave blank if you don't have a venue reserved yet. +startdate: 2025-09-09T00:00:00-07:00 # The start date of your event. Leave blank if you don't have a venue reserved yet. +enddate: 2025-09-10T23:59:59-07:00 # The end date of your event. Leave blank if you don't have a venue reserved yet. # Leave CFP dates blank if you don't know yet, or set all three at once. -cfp_date_start: # start accepting talk proposals. -cfp_date_end: # close your call for proposals. -cfp_date_announce: # inform proposers of status +cfp_date_start: 2025-03-24T00:00:00-07:00 # start accepting talk proposals. +cfp_date_end: 2025-06-11T00:00:00-07:00 # close your call for proposals. +cfp_date_announce: 2025-03-24T00:00:00-07:00 # inform proposers of status -cfp_link: "" #if you have a custom link for submitting proposals, add it here. This will control the Propose menu item as well as the "Propose" button. +cfp_link: "https://talks.devopsdays.org/devopsdays-seattle-2025/cfp" #if you have a custom link for submitting proposals, add it here. This will control the Propose menu item as well as the "Propose" button. -registration_date_start: # start accepting registration. Leave blank if registration is not open yet. This will make the "Register" button appear on your "Welcome" page. -registration_date_end: # close registration. Leave blank if registration is not open yet. If you set "registration_date_start" you need a value here. +registration_date_start: 2025-05-25T00:00:00-07:00 # planned date to open registration +registration_date_end: 2025-09-08T23:59:59-07:00 # planned date to close registration registration_closed: "" #set this to true if you need to manually close registration before your registration end date registration_link: "" # If you have a custom registration link, enter it here. This will control the Registration menu item as well as the "Register" button. @@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ registration_link: "" # If you have a custom registration link, enter it here. T # # coordinates: "" # No longer used -location: "seattle" # Defaults to city, but you can make it the venue name. +location: "Seattle" # Defaults to city, but you can make it the venue name. # -location_address: "" #Optional - use the street address of your venue. This will show up on the welcome page if set. Also used by the event_map shortcode! +location_address: "11100 NE 6th St, Bellevue, WA 98004" #Optional - use the street address of your venue. This will show up on the welcome page if set. Also used by the event_map shortcode! nav_elements: # List of pages you want to show up in the navigation of your page. - # - name: propose - # - name: location + - name: propose + - name: location # - name: registration # - name: program # - name: speakers @@ -56,12 +56,21 @@ team_members: # Name is the only required field for team members. twitter: "saranshlamba" image: "saransh-lamba.jpg" - name: "Cobus Bernard" + employer: "Amazon Web Services" + bio: "Cobus is a Senior Developer Advocate at AWS, with more than 20 years building & automating systems across Linux and Windows. He consulted multiple startups in South Africa to adopt DevOps, and enabled software teams to deliver faster, high-quality features. Certified box-hugger and ~terrible~ awesome dad joke source. " twitter: "cobusbenard" linkedin: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/cobusbernard/" - employer: "AWS" + github: "cobusbernard" + bluesky: "https://bsky.app/profile/cobus.dev" + website: "cobus.dev" image: "cobus-bernard.jpg" - -organizer_email: "organizers@dodseattle.org" # Put your organizer email address here + - name: "Sunandan Barman" + image: "sunandan-barman.jpg" + - name: "Nimisha Mehta" + image: "nimisha-mehta.jpg" + - name: "CJ Joulain" + # image: "cj-joulain.jpg" +organizer_email: "seattle@devopsdays.org" # Put your organizer email address here # List all of your sponsors here along with what level of sponsorship they have. # Check data/sponsors/ to use sponsors already added by others. @@ -71,7 +80,12 @@ sponsors: # url: http://mysponsor.com/?campaign=me # Use this if you need to over-ride a sponsor URL. # - id: arresteddevops # level: community - + - id: arresteddevops + level: community + - id: seattle-coffeeops + level: community + - id: seagl + level: community sponsors_accepted : "yes" # Whether you want "Become a XXX Sponsor!" link # In this section, list the level of sponsorships and the label to use. @@ -81,11 +95,13 @@ sponsors_accepted : "yes" # Whether you want "Become a XXX Sponsor!" link sponsor_levels: - id: gold label: Gold -# max: 10 + max: 6 - id: silver label: Silver - max: 0 # This is the same as omitting the max limit. + max: 10 - id: bronze + max: 10 label: Bronze - id: community label: Community + max: 30