KDD 2015 will be held between 10-13 August 2015 in Sydney. Sponsorship and opportunities to collaborate with KDD 2015 should be directed to the KDD 2015 Sponsorship Co-chairs at sponsors2015@kdd.org
You may download the KDD 2015 sponsorship prospectus
What is KDD?
Started in 1989, KDD is the oldest & largest data mining conference worldwide in data mining, knowledge discovery, big data, data science and their applications. After 25 years and an explosive growth in this industry, KDD is still the home for the latest cutting-edge research in these topics. KDD is uniquely featured by its balance in research innovation and best practices in industry and government.What is the profile of KDD attendees & organizers
KDD 2014 attracted 2300 leading researchers and practitioners academia, industry and government from many countries and regions.
Uniquely among the large analytics & machine learning conferences, we have an equal emphasis on both theoretical advances and large real world impact that benefits millions of customers. Hence, we have separate but equally prestigious research and application tracks for the papers presented at the conference. We also invite several leaders from various industries to present at the conference to foster a cross breeding of ideas. Over the years, this interaction between the leading practitioners at large companies & startups on the one hand, and the algorithm development researchers (including leading academics) on the other has proven to be a fertile ground for tremendous technological and entrepreneurial innovation. As a result, KDD regularly spawns new product features & technologies for companies, and new research problems for our academic colleagues.
Many successful entrepreneurs who first emerged from our research community still actively participate in our conference and mentor the next generation of innovators. Continuing a long tradition, the KDD 2015 continues to be organized & run by such high-powered volunteers including entrepreneurs, chief analytics officers, leading data scientists and professors etc, and other thought leaders who consider this a way to give back to our community.
What are the sponsorship benefits?
Many of our sponsors & exhibitors are companies like Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Accenture and others who use KDD to meet & hire the leading data scientists of our generation. KDD 2015 will match our Diamond, Platinum, Gold, and Silver sponsors with attendees (students and leading researchers) looking for jobs. These sponsors will be able to send us their job advertisements ahead of time & we will match them up with the CVs of interested attendees & connect the best matches upto 15 days ahead of the conference. During these 15 days you can set up a schedule of interviews at your conference exhibition booth or at other convenient locations of your choice.
Many established and startup companies such as Google, Oracle and SAS use the exhibition booth as a venue to advertise & meet new customers. Finally most leading book publishers use our conference to advertise and sell the latest books to the largest gathering of data mining researchers. All of our attendees also visit the Exhibitors' booths since we provide coffee, soda & snacks, wireless internet and working tables in this region.
We rely on corporate sponsorship to help us keep the registration costs affordable for students and international attendees. We are grateful for your support of our research community.
We hope to see you at KDD 2015!
Note: All amounts are in USD (US Dollar).
Diamond – $50,000
Benefits:
- Recognition as host of a meal or other conference event (Diamond sponsors have priority in selecting their hosting meal/event)
- Option to speak to audience at their hosted meal/event
- Option to "introduce a keynote or general session speaker" (showing ONE slide is OK)
- SIG-KDD will send two emails to all KDD-2015 attendees (before or after the conference). Note: We are not giving out the attendee list. The sponsor will provide the email to SIG-KDD, and SIG-KDD will approve and send it.
- Complimentary Triple-space booth
(Diamond sponsors will have the highest priority in booth selection) - Six complimentary conference registrations, plus 2 complimentary registrations for exhibitors
- KDD-2014 will match conference attendees interested in jobs with your job descriptions & facilitate 1-on-1 meetings at the conference venue.
- Special prominent placement of large logo/link on website
- Large-size logo on conference bag and conference materials
- Option to have brochure or CD included in all conference bags
Platinum – $35,000
Benefits:
- Recognition as host of a meal or other conference event (Platinum sponsors have priority in selecting their hosting meal/event)
- Option to speak to audience at their hosted meal/event
- Option to "introduce a keynote or general session speaker" (showing ONE slide is OK)
- SIG-KDD will send two emails to all KDD-2015 attendees (before or after the conference). Note: We are not giving out the attendee list. The sponsor will provide the email to SIG-KDD, and SIG-KDD will approve and send it.
- Complimentary double-space booth (Platinum sponsors will have medium priority in booth selection)
- Three complimentary conference registrations, plus 2 complimentary registrations for exhibitors
- KDD-2014 will match conference attendees interested in jobs with your job descriptions & facilitate 1-on-1 meetings at the conference venue.
- Special prominent placement of large logo/link on website
- Large-size logo on conference bag and conference materials
- Option to have brochure or CD included in all conference bags
Gold – $20,000
Benefits:
- Recognition as host of a meal or other conference event
- Option to "introduce a keynote or general session speaker" (showing ONE slide is OK)
- SIG-KDD will send one email to all KDD-2015 attendees (before or after the conference). Note: We are not giving out the attendee list. The sponsor will provide the email to SIG-KDD, and SIG-KDD will approve and send it.
- Complimentary double-space booth (Gold sponsors will have medium priority in booth selection)
- One complimentary conference registrations, plus 2 complimentary registrations for exhibitors
- KDD-2014 will match conference attendees interested in jobs with your job descriptions & facilitate 1-on-1 meetings at the conference venue.
- Logo on website, conference bag and conference materials
- Option to have brochure or CD included in all conference bags
Silver – $10,000
Benefits:
- Complimentary single-space booth (Silver sponsors will have priority in booth selection over non-sponsoring exhibitors)
- Two complimentary exhibitor registrations
- KDD-2015 will match conference attendees interested in jobs with your job descriptions & facilitate 1-on-1 meetings at the conference venue.
- Logo on website, conference bag and conference materials
- Option to have brochure or CD included in all conference bags
Bronze – $5,000
Benefits:
- One complimentary conference registration
- Logo on website, conference bag and conference materials
- Option to have brochure or CD included in all conference bags
Evening Reception Sponsorship/ Lunch Sponsorship
– $7,500
Benefits:
- Prominently displayed banner
- Recognition as host of a meal
- Logo on website, conference bag and conference materials
- Option to "introduce a keynote or general session speaker" (showing ONE slide is OK)
Sponsorships of Any One Track or Session at Conference
– $5000
Note: Limited to one sponsor per session including Industry Practice Expo track.
Benefits:
- Prominently displayed banner
- Logo on website, conference bag and conference materials
- Option to speak at the introduction of the session for up to 5 min
- Note: Meant to be used to support Speaker Honoraria/travel etc.
Sponsorship of USB Memory Stick for KDD Proceedings
– $5000 (max 1 sponsor)
- Logo on the USB memory stick
- Logo on website, conference bag and conference materials
- Opportunity to distribute electronic files in the proceedings USB to all participants (including small demonstration software, case studies or advertisements)
Sponsorship of Webcast of Keynote lectures
– $5000 (max of 2 sponsors)
- Logo and advertisement links on page for webcast
- Opportunity to reach global audience of several thousand people
- Logo on website, conference bag and conference materials
Wireless Access sponsorship
– $5,000 (max 2 sponsors)
- Starting page of internet access (with agreements etc.) will have prominent advertisement for sponsor
- Logo on website, conference bag and conference materials
Media Sponsorships
- Prominent branding on summit website, signage , conference bags and materials
- SIG-KDD will send two company tailored emails to all KDD-2015 attendees before and after the conference. Note: We are not giving out the attendee list. The sponsor will provide the email to SIG-KDD, and SIG-KDD will approve and send it.
- SIG-KDD will send two company tailored emails to all KDD-2015 attendees before and after the conference. Note: We are not giving out the attendee list. The sponsor will provide the email to SIG-KDD, and SIG-KDD will approve and send it.
- Company profile ( description, logo , link ) in show-guide and website
- Two complimentary conference press passes for staff members
Research Track Best Paper Awards
– $2,500 (max 2 sponsors)
Industry/Government Track Best Paper Awards
– $2,500 (max 2 sponsors)
Best Student Paper Awards
– $2,500 (max 2 sponsors)
Dissertation Award
– $2,500 (max 2 sponsors)
Named Student Travel Grant
- $1000 per student (e.g., IBM Student Travel Grant)
Benefits for each:
- Publicity at conference
- Recognition on plaque/certificate handed to winner
- Logo on website, conference bag and conference materials
Advertisement in Conference Program Booklet
- $2000 (max 3 sponsors)
- Logo on the inner side of front and back cover
- 1 page advertisement in the program booklet
Bag Inserts/Fliers
- $1000
Benefits:
- Distribution of fliers or CD to all attendees of KDD
Exhibitor Booth – Tiered Pricing (See Below)
Benefits:
- Opportunity to reach entire KDD audience, eg. to sell books or Data mining software
- Helps companies recruit leading data mining practitioners & researchers
- Two Complimentary exhibitor registrations
- Rate for exhibiting companies: $3,000
- One day rate for startups: $1,000 per day
