Additional Sponsorship Opportunities
The following sponsorship opportunities allow organizations to:
- Achieve greater visibility at the conference
- Emphasize your support of technical women
- Reach specific audience types
- Align sponsorships with organizational goals of recruitment, retention and advancement of technical women
Items are available for sponsorship in the following categories:
For full descriptions of these items and their benefits, please see the Additional Sponsorship Opportunities brochure. Contact Cara de Urioste, Director of Development, with questions.
| EVENTS, WORKSHOPS, LUNCHES | DESCRIPTION | SPONSOR | |
| RockIT Science Celebration | All attendees are invited to a night of celebrating the end of the conference, as well as the 25th anniversary of Systers. This will be held at the Maryland Science Center, and will include dessert, dancing, and more. |    |
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| Career Fair | Sponsor the conference’s three-day Career Fair. |  |
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| Senior Women’s Summit $10,000 per sponsor | Sponsor this invitation-only event that brings together senior technical women from industry, government, and academia. |  |
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| Technical Executive Forum | Sponsor this invitation-only event that convenes industry thought leaders. |   |
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| Wifi | Sponsor the free wireless internet that is available throughout the convention center, and selected meeting rooms at the Hilton. |  |
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| Professional Development Leadership Workshop $15,000 | This is one of the conference’s most popular and well-received sessions, focusing on leadership skills. | ||
| Poster Session $8,000 per sponsor | Sponsor the Poster Session, the largest ACM Student Research Competition and technical poster session of any technical conference in the United States. |  |
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| Grace Hopper Open Source Day | This takes place on Saturday and will feature a Codeathon for Humanity. |     |
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| Childcare and Nursing Mother’s Room | Sponsor the free on-site childcare and nursing mothers’ room at the conference. |  |
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| GHC Mobile Application $30,000 | This is the official conference app for iphone, android, blackberry, and web. | ||
| Lanyards | Sponsor the badge lanyards that attendees wear during the conference. Does not include the cost for producing the lanyards. |  |
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| Speaker Ready Room $15,000 | This is the room where speakers check in to upload their presentations, and prepare for their talks. | ||
| Cyber Center | This is the laptop station where attendees can access the internet complimentary during the conference. |  |
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| Charging Stations | Sponsor the charging stations in the Career Fair hall. |  |
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| Women of Color Lunch/Women of Underrepresented Group Lunch $7,500 per sponsor | This is a private lunch for women of color in computing. | |
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| Scholarship Recipients Lunch | This is a private lunch for the GHC student scholarship recipients. |  |
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| Research Labs Lunch | This is a private lunch for the Researchers community. |  |
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| Faculty Lunch $5,000 | Sponsor the private lunch for junior and senior faculty members. | ||
| Latinas in Computing Lunch | This is a private lunch for the Latinas community. | |
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| LGBT Lunch | This is a private lunch for the LGBT community. |  |
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| Latinas in Computing Reception | This is a private reception for the Latinas community. |  |
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| Black Women in Computing Reception | This is a private reception for black women in computing. | |
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| Morning and Afternoon Breaks | Sponsor the conference refreshment breaks for all attendees, available Thursday and Friday. |  |
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| AWARDS | |||
| Anita Borg Social Impact | Sponsor the award that recognizes an individual or team who has caused technology to have a positive impact on the lives of women and society or who has caused women to have a significant impact on the design and use of technology. | |
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| Anita Borg Technical Leadership | Sponsor the award that recognizes and celebrates an outstanding woman technical leader. |  |
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| Denice Denton Emerging Leader | Sponsor the award that recognizes a junior faculty member for leadership. | |
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| A. Richard Newton Educator | Sponsor the award the recognizes teaching practices that attract girls and women to math, computing, and engineering. | Amrita Newton Neris Newton Petra Michel Bill Unger |
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| Anita Borg Change Agent Awards | Sponsor the 3 awards that honor technical women who live and work outside the United States. | |
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| SCHOLARSHIPS | |||
| International Scholarship $2,750 each | International scholarships include travel, lodging, and registration for students coming from abroad. |  |
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| Undergraduate or Graduate Scholarship $1,650 each | Scholarships include travel, lodging, and registration for undergraduate and graduate students in the United States. |      |
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| Asian American Scholarship $1,650 each | Scholarships include travel, lodging, and registration for Asian American students in the United States. | |
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| Black and African American Scholarship $1,650 each | Scholarships include travel, lodging, and registration to Black and African American students in the United States. |  |
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| Woman of Color Scholarship $1,650 each | Scholarships include travel, lodging, and registration to Women of Color students in the United States. | |
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| Latinas Scholarship $1,650 each | Scholarships include travel, lodging, and registration to Latinas students in the United States. | |
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| BOOTH UPGRADES, LOUNGES, MEETING SPACE | |||
| Hosted GHC Affinity Lounge $2,500 – $10,000 | These are private spaces at the convention center where sponsors can host events with conference attendees. Space is limited. | ||
| Other Meeting Spaces $500 per hour | Limited space is available for sponsors to hold events or internal meetings in conjunction with the conference. | ||
| Career Fair Booth Upgrade $2,000 per booth | Purchase an additional exhibit booth space for your location in the exhibit hall. Available for Platinum and Gold sponsors only. | ||
| Additional Interview Booths $1,500 per booth | Purchase additional interview booths for use Wednesday through Friday. Available for Platinum and Gold sponsors only. | ||
There will be no sponsorship refunds after sign-up.