Sponsorship
opportunities
LinuxTag 2014
May 8 – 10, 2014, Berlin, Germany
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Mai 8 – 10, 2014
STATION Berlin, Germany

Mission●LinuxTag (German for „LinuxDay“)●

Attended by Linux and Open Source professionals●

Platform for companies and projects to showcase
innovative, world-class products and solutions●

International focus: conference language english●

Top speaker in a carefully reviewed program●

Marketplace for all types of Linux professionals,
including developers, users, management, policy
makers, and politians
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Mai 8 – 10, 2014
STATION Berlin, Germany

A Growing Business●

80% of companies plan to expand usage of Linux

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73% use Linux servers for critical infrastructure

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Sales of Linux servers
to grow by 12,7%
76% of businesses
running cloudservers
use Linux infrastructure
4 out of 5 HR managers
have trouble finding
matching Linux experts

Sources: Linux Foundation, May 2013; IDC 2012

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Mai 8 – 10, 2014
STATION Berlin, GermanyLeading Linux conference since 1996
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1996: Founded at University of Kaiserslautern
2000: Move to professional conference centers;
run by non-profit LinuxTag Association
2001: 19,000 visitors attend
2007: Move to Berlin,
Germany's capital
2014: Re-launch together withdroidcon and re:publica

Special emphasis on
Open Source professionals

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Mai 8 – 10, 2014
STATION Berlin, Germany

Previous Keynote Speaker Higlights
Chris Di Bona,
GoogleRichard M. Stallman,
Free Software Foundation

Mark Shuttleworth,
Canonical/Ubuntu

Jimmy Wales,
Wikipedia

Matthew Garrett,Kernel Developer

Brigitte Zypries,
Fed. Minister of Justicewhere .com meets .org
Mai 8 – 10, 2014
STATION Berlin, Germany

LinuxTag 2014●

When? May 8 – 10, 2014 (Thursday to Saturday)●

Where? STATION Berlin, Germany●Who?

●4,000+ developers, evangelists, users,managers, policy makers, and politians

What? Conference, Exhibition,Workshops, and special events

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Mai 8 – 10, 2014
STATION Berlin, Germany

Media Exposure●●Technical press (heise Mediengruppe: c't, iX,Linux-Magazine, PC-Welt, ...)● Online Newsticker (Golem, t3n, Pro-Linux, ZDNet, …)● German Newspapers (Weserkurier, … via dpa)
● 100+ Blogs, 400+ Tweets● Stories on Xing, Facebook, LinkedIn, and G+●

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Mai 8 – 10, 2014
STATION Berlin, Germany

LinuxTag in BerlinNewSince Linux and Open Source have changed,focus adjusted towards IT professionals

Conference language completely englishNewNew

More focus by reduction to three days

Sponsorship options tailored to spsonsors' needs
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Mai 8 – 10, 2014
STATION Berlin, Germany

NewHighlights
Planned Subconferences:

Special events:●

Hacking Contest●

CMS Garden●

Kernel Kwestioning

Focus on Career:●

Job Wall●

Personal development track●

Employers' showcase●

OpenIT Summit●

OpenStack DACH day●Community Leadership Summit●

Joint tracks with droidcon●

Hands-on workshops presented byproject maintainers
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Mai 8 – 10, 2014
STATION Berlin, Germany

Previous Sponsors and Exhibitors

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Mai 8 – 10, 2014
STATION Berlin, GermanyConference Main Topics
Find out: Tracing,troubleshooting,and logging

Protect yourself: Fancy a game?
Linux' new steps
Security after
into entertainment
SnowdenMake it so: Manage Roll your own:
configurations and Bring back yourdeploy software
servers home

Extensible Attic:
Deal with vast
amounts of data

Pimp the Web: Speed up Go agile: Small
your apps and improvesteps for youruser experience

OpenStack:One IaaS platform
for all needs

code, but a giant
leap for Users

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Mai 8 – 10, 2014
STATION Berlin, Germany

Location●Former railway STATION in the heart of Berlin●Two subway stops from Potsdamer Platz●

15 minutes from Central Station

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STATION Berlin, Germany

Venue11)

First Floor: Keynotes and Conference, VIP-Lounge

Final floor layout subject to change

Ground Floor: Exhibition and Conference Sessions

Plus detached breakout-session rooms,
rooftop-terrace, big open air patio, ...

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STATION Berlin, Germany

Venue Key Figures●

Ground level (clear height 4,20 m):●

Hall 6: Exhibition floor, 600 m² grossHall 4/1: Exhibition floor, 1,050 m² gross● Hall 4/2: Four session halls, 100 pax each●●

Upper level (clear height 4,60 m):●

Hall 5: Keynote hall (500+ pax), session hall (300 pax)

Both exhibition floor and session halls are shared withdroidcon. Visitors have access to all facilities.
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Mai 8 – 10, 2014
STATION Berlin, Germany

Sponsoring packages
Platinum: 20,000 Euro
Gold: 14,000 EuroSilver: 6,000 Euro
Bronze: 3,000 Euro(all prices excluding VAT)

Individual packages are available for startups, longterm sponsoring partners, and special

formats like the Hacking Contest, the CMS garden, prize sponsoring
Catering and social event sponsoring

Swag and promotional material in conference bag, lanyard sponsoring, networking partner

The services described on the following pages are suggestions.
Talk to our sponsor-mangement team for your individual solution!
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Mai 8 – 10, 2014
STATION Berlin, Germany

Bronze Package●●●Infopoint with table androll-up display– or –
Sponsorship of a project of choice
Visibility at LinuxTag website
in sponsor section
2 conference tickets included

Price: 3,000 Euro excl. VAT
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Silver Package●●●

Larger booth space (ca. 5 m²)
in the exhibition area
– or –
co-sponsoring a track
Visibility at LinuxTag website
in sponsor section
Additional brand visibility
outside and inside●

2 job offers on jobwall●

5 tickets included

Price: 6,000 Euro excl. VAT

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Gold Package
Same as Silver package plus
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larger booth space (15 m²)
in premium location– or –exclusive sponsor of a trackwith banner presence on stage
Reviewed talk in conf track
Premium visibility atLinuxTag website
Coverage in conference video or
10 job offers on job wall
10 tickets included

Price: 14,000 Euro excl. VAT (max 4)

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Mai 8 – 10, 2014
STATION Berlin, Germany

Platinum Package
Same as Gold package plus
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25m² booth spacein first-class location– or –
special arrangement
tailored by LinuxTag teamBusiness lounge access
Up to two reviewed talks
in conference track
Unlimited number of job
offers on jobwall
20 tickets included

Price: 20,000 Euro excl. VAT (max 2)

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Mai 8 – 10, 2014
STATION Berlin, Germany

Package Options●

Not necessary to man a booth: If no presence at the exhibitionis needed you may●

donate your booth space exclusively to an open source project ofyour choice and claim credit for that,●convert your benefits into tickets for employees or customers,●

additionally place a roll-up display at the sponsor wall,●

trade in to more job offers to the jobwall,●sponsor the conference wifi network,●

sponsor lunch or break snacks,●

sponsor the social event on May 8, 2014.

Feel free to contact us
if you have other ideas!

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Mai 8 – 10, 2014
STATION Berlin, GermanyImpressions

Check out video of 2013 keynote speaker
Matthew Garrett made by Golem:
http://goo.gl/MRjUlN (or click on image)where .com meets .org
Mai 8 – 10, 2014
STATION Berlin, Germany

TeamLinuxTag is organized in units by members of the LinuxTag Association – mostlyas volunteer work. Ask our sponsoring team for appropriate contacts:

Tobias
PaepkeIngo
Wichmann

Jacqueline
Rahemipour

Nils
Magnuspaepke@linuxtag.org

wichmann@linuxtag.org

rahemipour@linuxtag.org

magnus@linuxtag.org+49-160-7158-032+49-201-8536-600+49-178-6104-852+49-173-3181-057

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Mai 8 – 10, 2014
STATION Berlin, GermanyBecome part of it:
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