[ontology-summit] Call for Ontology Summit Symposium Sponsors

[Amanda Vizedom <amanda.vizedom@xxxxxxxxx>]

*Call for Sponsors: Ontology Summit *Symposium* 28-29 April, 2014*

Dear Ontology Summit 2014 Supporters,

The program for the upcoming Ontology Summit Symposium is shaping up nicely. The Symposium will pull together and distill insights and output from the full 3.5 months of 2014 Ontology Summit activities, disseminating these results to the ontology, semantic web, big data communities and beyond. The Symposium will also feature Invited Speakers, including  

- Dr. GeorgeStrawn (Director, NCO_NITRD)    

- Dr. FarnamJahanian (Assistant Director, CISE, NSF)   

- Mr. DanielKaufman (Director, Information Innovation Office (I2O), DARPA)    

- Dr. PhilipBourne (Associate Director for Data Sciences, NIH) 

The co-organizers of the Ontology Summit work hard to keep the Summit free and accessible, including the face-to-face Symposium that constitutes the Summits finale. This year, NCO_NITRD is helping us maintain this tradition by hosting the Symposium at the NSF facility in Arlington, VA, at no cost to attendees (as NIST has done in prior years). Our hosts are able to provide physical space, infrastructure and administrative support (e.g., registration). 

Our hosts cannot, however, provide such things as food and drink. In the past, additional sponsors have stepped forward to cover some meals and breaks for participants.

*Meal & Refreshment Break Sponsorships*

The 2014 Ontology Summit Organizing Committee is seeking supporters willing and able to sponsor one or more meals or refreshment breaks for attendees -- breakfast, lunch, morning or afternoon coffee & snack break -- during the two-day Symposium.

In addition to helping us keep the cost of Ontology Summit participation as close to zero as possible, Sponsors will enjoy a range of opportunities for heightened visibility to Symposium participants and to the wider Summit community. Meal & Refreshment sponsors will be thanked and mentioned multiple times during the event and in announcements leading up to it, in communications directed at Summit participants and via social media mentions. We will also set out small signs near the sponsored refreshments, identifying and thanking the sponsor for that meal or break. If refreshment sponsors would like, a small amount of materials of interest to Symposium participants may be set out for attendees near the provided refreshments, during the sponsored event. 

Our hosts have passed along to us information from caterers often used on-site, including quotes for sample lunch and coffee break packages delivered to the Symposium location. Please contact Amanda Vizedom (contact info below) if you would like this information for your consideration.

*Outreach Sponsors*

The 2014 Ontology Summit Organizing Committee continues to seek ways to reach a broader audience, as we communicate about Symposium and about the Summit and its outcomes in general.  

Outreach sponsors are individuals or organizations who help to boost our signal, and raise awareness about the Symposium, the Summit, and the products of the Summit. Outreach Sponsors may accomplish this in a variety of ways, such as:

- Creation of press releases, focused narratives, summaries and explainers that can be posted on the Ontology Summit website and/or provided to the press

- Coverage of in organizational communications, such as organization-wide email, newsletters, calendars, etc.

- Rebroadcast and amplification of Summit email and social media announcements

- Independent blog posting or other coverage 

- Other donation of time and expertise to improve or supplement existing outreach communications  

In addition to helping us keep the cost of Ontology Summit participation as close to zero as possible, Sponsors will enjoy a range of opportunities for heightened visibility to Symposium participants and to the wider Summit community. Meal & Refreshment sponsors will be thanked and mentioned multiple times during the event and in announcements leading up to it, in communications directed at Summit participants and via social media mentions.

Please consider becoming a 2014 Ontology Summit Symposium Sponsor (you or your organization).

Contact Amanda Vizedom (contact info below) to arrange sponsorship, request more information, or with any questions or comments.

Best Regards,

Amanda Vizedom, PhD  

Outreach Co-Champion,

on behalf of the 2014 Ontology Summit Organizing Committee

email: amanda.vizedom@xxxxxxxxx

skype: ajvizedom

twitter: ajvizedom

Google+: google.com/+AmandaVizedom

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