SANOG 17
11-18 January 2011, Colombo, Sri Lanka

There are many ways you can help and support us. The standard means is by contributing a fixed amount of money that will be used to support the logistics, and infrastructure for the conference in addition to supporting some national & international speakers. Other ways of supporting us are by contributing computing and network equipment required to provide access to the venue, providing Internet access at the venue, reception dinners for the speakers, business dinners for invitees and so on. Send email to the organizers at info @ .sanog.org   if you would be interested in any of these. You can also write if you want to create a sustainable relationship with SANOG by being a permanent supporter and sponsor.

The standard sponsorship rates are given below. The last date for receiving the intent of sponsorship for SANOG XVII is 1 January 2011. Send email to info @ sanog. org

Principal Sponsor (maximum One ): USD 20000.00

Benefits:

· Pre-event branding
· Prominent branding at pre-conference tutorials, workshops,
· Proportional branding on the Main hall and demo area
· Proportional branding during all Social Events
· At least one lunch event branding.
· At least one dinner event branding and presentation.
· Delegate kit inserts
· Space in Demo@Dinner
· 6 registration for the full event OR 12 registration for tutorial & conference
· Banners ( 2 m x 1 m ) in all halls and lobby, if made available

Platinum Sponsor (maximum Three): USD10000.00

Benefits:

· Pre-event branding
· Prominent branding at pre-conference tutorials, workshops,
· Proportional branding on the Main hall and demo area
· Proportional branding during all Social Events
· At least one lunch event branding and presentation.
· Delegate kit inserts
· Space in Demo@Dinner
· 3 registration for the full event OR 6 registration for tutorial & conference
· 2 Banners ( 2 m x 1 m ) in plenary, and Lobby area, if made available

Gold Sponsors:   USD 5000.00

Benefits:

· Pre-event branding
· Prominent branding at pre-conference tutorials, workshops,
· Proportional branding on the Main hall and demo area
· Delegate kit inserts
· Space in Demo@Dinner
· 2 registration for the full event OR 4 registration for tutorial & conference
· 1 Banner ( 2 m x 1 m ) in plenary if made available

Silver Sponsors: USD 2500.00

Benefits:

· Prominent branding at pre-conference tutorials, workshops,
· Proportional branding on the Main hall and demo area
· Delegate kit inserts
· 1 registration for the full event OR 2 registration for tutorial & conference
· 1 Banner ( 2 m x 1 m ) in lobby area if made available

Session Sponsors : USD 1500.00
Day 6, 7, 8 & 9: Tutorial and conference

Benefits:

· Prominent branding at pre-conference tutorials, workshops,
· Proportional branding on the Main hall and demo area
· Delegate kit inserts
· 1 delegate registration for tutorial & conference

•  Key Points about SANOG XVII

• SANOG XVII is being hosted in Colombo for the third time, after a gap of Three years.. This is the the only major networking technologies event in Sri Lanka.

• SANOG will be very important for sponsorship as SANOG has now gained it's own standing as the premier networking event in the South Asian region after the successful event in the region.  

• Colombo has easier access to most of the region, and no visas are required for people from the SANOG region.

•  Demo @ Dinner  

SANOG is a technical conference and the people networking part is the most important part of this event. In order to engineering and development people from sponsors closer to the users and engineers in the operational community, the Demo @ Dinner is held on the 5 th Day of the SANOG. This is designed similar to the Bear N' Gear format at NANOG.

The Demo @ Dinner event will provide sponsors table space around a hall to put two of their equipment for demonstration to participating engineers. Most vendors and sponsors also assign engineers to answer any questions the participants might have about different product and services from the sponsors.

•  Previous Sponsors

Prominent   Sponsors for previous SANOG meetings include Cisco, HP, Alcatel, Juniper, Loral, NTT Communications, World Link Communications, Microsoft, Lanka Tel,  F-Secure, Sify, Mercantile Communications, Infineon Technologies, Bharti Infotel, Procket Networks and Sun Microsystems amongst numerous other local sponsors.

SANOG meeting have permanent sponsorship and support from APNIC and the Internet Society.

•  SANOG XVII Location, Venue

SANOG XVII will be hosted by the LEARN - the Lanka Academic Network with support from other local IT Associations and the Government agencies concerned.   The entire event will be held at the Galadari Hotel in Colombo.

Latest details about SANOG XVII will always be available at http://www.sanog.org/sanog17/

Please write to info@sanog.org   for any further information about local arrangements.

•  For further Information, please contact

SANOG Secretariat
Kathmandu, Nepal
Fax. - +977 1 4360180 ext. 23
E-mail : info@sanog.org