Hosted in Toronto on November 2-4, OpenCon 2018 is designed to serve as a powerful catalyst for projects led by the next generation of scholars and researchers to advance Open Access, Open Education and Open Data. However, OpenCon is only possible with the support of established organizations and institutions with a commitment to openness in research and education.

OpenCon seeks to convene the most effective student and early career academic professional advocates—regardless of their ability to pay for travel costs. The majority of students and early career academic professionals who participate receive travel scholarships, enabling over 80 countries to be represented since 2014.

Whether its underwriting the meeting as a Leading Sponsor, hosting a coffee break, or simply sponsoring a student or early career participant to attend, your support and the support of other like-minded organizations are critical in ensuring OpenCon is a success.

Level of support: $4,000

Benefits

• Placement of sponsoring organization’s logo on a dedicated portion of the conference website.
• Email to targeted segment of the OpenCon community. Organizers will work with the sponsor to send a message of their choosing to a specific audience within the broader OpenCon community of ~28,000. Messages can be targeted by region, career stage, discipline, and other criteria.
• Statement of thanks at the beginning of the conference to the in-person and online audience
• One free conference registration