Support SC

As the world’s premier conference for high performance computing, networking, data storage and analysis, SC provides a unique opportunity for vendors and research organizations to increase their visibility by supporting a wide range of programs or placing their message front and center to 10,000 attendees from around the globe.

Below is a list of opportunities for organizations interested in providing support for the conference and making direct impressions on SC15 attendees.

Event Promotions

Opening Gala Reception
At the Monday night Opening Gala, exhibitors are invited to provide promotional items, such as napkins and cups. Signs at the Gala will recognize your contribution. Beverages will be served at your booth. . For more information, contact exhibits@info.supercomputing.org

Tutorials Luncheon
The two-day SC Tutorials program offers a variety of short courses on key topics and technologies relevant to high-performance computing, networking, storage and analytics. Multiple branding opportunities are available to your organization during the two lunch sessions. For more information, contact exhibits@info.supercomputing.org

Awards Ceremony Luncheon
This event attracts the leaders in the industry and represents an opportunity to be associated with one of the most prestigious events at SC15. For more information, contact exhibits@info.supercomputing.org

Keynote Speaker Session
Take advantage of a captive audience and 4,000 top industry leaders at one of the most prestigious events at SC15. This opportunity includes branding at the Keynote, as well as a handout on the chair of each audience member beforehand. For more information, contact exhibits@info.supercomputing.org

Technical Program Breaks
Your company will have an enthusiastic and appreciative audience when you support a Refreshment Break for about 4,000 Technical Program attendees. Multiple 22” x 28” signs including logo are displayed prominently at the break area recognizing your organization’s contribution. For more information, contact exhibits@info.supercomputing.org

Poster Reception
The Poster Reception provides an excellent opportunity for short presentations and informal discussions with conference attendees. Recognition of the organization that supports this event will include a banner location near the reception where the company can communicate their message all week. For more information, contact exhibits@info.supercomputing.org

Scientific Visualization Showcase Reception
The SC15 Scientific Visualization showcases a wide variety of research topics in HPC, displayed live in a museum/art gallery format. Signs and recognition near the food stations and bars will brand your organization with this event. For more information, contact exhibits@info.supercomputing.org

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Advertising Opportunities

Exhibits Locator
The Exhibits Locator is the document attendees use to navigate their way around the exhibition throughout the week and is given to all conference attendees. For more information, contact exhibits@info.supercomputing.org

Conference Bag Insert
Draw traffic to your booth by giving your company’s message out to Technical Program attendees with an insert in the official conference bag. . For more information, contact exhibits@info.supercomputing.org

Banners and Signs
More than 60 options of banners, carpet decals, window clings, sign boards, escalator clings and more are available. Review everything here: http://www.plantour.com/show/sc15-show. Contact the Advertising and Promotions team at 630.434.7779 or via email to discuss your goals and objectives.
 

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Students@SC
At SC15, we are transforming student-related programs into Students@SC to bring together the student community at the conference. The goals are to promote diversity, build community among all student programs, and better integrate student attendees into the broader conference. To achieve this, we are seeking support from companies and research organizations for these activities:

Student Cluster Competition
The Student Cluster Competition (SCC) showcases teams of six undergraduate students harnessing the power of current-generation cluster hardware in full view of attendees on the exhibition floor. ). As a supporter, take advantage of this high-profile event to prominently display your company logo and showcase your innovations. Read more. Click here to download Student Cluster Competition Supporters flier .

Questions? Write to student-cluster-competition@info.supercomputing.org

Students@SC Kick-Off Dinner
The Students@SC Kick-Off Dinner will bring together a diverse group of participants from Student Volunteers, Student Cluster Competition, Doctoral Showcase, and the ACM Student Poster Competition. A $5,000 contribution will support about 65 students. Supporters will have the opportunity to give a short overview of their organization and will be given an invitation to the dinner for up to five people to meet and talk with students. To learn more, contact support.students@info.supercomputing.org

Students@SC Dinner with Interesting People on Interesting Topics
The Students@SC Dinner with Interesting People on Interesting Topics will bring together our SC student community with our SC professional community. Tables will be organized along various HPC topics (e.g., scalable architecture, runtime systems, I/O) with 1–2 professionals who work in that area sitting at each table. $5,000 will support about 65 students. Supporting organizations will be invited to interact with students at the tables and will be recognized by signs displayed in the venue. To learn more, contact support.students@info.supercomputing.org

Students@SC Travel Support
Students@SC Travel Support will bring students who would otherwise not be able to attend the conference. It costs about $1,500 to support a single student to attend and participate in one of the student programs. To learn more, contact support.students@info.supercomputing.org

Student-Postdoc Job & Opportunity Fair
Reserve your table at the SC15 Student-Postdoc Job & Opportunity Fair to be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, November 18. Registration fee for exhibitors is $500 for SC15 exhibitors and $1000 for non-exhibitors. As space is very tight in Austin, register as early as possible by requesting a registration form from sc@heiexpo.com.

SCinet
SCinet Contributors
Created each year for the Conference, SCinet brings to life a very high-capacity network that supports the revolutionary applications and experiments that are a hallmark of the SC Conference. If you’re interested in supporting SCinet, more information can be found at http://sc15.supercomputing.org/scinet-contributors or by contacting info@scinet.supercomputing.org.

SCinet Scholarships
New for SC15 is the SCinet Scholarship Fund, offering sponsors an opportunity to support both SCinet and IT professionals by donating funds to help volunteers participate in the SCinet effort. M more information can be found at http://sc15.supercomputing.org/scinet-contributors or by contacting info@scinet.supercomputing.org.

Media partnerships
The SC15 conference welcomes working partnerships with media covering high performance computing, networking, Big Data, cloud, storage and analysis. Such partnerships are established with the goal of disseminating conference news, deadlines and other pertinent information, including participation opportunities with the conference to key audiences while helping the media organizations raise awareness of their publications among SC attendees. For information on participating with SC15 as an approved Media Partner, please contact SC15 Media Partner Liaison Mike Bernhardt at mike@TeamLibra.com