*1 Conferences, Seminars, Trainings and Workshops around IT Technologies today are highly expensive and IT professionals find it expensive to get the sponsorship from their training/L&D organizations .10. “ only 1-2% of IT work force of 70-80 L IT professionals are able to attend conferences as each conferences costs between 20-25k per delegate and if a person attends four conference in a window of 3 years or so, he or she spends 1-1.2 L . GIC conferences comes at 10% of market cost at 12k for 4 conferences each priced at 3k per conference. No Training department in the IT organizations could bear such a cost
*2 Business Development through Sponsorship was an expensive affair for start ups, Mid sized IT companies. To promote their organization, currently companies put stalls/exhibitions booth which cost couple of lacs or more and if a companies had to regularly do business traction say in 4 conferences or trainings, they had to shell close to 10-12 lacs or even more in a two year window.
*3 Technology landscape was changing at a fast pace. IT professionals wanted to keep abreast of futuristic technologies , technologies shaping our next decade till 2030. Currently there is no platform for IT professionals to learn all the upcoming technologies.
Solution:To solve the above three problems, GIC moved the venue of these events from five/four star hotels to huge auditoriums of Engineering College and Management colleges across the country.
To solve the first problem, The entire IT industry with its trainers,speakers, experts started conducting the conferences in these auditoriums and we could conduct four conferences and pass on the benefits to our delegate members. Today GIC has kept a membership fee of Rs 8000 for IT professionals to attend four conferences in a two year window from the date of joining. Each conference comes as low as Rs 2000 to attend. GIC has tie up with 30+ educational institutions of repute in Pune, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi and Hyderabad today. This was a disruption in conference/training fee model in the Industry.
Similarly for the second problem, GIC has affordable sponsor slots ranging between 16k to 20k based on the category to sponsor the IT conference. Companies get quick business traction and are able to connect with a large ecosystem of IT professional s ( close to 500+ IT companies base)/Academia /Startups/Investors/Decision makers/). Unthinkable sponsorship fees was a disruption in this space.
To solve the third problem,GIC has tied up with speakers all over based on Gartner Predictions 2030 and they come and share the updating technology landscape around IT/QA /SMAC/Emerging Technologies. Like New screens, Proximity technology, Edge computing, Smart cities, quantum computing, Clean technology, wireless power, New touch interfaces, advanced materials, geo-spatial technology, Human-Computer interaction, Health technology, Collaborative Technology, Nano technology, voice assistants, cyber security, Customer Journey experience, 3D printing to name a few.
Current technologies like AI, RPA, CRPA, DL, ML ,Block chain , Big data, Automation, Robots, Immersive media, Mobile technologies and cloud computing continue to be the themes in all the conferences, trainings, seminars and workshops conducted by GIC.
Sponsorhip Opportunities at GIC | ||||
Opportunity | Platinum Sponsor | Gold Sponsor | Silver Sponsor | Bronze Sponsor |
Representing a product/service of a company by Company Representative with stage time+panel time+networking | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Logo of the company on stage with flex board at entrance/backstage/vantage points. | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Exhibition Booth( stall can be put up near auditorium to share marketing collaterals) with sponsor banner at venue/auditorium | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Focussed Investor pitch meetings on sidelines of conference with the sponsoring organization | Yes | No | No | No |
Rates per day ( INR) | 1,00,000 | 80,000 | 60,000 | 40,000 |