iOS at GHC Sponsorship 2017 - kristina.io · Computing who share a love for iOS development. It is a place for both professional engineers and computer science students alike to gather.

iOS at GHCA community event at the Grace Hopper Celebration

for Women in Computing

October 2017 | Orlando, Florida

iOS at GHCOCTOBER 2017, ORLANDO, FLORIDA

iOS at GHC is a developer community event, aimed at connecting attendees of the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing who share a love for iOS development.

It is a place for both professional engineers and computer science students alike to gather. Joined by their passion for iOS development, attendees also get a chance to network, ask questions, connect and be mentored at this special dinner event.

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EVENT DETAILS

Who is attending? This event will primarily target university students, aspiring iOS developers, as well as current iOS engineers in the industry. All participants will also be attending the 2017 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference.

How many people will be attending? We expect between 100 - 120 people to attend. We are aiming for a mix of 50% university students and 50% professional software engineers.

What is the aim of this event?As the Grace Hopper conference has gotten so large in the past few years, it has become difficult to meet others who share the same passion for iOS development informally. That’s why we created this event. Not only do professional engineers get a chance to meet one another, but it also allows us to teach university students about life as an iOS engineer and turn them onto this potential career path.

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PREVIOUS EVENTS

Have you done this before?This will be our 3rd annual event. The first two iOS at GHC events were held at GHC in Houston, Texas in 2015 and 2016. We had over 100 attendees at each event!

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Here is what attendees and sponsors said about the event: “iOS at GHC was a key experience for me at Grace Hopper. This event allowed me to connect with other iOS engineers and share my passion of iOS development with the people around me. The conversations were so insightful and helped me see the potential different career paths for iOS developers. At times, networking at GHC felt unmanageable, but iOS at GHC helped me find a smaller group of women to connect and share knowledge with.”- Kelly Hutchison

“How intimate it was! was very refreshing compared to the other, large scale GHC events. [It] was one of my favorite parts of the conference because I actually got to talk with people in a smaller, more personal setting.”- Anonymous attendee

“I took one of my friend’s daughters with me, who was thinking about her next internship. At the end of the evening I asked her if she was sold on mobile development. She said yes!! One at a time…

It was lovely to hang with other women over our shared technical interests…12K people at GHC this year is a bit overwhelming, but it’s meant that we can go the other way – we can reach out to other women around our shared interests, and build a community.” (Read more) - Cate Huston

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WHY SPONSOR?

Sponsoring iOS at GHC will place your company as a leader in iOS development, as well as a supporter of diversity and women-in-tech. This will increase your technical credibility and branding in the iOS community space.

In addition to the great publicity, it’s also an excellent place to passively recruit some of the local and international talent in the field. While the event is not aimed at actively recruiting attendees, students and professional engineers will walk away knowing that your company is a long term supporter of women-in-tech. Each opportunity for passive recruiting is described below in General Sponsorship.

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COMPANY SPONSORSHIPGeneral Sponsorship $3,000

All companies sponsoring will be equally contributing towards this event and will all receive the same benefits:

• Reserved attendee slots for company engineers• Company logo on event T-shirt• Company name included in pre-event emails• Opportunity to reach out to attendees in post-event email• Sponsor advertisement tweets from the @iOSatGHC Twitter

handle• Attendee swag bag insert

The bulk of your contribution will go towards paying for food and drink, and the remainder will be used to purchase T-shirts and other swag items for our attendees.

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PAST SPONSORS

Capital One Instagram IntuitLyftPatreonStitch FixTwilioVenmo

INTERESTED IN SPONSORING?

iOS at GHC is run primarily by Kristina Thai, an iOS software engineer at Intuit, along with a team of other iOS engineers in the industry.

Please contact Kristina via email or on Twitter:

[email protected]

@kristinathai

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