§ 05 — Sponsors Patrons of Edition 02

Patrons of
the arc.

Edition Nº 02 is supported by its patrons. Four days in Prague. 500+senior practitioners — chief architects, principal engineers, security leads, and the maintainers of the protocols themselves. Patronage places you in direct, sustained contact with the people your products depend on. § Tier inclusions · audience composition · business-case kit — below

§ A note to prospective patrons

How to become a patron
of this edition.

Three stages. Review the tier inclusions, open a conversation with Kajal Sapkota, and execute the agreement on or before 1 August 2026.

Stage 01 · Review
I.

Identify the appropriate tier.

Four levels — Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze. Each lists its inclusions, audience reach, and remaining capacity.
Counter-proposals and bespoke arrangements are welcomed at Platinum and Gold.

Tier inclusions ↓
Stage 02 · Engage
II.

Speak with Kajal Sapkota.

Sponsor relations is held by a single point of contact, with a response commitment of two business days.
We will share the draft agreement, audience composition in detail, and any tier-specific clarifications under NDA where required.

sales@openssl-conference.org →
Stage 03 · Execute
III.

Conclude by 1 August.

Booth selection and programme placement are allocated in the order in which agreements are countersigned.
Commitments after the deadline are accommodated where capacity remains, but production schedules narrow materially in the final eight weeks.

Sponsor relations · Kajal Sapkota · Head of Patron Programme Commitments close 1 August 2026
§ 05a — The audience

The composition of the room.

400+
Senior practitioners in attendance
32
Countries represented, prior edition
61%
Security & engineering leadership — CISO, principal, staff and above
4
Days · 12–15 October 2026 · Prague

Composition

  • Project leadershipOpenSSL maintainers · Foundation board · Corporation executives
  • Standards & regulatorsCMVP reviewers · NIST PQC leads · CRA and NIS2 representatives
  • Industry security leadershipCISOs and principal engineers from cloud, telecommunications, infrastructure, and finance
  • Implementer engineeringThe teams whose products and platforms link against OpenSSL — building, porting, and certifying at scale
  • Press & analystsThe principal trades in security and infrastructure, in attendance throughout
§ 05b — The tiers

What each tier includes.

Inclusions appear in the same order on every card to support direct comparison. Items not included at a given tier are marked accordingly.
Benefits as published on openssl-conference.org/sponsor; bespoke arrangements are negotiable at Platinum and Gold.

Platinum
Sold

Patronage of the arc. The room around your name.

  • Pre-event
  • Logo on conference website (main page)✓
  • Logo on Sponsors page✓
  • Company description on Sponsors page✓
  • Logo + description in conference app✓
  • Pre-event shoutouts (SoMe, PRs)✓
  • Event
  • Signage in the hotel✓
  • Logo page in conference programme✓
  • Company description in programme✓
  • Welcome message in programme✓
  • Logo on stages in meeting rooms✓
  • Premium video slot during breaks✓
  • Welcome speaking opportunity✓
  • Logo on badges✓
  • Exhibition opportunity✓
  • Speaking opportunity during conference2
  • Complimentary registrations10
  • Ad in conference programmeFull page
  • Access to dine-out event✓
  • Dinner with OpenSSL team (Mon evening)✓
  • Post-event
  • Priority for future sponsorships✓
  • After-event posts✓
Reach620 in room DaysFour MaterialsYear-round
Sold out
Plate I · Patronus Arcus
Gold
3 available

A name on the night. Welcome message in the programme.

  • Pre-event
  • Logo on conference website (main page)✓
  • Logo on Sponsors page✓
  • Company description on Sponsors page✓
  • Logo + description in conference app✓
  • Pre-event shoutouts (SoMe, PRs)✓
  • Event
  • Signage in the hotel✓
  • Logo page in conference programme✓
  • Company description in programme✓
  • Welcome message in programme✓
  • Logo on stages in meeting rooms✓
  • Premium video slot during breaks✓
  • Welcome speaking opportunity—
  • Logo on badges—
  • Exhibition opportunity✓
  • Speaking opportunity during conference1
  • Complimentary registrations5
  • Ad in conference programme½ page
  • Access to dine-out event✓
  • Dinner with OpenSSL team (Mon evening)—
  • Post-event
  • Priority for future sponsorships✓
  • After-event posts✓
Reach620 in room DaysFour MaterialsYear-round
Contact Kajal Sapkota
Plate II · Aurum
Silver
5 available

A seat in the room. The dine-out, the breaks, the corridor.

  • Pre-event
  • Logo on conference website (main page)✓
  • Logo on Sponsors page✓
  • Company description on Sponsors page✓
  • Logo + description in conference app✓
  • Pre-event shoutouts (SoMe, PRs)✓
  • Event
  • Signage in the hotel✓
  • Logo page in conference programme✓
  • Company description in programme✓
  • Welcome message in programme—
  • Logo on stages in meeting rooms✓
  • Premium video slot during breaks✓
  • Welcome speaking opportunity—
  • Logo on badges—
  • Exhibition opportunity✓
  • Speaking opportunity during conference1
  • Complimentary registrations3
  • Ad in conference programme¼ page
  • Access to dine-out event✓
  • Dinner with OpenSSL team (Mon evening)—
  • Post-event
  • Priority for future sponsorships✓
  • After-event posts✓
Reach620 in room DaysFour MaterialsYear-round
Contact Kajal Sapkota
Plate III · Argentum
Bronze
5 available

A line in the programme. Your logo in the room.

  • Pre-event
  • Logo on conference website (main page)✓
  • Logo on Sponsors page✓
  • Company description on Sponsors page✓
  • Logo + description in conference app✓
  • Pre-event shoutouts (SoMe, PRs)✓
  • Event
  • Signage in the hotel✓
  • Logo page in conference programme✓
  • Company description in programme✓
  • Welcome message in programme—
  • Logo on stages in meeting rooms✓
  • Premium video slot during breaks—
  • Welcome speaking opportunity—
  • Logo on badges—
  • Exhibition opportunity—
  • Speaking opportunity during conference1
  • Complimentary registrations2
  • Ad in conference programme—
  • Access to dine-out event—
  • Dinner with OpenSSL team (Mon evening)—
  • Post-event
  • Priority for future sponsorships—
  • After-event posts✓
Reach620 in room DaysFour MaterialsYear-round
Contact Kajal Sapkota
Plate IV · Aes
§ 05b·ii — Named patronages

For patrons who'd rather name a thing.

A coffee break, a printed item, an evening's drinks — each carries the patron's name on the day and in the proceedings. Smaller commitments, bigger reach.

§ Coffee Break

A break, named

Coffee, pastry, and your name on the menu card — one of the daily breaks across the four days.

 § Lunch

A day's lunch

The lunch service for one day — four tracks, ~400 plates, your name on the menu and the breaks either side.

 § Lanyard

The lanyard

Your logo on every neck in the hall — one of the most-photographed surfaces of the week.

 § Backpack

The backpack

A branded backpack handed to every attendee at registration — your mark, in their luggage, all week.

 § Wi-Fi

The Wi-Fi

Splash page and network name across the hotel — every login, every device, your name on the landing.

 § Dine-out

The dine-out

Host the Wednesday-evening dine-out — the cruise on the Vltava, the conference on one boat. By arrangement.

 § Welcome Reception

The Monday evening

Host the conference Welcome Reception in the Diplomat lobby — the first time the room is in the same building. Your name on the night.

 § Podcast

The podcast

The conference podcast — pre-event interviews, in-room recordings, post-event releases. Your name on every episode.

 § Tutorials Day

A tutorial bench

Co-host one of the six Monday tutorial benches — twenty engineers in one room, working with a maintainer, your logo on the bench.
§ 05c — Patrons of the arc

Companies already in the room.

Edition 02 is being built with these patrons. The room you'd be joining.

§ 05c — Use of funds

Where your contribution goes.

Patronage of Edition 02 underwrites the conference itself, the public-good outputs that follow it, and the participation of those who could not otherwise attend.
The allocation below is published in the post-edition transparency report and audited by the OpenSSL Foundation.

Allocation
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Detail
Programme & production
38%
Venue, staging, simultaneous translation, on-site technical operations across four days and five tracks.
Speaker & maintainer travel
22%
Travel, accommodation, and honoraria for invited speakers, maintainers, and standards representatives.
Bursaries & access
18%
Tickets, travel, and stipends for engineers, students, and contributors from organisations that could not otherwise send a delegate.
Recordings & archive
12%
Public-domain recordings of every session, transcripts, and the long-term technical archive — released within sixty days of the closing plenary.
Foundation operations
10%
Conference administration, sponsor relations, governance, and the year-round operations that make the edition possible.
Patronage of Edition 02
100%
A complete post-edition financial statement is provided to every patron within ninety days of the closing plenary, and published in summary on the Foundation site.
§ 05c — allocations are indicative and reviewed annually by the Foundation board · prior years available on request
§ Closing · patronage

Become a patron
of Edition 02.

Detailed tier inclusions, bespoke arrangements, and contractual terms are available on request.
Patronage of Edition 02 places your organisation at the centre of the year's most concentrated gathering of the OpenSSL community, alongside the maintainers, regulators, and standards leads on whose work secure infrastructure depends.

Commitments close 1 August 2026 Platinum — full · Gold — 3 remaining · Silver and Bronze open
Contact Kajal Sapkota
Kajal Sapkota · Head of Patron Programme
sales@openssl-conference.org