What is Big Data Week all about?

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2 What is Big Data Week all about? We re a festival of big ideas about data. Big Data Week is one of the most unique global platforms of interconnected community events focusing on the social, political, technological and commercial impacts of Big Data. It brings together a global community of data scientists, data technologies, data visualisers and data businesses spanning six major commercial, financial, social and technological sectors. Media and Entertainment Health and Science Financial Sector Retail and FMCG Public and Government Social and Personal The festival connects a number of global cities through locally hosted meetups, events, networking functions, data visualisation demo s, debates, discussion and hackathons. Events are designed to provide a platform to educate, inform and inspire organised by people who are passionate and knowledgeable about data. We re a self organising community where anyone is able to host and create an event during the festival; making the our platform completely open and community driven We live at bigdataweek.com

3 What did we do in 2012? We started something that s going to be BIG. Big Data Week is one year old, but we have been successful in bringing together a global community of entrepreneurs, data professionals and data driven organisations. In 2012 we were hosted in 9 major cities; Helsinki, Canberra, Berlin, Melbourne, Chicago, London, New York and San Francisco. We were successful in tapping into the enthusiasm of key influencers and motivated individuals in the big data communities; creating a dynamic energy for the community to self-organise and curate over 50 events and meetups; energising and bringing together over 2000 people across the festival. Big Data Week also created unique opportunities for our partners to connect with key decision makers in technology, business, science and media. And we are doing it all again in 2013, but BIGGER. Get Involved! bigdataweek.com

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5 What we have planned for #bdw13 8 countries and 200+ meetups Festival format 22 nd 28 th April (LONDON) We don t do things by halves. We have partnered with media140 Worldwide the hugely successful social event community team to design, produce and create a BIG experience for The festival will connect major cities including London Shanghai New York Washington Seoul San Francisco Barcelona Perth with others being announced in January The festival is focusing this year on extending it s reach into cities in Asia Pacific and Australasia. We ll be leading with six themes all design to create unique opportunities for our community, technology visionaries, technology companies to put data into action in ways that can benefit each sector. 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 27th 28th LONDON EVENTS Opening party Community Events Community Events London Conference (inc LAUNCHPAD) and closing party Weekend Hackathon Cities host a 48 hour community event - showcasing innovation, entrepreneurship and technology platforms. GLOBALLY SELF ORGANISED COMMUNITY EVENTS IN EACH CITY PUBLISHED AT BIGDATAWEE.COM Media and Entertainment Health and Science Financial Sector Retail and FMCG Public and Government Social and Personal All the events and activities from the week are published online at bigdataweek.com

6 Why get involved? AS A SPONSOR Big Data Week gives sponsors the opportunity to connect and engage with over 5000 executives and entrepreneurs interested in big data platforms, technologies and strategies. AS A PARTICIPANT Join 5000 others to share insights, strategies and big ideas about big data in retail, media, entertainment, finance, government, science and social AS AN EVENT ORGANISER Become part of the largest big data festival on the web and bring your domain expertise and enthusiasm to bear on a knowledge hungry audience. Big Data Week has an active community seeking direction, best practice and guidance with their big data strategies. Hear the technology and business challenges customers are facing. Big Data Week connects all of the big data focused communities together online and through social media. It is the only big data festival where a single sponsorship can reach a global audience. Listen and engage with leading industry speakers about the future of big data. Network and meet like minded professionals and entrepreneurs See how big data can benefit your business or organisation bottom line. Understand how big data can be applied across different lines of business Enjoy a week of events and fun stuff! Support your local data community hosting events or hackathon Receive financial support as a local city champion during the festival (best bit) Attract local sponsors and media Gain recognition as an influencer in your field or industry Play a role in making big data week happen and feature on bigdataweek.com

7 Apply to become a partner city Connect your Big Data community Big Data Week hosts a week long festival of events each year, taking place simultaneously in multiple cities around the world, with thousands of individuals and organizations working together to host panels, workshops, talks and industry networking events. Local events are hosted by Partner Cities, who work collaboratively with leading practitioners, industry professionals, content partners, brand partners, event hosts and local advisory boards to produce events within in city. Visit bigdataweek.com/apply Why host Big Data Week as a partner city? Brand Awareness & Recognition - BDW is a global community giving your organisation more exposure. Business Development - Create new and valuable relationships with clients. Are there upfront fees to host Big Data Week? There are no application fees or brand licensing fees for hosting Big Data Week. Host teams can expect to budget for costs related to production and staffing for the week. Costs can be offset with opportunities to generate profit by securing corporate sponsorships. Commercial Benefits - Opportunity to benefit from sponsorship deals.

8 Apply to become a partner city What do we expect from our partners Support the BDW and work proactively to develop the brand Promote a community philosophy across all events in the city Work with the central BDW team to develop new concepts and events Facilitate and encourage at least 10 events in the partner city Engage local media outlets to promote the festival Create content for BDW through podcasts, video, blogs etc What types of cities are we looking for? Recognised as media and communication innovation hubs Enjoy a vibrant start-up community Known for having a history of hosting large-scale globally events What types of organisations typically host BDW? Networked across multiple industries Experience in event or conference production Experience in securing and executing sponsorships Collaborative in practice Experienced in community management and building History of producing & distributing compelling written and visual content Big Data Week city schedule We encourage all partner cities to work within the BDW programme guidelines where feasible, to ensure consistency for sponsors and audiences worldwide. 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 27th 28th Opening party Community Events Community Events One Day Conference (inc LAUNCHPAD) and closing party Weekend Hackathon Cities host a 48 hour community event - showcasing innovation, entrepreneurship and technology platforms.

9 What is LAUNCHPAD Stand out from the crowd LAUNCHPAD 2013 This year we are launching a new platform for startups, entrepreneurs and early stage businesses to demo and pitch to the participants in festival. It s called LAUNCHPAD. We are giving local companies a chance to demo new technology during the Big Data Week on the Thursday, 25 th April, network with other entrepreneurs and have a chance to pitch on the day. It will be limited to ten participants initially with a view expanding this as interested grows. Local partner cities (if feasible) can offer this as part of festival programme and provide each start-up: a table to demo, free WiFi (of course!), room for a banner and three minutes to do a pitch. Pricing for the LAUNCHPAD Dependant on local current variations Registration will be hosted at

10 Sign up for a partner city, get in touch. Get in touch with the LONDON BDW team to sign up as a partner city and we ll help you create a kick-ass series of events for your city! stewart@bigdataweek.com Covering Europe and the US ande@bigdataweek.com Covering Asia Pacific and Australasia Follow us