Sponsors

Gold Support — $10,000+

• Special Recognition as a Gold supporter at the banquet, website, and social media.
• Logo and listed as financial support on website
• Ability to add (2) items of literature and one gift for registrants (All items must be provided by you and delivered to the venue hotel no later than March 16, 2026)
• One (1) free registration for a member of your company
• One (1) Exhibit space at a preferred location
• Special Recognition during the student events on Friday and Saturday.
• One (1) recruiting space at Student events on Saturday in a prominent space.

Silver Support — $5,000+

• Special Recognition as a Silver supporter at the banquet, website, and social media
• Logo and listed as financial supporter on the website
• Ability to add (2) items of literature and one gift for registrants (All items must be provided by you and delivered to the venue hotel no later than March 16, 2026)
• One (1) free registration for a member of your company
• One (1) Exhibit space at conference

Bronze — $2500 +

• Special Recognition as a Bronze supporter at the banquet, website, and social media.
• Logo and listed as financial supporter on website.
• Ability to add (2) items of literature and one gift for registrants (All items must be provided by you and delivered to the venue hotel no later than March 16, 2026)
• One (1) free registration for a member of your company.

Friends — $500+

• Special Recognition as Friends supporter at the banquet, website, and social media.
• Logo and listed as financial supporter on the website.

Meals

Sponsors will have the option of providing table banners and/or posters to be placed at the break stations. Sponsors for the Luncheon / Receptions will have the option to provide banners and/or posters to be placed in the luncheon / reception hall.

• Morning / Afternoon Breaks – Total of 2, each at $1,500 (Sat. AM & PM)
• Lunch – Total of 1, $2,500 (Sat.)
• Networking Reception – Total of 1, $3,000 (Fri.)
• Banquet – $4,500 (Sat.)

Conference Lanyard and name tags. — $1,500

Your provided lanyards will be used to to hold the badges for all attendees (All items must be provided by you and delivered to the venue hotel no later than March 16, 2026)

One recruiting space at student events on Saturday — $800

There will be 10 companies allowed to set up a recruiting table at the student event on Saturday. These companies will set up after 8:00 am on Saturday during student events. There are a estimated 250 – 300 undergraduate and graduate students over the central US region.

Student Competition Sponsorship — $3,000 (One per student competition event)

This sponsorship helps offset student event fees. The companies who sponsor the competition event will be asked to give the award for the winning student teams at the banquet Saturday night.

For sponsors also interested in defining and managing or judging the undergraduate student competitions please contact the the R5 Student Competitions Chair for further information. This year’s Undergraduate Student Competitions will be:

• Circuits Design
• Cyber Security
• Ethics
• Robotics
• Networking
• Presentation
• Website
• Sunday Morning Student Activity

This year’s Graduate Student Competition will be:

• 3-Minute Thesis