Call for Sponsorships

First ACM International Conference on
Web Search and Data Mining (WSDM) 2008

 WSDM is the first ACM conference on Web Search and Data Mining. Researchers, students, and engineers with interests in search and data mining are expected to attend the conference on February 11-12, 2008 at the Stanford University campus.

The WSDM 2008 organizing committee is inviting interested parties to participate in its sponsorship program. Depending on the amount of donation, three levels of sponsorship are offered:

Gold	$6,000	Advance recognition as Gold supporter in electronic communications and on the web. Recognized as a Gold supporter on the conference program. Exhibit space in atrium for entire conference. Three complimentary registrations for the conference.
Silver	$4,000	Advance recognition as Silver supporter in electronic communications and on the web. Recognized as a Silver supporter on the conference program. Exhibit space in atrium for entire conference. Two complimentary registrations for the conference.
Bronze	$2,000	Advance recognition as Bronze supporter in electronic communications and on the web. Recognized as a Bronze supporter on the conference program. One complimentary registration for the conference.

In addition, gold sponsors are welcome to sponsor, at their own expense, one of the following:

1. Reception.
2. Best paper award ($1000).
3. Best student paper award ($500).

Decisions will be made on a first-come first-serve order.

For more information about the WSDM 2008 sponsorship program, please contact the conference’s general chair:

Dr. Marc Najork
Microsoft Research
najork AT microsoft DOT com