This is the City Partner Pack

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 • Retail and FMCG
• Health and Science • Public and Government
• Financial Sector • 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

5. What we have planned for #bdw13
8 countries and 200+ meetups Festival format 22nd – 28th April (LONDON)
We don’t do things by halves. We have partnered with media140
LONDON EVENTS GLOBALLY
Worldwide – the hugely successful social event community team to
design, produce and create a BIG experience for 2013.
22nd
SELF ORGANISED COMMUNITY EVENTS IN EACH
CITY PUBLISHED AT BIGDATAWEE.COM
Opening party
The festival will connect major cities including
23rd Community Events
• London • Shanghai • New York
• Washington • Seoul • San Francisco 24th Community Events
• Barcelona • Perth
25th London Conference (inc LAUNCHPAD)
with others being announced in January 2013. The festival is focusing this
year on extending it’s reach into cities in Asia Pacific and Australasia. and closing party
We’ll be leading with six themes all design to create unique opportunities 27th Weekend Hackathon
for our community, technology visionaries, technology companies to put Cities host a 48 hour community event - showcasing
data into action in ways that can benefit each sector. 28th innovation, entrepreneurship and technology platforms.
• Media and Entertainment • Retail and FMCG
• Health and Science • Public and Government All the events and activities from the week are
• Financial Sector • Social and Personal published online at bigdataweek.com

6. Why get involved?
AS A SPONSOR AS A PARTICIPANT AS AN EVENT ORGANISER
Big Data Week gives sponsors the Join 5000 others to share insights, Become part of the largest big data
opportunity to connect and engage strategies and big ideas about big data festival on the web – and bring your
with over 5000 executives and in retail, media, entertainment, domain expertise and enthusiasm to
entrepreneurs interested in big data finance, government, science and bear on a knowledge hungry
platforms, technologies and strategies. social audience.
Big Data Week has an active community Listen and engage with leading industry Support your local data community
seeking direction, best practice and speakers about the future of big data. hosting events or hackathon
guidance with their big data strategies.
Network and meet like minded Receive financial support as a local city
Hear the technology and business professionals and entrepreneurs champion during the festival (best bit)
challenges customers are facing.
See how big data can benefit your Attract local sponsors and media
Big Data Week connects all of the big data business or organisation bottom line.
focused communities together online and Gain recognition as an influencer in your
through social media. Understand how big data can be applied field or industry
across different lines of business
It is the only big data festival where a single Play a role in making big data week
sponsorship can reach a global audience. Enjoy a week of events and fun stuff! 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? Are there upfront fees to host Big Data Week?
Brand Awareness & Recognition There are no application fees or brand licensing fees for
- BDW is a global community giving your organisation more exposure. hosting Big Data Week. Host teams can expect to budget
for costs related to production and staffing for the week.
Business Development Costs can be offset with opportunities to generate profit by
- Create new and valuable relationships with clients. 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 Big Data Week city schedule
Support the BDW and work proactively to develop the brand We encourage all partner cities to work within the BDW programme guidelines
Promote a community philosophy across all events in the city where feasible, to ensure consistency for sponsors and audiences worldwide.
Work with the central BDW team to develop new concepts and events
Facilitate and encourage at least 10 events in the partner city
22nd Opening party
Engage local media outlets to promote the festival
Create content for BDW through podcasts, video, blogs etc
23rd Community Events
What types of cities are we looking for? 24th Community Events
Recognised as media and communication innovation hubs
Enjoy a vibrant start-up community 25th One Day Conference
Known for having a history of hosting large-scale globally events (inc LAUNCHPAD)
and closing party
What types of organisations typically host BDW?
27th Weekend Hackathon
Networked across multiple industries
Cities host a 48 hour community event - showcasing
Experience in event or conference production 28th innovation, entrepreneurship and technology platforms.
Experience in securing and executing sponsorships
Collaborative in practice
Experienced in community management and building
History of producing & distributing compelling written and visual content

9. What is LAUNCHPAD
LAUNCHPAD 2013
Stand out from the crowd 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, 25th 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
www.bigdataweek.com/launchpad

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
+44 7876 396788
Covering Europe and the US
ande@bigdataweek.com
+44 7595 264183
+61 406 727 959
Covering Asia Pacific and Australasia
Follow us at @bigdataweek