January 9, 1998
1015 Folsom

1015 Folsom Street, near 6th street
South of Market, San Francisco

Overview

Celebrating its 10th year, the Digital Be-In is an annual event which brings together and celebrates an influential, cyber-savvy, and international community of people and groups whose work with creative digital media is transforming the worlds of publishing, video and music production, education, communication, training and entertainment. The Digital Be-In is a party, an exhibition, a concert, and a live netcast rolled into one very special event.

The Audience - Influencing the Influential...

Techno-visionaries
Entrepreneurs
Programmers
Graphic Artists
Software Designers
Multimedia Producers
Content Producers
Publishing Experts
Internet Gurus
Virtual Reality Pioneers
Hardware Designers
Webmasters
Music and Video Producers

Past Sponsors and the Digital Frontier Exhibition

By creating a forum where leading technology creators can meet and exchange ideas with the early adoptors, the Digital Be-in serves as a catalyst to welcome the emerging new media world, influence trends, spawn important ideas, create alliances, and showcase the creative possibilities of digital media.

Past Sponsors of the Digital Be-In (partial listing):

Apple
AT&T
Microsoft
Magnetic Image
Adobe
Silicon Graphics
Sun Microsystems
Kodak
Pacific Bell


The Digital Frontier Exhibition provides a platform to experience new technology and get a first hand view of the future as it is being invented. Sponsors have used the Digital Frontier to preview and exhibit new products, such as Microsoft's CD-Plus technology, General Magic's Magic Cap, Kodak's digital camera products, Intel's Sense8 VR system, Graphix Zone's rock and roll CD-ROMs, and Pacific Bell Media Park.

Guest Speakers and Live Entertainment

The Digital Be-In has consistently offered a provocative, stimulating line-up of visionaries, music, dance and live entertainment available. This entertainment, in conjunction with the exposure offered your products in the Digital Frontier Exhibition, makes the Digital Be-In a perfect hospitality and marketing event for your clients and distributors.

Media Coverage and Live Netcast

Past Be-Ins have generated far-reaching media coverage. Since the 8th Be-In, the event has been beamed to a global audience via state-of-art live netcast featuring streaming video and audio. In addition, the netcast exposure continues long after the event as visitors to the Be-In website explore the permanent archive of photos and stories from the event. The 9th Be-In was also featured as a live netcast on ZDTV's The Site website, and featured on the television program broadcast nightly on MSNBC with a reach of 22 million households. The Digital Be-In has also been covered in the San Francisco Chronicle, the SF Weekly, and was featured on the cover of the weekly San Francisco Bay Guardian in January 97.

Speakers

The Digital Be-In also features appearances by leading voices in the multimedia field, including in the past such luminaries as:

Timothy Leary
Jerry Brown
John Barlow
Howard Rheingold
Denise Caruso
Brenda Laurel
R U Sirius
Ted Nelson
Tony Bove
Paul Brainerd (founder, Aldus)
Allen Cohen (60's Human Be-In)

Music and Performance Artists

Past Be-Ins have featured such artists as:
Todd Rungren
Venusians
Jon Anderson of Yes
Haunted by Waters
The Residents
Second Sight
Worlds Collide
Trance Mission
Earth Circus
D'Cuckoo
Scott Page of Pink Floyd and Supertramp

This Year's Theme - Human Rights in Cyberspace

For the 10th Digital Be-In, we are working with the United Nations, Amnesty International, The Roosevelt Institute and the World Affairs Council on the 50th Anniversary of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Be-In will be the kick off event for a year of Human Rights events in the Bay Area. The work of our editorial team (including members of the UN committee) will encompass the full spectrum of subject matter on this theme, including the role of cyberspace in increasing awareness of these issues. Past themes have included Freedom of Speech on the Internet (at the 8th, where we launched the Electronic Frontier Foundation's highly successful Blue Ribbon Campaign), and Cultural Diversity in Cyberspace (at the 9th).

Sponsorship Opportunities

The 10th Annual Digital Be-In offers extraordinary promotional opportunities in a range of sponsorship categories that offer product exposure to clients and distributors, media exposure, participation in press conferences, and web site presence. The following sponsorship levels are available:

Presenting Sponsor - Fee: $25,000

Naming rights (with Verbum)
Main screen credit on stage and live netcast
Streaming video and PR interview on netcast
Integrated advertising
Prominent company logo and link on website
Complete inclusion in all print and PR
3 prominent banners at the event
Company name on all ancillary products
Triple exhibition space
100 tickets to the event

Event Sponsor - Fee $5,000

Mention in all print and PR
Company logo and link on website
2 prominent banners at the event
Company name on all ancillary products
Double exhibition space
50 tickets to the event

Associate Sponsor - Fee $2,000
1 prominent banner at the event
Company name on all ancillary products
Single exhibition space
20 tickets to the event

In Kind

Customized sponsorship packages can be tailored to accommodate a company's particular needs. Many items can be provided as In Kind contributions to the event including entertainment, travel, technical expertise such as website hosting, equipment rental, hotel and hospitality, advertising, food services, printing, etc.

Contacts:

Michael Gosney, Executive Producer, Verbum
415-777-9901 phone, 415-777-9929 fax
email: mg@verbum.com

Robert Gelman, Producer
415-851-7799 phone/fax
email: bg@bgamedia.com

Marian Maher
415-929-1982 phone/fax
email: mkmaher@aol.com